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The HISTORY of REDDITCH New Town

Redditch Mayors

On the 15th May 1980 during the Chairmanship of Kenneth D. Redfern, the Council was
granted a Charter conferring on the District the status of Borough, thus entitling the
Chairman of the Council to the style of Mayor.

Cllr Alan E. Jones (Deceased) 1980

Cllr Patricia K Wilson (Deceased) 1981
Cllr Robert J Smith (Deceased) 1982

Cllr Betty Passingham (Deceased) 1983
Cllr R. David Watton (Deceased) 1984

Cllr William G Lock (Deceased) 1985
Cllr Arthur F Price 1985
Cllr Walter J Stranz (Deceased) 1986

Cllr Ronald W Passingham (Deceased) 1987
Cllr Clive J Cheetham 1988

Cllr Ken Smith 1989
Cllr K Joan Tyers (Deceased) 1990

Cllr Madge M. Tillsley MBE 1991
Cllr David R. Cartwright 1992

Cllr Ken Somner (Deceased) 1993
Cllr Doug Baddeley (Deceased) 1994
Cllr Anne Davis 1995

Cllr Roy Vickers 1996
Cllr Iris Beech 1997

Cllr Andrew Fry 1998
Cllr John Witherspoon 1999

Cllr Mark Shurmer 2000
Cllr Dot Dudley 2001

Cllr Steve Wheeler 2002
Cllr Kieth Boyd-Carpenter (Deceased) 2003
Cllr Jack Cookson 2004

Cllr Diane Thomas 2005
Cllr Michael Chalk 2006

Cllr David Hunt 2007
Cllr Jack Field (Deceased) 2008

Cllr Malcolm Hall 2009

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