New Mayor and Mayoress of the Borough of Scarborough, Cllr Joe Plant and Mrs Margaret Plant
SCARBOROUGH has elected its new mayor Cllr Joe Plant.
He has taken over from Cllr Martin Smith who has been the mayor for the last12 months. Cllr Dilys Cluer has been elected deputy mayor.
Cllr Plant was born in Whitby and lives in the town with his wife Margaret, who will be his mayoress for the year. They have a son and daughter and two grandchildren.
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