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Town Mayor

Following the Annual Council meeting on 15th May I’m overwhelmed being elected, by my fellow Councillors, as Town’s Mayor for the forthcoming Civic Year 2025/26.

To say I’m honoured would be an understatement, I thank colleagues in the Council, but also the great community of Market Drayton that has been such a source of inspiration to me over the last 4 years I have been a Town Councillor.

This will be my first term as Market Drayton Mayor, having lived here for a relatively short period of time (8 years) I’ve seen what a wonderful community we have here.

That is why my term of office will be community focused, my aim will be to live up to the expectations of our great community and deliver on those expectations.

Many individuals, families, groups and organisations are going through difficult times, we often don’t know what others are facing, it is vital we listen, learn and lead. During my term of office I will be leading, to the best of my ability, working with members of not only our Town Council, but our very important members of the County Council and also the fantastic community groups and organisations in Market Drayton. We must continue to put significant pressure on our local Police, those members of Shropshire County Council, and our strategic partners to address Anti-Social behaviour, the poor state of our Town’s roads, our Town’s infrastructure needs and many other areas, whilst going full speed ahead delivering our Town’s vital action plan, put simply, there continues to be much work to do….

With mutual support and encouragement, we can all work together, for a Town which daily demonstrates community spirit, care & compassion, often quietly and humbly, often outspokenly.

Our Town Council works incredibly hard, it is testament to the individuals in our Town Council, at all levels, that makes our Town what it is, from the wonderful annual floral displays, to the annual Festival of Lights.

However, it is not lost on me that sometimes our Town Council isn’t as open as it could be, that is why I’ll be welcoming in my Mayoral year, a new transparency, a new welcoming spirit and I’d invite anyone to talk to me/us, we’ll be as transparent as you would hope, we’ll be as engaging as you would want us to be.

In this day & age we have the opportunity to raise much needed funds, for various good causes, which is why my primary chosen charity for this Mayoral year will be Market Drayton Foodbank https://marketdrayton.foodbank.org.uk/ , food is the most basic of needs in life and to be able to feed ourselves is critical, those that find themselves, for whatever reasons, that cannot meet this need must have the support they seek.

My second supported charity will be Lingen Davies https://www.lingendavies.co.uk/ , going out or their way to improve the lives of everyone impacted by cancer in our community, thirdly, as an animal lover myself, Shropshire Street Cats, a charity that helps cats in need throughout Shropshire https://shropshirestreetcats.co.uk/contact/

Finally, I very much look forward to not only serving Market Drayton for the coming year but representing and promoting our fantastic Town as your Mayor, thank you.

Cllr Tim Manton