Michelle is the new Mayor of Bury

Pilkington Park ward councillor Michelle Wiseman has been elected as the Mayor of Bury for the 2014/15 municipal year.

She took over the chains of office from Cllr Sharon Briggs at the Bury Council meeting on 3 June, and is the fourth consecutive female mayor of Bury.

Cllr Wiseman was first elected to the council in 2003. Over the years she has served in a number of roles, including being executive member for safer, secure communities, chair of Whitefield and Unsworth Area Board, and as a board member of Six Town Housing.

She stood for Parliament in 2010 as the Conservative candidate for Bury South, and she was Deputy Leader of Bury Council’s Conservative group in 2012-2013. In December 2013 she stood down from
the Conservative group to serve the remainder of her term on the council as an Independent councillor, and will now be the metropolitan borough’s first Independent mayor since its creation.

Cllr Wiseman is chief executive of Manchester Jewish Community Care, which runs the Crumpsall-based Nicky Alliance Centre. 

She has three children - Marc, Amelia and Danielle - and Danielle will be be her Mayoress during the mayoral year.

Cllr Wiseman said: “Danielle and I will do our very best to fulfil the dutires of our new roles to everyone’s satisfaction, to serve the borough well, and show that we are worthy of the confidence and the trust placed in us.”

The mayor has chosen Grace’s Place children’s hospice and the North West Air Ambulance as the main beneficiaries of her mayoral charity appeal.

A mayoral service will be held at Whitefield Hebrew Congregation on Sunday 29 June at 2pm.

In accordance with tradition, Cllr Briggs will be the deputy mayor for the coming year.

ENDS

Press release issued: 4 June 2014.

Picture attached: The new Mayor of Bury, Councillor Michelle Wiseman, with her daughter Danielle who will be mayoress.