Issue - meetings
MAYORALTY 2026/27
Meeting: 27/05/2026 - Council (Item 4)
MAYORALTY 2026/27
(a) To elect the Mayor of the Borough for the Municipal Year 2026/27.
(b) To receive notice of the appointment of Deputy Mayor of the borough for the municipal year 2026/27.
Motion on behalf of the Havering Aligned Residents’ Associations Group
That Councillor Barry Mugglestone be elected Mayor of the London Borough of Havering for the municipal year 2026/2027.
Motion on behalf of the Reform UK Havering Group
That Councillor Maggie Themistocli be elected Mayor of the London Borough of Havering for the municipal year 2026/2027.
Decision:
Councillor Maggie Themistocli elected as Mayor for the municipal year 2026/27 by 41 votes to 11 for Councillor Barry Mugglestone with 3 abstentions.
Minutes:
Motion on behalf of the Havering Aligned Residents’ Associations Group:
That Councillor Barry Mugglestone be elected Mayor of the London Borough of Havering for the municipal year 2026/2027.
Motion on behalf of the Reform UK Havering Group:
That Councillor Maggie Themistocli be elected Mayor of the London Borough of Havering for the municipal year 2026/2027.
Following proposing speeches by the respective Group Leaders. Councillor Maggie Themistocli was ELECTED as Mayor for the municipal year 2026/27 by 41 votes to 11 for Councillor Barry Mugglestone with 3 abstentions (see division 1).
Councillor Maggie Themistocli, having made the Declaration of Acceptance of Office of Mayor, as required by the Local Government Act 1972, then took the Chair and thanked the Council for the honour bestowed upon them.
Councillor Gillian Ford expressed the thanks of the Council to the outgoing Mayor – Councillor Sue Ospreay for her service during 2025/26. Councillor Ospreay suitably replied.
The Mayor indicated that the Mayoral Consort for the year would be Mr Starbuck Coleman.