The adjournment followed the election of Cllr Paul Valentine as the new Mayor of Lambeth, the first Green mayor of the borough. Cllr Judy Best, representing the Liberal Democrats, was named as Lambeth’s Deputy Mayor.
The outgoing Labour Mayor, Cllr Adrian Garden, delivered the traditional end of term out going speech to give an overview of the role to the chamber, as well a review of his last year in the mayoralty.
The meeting followed the borough wide election on May 7 that saw all 63 council seats across 25 wards contested at the ballot box. The overall result and subsequent resignations mean the composition of the council is the Green Party with 27 seats, Labour with 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats with eight seats and two casual vacancies.
For more details of the meeting visit moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk.
