Mayor of Sandown
Cllr Alex Lightfoot, Current Mayor and Deputy Mayor
Mayor Alex Lightfoot, elected in May 2024, is assisted by deputy mayor Ian Fletcher.
First item at the yearly council meeting is electing the Mayor from the council’s number.
A mayor’s legal obligations include:
At council meetings, they must ensure the meeting addresses the agenda, maintain order, and follow standing orders (with the help of the clerk).
In reality, this entails opening/closing the meeting, introducing things, arranging debate, making order-related choices, managing attendees’ behavior, and reporting vote results. Possible meeting adjournment by the chairman.
The Mayor has a casting vote in a tie and must sign the meeting minutes as a true record. If two councillors seek an exceptional meeting, the chairman should call it.
The chairman represents the council and performs civic obligations. As chairman, a person must express the council’s opinions, not their own, and make it apparent when they do.
Former Mayors
2021 – 2023 P. Lightfoot
2019 – 2021 G. Young
2018 – 2019 J. Mereweather
2016 – 2018 R. Patel
2015 – 2016 C. Wright
2013 – 2015 G. Young
2012 – 2013 C. Cowley
2011 – 2012 H. L. Humby
2010 – 2011 J. Mereweather
2008 – 2010 I Ward
2007 – 2008 G. Young
2005 – 2007 J. Mereweather
2004 – 2005 H. Spencer
2003 – 2004 T. Brown
2002 – 2003 H. Spencer
2001 – 2002 M. Jarman
2000 – 2001 O. Saunders
1999 -2000 I. Wellham
1998 – 2000 J. Hall
1997 – 1998 R. Yates
1996 – 1997 J. Mortlock
1995 – 1996 A. Insole
1994 – 1995 G. Cave
1993 – 1994 B. Davies
1992 – 1993 J. M. Hobson
1991 – 1992 A. S. Kingham
1990 – 1991 A. Perrin
1989 – 1990 N. F. Warner
1988 – 1989 J. P. Howell
1987 – 1988 S. D. Insole
1986 – 1987 J. Hooper
1985 – 1986 W. G. Gray
1984 – 1985 H. L. Humby