The Town Mayor is elected annually in May by the Town Council. The Mayor presides over meetings of the Town Council and provides a figurehead for the Council in the community, attending engagements, officiating at events and acting in an apolitical way on behalf of the Council.
If you wish to invite the Town Mayor to your event then please complete and submit the online form by clicking the link below.
2023/24
At the Annual Meeting of the Council, held on 16 May 2023, Councillor Janet Sartorel was elected as Town Mayor of Woodley, and Councillor Juliet Anderson was elected as Deputy Town Mayor, for the 2023/24 municipal year.
Councillor Sartorel has chosen Woodley Lunch Bunch as the Mayor’s Charity for 2023/24.
Past Woodley Town Mayors & Deputy Mayors
Year | Town Mayor | Deputy Town Mayor |
2003/04 | Sam Samuel | Beth Rowland |
2004/05 | Carol Jewell | Coling Lawley |
2005/06 | Viv Samuel | Tony Mattingley |
2006/07 | Tony Mattingley | Kay Gilder |
2007/08 | Shelagh Flower | Kay Gilder |
2008/09 | Kay Gilder | Coling Lawley |
2009/10 | Kay Gilder | Coling Lawley |
2010/11 | Coling Lawley | Ray Duncan |
2011/12 | Coling Lawley | Ray Duncan |
2012/13 | Ray Duncan | Kay Gilder |
2013/14 | Bill Soane | Brian Franklin |
2014/15 | Brian Franklin | Dave Mills |
2015/16 | Dave Mills | Jenny Cheng |
2016/17 | Jenny Cheng | Anne Chadwick |
2017/18 | Jenny Cheng | Sam Rahmouni |
2018/19 | Sam Rahmouni | David Stares |
2019/20 | Kay Gilder | Dave Mills |
2020/21 | Dave Mills | Anne Chadwick |
2021/22 | Janet Sartorel | Kay Gilder |
2022/23 | Janet Sartorel | Kay Gilder |
2023/24 | Janet Sartorel | Juliet Anderson |
01/04/1974 – Woodley and Sandford Parish Council became Woodley Town council
16/12/2003 – Chairman of the Council became the Town Mayor.