Agenda item

To elect a Chairman for the year ensuing, in accordance with Standing Orders 11 and 12.

Nominations received: Alderman Sir William Russell.

In accordance with Standing Orders No.11 and 12, the Committee elected its Chairman for 2022/23.

RESOLVED – that, as the only Alderman in nomination, Alderman Sir William Russell be elected as Chairman of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen for the ensuing year (2022/23).

[Alderman Sir William Russell thanked The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor and moved into the Chair.]

Both Sir William and the Lord Mayor paid tribute to Sir David Wootton stepping down from the role of Chair of GP after almost a decade.