I am greatly honoured and delighted to be elected as Mayor of Devizes.  I have lived in Devizes since I was 9 and my heart is in this town.

Already as Deputy Mayor I have been able to sample some of the experiences that the coming year will have in store for me – and I am really looking forward to getting stuck in.

I want to be a champion for our town, supporting our own local Devizes people and organisations – if my presence at an opening of a fete or an award ceremony will help to make a bit of a difference, then I will do my very best to be there.

Many of you may know me through the Major Wrecks – I’m the little one with the big moustache!  The charity we support is Contact a Family, and it will be no surprise that I have chosen this as one of my charities for my Mayoral Appeal.

Deciding which charities to support has been a really difficult job.  There are so many of you doing a brilliant job to make our community a special place.  In the end, alongside Contact a Family, I have chosen Devizes & District Disabled Association and Age Concern.  All of these charities do sterling work for the people of Devizes and I look forward to trying to raise lots of money on their behalf.

If anyone would have told me that I would, one day, be Mayor of Devizes, I never would have believed them – but here I am and I am going to do my best to serve our town and our people throughout my Mayoral year.