Lib Dem councillor named as next Lancaster mayor

She was selected mayor-elect by the council on Wednesday and is due to take over as mayor from Coun Mike Greenall in May.

Coun Pritchard, who lives in Brookhouse, became a Liberal Democrat councillor in 1999 and was deputy mayor when Coun Janie Kirkman was mayor in 2006-07.

She had a break from the council from 2011 to 2019.

Coun Pritchard, chairman of the council business committee, is a trustee of Lancaster Almshouses.

She also represents the council on the Crook of Lune and Forest of Bowland advisory committees.

Coun Pritchard was proposed as mayor by Coun Ross Hunter, new representative for Upper Lune Valley, and seconded by former mayor Coun Robert Redfern.