Cllr Sabrina Francis (Lab, Bloomsbury)
- Credit: Camden Council
Camden Council has appointed its first Black woman mayor, Cllr Sabrina Francis.
The Bloomsbury councillor was sworn in on Tuesday at a meeting of the full council.
Cllr Francis succeeds outgoing mayor Cllr Maryam Eslamdoust (Kilburn). Cllr Lorna Russell has been appointed deputy mayor (Fortune Green).
The new mayor’s chosen charity is Gingerbread, which supports single parent families.
Cllr Francis said: “Coming from a single parent family, I have witnessed the strength and resilience it takes to raise children and deal with challenges alone.
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