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New Liverpool Mayor chooses deputy and new cabinet positions
Labour Group meeting this evening saw new positions confirmed, the ECHO understands
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Mayor Joanne Anderson (Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)
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The new Mayor of Liverpool has confirmed who will be in her new top team at a group meeting this evening.
Dan Whelan
Joanne Anderson has been elected to lead the city council, beating off competition from independent candidate Stephen Yip to replace Joe Anderson who resigned from the post after his arrest last December.
Joanne Anderson, who is no relation to the former mayor, claimed victory with 46,493 votes compared to Yip’s 32,079.
“I am so proud and honoured to be the first black woman directly elected as mayor in the UK, and our city’s first-ever female leader.” Anderson said.
“Liverpool has always been a city of firsts, one that does things differently and that charters its own path. Today, we made history.”
Margaret Aspinall s poignant message as city marks Hillsborough tragedy anniversary
Emotional tributes to take place across the region on the 32nd anniversary of the disaster today Run for The 96 at Stanley Park, Liverpool. May 2019. Margaret Aspinall cheers the runners home. (Image: Photograph Geoff Davies)
Margaret Aspinall today urged everyone touched by the Hillsborough tragedy to stay strong as she thanked the region for its support on the anniversary of the disaster.
Ninety six men, women and children died as a result of a terrace crush at Liverpool FC s FA Cup semi-final with Nottingham Forest 32 years ago today.
Poignant tributes will be paid across Merseyside throughout the day, with many set to observe a minute s silence at 3.06pm - the time the match was halted.