Callum Francis AN INDEPENDENT candidate in Otley Town Council elections is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his father and uncle. Callum Francis, who is standing in Danefield Ward, says he has a wealth of experience and he believes there is a real need to get some new blood on the town council and especially some opposition to the current 13 that form the present council along with a Green member . He says having worked alongside his father Nigel and his late uncle Gerard Francis on various projects in the town, he is far more knowledgeable about Otley and its problems than most people.
THE son of Otley Independent town councillor Nigel Francis and nephew of the late Gerard Francis is standing in Danefield ward for a seat on Otley Town Council. Callum Francis is one of the youngest candidates ever to stand but has experience at council level having been one of the youngest ever Town Mayor’s Consorts in 2017-18. “My mother having been consort on three occasions decided that she did not want to commit herself to doing the job again, so I volunteered to step in and to become one of the youngest ever full-time mayor’s consorts, he said.