THERE have been 821 mayors of Winchester but the 822nd will be the first from Whiteley. Vivian Achwal s elevation to the senior role was ratified this evening at a full Council meeting in River Park Leisure Centre. Cllr Achwal has represented the Whiteley ward, now called Whiteley and Shedfield, since 2008. She married her husband Sudhakar, a chemical engineer, in 1980 and they lived in India and Saudi Arabia for some 16 years where she worked in teaching. They have a daughter. Returning to the UK in 1997 the Achwals moved to Whiteley and she got involved in community activities and worked as a teaching assistant at Whiteley Primary School and also for three years as the school lollipop lady.