Full Council to meet for first time since local elections
Published: 18 May 2023
The AGM will take place in the Council Chamber.
Derby’s Annual General Meeting will be taking place on Wednesday 24 May, with lots to be decided after the local elections earlier this month.
The event will take place in the Council Chamber from 11am but will also be live streamed on the Derby City Council YouTube channel.
The meeting will begin with the annual Mayor Making Ceremony, which will see a new Mayor and Deputy Mayor elected for the City of Derby. Tributes will also be paid to the outgoing Mayor, Councillor Robin Wood, who is retiring after more than 44 years as a councillor.
The meeting will be adjourned until 3pm, when the Council return to the chamber to determine its political leadership for the next four years. This will also include the election of the Leader of the Council, the announcement of the Council Cabinet, and the appointments to the various boards, committees, charities and outside bodies.
This session will also include the inauguration of the new Youth Mayor and Deputy Mayor, Muhammad Muntasir and Harman Kaur, who were elected in February.
This is the first AGM since the Council moved to all Council elections, with a new cohort of 51 councillors representing 18 wards across Derby for four years. New ward boundaries have also been implemented following the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review of the Council’s area throughout 2021 and 2022.
The results were:
- Labour Party – 23
- Conservatives – 15
- Reform Derby - 6
- Liberal Democrats - 4
- Independent – 3
A full breakdown of the results can be found on our website. 26 seats are needed to form a majority.
The agenda for the meeting will be available on the Council’s Democracy Portal ahead of the event.
Emily Feenan, Derby City Council's Returning Officer, said:
I’d like to thank Mayor Robin Wood for all his hard work during his term of office.
This is a key date in the civic calendar, and whilst the Mayoral role is ceremonial, it is an important and historic position, so it is important that we continue the tradition of Mayor Making. It is also a really important day for the Council as it will set the political leadership for the next 12 months.