The RBWM has reported that Councillor Simon Bond was elected as our new Mayor, following a vote at the annual council meeting, held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, Maidenhead, with Councillor Mandy Brar appointed as Deputy Mayor.

Councillor Bond was elected after serving as Deputy Mayor for the past year, along with his consort David Armitage, and he received the mayoral chain from Councillor Neil Knowles, who has served as Mayor since May 2023.

The historic role of mayor, a ceremonial and non-political position, is to chair Full Council meetings and represent the borough and its communities.

Our new mayor has represented the residents of the Belmont ward in Maidenhead as a councillor since 2019, having moved to Maidenhead 45 years ago. He worked for financial services firm Towry, from 1979 to 2009, in both Windsor and Bracknell.

After taking early retirement, he undertook a variety of voluntary roles with charities and community groups, including being treasurer and a trustee for a not-for-profit care home for older residents.

A founder member of Wild Maidenhead, the mayor takes a particular interest in the contribution we can all make to transition to net zero and a more sustainable economy and environment.

The charities the mayor will be supporting during his mayoral year are the Mayor’s Benevolent Fund, Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice Service and Baby Bank.