Punjab-born councillor becomes mayor in Britain
Wednesday, 14/05/2014
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London : An India-born councillor has been elected mayor in Erewash ward in Britain’s Derbyshire, a media report said. The Conservative Party’s councillor for Wilsthorpe, Kewal Singh Athwal, became the first Erewash mayor to be elected by a casting vote at a meeting at Long Eaton Town Hall in Derbyshire, Nottingham Post reported on Tuesday.
The outgoing mayor, councillor Val Clare, cast her vote to elect Athwal to be the civic leader of the 51-seat authority, after the borough council was split with 25 votes for both Kewal Singh Athwal and the Labour Party’s councillor Frank Phillips, who represents Ilkeston.
Athwal is the first mayor from an ethnic minority group to hold the position.
Athwal runs women’s fashion accessories business based in Long Eaton town in British Derbyshire. Born to a Sikh family in Jalandhar, Athwal moved to Britain in 1961.
Know the mayor
Kewal Singh Athwal is the first mayor from an ethnic minority group to hold the position
Born to a Sikh family in Jalandhar, Athwal moved to Britain in 1961
His career has been mainly in two industries — motor trade and textiles
