Ex-serviceman is the city’s new mayor

Council

New mayor John Fox with his wife Judy Fox who will be mayoress and deputy mayor Chris Ash. Cllr John Fox of the Werrington First group has been chosen as Mayor of Peterborough for the next year. The father of four has been a councillor since 2002. He is also Peterborough’s Armed Forces Champion, having served as a radio operator in the Royal Navy for 11 years. The mayoress is Cllr Fox’s wife Cllr Judy Fox. Cllr Chris Ash has been named deputy mayor and his friend Doreen Roberts will be deputy mayoress.

Cllr Fox will raise money for Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust, Sea Cadets and Shopmobility in his year in office.