New Woman Mayor 1973

Alderman Mrs W. Pomeroy succeeded Labour's Robert John Came as Mayor of the London Borough of Hillingdon

It is the second time Mrs Pomeroy has been Mayor, previously for Uxbridge Urban District Council

Mrs Pomeroy was the second mayor of Hillingdon, the first being the Conservative Alderman Lila Wane in 1968

The new deputy Mayor will be Councillor John Walters, who lives with his wife and six children at Skipton Drive, Hayes