At the Annual Meeting of the Town Council held on Wednesday 22nd May 2024, Councillor Robin Sanders was elected Mayor of Woodbridge for the Civic Year 2024/25.
You can contact Robin directly via email
First elected to the Council in 2019, Robin has served on most of the Council’s committees and chaired the fortnight planning committee meetings for the last two years.
“Woodbridge Town Council has numerous land and property assets in the town, and we hope to develop these assets further for the benefit of the community and its visitors. The Shire Hall consultation showed residents desire to renovate, and make better use of, the iconic building. We aim to report later in the year on our progress to achieve that goal.”
Substantive changes to infrastructure and its use in the town have already commenced and further changes are planned to include major works to the A12 and, in early 2025, nighttime freight trains to Sizewell C. Woodbridge Town Council will continue to seek to protect the best interest of the town, including the local environment, by engaging with its residents, businesses and those implementing changes. We will maintaining our strong relationships with local councillors on Suffolk County Council and East Suffolk Council as well as our neighbouring towns and parishes, notably Melton in this process.
“This is a challenging time for Woodbridge and as a council we will seek to ensure that long term benefits will accrue to the town.”
The Deputy Mayor for the Civic Year 2024/25 is Councillor Ruth Leach
The Mayoral Process
If you wish to invite the Town Mayor to attend an event it is important that you contact us as early as possible to check Mayor's availability. A minimum of two weeks notice is required, but preferably more.
Please email Lorienn Graves - [email protected], with Mayoral invitations.
Woodbridge Town Council
Shire Hall
Market Hill
Woodbridge
Suffolk IP12 4LP
Mayoral History
Elected county councils were established in England and Wales for the first time in 1888, covering areas known as administrative counties. Some large towns, known as county boroughs, were politically independent from the counties in which they were physically situated. The county areas were two-tier, with many municipal boroughs, urban districts and rural districts within them, each with its own council - The Woodbridge Urban District Council was established at this time. UDC's did not appoint a Mayor, the Chairman of the Council was elected as the figurehead of the organisation. On 26 October 1972 the Local Government Act 1972 became law. It entirely reconstructed the local government system in England and Wales - redefining the procedures, structures, duties and geographies of all English and Welsh councils, and by 1974, Woodbridge Town Council was born. From this point onwards the Town Council were duty bound to appoint a Town Mayor as the first item of business during each Civic Year.
On display in the Shire Hall Council Chamber are the Mayoral boards dating back to 1896, shown in the photographs below.
