MAYOR OF SWANLEY COUNCILLOR DAVID COATES
Councillor David Coates was appointed as new Mayor of Swanley at the Council's Annual Meeting on 13 May 2009.
Councillor Janet Sargeant was appointed as Deputy Mayor.
David was a National trade union officer for 27 years in the timber and furniture trade.
He is the Secretary and founder member of Swanley Athletic Club and a member of the Sevenoaks District Sports Council.
David is a former school governor and a previous member of Woolwich Borough Council, the London Borough of Greenwich and Sevenoaks District Council of which he was the Chairman in 1996.
The Mayor has chosen two charities for the year, The Cardiac Unit at Darent Valley Hospital and Swanley District Volunteers, and said he would be arranging fund raising events throughout the year to increase awareness of the two charities and to donate all the money he raises throughout his Mayoral year to the two of them.
