Labour and the Liberal Democrats will form South Lanarkshire Council’s administration for the next five years.At the full council meeting this morning), the Labour group were voted to form the administration in a partnership agreement with the Lib Dems.Labour’s Joe Fagan is the new council leader, with party colleague Gerry Convery becoming his deputy.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android A total of 35 councillors voted for the Labour group, with 28 voting for the SNP and one abstaining.Councillor Margaret Cooper (Independent) was voted in as Provost, with Councillor Bert Thomson (Labour) being chosen as Deputy Provost.In response to the results, Councillor Fagan, new leader of South Lanarkshire Council, said: “I want to thank the council for the confidence placed on me today to lead the new administration of South Lanarkshire.
I’ve said to our workforce, service users and communities that South Lanarkshire needed new leadership and now it has arrived.“As the council will learn shortly, this new administration will be a new kind of administration, Labour-led but not Labour only.
The basis of this administration will be a partnership agreement between the Labour and Liberal Democrat groups and an agreement to which the leader of the independent group is also a party, an agreement that stops short of a
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