Young Unionist Chairman elected Larne Deputy Mayor
25 year old councillor Mark Dunn has been elected as Larne’s deputy Mayor for the year 2006/07. The Ulster Unionist representative for Larne Town and Chairman of the Young Unionists is currently the youngest Larne borough councillor and the youngest person to hold the post of Deputy Mayor.
Commenting, Cllr. Dunn said: -
“I am grateful for the confidence that my Ulster Unionist and Council colleagues have placed in me by electing me Deputy Mayor of the Borough. I look forward to working with the Mayor, Aldermen and the council officers in pushing forward the ambitious capital works programme that had been laid out for the year.
The voluntary agreement between the parties to share responsibility in Larne Council after last year’s election is setting a positive example of civic leadership. Our borough has been unfairly maligned in the past, but we are trying to move forward into a shared and prosperous future. Larne still has problems, and in that sense it is no different from many other areas in Northern Ireland, but it is only by including all sections of our community, some of whom may in the past have felt excluded, that we are better able to find local solutions.
As Councillors we have very limited powers, but we need to concentrate on what we can achieve. I hope that as Deputy Mayor I can live up to the expectations of the post and my colleagues on Larne Borough Council and assist both in the delivery of Council projects and in building stronger, healthier and more sustainable communities.”