Andrew Gardiner, leader of Lancaster's Conservative group, made a return to the city council after taking time off due to a heart condition. He was welcomed back with applause from both political allies and opponents.
A top Tory councillor was welcomed back to Lancaster City Council with applause from political friends and foes, after taking time off for health issues.
He is the leader of Lancaster's Conservative group and also a county councillor. In the past, he also had a role working with the former Conservative Morecambe & Lunesdale MP David Morris.As the city council's Conservative group leader, Coun Gardiner has a key role in holding to account the authority's shared leadership of Labour, Green and Lib-Dems. And he often raises questions at council meetings.
Coun Gardiner also sits on Lancaster's licensing and appeals committees. The number of Conservative city councillors fell to five in this year's May local elections, impacting the number of committee seats they are entitled to. A by-election is taking place this week for a vacancy at Scotforth East which may slightly change allocations again, depending on the result.
Hamish is attending some civic events and being the chairperson at full council meetings when his mum, Abi, is unavailable. He again led this month's full council meeting.
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