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New mayor and deputy selected for Rushmoor

By Tim Harris
February 01, 2013

THE identity of the next mayor and deputy mayor of Rushmoor has been agreed by unanimous selection.

Current deputy mayor of Rushmoor, Councillor Terry Bridgeman will become the new mayor of the borough in May, with Cllr Diane Bedford joining him as deputy mayor.

The selection was made by Rushmoor Borough Council’s licensing committee on January 28.

Cllr Bridgeman, who represents the Aldershot Park ward, said: “I am pleased, it is very welcome of course. It is quite an honour for me – it is real pride.

“I think my family are quite pleased as well. If my parents were still alive they would be very proud of me.”

He said he was looking forward to becoming mayor and that he ‘cannot wait for it to start’.

Cllr Bridgeman has served as deputy mayor of Rushmoor under the current mayor, Peter Crerar, since last May.

“I have enjoyed my time as deputy mayor,” continued Cllr Bridgeman. “I have been busy – I have been to lots of interesting events and met lots of interesting people.

“I hope I can carry on this tradition of many fine mayors we have had in the past. I hope I can be a credit to the borough.”

One of the criteria for the Rushmoor mayoral positions states that ‘the offices of mayor and deputy mayor must at all times be apolitical’.

While the new selection will see Conservative councillor Bedford as deputy mayor, joining forces with a Labour councillor as mayor of the borough, she underlined how political differences will be put to one side.

Cllr Bedford, who represents Farnborough’s St Mark’s ward, said: “I think we can work well together, I hope we will complement each other and work together for the benefit of Rushmoor.

“I am really pleased to have been selected. I am really looking forward to it.

“I am delighted and I hope I will do a good job, not just for my residents in St Mark’s, but for the residents across the whole of Rushmoor.

“It is important that I am there for the people.”

Cllr Martin Tennant, chairman of the council committee which confirmed the selection, described how it was ‘very pleased with the choices’.

“Cllr Bridgeman has done a very good job as deputy mayor, he has attended lots of appointments and represented the borough very well,” said Cllr Tennant.

“Cllr Bedford is a cabinet member and is well liked within the community and the council. It was unanimous and there was no debate. The position of mayor is a really important one, it makes a difference to lots of people and organisations within the borough.

“It is a valuable position to engage with the people – it is very positive and good for the community.”

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Farnborough has me as one of its County Councillors:-) ! I'm sure that's a benefit......

County Councillor John Wall - Farnborough South Division (@CllrJohnWall), Farnborough, Hampshire
17/02/2013 at 00:49

But you can't possibly be arguing that Farnborough is objectively better than Aldershot. Which aspect of our town are you jealous of: the beautiful roundabouts or perhaps the abundance of Tory councillors. Do you really think that if only Aldershot had a Benedictine monastery and plenty of free parking spaces because no-one wants to shop in town that it would be better?

The thing that people seem to neglect is that Aldershot isn't run by Farnborough; both towns are run by Rushmoor Borough Council. Rushmoor has consistently prioritised Aldershot when it comes to arts spending and your cinema has been delivered much sooner the Farnborough's. I am glad that a neighbouring town has got a new development and was very impressed when I visited it in January. Yet all you seem to want to do is blame 'Farnborough' for all that has gone wrong in your town.

Let me ask you again, what exactly do you think that Farnborough has that Aldershot is missing out on?

BlisteringBarnacles! , Sheffield / Farnborough
15/02/2013 at 12:41

history of your home town?

following site states following:- http://www.heureka.clara.net/surrey-hants/ald-shot.htm

states following:- Aldershot up until the mid-1970s was an independent borough with its own town council. The Borough of Aldershot received its Charter of Incorporation in 1922. Since the 1970s, following local government reorganisation, it now, together with Farnborough (and very much the poor relation), forms the Borough of Rushmoor.

Ithink Aldershot is now the poor relation, and in your own words :-

"Farnborough has everything", yeah no medical centre, theatre, arts centre or cinema though, eh? Admittedly Farnborough does have the council offices, the airport and more schools than Aldershot but it's swings and roundabouts really. yes but farnborough residents are allways complaing they have nothing when in fact this is very untrue,

and those who have grown up in Aldershot for past 50 years would know where most of their rates have gone!!

PJA
15/02/2013 at 09:30

"Farnborough has everything", yeah no medical centre, theatre, arts centre or cinema though, eh? Admittedly Farnborough does have the council offices, the airport and more schools than Aldershot but it's swings and roundabouts really.

And none of that answered my question about what gives you and others the right to criticise me for interesting myself in the affairs of my town.

BlisteringBarnacles! , Sheffield / Farnborough
14/02/2013 at 14:56

As for my being offensive, would you care to give examples? And who are you two to judge whether I can have a say on things that happen in my home town?

BlisteringBarnacles! , Sheffield / Farnborough

Well I have lived and been born in Aldershot for over 57 years - my family came to Aldershot before the army moved in the area, my great great grandmother was the first business in the area - set up a laundry for the service men, so really know exactly what our town used to have and what it has been left with since aldershot council and farnborough council joined in the 70's - and what I can see we have come of worse now, because farnborough has everything that we have not. Everyone in Farnborough reckon we have princess hall, and medical centre. Well we had the princess hall before we joined as a council of rushmoor, and as for the medical centre this replaces cambridge military hospital for the army and the old health centre in aldershot that was falling to bits, so really we have nothing new. The cinema also replaces all the cinemas we allready had. as for the new mayor he was born in aldershot comes from an aldershot family who also have been here for many years, and is nice to see a local man to become the mayor. Yes I agree with him his parents would be very proud of him to know he is now the local mayor.

PJA
14/02/2013 at 09:57

To Messrs Smith and PJA.

"I would rather Cllr Wall keep his nose off this comment board"- that is the offensive comment, not your question.

I don't have a 'problem', I was acknowledging your response in what I thought was a friendly and humorous way, as shown by the smiley face, which looks like :) On the other hand you two seem to have a bee in your respective bonnets over where I live.

I am a born and bred 'Farnbronian' (well I was born in Frimley Park) and lived in the same house near the Thatched Cottage for nineteen years, a house that I still return to every few weeks to spend time with my parents and friends who all live in Farnborough. I am now at university in Sheffield, a place that I love but do not consider my home.

As for my being offensive, would you care to give examples? And who are you two to judge whether I can have a say on things that happen in my home town?

BlisteringBarnacles! , Sheffield / Farnborough
13/02/2013 at 12:45

As for councillior Bridgeman he is 100% local and born in the borough which is nice to see a local become a mayor for his home town" Aldershot".

PJA
11/02/2013 at 07:19

@PJA: You don't say :)

BlisteringBarnacles! , Sheffield / Farnborough

my mistake!

what's your problem?.

You obviously don't live 100% in rushmoor borough.

PJA
11/02/2013 at 07:19

Also Blistering I've just read your comments on other sites and think they were far more offensive in content that mine..you seem to have comment about everything from Sheffield

Citizen Smith, Aldershot
09/02/2013 at 20:16

Blistering Barnacles where do you live Sheffield or Farnborough? how can a simple question be offensive?..are you is campaign secretary? it was and still is a question..Mr Wall what committees do you sit on now?

Citizen Smith, Aldershot
09/02/2013 at 20:11

He must be worried he came back! ask how much money is being siphoned off residents permits into paying for parking attendants on patrol that should be taken from the car park fees..except they have a get out of jail card for changing the proportion of fees taken from different channels of charges. Read the papers the local government have so many ways of getting money from us all..10yrs ago a resident permit cost £10 NOW £45 for what?

Citizen Smith, Aldershot
09/02/2013 at 20:02

@PJA: You don't say :)

BlisteringBarnacles! , Sheffield / Farnborough
08/02/2013 at 16:58

my bit below is on wrong page..

PJA
07/02/2013 at 08:59

"I live on nothing a bit fat 0 and have done for 5 years!! "

You must share your 'secret' with the rest so they too can do as you.

Otherwise we would be inclined to think you just talk a load of nonsense.

Tell us what your income is and source of it?

What is you total expenditure?

unhappy (now disgusted)

My wife gets nothing at all from benefit system she is fully reliant on my benefits where I am unable to claim for her, jobcentre state you have to claim for yourself and not your partner it is up to your partner to claim, she did several times yet got refused although she paid full taxes for 30 years. Told that she had to rely on her husband to keep her and councillior crawford states £111.45 a week, thats a joke £105.05 for me alone because of my disability. So if I got £111.45 that means my wife is only worth £6.40 a week [isn't that below the living wage?]. Councillior Crawford and many others should try and live off nothing at all, try what my wife has done for allmost 5 years since she suffered cancer at NHS neglect and then tell everyone how they would cope. My wife doesn't come on this site any more due to the upset of the rude remarks because she was stating the truth about her cancer and no benefits but people would rather think it to be untrue because the uk goverment labour and the now goverment to think that no one in the uk lives on nothing. When in fact it is true. A married wife is treated like this - they pay taxes while working as a single person but when it comes to claiming for benefits when they become ill are turned away and expect the husband to look after them totally, its a disgrace what this country has come to. Just hope this set up for married people will stand when same sex marriages happern?.