Veteran Councillor Steps in as Wiltshire Chair for 21 Mins Amid Big Cheers

Labour councillor lasts just 20 minutes as local authority's chairman

Ricky Rogers, the sole Labour representative on Wiltshire Council, held the position of interim chairman for just 20 minutes during the authority's annual meeting last week.The councillor for Fisherton & Bemerton Village near Salisbury took the seat at the head of the cabinet bench before 96 fellow members on May 19."Thirty-seven years I've been coming into this chamber, and it's the first time I've sat in this chair," Mr Rogers remarked upon as…

Veteran councillor steps in as Wiltshire chair for 21 mins amid big cheers

Wiltshire Council's only Labour member has lost his job as chair of the local authority after only 21 minutes in the role.