Councillor Alison Moore has become the 57th Mayor of Barnet after being officially sworn in during the Annual Council Meeting held on Tuesday 24 May at Hendon town Hall.
Councillor Moore takes over from the Borough’s previous Mayor, Councillor Alison Cornelius.
Councillor Melvin Cohen was honoured for his 40 years of service to the Borough of Barnet at the Annual General Meeting of the Council at Hendon Town Hall, Tuesday 24 May.
He was awarded a certificate by the outgoing Mayor, Councillor Alison Cornelius.
Elected to represent the Golders Green ward in 1982, he has been doing so continuously during four decades of public service, memorably serving as Mayor in 2003/4 and again in 2013/14.
Throughout May, Barnet Council will not cut grass in many of the borough’s parks, greenspaces and roadside verges. In total, 26 parks and green spaces will be left uncut for a month. Barnet Council's new administration want to work with residents to identify more spaces which can be permanently rewilded.
According to Plantlife, organisers of No Mow May, a three-acre meadow can be home to nine million flowers producing enough nectar to support ½ million bees every day.
Following further work between Barnet Council Officers and Transport for London the roadworks of the current phase have been reduced:
A Barnet Council spokesperson said:
"TfL has committed to reducing the duration of the current phase of work on the A41 by one week, it is now scheduled to be completed by 10 June. As of 10 June the next phases should be less disruptive and should reduce current congestion."
Information correct as of 11.50 Friday 27 May 2022
Barnet Labour group now has majority control of the council following local elections on Thursday 5 May.
Labour won 41 seats and Conservatives took 22 seats with the provisional voter turnout being 97,480 (37.9%).
It’s Mental Health Awareness Week (9-13 May) and this year’s theme is all about helping others out of loneliness. We encourage you to support others who might be feeling lonely.
The count for the Barnet local elections took place overnight at Saracens’ StoneX stadium, finishing this morning at 7.00am (Friday 6 May).
Following the overnight count, the results have been declared and the Barnet Labour group now has full control of the council.
Labour 41 seats and Conservatives 22 seats. The provisional voter turnout was 97,480 (37.9%).
Polling stations across Barnet are now closed.
Live results will be shared on Twitter @BarnetCouncil as they come in and on our webpages at www.barnet.gov.uk/elections-and-voting/elections/election-results
This Thursday 5 May, voters in Barnet will go to the polls in the Local Elections to elect 63 councillors across 24 wards.
Voters will receive one ballot paper when they go to vote. Barnet’s recent ward boundary changes mean that the borough is now made up of nine 2-councillor wards and fifteen 3-councillor wards, based on the number of electors that they contain. Therefore, depending on which ward they live in, voters will vote for either 2 or 3 councillors to represent them.