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“Whilst this is the greatest honour of my life I am under no illusions that it is also the greatest professional challenge I have faced,” she added. She also told councillors that ‘contrary to the Oldham online rumour mill’ she had lived in Oldham her whole life, aside from three years spent at university.
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Diversity matters, representation matters and these are things to be celebrated and not to be used as some form of weapon against people.” “Whilst I can already see how some people are beginning to use this fact as a means to sow hatred I won’t be forced to hide who I am. “I’m also proud to stand here today as the first openly gay leader of Oldham council. “It’s the absolute honour of my life to stand here today as leader of Oldham council,” she said. READ MORE: 'Bonus’ to ‘absolutely disgraceful’: Voter's react to independents councillor defecting to Labour less than a month after elections The Royton South councillor, who has been an elected member for ten years, told the meeting she would not hide her sexual orientation and said they should champion diversity in top roles. She paid tribute to Ms Shah at the annual meeting of the council on Wednesday saying she lost her seat following a ‘personalised abusive campaign’.Ĭoun Chadderton becomes Oldham’s third Labour leader in as many years, after Sean Fielding was also defeated at the ballot box in 2021. Oldham’s first openly gay council leader has been formally appointed by councillors.Ĭouncillor Amanda Chadderton takes on the top role at the local authority after former leader Arooj Shah – the first Muslim woman in the north of England to head up a council – lost her seat in the May 5 elections.