Danny Brown 'proud and privileged' to be mayor of Hull
THE city's new Lord Mayor says he is "proud and privileged" to hold the title.
Labour Councillor Danny Brown was installed as Lord Mayor and Admiral of the Humber during a ceremony at the Guildhall.
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‘PRIVILEGED’: Councillor Danny Brown was installed in office during a ceremony at the Guildhall, with his deputy, Councillor Nadine Fudge. Picture: Peter Harbour
The traditional occasion also marked the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Lord Mayoralty.
Mr Brown returned to frontline politics last year to defeat former council leader Carl Minns in the city's King's Park ward.
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Mr Brown told invited guests: "I am proud and privileged to be given this opportunity to be the First Citizen of this great city of Kingston upon Hull.
"Having been born and bred in Hull, living first in St Stephen's Street and going to school at St Charles Primary, if someone had took me aside back then and told me I was going to be Lord Mayor of this city, I would have thought they were mad.
"It just goes to show the impossible can happen."
Mr Brown was first elected as a councillor in 1988 representing Beverley ward and went on to become a cabinet member for social services.
He stood down from the council in 2002 and was subsequently made an honorary alderman but was persuaded to stand again last year.
Away from politics, the disabled councillor has previously worked for Beeline industries in Hull, as a social services inspector at the former Humberside County Council and as a project co-ordinator for the Age Concern charity, now known as Age UK.
He announced his chosen charities for the year will be Case Training, Age UK and the Hull and East Riding Institute for the Blind.
Speaking about his charity choices and his own background, he stressed the importance of all three organisations.
"I was very lucky to be born into a family who very much encouraged me to get on with life just like all my able-bodied friends.
"All the charities provide disabled and elderly people with opportunities to take part in life like anyone else. The greatest thing in life is opportunity."
Comments
by froggy39
Saturday, May 26 2012, 6:55AM
“On their showing to date, I would think that here we have what the Americans refer to as a "Dream Team". As somebody rightly said, after Inglis the only way is up. Nadine, please keep up your pressure to sort out the taxi driver anomaly and don't let the PC brigade force you to abandon your principles and Danny, keep on showing the public of Hull what a good politician can really do for our great city. I think, Danny, you are probably going to bring back respect to the mayoral position. Welcome, The Dream Team.”
by westy_13
Saturday, May 26 2012, 5:51AM
“Lovely man. Vey well done and congratulations Danny.”
by jamie91339
Saturday, May 26 2012, 1:19AM
“You would have thought Mr Fudge would have had a shave and put his teeth in for the photo.”
by FCscuba
Friday, May 25 2012, 6:50PM
“Congratulations Danny. It is well deserved”
by jezhull
Friday, May 25 2012, 5:12PM
“Good luck to Mr Brown. The plus side for him is that after the despicable Mr Inglis, things can only get better.”
by embittered
Friday, May 25 2012, 1:17PM
“For all those taking the pi$$ out of Nadine Fudge, she is the only councilor who has had the bottle to publicly state that she has concerns that some of Hull's foriegn taxi drivers may have criminal convictions in their country of origin and have not gone through the same rigourous checks that British Taxi Drivers have had to go through (Thanks to the anti british, multicultural, politically correct garbage that the EU is spewing out in the name of "human rights and dignity") and may pose a danger to the City's passengers.
She's urging that they are checked out.
Do you know what? With a decent bloke like Brown as Mayor, and no nonsense councilors like Fudge at his side who are not afraid to speak up for the benefit of this City and its paid up inhabitants, we might just have the makings of a common sense council in the making!
And believe me...I don't say that lightly.”
by JerryJez
Friday, May 25 2012, 12:43PM
“Looks like Mel B off of Bo Selecta!”
by IDoknowbest
Friday, May 25 2012, 12:35PM
“Well done Danny Brown, A Hull man for Hull people. Good Luck to you.”
by embittered
Friday, May 25 2012, 11:19AM
“Well done and good luck.”
by charleswelton
Friday, May 25 2012, 11:08AM
“What is this ? A fancy Dress party, maybe the mayor would like to share with us the 10 best things Hull has to offer.”