Allerdale's Mayor
The Mayor is first citizen of the Borough and is elected from
the 56 members every year at the Annual Meeting of the Council. The
Mayor chairs meetings of the Council during his/her term of office,
and presides at civic and other ceremonial events held in the
Borough.
Mayor Allan Caine
- Allan has served as an Allerdale Borough Councillor for 12
years
- He has also served as a Workington Town Councillor for 14
years
- He was formerly the Chairman of Cumbria County
Council
- Allan served in the Armed Forces in Northern Ireland, France,
Belgium, Holland and England
- He worked at the Steelworks in Workington for 42 years, until
he retired at the age of 60
- Allan is married to Elsie, and they have two grown up
children
- His hobbies include gardening and sequence dancing.
- Allan and Elsie have raised funds for West Cumberland Hospital,
Cancer and other charities with their dancing.
- During his year in office as Mayor of Allerdale, Allan will
be supporting the following charities;
- Alzheimers Society Northwest
- The Arthritis Research Campaign, and
- Sailing for the Disabled
Deputy Mayor John (Binky) Armstrong
- This is Binky's second term as an Allerdale Borough
Councillor
- He has also served as a Wigton Town Councillor for 16 years,
and has served two terms as the Mayor of Wigton
- Binky served his apprenticeship at Cowan Sheldon's in
Carlisle
- He joined the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment in 1960 and did
most of his service in Africa
- Binky started his own engineering business in the early 1970's
and took a partner in 1974, employing up to 16 people. He took
early retirement in 1990
- He was one of the founder members of the Wigton & District
Regeneration Group, which later became part of the North
Allerdale Partnership
- Binky married Mary in 1956, whom he sadly lost in 1976. He
has two sons and three grandchildren
- He married Mara in 1989 and says he has been blessed to meet
and marry two wonderful women in his life. Mara and Binky were
voted Citizens of the Year in May 2006, in recognition of their
services to the community of Wigton.
- Binky has done a considerable amount of charitable work
with Mara, helping disabled people and also returning Wigton
artefacts to the area
- His hobbies include gardening, walking, travelling
and auctions