Councillor Shahzad Abbas Malik has been  chosen as Crawley Borough Council’s new mayor.

Councillor Malik was elected at the Annual meeting last Friday.

He was first elected to represent Langley Green ward in 2018 and was re-elected in Langley Green and Tushmore ward in 2019. He had been Deputy Mayor since May 2019. 

Cllr Malik, Said “I am truly humbled and honoured to have been elected as the Mayor of Crawley.

“I don’t know if I will ever be able to pay Crawley back but I can assure you that I shall try to serve Crawley to the best of my abilities with compassion and devotion, and play my role in making Crawley an even better place to live. In the end, my heartfelt thanks to the one and only, ‘My Beloved Crawley’.

Cllr Morgan Flack from Southgate ward was elected Deputy Mayor.