Mayor

The Mayor represents the Borough by attending over 250 events during their civic year in office. These engagements include official openings, play schemes, sports functions, charity events, special occasions such as golden weddings and other significant anniversaries and birthdays.

Request a Visit

If you would like the Mayor to visit, please use our online Mayoral Booking form (Opens in a new window).

All Mayoral engagements received are strictly risk assessed.

The Mayor is also happy to connect with residents by email, video calls or pre-recorded messages, phone calls and letter.

We aim to respond to requests within 7 working days wherever possible.

The Mayor - Councillor Sue Paterson

Councillor Sue Paterson was born and grew up in Bestwood village, the youngest of four siblings. When she married Harry in 1993, they moved to Chilwell, and then to Stapleford in 1998. They have three wonderful children Adam, Lorna and James. Sue is also a proud grandma to Fae and Evie, who bring her great joy, and she cherishes every moment spent with them. While raising her children, Sue worked in Care and then in Retail, but once her youngest was old enough, she decided to go back into education. She studied Computer Science at De Montfort University, where she found a love of learning and technology. She stayed in education and followed her other passion, photography.  Sue had a real passion for live concert photography and has worked with local up-and-coming bands, including Evil Scarecrow.

Sue was first elected to Stapleford Town Council in May 2019, and Broxtowe Borough Council in the 2021 by-election. Growing up in a mining village instilled a sense of community which never left her, and it was this which motivated her to stand as a Councillor.  When not conducting her duties as a Councillor, she spends her time at a number of local voluntary organisations. She is a trustee of The Helpful Bureau and has been involved with the Mayor’s Christmas Hamper Appeal for the last three years, and she is also involved with Stapleford Mutual Aid Group. 

She is a founding member of Yarn Bomb Stapleford, which has been running for just over two years.  They offer crochet classes and create the Post box toppers and displays which pop up in Stapleford and further afield. The group has grown exponentially, and now includes over 40 people who attend the weekly classes. Sue believes that it is not just about the crochet but also the social aspect of the group that makes it such a valuable additional to the community and helps to bring people together.

She will be raising funds for The Helpful Bureau, whilst raising awareness for Dystonia UK and The Broxtowe Community Fund.  Sue was diagnosed with dystonia 13 years ago, which is the third most common movement disorder behind Parkinson’s and essential tremor, but unlike the others is less well known. 

As a trustee of the Helpful Bureau, Sue sees first-hand the benefit they bring to the local area supporting the over 55s and those with disabilities to remain active, socialised and independent, from daytrips to help at home.

Sue’s consort for the year will be her husband Harry and they’re looking forward to attending lots of community events, especially the Play Days and Christmas Light Switch On events. They also look forward to meeting people from across the Borough and learning more about the different organisations that make our Borough so rich.

Deputy Mayor - Councillor Robert Bullock 

Councillor Robert Bullock has served two terms as a councillor on Greasley Parish in the 1990's and was elected to Eastwood Town Council in 2019. He was also elected as a Broxtowe Borough Councillor in May 2023 for the Eastwood Hall ward in which he lives.

He spent thirty years as a firefighter based mostly at Dunkirk Fire Station retiring in 2008 and then worked in sports anti-doping and workplace drugs and alcohol screening until retiring from work in 2022.

During that time he has been involved in the local community in various roles including as a school governor, trustee and treasurer of Eastwood Volunteer Bureau, trustee and treasurer of The Friends of the Cromford Canal and is currently a trustee of Eastwood Age Concern.

In his spare time he enjoys playing golf or going fishing and is also involved in running a golf society and angling club.

Charities

Each year, the Mayor supports chosen charities and organises a number of events to help raise money for these charities. 

Full details about the Mayor's planned charity events are available by visiting the Charities Page.

Past Mayors

In 1977 the Council was granted Borough status and the first Mayor was elected. Since being granted Borough status in 1977, there have been 48 Mayors in office including the current Mayor, Councillor Sue Patterson.

If you'd like to know more about Broxtowe's Mayoral history, you can view a list of all of our past mayors. (.csv) (1.41KB) (Opens in a New Window)