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[[File:Wayne Trakas-Lawlor.jpeg|thumb| | [[File:Wayne Trakas-Lawlor.jpeg|thumb|Cllr Trakas-Lawlor as Deputy Mayor of Croydon]]'''Wayne Trakas-Lawlor''', formerly Wayne Lawlor, born c. 1966 (aged 39 in January 2016)<ref name=welcome>Samantha Booth, [http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Croydon-welcome-openly-gay-mayor-Wayne-Trakas/story-28607400-detail/story.html "Croydon to welcome first openly gay mayor Wayne Trakas-Lawlor this year"]. ''Croydon Advertiser'', 26 January 2016</ref>) is a [[Labour]] politician and former trade union official. He is a "a Croydon boy born and bred"<ref name=welcome /> and was elected to [[Croydon]] council in 2010 for South Norwood ward.<ref name=character>[http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/CROYDON-CHARACTER-Union-man-turned-Labour/story-12702091-detail/story.html "CROYDON CHARACTER: Union man turned Labour councillor Wayne Lawlor tells Cherry Wilson about the challenges of his first year in office"]. ''Croydon Advertiser'', 3 June 2011.</ref> | ||
He became Deputy Mayor of | He became Deputy Mayor of Croydon in 2015 and Croydon's first openly-gay Mayor in 2016.<ref name=welcome /> | ||
In 2018 he did not seek re-election to the Council as he and his husband were moving out of the area.<ref>[https://insidecroydon.com/2017/10/16/former-mayor-of-croydon-decides-to-stand-down-from-council/ "Former Mayor of Croydon decides to stand down from council"], ''Inside Croydon'', 16 October 2017.</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:11, 10 July 2026
Wayne Trakas-Lawlor, formerly Wayne Lawlor, born c. 1966 (aged 39 in January 2016)[1]) is a Labour politician and former trade union official. He is a "a Croydon boy born and bred"[1] and was elected to Croydon council in 2010 for South Norwood ward.[2]
He became Deputy Mayor of Croydon in 2015 and Croydon's first openly-gay Mayor in 2016.[1]
In 2018 he did not seek re-election to the Council as he and his husband were moving out of the area.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Samantha Booth, "Croydon to welcome first openly gay mayor Wayne Trakas-Lawlor this year". Croydon Advertiser, 26 January 2016
- ↑ "CROYDON CHARACTER: Union man turned Labour councillor Wayne Lawlor tells Cherry Wilson about the challenges of his first year in office". Croydon Advertiser, 3 June 2011.
- ↑ "Former Mayor of Croydon decides to stand down from council", Inside Croydon, 16 October 2017.