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Cllr Awards 2024: The Shortlist
Community Champion
Cllr Rahima Farah
Liverpool City Council
Cllr Louis Gardner
Cornwall Council
Cllr Sally Green
City of Wolverhampton Council
Cllr Adeel Shah
East Hampshire District Council
Cllr Taila Taylor
Breckland Council
Leader of the Year
Cllr Marion Atkinson
Sefton Council
Cllr Matthew Hicks
Suffolk County Council
Cllr Peter Marland
Milton Keynes City Council
Cllr Liam Robinson
Liverpool City Council
Cllr Arooj Shah
Oldham Council
Cllr Caroline Topping
East Suffolk Council
Lifetime Legend
Cllr Clare Apel
Chichester District Council
Cllr Tony Page
Reading Borough Council
Cllr Steve Swift
North Lincolnshire Council
Cllr Lynda Thorne
Cardiff Council
Cllr Barry Wood
Cherwell District Council
Young Councillor of the Year
Cllr Chris Burden
City of Wolverhampton Council
Cllr Ryan Hack
Brent Council
Cllr Minesh Parekh
Sheffield City Council
Cllr Jordan Rowse
Cornwall Council
Cllr Jess Moultrie
Cardiff Council
Innovator of the Year
Cllr Mark Alfrey
Erewash Borough Council
Cllr Jonathan Andrews
London Borough of Bromley
Cllr Amanda De Ryk
Lewisham Council
Cllr Julia Neden-Watts
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Council
Thanks to our founding partners, CCLA
This year’s Awards are only possible thanks to the generous support of our founding partners CCLA.
CCLA is a leading specialist fund manager for local authorities and charities. When they began sponsoring the Cllr Awards they had 22 local authority client accounts. Today they have over 700 and this number is growing every month. CCLA are owned by their clients – their mission is to serve the whole sector, regardless of size.
LGIU supports local government every day
LGIU is a not-for-profit, non-partisan membership organisation. We are for local government and anyone with an interest in local democracy and finding local solutions to the global challenges that we all face.
Our resources, innovative research and connections are relied on by colleagues across the globe. We do our best for them, so that they can do their best for our communities.
