Cllr Aislinn Lee was officially made the 467th Mayor of the City and District of St Albans on 18th May 2011 at the Annual Council meeting and Rosemary Bennett will be her Mayoress for the year.
Aislinn Lee was brought up in Essex and attended school in London before moving to Watford in Hertfordshire with her family. It was there that she met her husband, John, to whom she will have been married for 42 years in June.
As a young mother in Watford, Aislinn quickly became someone that others in her community turned to for guidance and support. It was some 20 years later that she was persuaded that she would be better able to help them as a Borough Councillor. She served firstly as a Watford Borough Councillor; subsequently also as a Hertfordshire County Councillor and latterly represented Park Street as a St Albans City and District Councillor and St Stephen’s as a Hertfordshire County Councillor. She has worked tirelessly for the last 21 years helping people in the communities that she has served.
Aislinn has three children, Mark, Maresa and Gemma and 5 grandchildren. Family has always been very important to her and she regards the people that she serves as an extension of that family. It should not be surprising therefore, that her theme for her Mayoral year will be children and young people.
The Mayors charities are Sure-start St Albans and Women’s Refuge. In addition to these charities, she will establish a bursary to provide some limited financial support to children leaving care, to help them either to embark on a course at University or College, or to gain their independence by living in their own home. Aislinn believes that nothing is more natural than a family giving financial aid to their children when they first start out on their own. She feels that as a community St Albans should recognise, and take more responsibility for, the needs of children leaving care to let them know that they are valued members of our community, that we care how well they do and that we believe that they can succeed.
Aislinn has been involved in community politics for over forty years and a councillor for most of the last 21 years. She loves meeting people and says: “I am absolutely passionate about St Albans. We felt that we ‘came home’ when we moved here. It is a tremendous honour to be chosen as Mayor of anywhere, but to be chosen as Mayor of St Albans is doubly so. As first citizen of the City and District I love so much, representing the community I care so much about and having the opportunity to meet so many of the good people in St Albans who help on a daily basis to make our community the very best place to live for us all, is a once in a life time opportunity which I hope to fulfil with gusto, energy and great pride. I will simply relish it.”
Cllr Aislinn Lee, The Right Worshipful the Mayor of St Albans City & District.
Contact for the Mayor’s office:
Alison Orde, the Mayor’s Civic Officer
Tel: 01727 819544 E-mail: mayoralty@stalbans.gov.uk
Contact for the press:
Davina Mansell, Information and Communication Officer
Tel: 01727 819316. E-mail: davina.mansell@stalbans.gov.uk
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Date of last review: 19 May 2011