A former leader of Wirral Council has been given a special title to mark his 26 years of service.
Pat Hackett, who was a Labour councillor for New Brighton from 1994 until 2020, with a short break between 2008 and 2011, was made an Honorary Alderman by the council’s Regulatory and General Purposes Committee tonight. Mr Hackett led the council between May 2019 and September 2020, a difficult time for Labour after it lost its majority in Wirral at the 2019 local elections.
Speaking at tonight’s meeting, Cllr Andrew Hodson, a Conservative, said Mr Hackett became a councillor in the same year as him. Cllr Hodson added he was very pleased to be able to bestow the title on someone worthwhile, something he thought the committee would agree with.
