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Deputy Mayor Councillor Robert Smytherman Biography

Cllr Robert Smytherman
Deputy Mayor of the Borough of Worthing 2012/2013 - PHOTO TO FOLLOW

Councillor Robert Smytherman is the Deputy Mayor of the Borough of Worthing.

Bob was first elected to the Borough Council in 2002 to represent Tarring Ward. During 2003/04 he was appointed as the Executive Member with responsibilities for Planning and Economic Development; he then went on to become Leader of the Opposition group until 2008. In 2009 Bob was elected to represent the area on West Sussex County Council and he is currently Chairman of the Worthing County Local Committee.

Bob has served on most of the Borough Council’s Committees during his time as a councillor. These include the Licensing Sub-Committee as Chairman and also the Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Panels.

Bob went to St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School in Worthing and regularly attends at St Mary's Catholic Church is Crescent Road where he is a regular Minister of the Eucharist.

Bob has worked in the town since 1988.  Firstly as a manager of a take-away in The Royal Arcade for former Mayor & Honorary Alderman Nick John and later for the local business Connaught Leisure.  Bob has also been a cycling instructor for West Sussex County Council.  He currently works as a Part-time Night Manager at the Chatsworth Hotel in Worthing.

As well as his work on the Council, Bob is a Trustee of the popular local charity Worthing and Arun MIND and also Chairman of the Federation of Private Residents’ Association which has represented the interests of long leasehold flat owners in England & Wales.

Bob's Consort is Councillor Norah Fisher.

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