The Mayor 

Role and responsibilities, chosen charities and information about the Mayor of the Vale of Glamorgan Council

The Mayor must be an elected Member of the Council and is appointed at the Council’s Annual Meeting in May, serving a term of one year.

The Mayor and Mayoress wear their official chains of office when representing the Council at civic engagements.

Throughout the municipal year, the Mayor undertakes a wide range of civic and community duties on behalf of the Vale of Glamorgan Council.

Organisations wishing to request the Mayor’s attendance at an event are invited to complete the designated request form.

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2026/27

Councillor Carys Stallard

• TheMayor@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

• 01446 709853

My name is Carys Stallard.  I have lived in Southerndown in the west of the Vale of Glamorgan for over twenty years, raising a family here.  As a councillor, I am proud to represent my community, along with my ward colleague, Councillor Jo Protheroe.

 

As Mayor I will be doing my best to get around the whole of the Vale of Glamorgan, using public transport where possible – public transport and active travel are among my passions.  Women’s sport is another. And the celebration of the volunteers that make our communities strong will be a focus again this municipal year.

• About the Mayor

  I was brought up in Carmarthenshire in a Welsh-speaking home – Welsh is my first language.

   

  I trained as a journalist and worked for BBC Wales in Cardiff (after a brief period as a volunteer teacher of English as a Second Language at what was then the Open Learning Centre in Holton Road, Barry).

   

   

 

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