YORK’S new Lord Mayor will be Lib Dem councillor Keith Orrell.

Cllr Orrell, ward councillor for Huntington and New Earswick, has served for 14 years and was a councillor for South Tyneside Council for eight years before that.

This will not be Cllr Orrell’s first civic duty, as during 2003 and 2004, he served as the city’s Sherriff, alongside his wife, Judith, who was Lady Sheriff and will be Lady Mayoress.