Just a few short weeks since the excellent local election results: here are the confirmed positions of the new Liberal Democrat leadership of Arun District Council (as voted in at the first new council meeting on 22nd May):

Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Economy and Policy: Cllr Dr James Walsh (Lib Dem)

Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Corporate Support: Cllr Francis Oppler (Lib Dem)

Chair of the Council: Cllr Jeanette Warr (Lib Dem)

Vice Chair of the Council: Cllr Amanda Worne (Lib Dem)

Cabinet Member for Planning: Cllr Martin Lury (Lib Dem)

Cabinet Member for Residential Services: Cllr Pauline Gregory (Lib Dem)

Cabinet Member for Neighbourhood Services: Cllr Dan Purchese (Lib Dem)

Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing: Cllr Gill Yeates (Lib Dem)

Cabinet Member for Technical Services: Cllr Matt Stanley (Lib Dem)

Chair of the Development Control Committee: Cllr Jamie Bennett (Lib Dem)

Chair of the Licensing Committee: Cllr Billy Blanchard-Cooper (Lib Dem)

Chair of the Audit and Governance Committee: Cllr Inna Erskine (Lib Dem)

Chair of the Bognor Regis Regeneration Sub-committee: Cllr Matt Stanley (Lib Dem)

Chair of the Littlehampton Regeneration Sub-committee: Cllr Ian Buckland (Lib Dem)

Congratulations and thanks to all our councillors, and thanks for all your membership, support and votes

More information on the Council will follow.