Yvonne Moore: former nurse turned Leamington councillor (from 2007) & Mayor from 2012
Born c. 1950, Moore was a school governor and a key member of the local neighbourhood watch scheme. She also worked closely with police officers as part of an Independent Advisory Group and has combined these roles with being a magistrate and a youth magistrate.
She stated: “Leamington is very much a town of two halves. There’s a top half, and a bottom half. Like everywhere else, we’ve got the rich bits and the poorer bits. I know I can’t do it on my own but I very much want to get Leamington to be a united place. One of the things I’m most keen to do is meet all the community groups, finding out what’s happening in the town and seeing how I can help these groups. I just want to be there for people in the town.”
She first arrived in the UK back in 1958. After starting work as a nurse, she moved to the area in 1962 where she has lived ever since and raised her family.
She was working as a nurse in the 1970s & was active in the Royal College of Nurses union, attending RCN conferences all over the country.
Later she agreed to help out the local Liberal Democrats, delivering their papers and attending their meetings. Eventually she stood as a candidate.
Adapted from information found at: www.voice-online.co.uk/article/leamingtons-new-mayor-proves-popular-choice
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