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| Rodgers gets city's top civic job | |
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| Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers has been elected as Belfast's new lord mayor. | Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers has been elected as Belfast's new lord mayor. |
| Mr Rodgers, a councillor for the Victoria Ward, was previously the city's civic head in 2001. He succeeds the SDLP's Pat McCarthy in the post. | Mr Rodgers, a councillor for the Victoria Ward, was previously the city's civic head in 2001. He succeeds the SDLP's Pat McCarthy in the post. |
| He pledged to do what was best for the city and its citizens - regardless of religion or race - during his term of office. | He pledged to do what was best for the city and its citizens - regardless of religion or race - during his term of office. |
| "I want to assure every member of this council that I will be an impartial lord mayor," he said. | |
| "I will do what's best for the council and also for this great city of ours, regardless of the person's religion, colour, class and creed. | |
| "It is vitally important we carry on that work that's been done for many years." | |
| There had been speculation that a Sinn Fein councillor would become the party's second lord mayor of the city. | There had been speculation that a Sinn Fein councillor would become the party's second lord mayor of the city. |
| Although it is the largest party it does not have a majority and needed the support of other parties to get their candidate, Tierna Cunningham, elected. | Although it is the largest party it does not have a majority and needed the support of other parties to get their candidate, Tierna Cunningham, elected. |
| However, the SDLP gave their support to Mr Rodgers at Monday's council meeting. | However, the SDLP gave their support to Mr Rodgers at Monday's council meeting. |
| The SDLP's Bernie Kelly was elected deputy mayor after receiving support from the UUP and some DUP backing. | |
| Sinn Fein's Alex Maskey, now an assembly member, was the party's first lord mayor in the history of the city in 2002. | Sinn Fein's Alex Maskey, now an assembly member, was the party's first lord mayor in the history of the city in 2002. |
| The first lord mayor of Belfast was Daniel Dixon, who was elected in 1892. | The first lord mayor of Belfast was Daniel Dixon, who was elected in 1892. |