St George’s Mayor Garth Rothwell will go head to head with his deputy Quinell Francis in the battle for the mayorship of the town.

Ms Francis, Mr Rothwell and Alfonso Harris will be the three mayoral candidates for the Municipal elections which will take place on May 7.

Mr Rothwell told The Royal Gazette that positive strides had been made during his time as mayor, but more work still needed to be done in the town. “Our infrastructure needs to be improved and we need to do quite a bit more to revitalise the town,” he said.

“But we are in a better position when it comes to funding than we have been in a long time to make these things happen.

“The focus going forward is collaboration between all the organisations in the town. We have worked with the BTA to create a hub and we are also trying to get a minibus operation up and running.

“There is lots to look forward to and lots to do.”

Ms Francis said she had stepped forward as a candidate to help move St George’s forward. “I want to build the community and the residential base and get everyone singing from the same page,” she said. This is a great opportunity; the people of St George’s know what Garth and I are about and I feel the people will make a good decision.

“I am just looking forward to May 7 and getting to know all the constituents. And then on May 8 if I am elected I will be ready to do the work for the people of St George’s.”

Meanwhile, no elections for the town’s councillors will be required in St George’s because only eight people put their name forward for the eight positions. The business ratepayers councillors will be Philip John Seaman and Faith Meri-Eve Bridges. The municipal residents councillors will be: Anthony Richardson, Calvin Bean, Phillip Anderson, Eakin McLaughlin, Elizabeth Christopher and Jamie Sapsford.