Councillor George Cooper
Cllr George Cooper was Mayor of Hillingdon from 2015 to 2016 and his wife Councillor Judith Cooper was the Mayoress. His Deputy Mayor was Councillor John Hensley and his wife, and Mrs Diane Hensley was the Deputy Mayoress.
He was first elected as a councillor in May 1990, representing the North Uxbridge Ward - a ward in which he lived as a small child. Since then, he has served as an Uxbridge North Councillor continually.
During his time as a councillor, he has served on many committees, including Social Services, Education, Audits and Planning. He also served as Deputy Whip of the Majority Party, then subsequently as Chief Whip for 11 years, before becoming Deputy Mayor.
He currently serves as a Governor of St Mary's Catholic Primary School, which he has done for many years, and much of that time is spent chairing the Finance Committee.
A Trustee of Groundwork South and Fassnidge Memorial Trusts, he also serves on the Hoenigsberg Memorial Trust, Yeading Valley Working Party, Colne Valley Park CIC and is a reserve member of the Heathrow Airport Consultative Committee.
He and his wife Judith share a great interest in music, history and archaeology. Judith is also a councillor representing Uxbridge South, the ward in which they have lived for the past 40 years.