Mayor of the City of Derby

Mayor of Derby

The Mayor of the City of Derby is Councillor Ged Potter.

Ged has Derby in his DNA. He can trace his family history back several generations, spanning around 170 years of residency here in Derby. From humble beginnings living in the West End, his family finally owned businesses and property in the city. Ged qualified as a Senior Electrical Officer in the British Merchant Navy before joining the Police, serving throughout mainland UK and Northern Ireland. Ged later worked in the railway industry and private sector before being elected as a Councillor for Allestree ward in September 2016.

Married to Tracy and with four daughters and five grandchildren, the family live throughout the city. Ged and Tracy having been residents of Allestree for almost 40 years. Ged is a director of Allestree Alliance and loves nothing more than to facilitate community events in Allestree and Derby.

Ged wishes to make the values of faith, respect, and inclusiveness central to his mayorship, alongside his personal values of family, family and family  .

Deputy Mayor

The Deputy Mayor is Councillor Ajit Atwal.

Ajit is instinctively sociable and a genuine ‘people person’. He has an enormous number of people whom he counts as friends and his acquaintances are countless. He mixes in many different circles both professional and social. As well as his numerous business commitments he is also generous with his free time, particularly for young people in the community. He believes passionately in the power of sport to be a force for good. He is CEO of Atwal Car and Van Hire.

Ajit was born and bred in Derby and is well known throughout his community and across the city. He was first elected in 2010 and again in 2019. He is married to Kully and has three sons, of whom they are extremely proud. He is a fervent ambassador for the city and will support the Office of the Mayor in any way he can.