Councillor Kay West has been elected as the new chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

Coun West, who lives in Pocklington, is councillor for Pocklington Provincial ward.

Last year, she served as vice-chairman and has been mayor of Pocklington on three occasions.

Coun West, who is married to David and has two sons and a granddaughter, has run a small bed and breakfast on the outskirts of Pocklington for the last 24 years.

She said: “I am looking forward to meeting everyone and being a good ambassador for the East Riding. We are so lucky to live in a place like the East Riding as we have it all.”