Janette Williamson

Janette Williamson (born 1965), is a British Labour politician and former Leader of Wirral Council.

[1] She was elected leader of the Labour group on Wirral Council on 29 June 2020, beating fellow councillors Gillian Wood and Yvonne Nolan.

Williamson became Leader of the Council in a virtual meeting on 28 September with the Council governing under a Committee system.

[6] in 2021 Williamson was appointed by Mayor Steve Rotheram as the first, Deputy Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, a post which she held until 2023, She is the only woman to have ever held the position.

In 2012 Williamson was forced to apologise after she was found to have posted an offensive post on social media regarding the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.