It will be a well-deserved hat-trick for a local councillor in May, as Clr. Trevor Hallett has been chosen to be Tenby's Mayor for the third time.

At Tuesday night's meeting of the town council, Clr. Hallett, who is the nephew of a much-remembered figure in local government, the late Miss Winnie Hallett, was unanimously voted in by his colleagues to don the scarlet robes of office.

Clr. Hallett, who first took on the role back in 1996 and returned as Mayor again in 2006, will succeed the current Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Julie Evans, who said that she had very much enjoyed her year.

"Thank you for the privilege of being Mayor of Tenby, it's been exhausting but very enjoyable," she told her fellow members.

Clr. Hallett, of 1 Cogmill Cottage, The Green, who has been a member of the town council since 1987, congratulated the outgoing Mayor on her work during her term in office.

"Madam Mayor, you will be a hard act to follow, but I'm sure I can rely on the support of the council and the town," he said.

Well-known for his environmental and ecological interests, Clr. Hallett was born in Monkton, Pembroke, and moved at an early age to East Minerton, Devonshire Drive, where his parents ran a smallholding and agricultural contracting business and later a small touring caravan complex.

Educated in St. Florence and Coronation Schools, Clr. Hallett worked in construction contracting for a number of years until he and his late wife, Marjorie, opened a painting and decorating shop in Upper Frog Street.

He has a daughter Abigail and four grandchildren.