Floriana has its new mayor – independent candidate Nigel Holland.

Nationalist Party councillor James Aaron Ellul will serve as the deputy mayor.

In the previous term, the council had been led by a Labour mayor. The PL, this time, lost the majority of seats.

In a statement, the Nationalist Party said that after the Labour Party, in spite of having a relative majority, had failed to come to terms on the composition of the council.

The PN’s two councillors and the independent councillors had agreed, in the best interests of the locality, that for the council to be able to function well Holland should become mayor and Ellul vice-mayor.

The statement said that it had been agreed that the council should follow the PN’s programme for the locality, while taking on board any proposal that is deemed to be of benefit to the residents.