Nurse becomes first Filipino to be elected vice mayor in UK

May 29, 2018

LONDON- A nurse who became the first Filipino to win elective office in the United Kingdom has again made history with his election as deputy mayor of a town near London, the Philippine Embassy announced Tuesday.

In a statement, Ambassador to London Antonio Manuel Lagdameo congratulated Councilor Danilo Favor following his election as deputy town mayor of East Grinstead in Sussex, about 43 kilometers south of London.

Lagdameo said Favor, who was elected by members of the East Grinstead Town Council, will assist Town Mayor Rex Whittaker during Council meetings and in raising funds for various community charities.

Favor, a member of the Conservative Party, became the first Filipino to hold elective office in the United Kingdom after he was elected Councilor of East Grinstead in 2011. He was re-elected to a second term in 2015.

Favor is a recipient of the Presidential Banaag Award for outstanding Filipino individuals and organizations overseas who have promoted the interests of overseas Filipino communities.

An ophthalmic nurse practitioner at the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Favor has lived in East Grinstead for 15 years. He graduated in the Philippines with a degree in nursing and continued his ophthalmology nurse specialist studies at King's College in London. DMS