Keen cyclist and musician Dave Roberts has been tipped to take over as the new chairman of Ilkley Parish Council in the spring.
The 65-year-old, pictured, who first came to the town in the 1960s when he worked for the Natwest Bank on The Grove, has been vice-chairman of the council for the past two years.
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