The new Mayor of London has announced that influential out gay councillor Richard Barnes will serve as his deputy.

Richard Barnes (photo: PinkNews.co.uk)

A former leader of the Conservative administration in the London Borough of Hillingdon, he has a degree in economics from the University of Wales, and speaks Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and French.

The London Assembly member for Ealing and Hillingdon, he is one of several Deputy Mayors appointed.

Mr Barnes is not the only prominent gay man in the new administration - there are several others in key roles, reports pinknews.co.uk.

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