LONDON – Dr Cllr James Shera, Sitara-e- Pakistan and MBE, has made a recordby getting elected as a councilor consecutively for the 11th term, fromBenn Ward of Rugby Council, a ward from where he has been continuouslycontesting elections and elected since 1981.

He was elected Mayor of Rugby in 1988, first Pakistani to become a Mayor.Dr Shera has a wide range of honors on his credit to make Pakistanis inBritain proud of their heritage.

In April 2017 he received “Freeman of the Borough of Rugby” Award. TheAward was proposed by the Leader of the Council Cllr Mike Stoke andseconded by Mrs Clare Edwards and Jerry Roodhouse. It was for the time thatall three major parties, the Conservative, the Labour and the LiberalDemocrats unanimously seconded the Award.