Cllr Ayub received the chains of office from Akhtar Zaman before a crowded council chamber on Wednesday.
A little over 12 hours earlier, in the same council chamber, Nick Peel was chosen as the new leader of the authority in a much more low-key meeting.
But there was no lack of ceremony in this meeting where Martyn Cox, the old leader of the authority, moved a motion for Cllr Ayub to be appointed.
Cllr Cox remembered the…