In England, directly elected mayors are directly elected executive political leaders of some local government bodies, usually either local authorities...

London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The current mayor is Sadiq Khan, who took office...

relating to mayors or their equivalent: Directly elected mayors in England and Wales Mayors in England Mayors in Northern Ireland Mayors in Wales Provost...

wider scale. The mayor was entitled to sit on the proposed "Cabinet of Mayors", along with the other directly elected mayors in England and Wales. Such...

councils in England, 11 directly elected mayors in England, the 25 members of the London Assembly, and 37 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales...

districts now have directly elected mayors with extensive powers. The role of the chair of a district council is exactly the same as the mayor of a borough...

discussed by a "Dublin Citizens' Assembly" to be set up in 2019. Directly elected mayors in England and Wales "Local Government Reform Act 2014". Irish Statute...

July 2024. Yusuf was born in 1986 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. His parents migrated from Sri Lanka to the UK in the 1980s, and both worked...

Since reforms introduced in 2000, a number of English local authorities have directly elected mayors who combine the "civic" mayor role with that of leader...

The Mayor of Leicester, styled City Mayor to distinguish from the Lord Mayor of Leicester, is the directly elected mayor responsible for the executive...

(link) "Mayoral referendums: The mayors of the twinned cities". BBC News. 19 April 2012. "Rival campaigns fight over directly-elected mayors in England". BBC...

changing executive arrangements to a model with a directly elected mayor. Of these, 17 have resulted in the establishment of a new mayoralty and 37 have...

thirds, but have all seats up in 2026 thanks to new ward boundaries. All combined authority mayors up for election in 2026 are newly-established roles...

Council is the local authority with the Mayor of Watford as its head – one of only 18 directly elected mayors in England and Wales. There is evidence of some...

includes all members of Parliament elected to the British House of Commons representing Reform UK. Elected as a Conservative in 2019 Suspended from the party...

authority mayors. UK prime minister David Cameron proposed in 2012 that England's directly elected mayors sit within an "English Cabinet of Mayors", giving...

was elected in May 2002. Thornhill was the first female directly elected mayor in England and the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor. She...

The mayor of Tower Hamlets is the directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council in east London, England. The first election for this position...

(including by-elections), thirteen directly elected mayors in England, and 39 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales were contested. On the...

mayors who are now known as the civic mayor of Doncaster. In May 2012, voters decided in a referendum to keep the position of directly elected mayor....

directly elected mayor. The authority was unique in being the only authority in England with an elected mayor and council manager. The first mayor was Mike...

councillors to be elected in the entire country in that years local elections. In May 2023, the party's leader, Alan Graves, was elected Mayor of Derby, beating...

it with a directly elected first minister accountable to Welsh MPs. This policy announcement triggered the departure from the party's group in the Senedd...

to elect directly elected mayors in England, including the mayor of London before 2022. The use of the first-past-the-post to elect members of Parliament...

Allister in February 2021. There was speculation that the alliance could lead to a splitting of the unionist vote, resulting in fewer DUP MPs being elected due...

Government Act, 1972, the Mayors from 1949 onwards came into office in May. The civic mayor was replaced by a directly elected mayor in 2002. Since April 2009...

University of Sussex with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. During his time at the university, he was elected treasurer of the rugby club and also co-founded...

is Mayor of Lewisham. In 2024 she became the first black woman to be elected Mayor of Lewisham, and the second black woman directly elected mayor in England...

referendum the previous year in which governance by a directly elected mayor was favoured over a cabinet system. Another referendum in 2012 produced the converse...

candidate for the Brexit Party in the London constituency. He was first on his party's list, and was elected as one of its two MEPs in the constituency. He was...