Midlands. Legislation on directly elected mayors applies both to England and Wales, but there are currently no directly elected mayors in Wales. As of May 2023...

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...

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

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...

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...

be held in May 2025. All seats on all 21 county councils in England, 9 unitary authorities in England. Two existing combined authority mayors and two...

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...

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...

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

referendum on establishing a directly elected mayoralty was not held. The first election took place in May 2011. The first mayoral election on 5 May 2011 saw...

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...

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...

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...

2023 in England and on Thursday 18 May 2023 in Northern Ireland. These included district councils, unitary authorities, and directly elected mayors in England...

was 41.15%. Politics of Bristol Mayor of the West of England Parry, Keith (19 April 2012). "Directly-elected mayors – Commons Library Standard Note"...

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...

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...

Co-operative Party politician who is Mayor of Lewisham. In 2024 she became the first black woman directly elected mayor in England. Dacres is working class. She...

six directly elected mayors in England, and all 11 local councils in Northern Ireland being contested. A total of 8,886 councillors were elected: terms...

The Mayor of West Yorkshire is a directly elected mayor responsible for the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire in England. The Mayor chairs and leads...

The Mayor of Torbay was the directly elected executive mayor of the borough of Torbay in Devon, England. The post was abolished in 2019 after a referendum...

The mayor of Hackney is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Hackney London Borough Council in London, England. The post...

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....

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

caravan. 8 March – Brenda Dacres is elected Mayor of Lewisham becoming the first black woman directly elected mayor in England. Transport for London begins a...

supplementary vote was used to pick directly elected mayors and police and crime commissioners in England prior to 2022. In the past, the ordinary form of...

the lord mayors of the City of Manchester in the North West of England. Not to be confused with the Directly elected Greater Manchester mayor. The current...

The Mayor of Copeland was a directly elected mayoralty, first elected on 7 May 2015, taking on the executive function of Copeland Borough Council in Cumbria...

this proposal in early 2021. The mayor of the West of England is the directly elected head of the WECA. Under a devolution deal agreed in 2017, they have...

The office was established in 2002 following a referendum the previous year in which governance by a directly elected mayor was favoured over a cabinet...