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| | Mayors in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In cases where a town or a city is a civil parish, the mayor is elected from their number by the parish council. | | | There are currently no elected mayors in any cities whose mayor has the right to bear the title Lord Mayor (the title Lord Mayor of London refers only to the City of London within the greater city), but if this were to arise, it may be the elected mayor would inherit that title. | | | In cases where a borough or a city is a local government district, the mayor is a councillor. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayors_in_the_United_Kingdom
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| | Encyclopedia: British elections |
| | For directly elected mayors in England, Supplementary vote is used. | | | The constitutional reforms of Labour drastically changed elections, introducing elected regional assemblies and elected mayors in certain cities. | | | An election is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/British-elections
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| | Plans For Directly Elected Mayors Largely Postponed |
| | Currently, the constitution stipulates that mayors are appointed by the government. | | | The cabinet earlier decided to allow citizens to elect mayors everywhere simultaneously at the local elections in 2006. | | | In the other variant, elected mayors will be introduced in 2006 in all municipalities where the local council wants this. |
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http://www.nisnews.nl/public/11305_1.htm
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| | Directly elected city and county mayors would have strengthened the elected side of local government and would have provided at least one full-time elected person who would probably be doing no more than riding shotgun on the manager. | | | Denying counties and cities the right to directly elect their chief executives - their mayors - is attacking the heart of democracy and stifling local initiatives at city and county levels. | | | It is also important that an elected representative draws his or her mandate from the entire county or city. |
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http://www.irlgov.ie/committees-29/c-environment/20030417/Page2.htm
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| | Referendum - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch |
| | This may be the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. | | | For example, in the Republic of Ireland only citizens may vote in a referendum whereas British citizens resident in the state are entitled to vote in general elections. | | | Some opponents therefore insist that the referendum is used by politicians as a way of abrogating responsibility in the taking of difficult or controversial decisions. |
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http://encyclopedia.worldsearch.com/referendum.htm
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| | Introduction The commitment, made in Labour’s 1997 election manifesto, to introduce a directly elected mayor and assembly for London forms one of the main planks of the party’s constitutional reform programme. | | | The mayoral election may have been tainted in the eyes of voters by the candidate selection shenanigans in the Labour and Conservative parties. | | | Those elected as mayors, having received a personal endorsement from voters, are thus supposed to command the legitimacy needed to provide strong leadership. |
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http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/files/staff/ben/PAPER3.DOC
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Bolivia |
| | The Congress elected him as president and he was inaugurated on August 6, 1997. | | | Bolivian cities and towns are governed by directly elected mayors and councils. | | | The 1969 death of President René Barrientos Ortuño, a former member of the junta elected President in 1966, led to a succession of weak governments. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/B/BO/BOL/Bolivia
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| | New Start - Community Regeneration Online |
| | an elected mayor and a cabinet chosen from the council | | | Middlesborough, Hartlepool, North Tyneside, Watford, Newham, Lewisham and Doncaster held mayoral elections on 2 May. Votes on whether to have mayors were held in Oxford, Stoke-on-Trent, Mansfield and Newcastle-under-Lyme. | | | Mr Wolfe believes a directly elected mayor will be in a better position to take strategic decisions than a politician dependent on currying support from a small geographical patch. |
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http://www.newstartmag.co.uk/mayor.html
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| | Russia, Government, Democracy, Mayoral Elections - JRL 3-4-05 |
| | Obninsk Mayor Igor Mironov promptly resigned over the move and a group of oblast and city legislators filed a court case against the new law. | | | Yabloko, which has spearheaded grassroots efforts to defend the direct election of mayors in regions throughout the country, and other liberals argue that, unlike the abolition of directly elected governors, eliminating the election of mayors would require constitutional amendments. | | | The struggle over mayoral elections is likely to continue for some time in various forms at the local level, at least until a decision is made on a national strategy on the question. |
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http://www.cdi.org/russia/Johnson/9077-16.cfm
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| | Guardian London fight hits support for mayors |
| | The poll's findings on mayors comes as ministers are pushing through their local government bill which introduces pilot projects for elected mayors with executive powers in major cities. | | | Popular support for directly elected mayors in British cities outside the capital has slumped in the wake of the political battle for London, according to this month's Guardian/ICM opinion poll. | | | An ICM poll for the Local Government Network in February showed that 59% wanted the opportunity to directly elect the mayor or council leader of their local authority and 32% did not. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4009639-103685,00.html
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| | Seanad Debates Official Report - 11-07-01 |
| | It would enhance the office if the directly elected mayors and chairs were given the same expertise and administrative support services as are currently enjoyed by the executives of councils and local authorities in general. | | | A pop star or sports personality who had no knowledge of local government or real interest in it might be elected mayor by popular acclaim and suddenly lose interest in the office with four years of his or her term to run. | | | "(10) For a person to be nominated for the position of Mayor he or she must have served at least 5 years as an elected member of a local authority.". |
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http://www.irlgov.ie/debates-01/s11july/sec5.htm
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| | Mayors for the Cities |
| | Directly electing the mayor will not necessarily have a beneficial impact on services (Mayor Barry of Washington DC was directly elected). | | | Andrew Marshall supports the case for a directly elected Mayor. | | | The mayor's electoral base will lie across the whole authority, and with election being by supplementary vote, he or she will in many cases depend on the second votes of supporters of other parties. |
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http://core2.trg.org.uk/reformer/1998autumn/mayors.html
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| | www.publicfinance.co.uk - Features - Mayors for all reasons, by David Harding |
| | Directly elected mayors were once ministerial flavour of the month – but the policy was resoundingly rejected by voters. | | | There was deep mistrust of mayors, not only among local politicians anxious not to lose their positions of influence, but also among ordinary voters. | | | Civil servants decided that referendums for a mayor would be triggered if the local population could raise a petition of at least 5% of the electorate. |
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http://www.cipfa.org.uk/publicfinance/features_details.cfm?News_id=23269
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| | Scotland on Sunday - Opinion - Mayors can take on our numptocracy |
| | Directly elected mayors would be a good start. | | | The reason for the difference is this: England has directly elected mayors. | | | Since then, Tony Blair has allowed it to become known that mayors are back on his agenda. |
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http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1420452004
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| | The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today |
| | The law on regional administrations stipulates that governors, regents and mayors are to be directly elected beginning in 2002, when the law came into effect. | | | Jakartans will be able to directly elect their governor for the first time in 2007, after Governor Sutiyoso completes his second term. | | | The law on Jakarta's status as a special territory, passed in 1999, gives the governor the power to appoint mayors and the regent of Kepulauan Seribu regency. |
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailweekly.asp?fileid=20050620.@01
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| | Limerick Leader - March 18th, 2000 - Features - MARTIN BYRNES |
| | By being directly elected, the Mayor of Limerick will have a mandate from the very same electors who installed the councillors who sit in chamber. | | | It is worth remembering, too, that the elected mayor will probably seek to be re-elected after five years, thereby stifling the ambitions of those within her/his own party. | | | But it is on just this spread of areas that the idea of a county mayor, directly elected, might fall apart. |
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http://www.limerick-leader.ie/issues/20000318/byrnes.html
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| | City Mayors: UK local government |
| | Metropolitan districts elect one-third of their councillors in each of the three years out of four which are not county election years. | | | In the past, the Mayor of a borough or city – or Lord Mayor in the largest cities – has been appointed by the council from among its own members. | | | The Mayor and Assembly attend a twice-yearly People’s Question Time at which the public are able to put questions to the Mayor and Assembly. |
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http://www.citymayors.com/government/uk_locgov.html
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| | MinBZK.nl (uk) - Survey of the office of mayor in Europe |
| | In Germany, for instance, the mayor is both chair of the council and a member of the executive. | | | There are significant differences between the positions of mayors in various European countries in terms of their responsibilities, day-to-day duties, and whether they are elected or appointed. | | | In some countries, elected mayors are also responsible for public order and safety. |
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http://www.minbzk.nl/uk/public/press_releases/survey_of_the
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| | Submission Sample |
| | A directly elected Mayor may capture the imagination of the electorate and encourage participation. | | | Such a setup may lend itself to cabinet government in a local authority with the elected Mayor acting as the Chair of the Cabinet. | | | With this in mind it is crucial that an elected individual and his/her mandate exists within a framework involving a small number of senior local politicians. |
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http://www.scotland.gov.uk/mcintosh/submissions/samples/jmurphy.htm
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| | SocietyGuardian.co.uk Society |
| | Jul 15: Residents in the Devon town of Torbay are to select the first directly elected mayor in the south-west of England. | | | Mar 4: A Devon council could be led by an elected mayor by the end of the year following calls to put the issue to a vote. | | | Since voters were given the chance to elect mayors to run councils, who has taken the challenge and how has it worked out? |
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http://society.guardian.co.uk/mayorquestion/0,8145,498773,00.html
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| | AllRefer.com - Honduras - Local Government Honduran Information Resource |
| | In previous elections, the practice of split-party voting was not allowed, and the mayors were elected based on the percentage of the vote received by the presidential candidates. | | | The reform of the electoral law is significant in that it makes elected mayors directly accountable to the electorate and strengthens the democratic process at the local level. | | | One significant measure approved in 1992 was reform of the nation's electoral law for the 1993 national elections. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/honduras/honduras104.html
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| | Society Voters return mixed message on directly elected council mayors |
| | Newham is expected to vote in its mayor on May 2, the same day as the council elections. | | | Londoners last night delivered a mixed message on directly elected US-style council mayors, with the east London borough of Newham voting in favour of an elected mayor, and the south London borough of Southwark voting against the idea. | | | Voters return mixed message on directly elected council mayors |
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http://society.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4347993-108587,00.html
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| | This is The North East News N-E Directly-Elected Mayors |
| | The elected mayor will replace the traditional council leader and take charge of schools, care for the elderly, housing, roads and the environment. | | | The old adage that even a monkey wearing a Labour rosette would be elected in the dyed-in-the-wool heartland of the North-East will be severely examined in all three of the region's council areas which are electing mayors on May 2. | | | Once the dust settles on his mayoral success, Ray Mallon could be forgiven for asking why he is being paid £23,000 less than a monkey. |
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http://www.thisisdarlington.co.uk/the_north_east/news/mayor
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| | BBC NEWS England Devon Resort pins hope on elected mayor |
| | In the July referendum, 18,074 voted for a direct-elected mayor and 14,682 voted against. | | | But the council's executive, appointed by councillors and responsible for most of the day-to-day decisions, will be replaced by a cabinet, appointed by the mayor. | | | Supporters of elected mayors claim that the Torbay contest will herald a second-wave of mayoral contests around England. |
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http://newsalerts.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4326186.stm
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| | BBC NEWS Politics Elected mayors 'boost democracy' |
| | It suggests that in this year's local elections, voters should be asked if they want a referendum on having an elected mayor in their area. | | | Middlesbrough's high-profile mayor Ray Mallon, a former Cleveland police chief, cut crime by 18% in his first year. | | | The independent think-tank's study says mayors have not shied away from tougher decisions, including the closure of schools and care homes. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3512681.stm
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| | SUFFOLK CLOSER TO ELECTING ITS MAYOR CITY WOULD JOIN MOST OF AREA IN GIVING VOTE TO RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF COUNCIL ... |
| | Suffolk's mayor is appointed by fellow council members in a vote that follows the council installations every two years. | | | Holley said he first introduced the idea of directly electing the Portsmouth mayor in 1973, contending that a black person couldn't be appointed otherwise. | | | Chesapeake Mayor Ward said that allowing residents to vote for their mayor removes partisan politics. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Prescott plans more mayor polls |
| | The deputy prime minister, John Prescott, today attempted to revive the government's flagging campaign to establish US-style directly elected mayors to run Britain's towns and cities. | | | It said the government would soon be consulting on a new initiative to promote more directly elected mayors. | | | Mr Prescott's department has also accepted a recommendation of the Electoral Commission to move to a system in England where entire councils are elected every four years, as opposed to the current arrangement of staggered elections. |
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http://politics.guardian.co.uk/localgovernment/story/0,9061,1402552,00.html
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| | In failing to introduce directly elected Mayors they are responsible for denying Corkonians the opportunity to elect the first citizen of their choice. | | | "Having directly-elected Mayors of our major towns and cities would along with re-energising the office, lead to increased public participation and interest in the role. | | | It would also act as a positive counterbalance to the increase of powers of City Managers and Senior Officials at City Hall. |
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| | Dublin.ie Forums - Directly Elected Lord Mayor |
| | From 2004, the Lord Mayor will be directly elected by the people, and will serve a five-year term. | | | Do you think it's a good idea to have a directly elected Mayor? |
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http://www.dublin.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=8
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| | The dropping of the directly elected mayors proposal is a huge retrograde step. | | | The Minister missed a huge opportunity by not pursuing the directly-elected mayors proposal. | | | Cuffe: We applaud the principle of this Bill and will vote for it. |
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http://www.ciarancuffe.com/Speeches/SPE030508E.Local.Government.htm
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| | BBC NEWS UK UK Politics More elected mayors on the way |
| | The powerful US-style mayors will be introduced only after referendums of local residents which can be triggered by local councils or by a petition signed by 5% of voters. | | | Other options included in the bill are an indirectly-elected leader, picked by the council, who would head a cabinet. | | | Local Government Minister Hilary Armstrong said directly-elected mayors would have the benefit of increasing turnout in local elections which is extremely poor in England and Wales when compared with the rest of the European Union. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/politics/537686.stm
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| | Directly elected mayors |
| | Whilst the government pushes ahead with plans for more regional assemblies and directly elected mayors, many councils are being elected with the support of just one in 10 voters. | | | I am referring of course to this month's local elections when only 34% of the electorate came out to vote. | | | Over the next few months we will see continued debate about how to re-engage people in the political processes. |
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http://ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_2002_05_21_2553.html
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| | Media releases - New Local Government Network |
| | New Local Government Network welcomes fresh proposals for Directly Elected Mayors in the UK Wednesday, April 13th, 2005 | | | Anna Randle, NLGN’s Head of Policy and author of Mayors Mid-term — an NLGN report into the early experiences of the ‘First Eleven’ local authority mayors, remarked: | | | Commenting also on the additional proposal to consult city councils on the powers needed for a new generation of city mayors, Ms Randle added: |
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http://www.nlgn.org.uk/mod_media_releases.php?article=176
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| | DTLR - Press Notice - Survey on public attitudes to mayors published |
| | Approaching a third of all residents responding in the 10 town survey said they would be more likely to vote in a mayoral election than in an election for their local councillor; | | | Over half of all residents responding in the 10 town survey said it was very likely they would vote if a referendum were held to decide whether their town/city should have an elected mayor. | | | The full report, Survey on Public Attitudes to Directly Elected Mayors, and a summary is available on the Department's website. |
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http://www.press.dtlr.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2001_0545
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| | WHAT A DIFFERENCE A MAYOR MAKES - NEW LEADERSHIP FOR NEW COMMUNITIES |
| | This pamphlet explores how Directly Elected Mayors, proposed in the Government's Draft Bill for Local Government, could breathe new life into local democracy and reconnect communities with local government. | | | Examples of successful mayors from around the world and helpful statistics makes this a 'must have' publication for all those who are either campaigning for directly elected mayors or want some hard facts about their impact elsewhere. | | | WHAT A DIFFERENCE A MAYOR MAKES - NEW LEADERSHIP FOR NEW COMMUNITIES |
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http://www.publicnet.co.uk/publicnet/re000503.htm
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