Everything about Mayors In England totally explained
In
England, the office of
Mayor or
Lord Mayor had long been ceremonial posts, with little or no duties attached to it. The most famous example is that of the
Lord Mayor of the City of London.
Traditionally mayors and provosts have been elected by
town,
borough and
city councils. Since
2000, several districts now have
directly-elected mayors with extensive powers.
See
borough status in the United Kingdom for a list of English districts to have a borough charter (and therefore a mayor). The role of the Chairman of a District Council is exactly the same as the Mayor of a Borough Council, and they've the same status as first citizen, after the Sovereign, in their district.
Election
In
England, where a borough or a city is a local government
district or a
civil parish, the mayor is elected annually by the council from their number and chairs meetings of the council. Where the mayoralty used to be associated with a local government district but that district has been abolished,
Charter Trustees may be set up to provide continuity until a parish council may be set up. Where a parish council has resolved to style itself a Town Council, then its chairman is entitled to the designation
Town Mayor, though in practice, the word
Town is often dropped
Direct election
In
2000 the
Labour government led by
Tony Blair passed a local government reform which changed this system somewhat. Several districts in England now have
directly elected mayors with real powers and an advisory cabinet to assist them.
Also since 2000, the area of Greater London has had a
Greater London Authority headed by a
Mayor of London. This is a separate post to the historic and honorific
Lord Mayor of the City of London and may be characterised as a strategic, regional, role rather than as anything analogous to previous local government in England.
Lord Mayors and Lord Provosts
The right to appoint a
Lord Mayor is a rare honour, even less frequently bestowed than
city status; a Lord Provost also acts as
Lord Lieutenant of their city.
Currently, 23 cities in
England have Lord Mayors:
Birmingham,
Bradford,
Bristol,
Canterbury,
Chester,
Coventry,
Exeter,
Kingston-upon-Hull,
Leeds,
Leicester,
Liverpool, the
City of London,
Manchester,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
Norwich,
Nottingham,
Oxford,
Plymouth,
Portsmouth,
Sheffield,
Stoke-on-Trent, the
City of Westminster and
York.
Honorifics
The Right Honourable
The Lord Mayors of
London,
York and
Bristol are styled
The Right Honourable.
The Right Worshipful
All other Lord Mayors, as well as the Mayors of
cities and the original
Cinque Ports (
Sandwich,
Hythe,
Dover,
Romney and
Hastings), are styled
The Right Worshipful. Also some historic boroughs, such as
Shrewsbury and Atcham (External Link
) in
Shropshire and the City of Hereford call their Mayors by this prefix.
The Worshipful
All other Mayors are styled
The Worshipful. These honorific styles are used only before the Mayoral title and not before the name, and are not retained after the term of office.
Mayoresses and Lady Mayoresses
The wife of a male Mayor is called the Mayoress and accompanies him to civic functions. A female Mayor or an unmarried male one may appoint a female consort, usually a fellow councillor, as Mayoress. The consort of a Lord Mayor is the Lady Mayoress.
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