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A council can opt for an elected Mayor if the move is backed
by a local referendum
The Local
Government Act 2000 allows electors to petition for a
referendum on a directly elected mayor.
An
information pack on petitioning for an elected Mayor can
be found on the
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
website.
The elected
Mayor's roles are:
- Act as
council's spokesperson
- Provide
political leadership
- Appoint and
dismiss cabinet and deputy mayor
- Chair cabinet
meetings
- Represent the
council on outside bodies
A report into Public
attitudes to directly elected mayors was carried out for the
Office of the Deputy Prime
minister (now the Department for
Communities and Local Government) in 2004 and is
available on
the DCLG website.
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