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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.
		Several districts and counties in the UK now have directly-elected mayors with real powers and a cabinet to assist them, as opposed to the previous committee-based system, where functions were exercised by committees of the 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mayors_in_the_United_Kingdom (626 words)

	Encyclopedia: British elections
		It is the mechanism by which a democracy fills elective offices in the legislature, and sometimes the executive and judiciary, and in which electorates choose local government officials.
		For directly elected mayors in England, Supplementary vote is used.
		This means elected dictatorship or executive dominance would be reduced: the House of Commons would be less of a rubber stamp and the government might be force to comprise, which has been the case in the Scottish Assembly, where Labour and the Liberal Democrats have a coalition.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British-elections (2540 words)

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		The case for directly elected mayors rests on a belief that they are the best means of revitalising a moribund system of local government, the most visible manifestation of which is declining electoral participation.
		Elected mayors, by contrast, are seen by their supporters to transform a vicious cycle into a virtuous one.
		If either directly elected mayors or regional assemblies are to contribute to the future health of British democracy, the public will need to be engaged to a far greater degree than has so far at least proven to be the case in London.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /constitution-unit/files/staff/ben/PAPER3.DOC (9976 words)

	Referendum - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
		Some adopt a strict definition of democracy in which elected parliaments are merely a necessary expedient needed to make governance possible in the large, modern nation-state; direct democracy is nonetheless preferable and so a referendum must always take preference over a decision of parliament.
		Other advocates insist that the principle of popular sovereignty demands that certain foundational questions, such as the adoption or amendment of a constitution, the secession of a state or the altering of national boundaries, be determined with the directly expressed consent of the people.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /referendum.htm (2496 words)

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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.
		A directly elected mayor would represent the people and be accountable and, as a result, they would steer an independent course.
	www.irlgov.ie /committees-29/c-environment/20030417/Page2.htm (8063 words)

	Seanad Debates Official Report - 11-07-01
		The idea of the people directly electing the mayor is a good one but to elect such a person for five years imposes an onerous task on him or her.
		Accepting that there will be directly elected mayors and chairs in local authorities throughout the country, I reiterate a recommendation I have made to the Minister for Environment and Local Government on at least two occasions during the wide-ranging consultative process in which he engaged prior to the introduction of this Bill.
		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.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-01/s11july/sec5.htm (10752 words)

	New Start - Community Regeneration Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		She is explaining the groundswell of support in the city for former police officer turned mayoral candidate Ray Mallon, the man popularly known as ‘Robocop’ for his once-vaunted zero tolerance approach to crime.
		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.
		In the old days, she says, it was possible for mayors to solve their city’s problems by inviting key employers to a private meeting and banging heads together.
	www.newstartmag.co.uk /mayor.html (1576 words)

	Plans For Directly Elected Mayors Largely Postponed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In the first variant, mayors will only be elected in 2006 in the 25 municipalities with populations of over 100,000, though the threshold could be higher.
		In the other variant, elected mayors will be introduced in 2006 in all municipalities where the local council wants this.
		The cabinet earlier decided to allow citizens to elect mayors everywhere simultaneously at the local elections in 2006.
	www.nisnews.nl /public/11305_1.htm (513 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Opinion - Mayors can take on our numptocracy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The invention of elected mayors was an early New Labour policy abandoned after only 12 of them had been put in place.
		Not only do mayors enjoy a higher level of visibility, as the polling figures show, but they are regarded by their electorates as more accountable than a traditional council leader.
		The obvious conclusion to draw is this: a mayor provides a recognisable figurehead for his or her area, which enhances a local sense of identity and of belonging to a cohesive, circumscribed community.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /opinion.cfm?id=1420452004 (1194 words)

	De Gekozen Burgemeester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
		There is a growing trend towards directly elected mayors (as in Germany and Greater London).
		The current plans include introduction of the directly elected mayor by March 2006: then a mayor will be elected in each municipality.
	www.gekozenburgemeester.com /textType.asp?Type=3 (218 words)

	Russia, Government, Democracy, Mayoral Elections - JRL 3-4-05
		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.
		Despite the claims of liberals, the tradition of directly elected mayors is weak in post-Soviet Russia.
		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.
	www.cdi.org /russia/Johnson/9077-16.cfm (1469 words)

	Guardian \| London fight hits support for mayors
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4009639-103685,00.html (406 words)

	Limerick Leader - March 18th, 2000 - Features - MARTIN BYRNES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
		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.
		But it is on just this spread of areas that the idea of a county mayor, directly elected, might fall apart.
	www.limerick-leader.ie /issues/20000318/byrnes.html (645 words)

	City Mayors: UK local government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Metropolitan districts elect one-third of their councillors in each of the three years out of four which are not county election years.
		On the other hand, critics see directly elected Mayors as having too much power and that it is essential, from a UK point of view, to have in place sound checks and balances – which is the essence of the unwritten British constitution.
		The elected Mayor of London sets out plans and policies for the capital covering transport, planning and development, economic development and regeneration, culture as well as a variety of environmental issues including ambient noise, waster disposal and air quality.
	www.citymayors.com /government/uk_locgov.html (2444 words)

	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.
		Mayors were overwhelmingly rejected in places as far apart as Plymouth, Gloucester, Redditch, Brighton and Hove and Oxford.
		Mayors were lauded for their work in glamorous cosmopolitan far-flung cities such as New York and Barcelona, but Fifth Avenue and the Ramblas these were not.
	www.cipfa.org.uk /publicfinance/features_details.cfm?News_id=23269 (2282 words)

	Mayors for the Cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Directly electing the mayor will not necessarily have a beneficial impact on services (Mayor Barry of Washington DC was directly elected).
		The actions of an elected mayor will however generate greater attention from the local community and media and this may in practice make it easier for opposition councillors to criticise and be heard.
		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.
	core2.trg.org.uk /reformer/1998autumn/mayors.html (2078 words)

	AllRefer.com - Honduras - Local Government \| Honduran Information Resource
		The municipalities are administered by elected corporations, deliberative organs that are accountable to the courts of justice for abuses, and are supposed to be autonomous or independent of the central government's powers.
		The municipal corporations consist of a mayor (alcalde), who is the paramount executive authority in a municipality, and a municipal council that varies in size depending on the population of the municipality.
		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.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/honduras/honduras104.html (1108 words)

	Society \| Voters return mixed message on directly elected council mayors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
		This brings to seven the number of areas so far opting for elected mayors out of 20 referendums held, but does not include greater London, where Ken Livingstone was elected in May 2000.
		Newham is expected to vote in its mayor on May 2, the same day as the council elections.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4347993-108587,00.html (247 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Elected mayors 'boost democracy'
		Hartlepool's mayor Stuart Drummond, who ran for office dressed as a monkey, is one of several to use hit squads to clear streets of litter, abandoned cars and graffiti.
		Stoke-on-Trent mayor's Mike Wolfe's Better Services Fund, dubbed "Mike's millions" by the local press, will include the building of a new skate park, improvements to the city's alleyways and the removal of chewing gum from the city centre.
		The mayors, who include Ken Livingstone in London, are much better known than traditional council leaders and tend to align themselves more with the public in holding the council to account.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3512681.stm (463 words)

	Submission Sample (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A directly elected Mayor may capture the imagination of the electorate and encourage participation.
		A directly elected first citizen would also have the popular mandate and standing to get things done pulling together various agencies and business for the greater good of the community.
		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.
	www.scotland.gov.uk /mcintosh/submissions/samples/jmurphy.htm (328 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today
		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 regional administrations stipulates that governors, regents and mayors are to be directly elected beginning in 2002, when the law came into effect.
		Councillor Achmad Suaidy, who said councillors were lobbying the House of Representatives to amend the 1999 law to allow for directly elected mayors and regents, said the city's bureaucrats benefited from the current system and were thus resistant to any efforts to make the capital more democratic and more accountable to its 12 million residents.
	www.thejakartapost.com /detailweekly.asp?fileid=20050620.@01 (625 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Devon \| Resort pins hope on elected mayor
		Supporters say an elected mayor, who will preside over a £145m budget, will give local people a stronger say in how the council is run.
		Stuart Drummond, Hartlepool's first directly-elected mayor, was initially dismissed as a joke for adopting a monkey costume in his election campaign.
		Mr Drummond was first elected as a joke candidate, calling himself H'angus and calling for free bananas for schoolchildren, but he has shed the costume and has enjoyed taking on the challenging role of mayor.
	newsalerts.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/devon/4326186.stm (1024 words)

	SUFFOLK CLOSER TO ELECTING ITS MAYOR CITY WOULD JOIN MOST OF AREA IN GIVING VOTE TO RESIDENTS INSTEAD OF COUNCIL ...
		Although directly elected mayors may not have legislative power, they acquire a different kind of clout, said John P. Thomas, director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.
		Holley said he first introduced the idea of directly electing the Portsmouth mayor in 1973, contending that a fl person couldn't be appointed otherwise.
		There are other issues related to a directly elected mayor, such as the effect it has on the mayor's ability to build coalitions with his colleagues.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960926/09260302.htm (1092 words)

	This is The North East \| News \| N-E Directly-Elected Mayors
		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.
		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.
		The elected mayor will replace the traditional council leader and take charge of schools, care for the elderly, housing, roads and the environment.
	www.thisisdarlington.co.uk /the_north_east/news/mayor (579 words)

	MinBZK.nl (uk) - Survey of the office of mayor in Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In some countries, elected mayors are also responsible for public order and safety.
		In Germany, for instance, the mayor is both chair of the council and a member of the executive.
		The mayor's day-to-day duties are determined not only by formal factors, but also by the political culture.
	www.minbzk.nl /uk/public/press_releases/survey_of_the (372 words)

	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.
		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.
		She told the BBC that mayors would also enable electors to know who to hold accountable for the state of local services.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/politics/537686.stm (309 words)

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		Many years ago, Barrington said that the function of national Government should be foreign affairs and defence and that local government should deal with many of the other issues on a local basis.
		The dropping of the directly elected mayors proposal is a huge retrograde step.
		Electing good people as mayors who can lead a five-year programme as opposed to the 12-month changeover in place here, where a chain is simply shifted from one person's neck to another, is a hugely dynamic and interesting area of city and town management.
	www.ciarancuffe.com /Speeches/SPE030508E.Local.Government.htm (535 words)

	DTLR - Press Notice - Survey on public attitudes to mayors published (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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 research aimed to find out more about how the public perceived directly elected mayors and the difference people think such a person might make to the way things are run in their area and to establish the level of interest in local democracy generally.
		The full report, Survey on Public Attitudes to Directly Elected Mayors, and a summary is available on the Department's website.
	www.press.dtlr.gov.uk /pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2001_0545 (391 words)

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