LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Voters give a firm 'no' to directly-elected mayor

Voters in Bath and North East Somerset have rejected calls for a directly-elected mayor.

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 March 2016

Voters in Bath and North East Somerset have rejected calls for a directly-elected mayor.

More than 30,000 residents voted in favour of keeping the existing leader and cabinet model in a referendum while just 8,000 backed the elected mayor idea.

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