Mayor of Hartlepool explained

Post:	Mayor
Body:	Hartlepool
Appointer:	Electorate of Hartlepool
Precursor:	Council Leader
Formation:	2 May 2002
First:	Stuart Drummond
Last:	Stuart Drummond
Abolished:	2 May 2013
Succession:	Council Leader

The Mayor of Hartlepool was the executive mayor of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham, England. Established in 2002 and abolished in 2013, all three terms of office were served by Stuart Drummond, who was first elected under the guise of H'Angus the Monkey, the town's football club's mascot.

The office was established in 2002 following a referendum the previous year in which governance by a directly elected mayor was favoured over a cabinet system. Another referendum in 2012 produced the converse result, and the office was abolished in May 2013.^[1]

Drummond was first elected in 2002^[2] and was re-elected in 2005^[3] and 2009. Drummond was the first mayor in Britain to win a third term.^[4]

Elections

Elections were held under the supplementary vote system.

2009

Notes and References

1. Web site: Referendum Result. Hartlepool Council. 20 November 2012.
2. Web site: Voters snub parties in mayor polls. BBC. 8 October 2002. 9 May 2012.
3. Web site: Winning 'monkey' mayor gains wife. BBC. 6 May 2005. 9 May 2012.
4. Web site: Hartlepool Mayor wins third term. BBC. 5 June 2009. 9 May 2012.