Mayors in Wales explained
In Wales, the office of Mayor or Lord Mayor (respectively in Welsh Maer and Arglwydd Faer) had long been ceremonial posts, with little or no duties attached to it. Traditionally mayors have been elected by town, borough and city councils. Since 2000, councils can decide to have directly elected mayors with extensive powers if such a proposal is approved in a local referendum.
List of mayoralties in Wales
Lord Mayors
The right to appoint a Lord Mayor is less frequently bestowed than city status.
Currently, only two cities in Wales have Lord Mayors: Cardiff and Swansea.
Mayors
See also borough status in England and Wales for a list of Welsh areas having a borough charter (and therefore a mayor). County boroughs are highlighted here in bold text. Many towns have lost their borough status (for example as a consequence of the Local Government Act 1972) but continued the tradition of appointing or electing mayors to the ongoing Town Councils.
Mayoresses and Lady Mayoresses
The wife of a male Mayor is called the Mayoress and accompanies him to civic functions. A male or female Mayor may appoint a female consort, usually a fellow councillor, as Mayoress. In May 2000 the mayor of Cwmamman, Howard Power, appointed his 15-year-old niece Marianne Coleman as mayoress, because his wife was too busy to fill the role. In 2008 the new Mayor of Narberth, Suzanne Radford-Smith, nominated her aunt to be Mayoress.[26]
The consort of a Lord Mayor is the Lady Mayoress.
See also
Notes and References
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- Web site: Bangor Mayors . Bangor Civic Society . 8 December 2014.
- News: Daniel Bissett . New Mayor of Bangor is officially elected . Daily Post . North Wales . 15 May 2013 . 1 December 2014.
- News: Dominic Jones . Barry's new town Mayor elected for the forthcoming year . Barry & District News . 10 May 2016 . 16 November 2017.
- Web site: New Mayor elected to represent Bridgend County Borough . Bridgend County Borough Council . 15 May 2013 . 30 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205074105/http://www1.bridgend.gov.uk/media-centre/2013/15-05-2013-new-mayor-elected-to-represent-bridgend-county-borough.aspx . 5 December 2014 .
- News: Reception for Powys town mayors . . 7 March 2014 . 8 December 2014.
- Web site: Mayors of the Town . Caernarfon Town Council . 30 November 2014.
- Web site: Mayors of Cardigan . Glen-johnson.co.uk . 8 December 2014.
- News: David Powell . Conwy: Victorian fountain flows again for first time in a decade . Daily Post . North Wales . 8 April 2014 . 1 December 2014.
- Web site: About the Council . Cowbridge (Ancient Borough) with Llanblethian Town Council . 30 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714143320/http://cowbridge-tc.gov.uk/abtcouncil.html . 14 July 2014 .
- News: Teenager becomes town's mayoress. 5 April 2013. BBC Wales News. 26 May 2000.
- News: Alex Jones. Former mayors re-join council after six months. 27 March 2017. Cambrian News. 17 March 2016.
- News: Mayor's welcome parade . Wales Online . 12 July 2007 . 1 December 2014.
- News: New mayor of Holyhead says town centre is priority . Daily Post . North Wales . 22 May 2013 . 4 December 2017 .
- News: Next mayor of Kidwelly named . 30 November 2014. Llanelli Star. 12 March 2014.
- News: Mari Jones . Llanrwst mayor to reopen The Old Tannery restaurant . Daily Post . North Wales . 24 October 2013 . 1 December 2014.
- News: Mayor of Machynlleth: "Loss of April shattered our community" . Daily Post . North Wales . 13 December 2012 . 27 March 2017.
- News: New Narberth Mayor follows in her mother's footsteps . Tenby Observer . 8 May 2009 . 4 November 2017.
- Web site: About the Council . Neath Town Council . 1 December 2014.
- News: Cllr George steps up as Pembroke Dock mayor for the eighth time . Western Telegraph . 9 May 2014 . 2 December 2014.
- News: Sam Tegeltija . Rhondda Cynon Taff's mayor in hospital after being taken ill . Wales Online . 8 September 2014 . 1 December 2014.
- News: Saundersfoot: New mayor sworn in . Western Telegraph . 19 May 2011 . 2 December 2014.
- Web site: Your City Mayor . St Asaph City Council . 1 December 2014.
- News: Ex-reporter is new mayor of St Davids . Western Telegraph . 19 May 2011 . 30 November 2014.
- Web site: Roll of Mayors of Tenby . Tenby Town Council . 30 November 2014.
- News: New Mayor at Narberth . Tenby Observer . 16 May 2008 . 1 May 2019 .