Mayors in Wales
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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
[edit]Lord Mayors
[edit]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
[edit]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.
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- Aberaeron[1]
- Ammanford
- Bangor (City Council) [2][3]
- Barry[4]
- Beaumaris
- Blaenau Gwent
- Bridgend County Borough [5]
- Builth Wells[6]
- Caernarfon[7]
- Cardigan[8]
- Carmarthen
- Colwyn
- Conwy[9]
- Cowbridge[10]
- Crickhowell[6]
- Cwmamman[11]
- Dolgellau[12]
- Glynneath[13]
- Haverfordwest
- Hay-on-Wye[6]
- Holyhead[14]
- Kidwelly[15]
- Knighton[6]
- Llandrindod Wells[6]
- Llandudno
- Llanelli
- Llangollen
- Llanrwst[16]
- Llanwrtyd Wells[6]
- Machynlleth[17]
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Monmouth
- Narberth[18]
- Neath[19]
- Neath Port Talbot
- Newport (City Council)
- Newtown[6]
- Pembroke
- Pembroke Dock[20]
- Pontardawe [13]
- Porthcawl
- Port Talbot
- Presteigne[6]
- Rhayader[6]
- Rhondda Cynon Taff [21]
- Saundersfoot (Community Council) [22]
- St Asaph (City Council) [23]
- St Davids (City Council) [24]
- Talgarth[6]
- Tenby[25]
- Torfaen
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Welshpool[6]
- Wrexham
Mayoresses and Lady Mayoresses
[edit]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. [citation needed] 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.[11] 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
[edit]- England and Wales mayoral referendums
- Local government in Wales
- List of mayors of Cardiff
- Lord Mayors of Swansea
- Mayor of Newport
- Mayor of Wrexham
- Mayor of Carmarthen
References
[edit]- ^ "New Aberaeron mayor 'honoured' to take over". Cambrian News Online. Ceredigion. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Bangor Mayors". Bangor Civic Society. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ Daniel Bissett (15 May 2013). "New Mayor of Bangor is officially elected". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ Dominic Jones (10 May 2016). "Barry's new town Mayor elected for the forthcoming year". Barry & District News. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "New Mayor elected to represent Bridgend County Borough". Bridgend County Borough Council. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Reception for Powys town mayors". Hereford Times. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Mayors of the Town". Caernarfon Town Council. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Mayors of Cardigan". Glen-johnson.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
- ^ David Powell (8 April 2014). "Conwy: Victorian fountain flows again for first time in a decade". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "About the Council". Cowbridge (Ancient Borough) with Llanblethian Town Council. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ a b "Teenager becomes town's mayoress". BBC Wales News. 26 May 2000. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ^ Alex Jones (17 March 2016). "Former mayors re-join council after six months". Cambrian News. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Mayor's welcome parade". Wales Online. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "New mayor of Holyhead says town centre is priority". Daily Post. North Wales. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Next mayor of Kidwelly named". Llanelli Star. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ Mari Jones (24 October 2013). "Llanrwst mayor to reopen The Old Tannery restaurant". Daily Post. North Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Mayor of Machynlleth: "Loss of April shattered our community"". Daily Post. North Wales. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "New Narberth Mayor follows in her mother's footsteps". Tenby Observer. 8 May 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "About the Council". Neath Town Council. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Cllr George steps up as Pembroke Dock mayor for the eighth time". Western Telegraph. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ Sam Tegeltija (8 September 2014). "Rhondda Cynon Taff's mayor in hospital after being taken ill". Wales Online. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Saundersfoot: New mayor sworn in". Western Telegraph. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ^ "Your City Mayor". St Asaph City Council. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Ex-reporter is new mayor of St Davids". Western Telegraph. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Roll of Mayors of Tenby". Tenby Town Council. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "New Mayor at Narberth". Tenby Observer. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2019.