Mayors in Wales
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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.
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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
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
- 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
- ^ "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.