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The final mayor was Marvin Rees, elected on 5 May 2016, who stepped down on 3 May 2024. The post of Lord Mayor of Bristol is a separate office, elected each May by city councillors and taking office on 29 September for a one-year period. The Lord Mayor chairs Council meetings and performs ceremonial functions in the city.
The position of Lord Mayor of Bristol was conferred on the city in June 1899 (effective 15 November 1899) as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours and was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974. [1] Prior to November 1899 the position of Mayor of Bristol had existed since 1216. The Lord Mayor is the Chairperson of the City Council and ...
In May 2022, a referendum took place in Bristol to decide if the city should continue being run by a mayor or a council-led committee system. The city voted 59% in favour of abolishing the post, on a 29% turnout. [45] Rees continued to serve as mayor until May 2024, after which a new committee system was started. [46]
The referendum was held 10 years after the city switched to a mayor and cabinet model of local governance. Bristol votes to scrap directly elected mayor Skip to main content
After months with several vacant storefronts, the popular Route 6 corridor in Bristol is getting a series of new restaurants and other shops. Two new coffeehouses will begin competing less than a ...
City Hall (formerly the Council House) was built as the seat of government of the city of Bristol, in the south west of England, opening in 1956.Designed in the 1930s, with construction delayed by the Second World War, it is in a restrained Neo-Georgian style, forming a wide curve along one side of College Green, opposite Bristol Cathedral and at the foot of Park Street in the Bristol city ...
On 3 May 2012, Bristol held a referendum to decide whether the city should have a directly elected mayor to replace the leader elected by councillors. The result was announced on 4 May. 41,032 voted for an elected mayor and 35,880 voted against, with a turnout of 24%. [ 34 ]
Bristol was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country. [10] It was then governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the city of Bristol", [11] which was generally known as the corporation or city council.