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The position of Lord Mayor of Chester was created on 10 March 1992 when the dignity was conferred on the city of Chester, England by Letters Patent as part of celebrations of 40th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. [1] Prior to that the position had been that of Mayor of Chester. [2]
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The structure originated as a circular tower straddling the city walls. During the reign of Queen Anne it was rebuilt as a semicircular tower. It was reconstructed in 1894. [2] It is now described as a gazebo, and is said to be named after John Pemburton, the mayor of Chester, who stood on it to supervise the work taking place on his nearby ...
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border.With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, [1] it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (which had a population of 357,150 in 2021). [5]
Christine Margaret Russell (née Carr, born 25 March 1945) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Chester from 1997 to 2010. She lost her seat to the Conservative Stephen Mosley at the 2010 general election.
Traditionally mayors and provosts have been elected by town, borough and city councils. Since 2000, several districts now have directly elected mayors with extensive powers. The role of the chair of a district council is exactly the same as the mayor of a borough council; they have the same status as first citizen, after the Sovereign, in their ...
Mayors of Chester (17 P) W. Mayors of Warrington (4 P) Pages in category "Mayors of places in Cheshire" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The council's full legal name is therefore Cheshire West and Chester Borough Council, although it styles itself Cheshire West and Chester Council. [5] As a borough, the chair of the council is allowed to take the title of mayor. Until 2015 the role of chair of the council was combined with the ceremonial position of Lord Mayor of Chester. The ...