{"timestamp":"2004-10-02T01:06:52","locales":[],"version":"6","phone":"","username":"Kake","longitude":"","opening_hours_text":"","city":"London","node_image_licence":"","os_x":"","content":"1999 saw the creation by referendum of the post of a '''directly elected mayor''' for London, heading a [[Greater London Authority]]. Elections for mayor took place in the following year, which saw [[Ken Livingstone]] elected as mayor for five years.\n\nThe [http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000022.htm local government act, 2000], provides for a similar mechanism at a borough level. If a petition is presented with enough signatories, the local council are required to hold a referendum, as to whether the borough should have a directly elected mayor. The directly elected mayor replaces the civic mayor, a councillor who is appointed to the post by the borough council.\n\nSee [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1391870 this] for the general arguments for and against.\n\n[[Ealing]] held just such a referendum on the 12th December, 2002. The outcome was a \"No\" to a directly elected mayor, but the turnout was only 9.8%. See http://www.ealing.gov.uk/council/elections/mayor+referendum.asp\n","version_indpt_url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/Mayor","node_image_url":"","url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/id=Mayor;version=6","summary":"","latitude":"","address":"","os_y":"","formatted_content":"<p>1999 saw the creation by referendum of the post of a <strong>directly elected mayor</strong> for London, heading a <a href=\"?Greater_London_Authority\">Greater London Authority</a>. Elections for mayor took place in the following year, which saw <a href=\"?Ken_Livingstone\">Ken Livingstone</a> elected as mayor for five years.</p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/20000022.htm\" class=\"external\">local government act, 2000</a>, provides for a similar mechanism at a borough level. If a petition is presented with enough signatories, the local council are required to hold a referendum, as to whether the borough should have a directly elected mayor. The directly elected mayor replaces the civic mayor, a councillor who is appointed to the post by the borough council.</p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1391870\" class=\"external\">this</a> for the general arguments for and against.</p>\n<p><a href=\"?Ealing\">Ealing</a> held just such a referendum on the 12th December, 2002. The outcome was a \"No\" to a directly elected mayor, but the turnout was only 9.8%. See <a href=\"http://www.ealing.gov.uk/council/elections/mayor+referendum.asp\" class=\"external\">http://www.ealing.gov.uk/council/elections/mayor+referendum.asp</a></p>\n","fax":"","node_image":"","postcode":"","website":"","categories":["Politics"],"country":"United Kingdom"}