The Mayor of Hartlepool was the executive mayor of
Hartlepool Borough Council in
County Durham, England. Established in 2002 and abolished in 2013, all three terms of office were served by
Stuart Drummond.
The office was established in 2002 following a referendum the previous year in which governance by a
directly elected mayor was favoured over a
cabinet system
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. Another referendum in 2012 produced the converse result, and the office was abolished in May 2013.
Drummond was first elected in 2002
and was re-elected in 2005
and 2009.
Drummond was the first mayor in Britain to win a third term.
Referendums
Elections
Elections were held under the
supplementary vote system.
2002
2005
2009
List of mayors
References
{{Directly elected mayors in the United Kingdom
Hartlepool
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Borough of Hartlepool