The Mayor of Copeland is a
directly elected mayoralty, first elected on 7 May 2015, taking on the executive function of
Copeland Borough Council Copeland or Copeland's may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Copeland, New South Wales
Canada
* Copeland Islands (Nunavut)
* Copeland Islands Marine Provincial Park, in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia
* Mount Copeland, also Copeland Ridge ...
in
Cumbria, England. The current mayor is
Mike Starkie
Mike Starkie is a British Conservative politician who is the directly elected mayor of Copeland, for the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria.
He stood as an Independent, winning the 2015 election after coming first due to him beating the Labour ca ...
, elected as an independent candidate in 2015 and 2019 but later joining the Conservative Party.
Referendum
A petition to change the status of the borough from one with a leader and cabinet to one with an executive mayor was submitted in February 2014. On 22 May 2014, a referendum was held (concurrent with
elections to the European Parliament), at which voters opted to change to a mayoral system.
2015 election
The election was initially planned for October 2014, but this was later delayed to May 2015 to save money.
The contest took place on the same day as the election of borough councillors and the
UK general election.
2019 election
References
{{Directly elected mayors in the United Kingdom
Copeland