The Mayor of Copeland is a
directly elected mayoralty, first elected on 7 May 2015, taking on the executive function of
Copeland Borough Council in
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. C ...
, 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
Elections to the European Parliament take place every five years by universal adult suffrage; with more than 400 million people eligible to vote, they are considered the second largest democratic elections in the world after India's.
Until ...
), 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
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.
2019 election
References
{{Directly elected mayors in the United Kingdom
Copeland