The mayor of Bristol will be replaced by a council leader after the local elections in May next year. The leader will carry out many of the same roles as the current directly-elected mayor, but with fewer decision-making powers.
In May last year Bristol voted in a referendum to scrap the role of a directly-elected mayor, a decade after the role was first introduced. Bristol City Council will instead move to a committee-run model of governance, but many similarities with the mayoral model will remain.
As well as a council leader, current cabinet members will be replaced by eight committee chairs who are responsible for various parts of the council’s work, such as health or transport. Details of the new roles were explored by the committee model working group on Friday, April 28.
