Bristol will be going to the polls this year to decide whether to scrap the mayoral system after opposition councillors had a victory in City Hall in December 2021. A majority of elected members of Bristol City Council backed a motion to hold a legally binding second referendum ten years after the first which created the post of Mayor of Bristol in 2012.
The referendum in May 2022 will offer Bristolians the choice of keeping an elected mayor or going back to the committee system of governance which was in place prior to 2000. The leader and cabinet system was in place between 2000 and 2012, when George Ferguson became the city’s first directly elected mayor in November 2012.
This is a big decision for the city and that is why we want to know what your thoughts are on this.
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We are trying to get as many people to get involved in our survey as we ask you questions such as:
- Do you think Bristol should keep its elected mayor?
- Why do you think this?
- Do you think think the city has benefited from having an elected mayor and, if so, how/how not?
- Will you be voting in the referendum in May? Why/why not?
Once you've finished filling in the survey you'll have the chance to sign up to Bristol Politics, for your weekly dose of local political updates.
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