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Manchester Liberal Democrats Online Manchester's Liberal Democrat Councillors, MP & MEP work hard all year round. We campaign for better public services, and less waste & extravagance at the Town Hall. |
| Manchester Liberal Democrats Online | 31st July 2010 | <info@manchester-libdems.org.uk> |
67% Reject Mayor for Manchester6.05.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 28th Sep 2009
The people of Manchester have overwhelmingly rejected proposals for an elected Mayor for the city.There were 3049 responses from residents plus 17 stakeholders, with 2055 (67.02%) supporting a Leader with Cabinet, 970 (31.64%) supporting an Elected Mayor, and 41 (1.34%) supporting neither. All 32 wards in the city had a majority against an elected Mayor. Lib Dem Leader Simon Ashley said today: "This result reinforces my previous opinion that the majority of Manchester residents don't want to see an elected mayor. It is a pity that the Government has forced us to waste £50,000 of Council Tax payers money consulting on something we already knew."
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