TomVKlaveren published Effingham residents will not be getting an elected mayor

Effingham residents will not be getting an elected mayor after the idea was overwhelmingly rejected in a borough wide referendum.Guildford Borough residents have voted to keep the current council leader system by a margin of more than four to one. The turnout for the vote was 24.87 per cent with 20639 people voting to keep the leader system with only 4948 voting in favour of introducing an elected mayor. The referendum was triggered after a campaign and petition of 5,269 signatures led by former...

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