Georgina Beyer was a New Zealand Labour Party politician who represented Wairarapa in the Parliament of New Zealand from 1999 to 2005,after serving as mayor of Carterton from 1995 to 1999. Beyer was the world's first openly transgender mayor,and the world's first openly transgender member of parliament. As a member of the Labour Party Beyer supported progressive policies including prostitution law reform,civil unions,anti-discrimination laws,and the promotion of Māori rights. She resigned in 2007,and,in 2014,unsuccessfully stood for election on behalf of the Mana Party.
Andrew Paul Gilligan is a British policy adviser,and former transport adviser to Boris Johnson both as Mayor of London and as Prime Minister. Until July 2019,he was senior correspondent of The Sunday Times and had also served as head of the Capital City Foundation at Policy Exchange. Between 2013 and 2016 he also worked as the Mayor's cycling commissioner for London,and in 2020 he was an appointee of Central Government to TfL's Board. He is best known for a 2003 report on BBC Radio 4's Today programme in which he described a British government briefing paper on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction as having been "transformed in the week before it was published to make it sexier". This change became widely known,in the words of newspaper headlines about the story,as being "sexed up".
The City of Kingston is a local government area in Victoria,Australia in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne,its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the Melbourne city centre along the north-eastern shorelines of Port Phillip. It covers an area of 91 km²and has an estimated population of 163,431 people.
The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire,England. It is named after its principal settlement,Doncaster,and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages. The district has large amounts of countryside;at 219 square miles (570 km2),it is the largest metropolitan borough in England by area.
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) is a political party in the United Kingdom established in 1990. Ideologically,the SDP combines social conservatism with centre-left economic policy and support for a social market economy alongside Euroscepticism. Founded by Jack Holmes,it has been led by William Clouston since 2018.
Amy Lamé is an American-British performer,writer,and TV and radio presenter,known for her one-woman shows,her performance group Duckie,and LGBT-themed media works.
Cambridge City Council is the local authority for the city of Cambridge,a non-metropolitan district with city status in Cambridgeshire,England.
Andrew Bruce Forbes Williams is a New Zealand former politician. In 2007 he won election as Mayor of North Shore City. Williams served on a community board during 2004–2007,and as a city councillor in the term before that in 2001–2004. North Shore City Council was abolished in October 2010,becoming part of the Auckland "Super City". Williams won election to the New Zealand Parliament on 26 November 2011 as a list MP for the New Zealand First Party,but only served one term.
Rachel Trixie Anne Gardner,Baroness Gardner of Parkes,is an Australian-born dentist and Conservative member of the British House of Lords. She was the first Australian woman to have been elevated to the peerage,and as of 2023 is the most senior Life peer in the House of Lords.
In Wales,the office of Mayor or Lord Mayor had long been ceremonial posts,with little or no duties attached to it. Traditionally mayors have been elected by town,borough and city councils. Since 2000,councils can decide to have directly elected mayors with extensive powers if such a proposal is approved in a local referendum.
Sir Hamish Grenfell Hay was a New Zealand politician,who served as Mayor of Christchurch for fifteen years,from 1974 to 1989. He was Christchurch's longest-serving mayor.
Sir Ernest Herbert Andrews was a New Zealand teacher,printer and cricketer and local-body politician. He was on the Christchurch City Council from 1919 and Mayor of Christchurch from 1941 until his retirement in 1950.
Kathleen Maltzahn is an Australian author,academic and anti-sex work activist. She is a former councillor for the City of Yarra and was the Australian Greens Victoria candidate for the state seat of Richmond in the 2010,2014 and 2018 Victorian elections.
Elections for Cambridge City Council were held on Thursday 5 May 2011. As the council is elected by thirds,one seat in each of the wards was up for election,with the exception of Cherry Hinton ward where two seats were up for election due to the early retirement of Councillor Stuart Newbold. The vote took place alongside the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum and a Cambridgeshire County Council by-election for Arbury ward.
Elections for Cambridge City Council were held on Thursday 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council,to No Overall Control.
Sarah Brown is a transgender activist and former Liberal Democrat politician. She was the Cambridge City Councillor for Petersfield ward between 2010 and 2014,serving as Executive Councillor for Community Wellbeing since 2013 and served as a member of the LGBT+ Liberal Democrats executive. She is a trans woman and,for several years,was the only openly transgender elected politician in the UK. In 2011,she appeared on the Independent on Sunday "Pink List" as the 28th most influential LGBT person in the UK,dropping to 34th in the 2012 list,but rising again to 27th in the 2013 list.
The mayor of Wrexham is the civic figurehead and first citizen of the city of Wrexham,and Wrexham County Borough in the north of Wales. The position is elected by members of Wrexham County Borough Council at their annual meeting,and today,holders of the position mainly serve a one-year term. The position is currently held by Councillor Andy Williams of Garden Village,who previously served the role in 2018–2019.
Tory Awatere Whanau is a New Zealand politician. She was elected mayor of Wellington at the 2022 election. Previously she served as the parliamentary chief of staff for the Green Party.
