Birmingham City Council is the local government body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham in England,which has been a metropolitan district since 1974. It is the most populated local council area in the United Kingdom with 101 elected councillors representing over one million people,in 69 wards. The council headquarters are at the Council House in the city centre. The council is responsible for running nearly all local services,with the exception of those run by joint boards. The provision of certain services has in recent years been devolved to several council constituencies,which each have a constituency committee made up of councillors from that district. It is part of the West Midlands Combined Authority.
June Rowlands was a Canadian politician who was the 60th mayor of Toronto from 1991 to 1994. She was the first woman to serve as Toronto's mayor. Rowlands also served as a city councillor and was chair of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission.
Theodora "Dora" Bakoyanni is a Greek politician. From 2006 to 2009 she was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece,the highest position ever to have been held by a woman in the Cabinet of Greece at the time;she was also Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in 2009. Previously she was the Mayor of Athens from 2003 to 2006,the first female mayor in the city's history,and the first woman to serve as mayor of a city hosting the Olympic Games. She also served as Minister for Culture of Greece from 1992 to 1993.
Christine Elizabeth Fletcher is a New Zealand politician. Currently an Auckland Council councillor,she was previously a National Party Member of Parliament from 1990 to 1999,and served one term as Mayor of Auckland City between 1998 and 2001. In October 2010 she became the co-leader of the Auckland local body ticket Citizens &Ratepayers after winning the Albert-Eden-Roskill ward on the new Auckland Council.
The Edmonton City Council is the governing body of the City of Edmonton,Alberta,Canada.
Vicki Susan Buck is a New Zealand politician. She was Mayor of Christchurch for nine years from 1989 to 1998. She retired after three terms,having been very popular. She made a political comeback,standing in the 2013 local elections in the Riccarton-Wigram ward as councillor for Christchurch City Council,being returned with the highest number of votes across all city wards. She subsequently accepted the role of deputy mayor.
Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian politician who was the President of Malawi from 7 April 2012 to 31 May 2014. Banda took office as President following the sudden death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She is the founder and leader of the People's Party,created in 2011. An educator and grassroots women's rights activist,she was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and the Vice-President of Malawi from May 2009 to April 2012. She had served in various roles as a member of Parliament and as Minister of Gender and Child Welfare before she became the President of the Republic of Malawi.
The Mayor of Porirua is the head of the municipal government of Porirua,New Zealand,and presides over the Porirua City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the single transferable vote electoral system. There have been six mayors since the establishment of the borough council in 1962:the current mayor is Anita Baker,who was elected in October 2019.
Lorna Doone Pleasance Kennedy was an Australian politician and civic leader who served as the Lord Mayor of Hobart,the capital of Tasmania,from 1986 until 1996. Kennedy was the first woman to be elected Lord Mayor of Hobart and remained the city's only female mayor until the election of Sue Hickey in 2014.
Paula S. Hicks-Hudson is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. She is the former Mayor of Toledo,Ohio.
Philippa Marion Roe,Baroness Couttie is a British Conservative politician,who served as Leader of Westminster City Council from 2012 to 2017. Before entering public life she was an investment banker with Citigroup.
The 2016 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections and was held on 8 October to determine the next Mayor of Wellington. The incumbent was Celia Wade-Brown,who was first elected in the 2010 mayoral election. Wade-Brown did not seek re-election. Her title was pursued by her deputy,Justin Lester,councillors Jo Coughlan,Andy Foster,Helene Ritchie and Nicola Young,former mayor of Porirua City Nick Leggett and independent candidates Keith Johnson and Johnny Overton.
The 1992 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the held that same year. In 1992,elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles including 21 councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Jenna Sudds is a Canadian politician who presently serves as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Women,Gender Equality,and Youth,as well as the Member of Parliament for Kanata—Carleton in the House of Commons of Canada. A member of the Liberal Party,she was elected in the 2021 Canadian federal election. Previously,she served as Deputy Mayor of Ottawa and member of the City Council for Kanata North. Sudds was elected on October 22,2018,and took office on December 1,2018.
Capital punishment in Malawi is a legal punishment for certain crimes. The country abolished the death penalty by a Malawian Supreme Court ruling in 2021,but it was soon reinstated. However,the country is currently under a death penalty moratorium,which has been in place since the latest execution in 1992.
Municipal election for Kathmandu took place on 13 May 2022,with all 162 positions up for election across 32 wards. The electorate elected a mayor,a deputy mayor,32 ward chairs and 128 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.
Juliana Kaduya is a Malawian politician and teacher who was the first female mayor of Lilongwe City Council,Malawi. Kaduya served in this position between 2019 and 2021.
Joana Ntaja was a Malawian politician and the first female mayor of Zomba,Malawi's oldest city,between July 2014 and March 2015. She was affiliated to the Democratic Progress Party.
Municipal election for Jitpursimara took place on 13 May 2022,with all 122 positions up for election across 24 wards. The electorate elected a mayor,a deputy mayor,24 ward chairs and 96 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.
Joshua Douglas Morgan is a Canadian politician who has been serving as the 65th mayor of London since 2022. He was elected mayor in the 2022 London municipal election.
