Rejected petition: Place a two term limit on mayors.
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Impose a two term limit on the 5 year mayoral term in order to refresh the local voting patterns and protect British democracy from block voting. As it is, many mayors across Britain are in for life and the communities are stagnating.
Mayors in Britain have a disproportionate amount of power over their communities, especially the police, much more than the local MPs. Many are voted in by cultural block voting on top of the traditional political party vote, eg London, and simply can never be voted out. That's not democracy and in fact stagnates local councils.
A two term limit is accepted all over the world and will refresh and energise local councils across the country.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for the same action: "Limit Lord Mayor Tenure to Two Terms" https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/740589
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