Schedules

Schedule 2E+WMayors for combined county authority areas: further provisions about elections

Entitlement to voteE+W

5(1)The persons entitled to vote as electors at an election for the return of a mayor for the area of a CCA are those who on the day of the poll—

(a)would be entitled to vote as electors at an election of councillors for an electoral area situated wholly or partly within the area of the CCA, and

(b)are registered in the register of local government electors at an address within the CCA’s area.

(2)A person is not entitled as an elector to cast more than one vote at an election for the return of a mayor.

(3)In this paragraph—

  • “electoral area” has the meaning given by section 203(1) of the Representation of the People Act 1983;

  • “local government elector” has the meaning given by section 270(1) of the Local Government Act 1972.

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