Can be re-elected? |
Selection By |
Main criteria |
Tie break |
Refusal |
Deputy Mayor |
|
Fylde BC |
No |
List of seniority |
Seniority |
Parties to resolve through discussion, if no resolution reached then lots drawn |
Asked again the following year |
Selected by the Mayor of the day* |
Stevenage BC |
Yes, but not consecutively |
List of seniority |
Seniority |
Never experienced tie |
Asked again the following year |
Next in seniority who accepts position |
Rushmoor BC |
Yes |
List of seniority |
Seniority |
Highest percentage of votes at last election |
Asked again the following year |
Next in seniority who accepts position |
Boston BC |
No |
List of seniority |
Draw lots or hold ballot |
Asked again the following year |
Selected by the Mayor of the day |
|
Tunbridge Wells BC |
Yes, but preference against |
Group leaders |
Aptitude |
NA |
NA |
Serves before becoming Mayor |
Dartford BC |
Yes |
Majority party |
Not known |
NA |
NA |
Serves before becoming Mayor |
Ashford BC |
Yes, but preference against |
Group leaders |
Not known |
NA |
NA |
Serves before becoming Mayor |
Swale BC |
Yes, but preference against |
Majority party |
Leader asks for nominations, nominees speak at group meeting, vote is taken in their absence |
NA |
NA |
Leader asks for nominations, nominees speak at group meeting, vote is taken in their absence |
Maidstone BC |
No |
List of seniority |
Seniority |
Alphabetical |
Asked again the following year |
Next in seniority who accepts position |