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Voters in Bristol choose to abolish mayor
VOTERS in Bristol have decided to abolish the city’s directly elected mayor following a referendum.
Bristol’s Labour Mayor Marvin Reese will now serve his term until 2024, after which time the city will return to a committee system.
Fifty-nine per cent voted for the role to be scrapped, and there was a turnout of 29 per cent, it was revealed today.
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