Appointer Electorate of Watford Succession May 2014 | Term length Four years | |
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Style No courtesy title or style Inaugural holder Dorothy Thornhill (May 2002) | ||
The Mayor of Watford is the head of the borough council of Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The holder of the position is a directly elected mayor elected using the supplementary vote, every four years. The Current Mayor of Watford is Dorothy Thornhill who is Watford's first directly elected mayor, and was also the first female directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom and the Liberal Democrats' first directly elected mayor. She has been Mayor of Watford since May 2002, being re-elected in May 2006, and in May 2010 she became the second mayor to be re-elected for a third term in the United Kingdom.
Election results
The position was established after a referendum in 2001 and the first election was held in 2002.
References
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