Elected Mayors and City Leadership

“What is the role of elected mayors in providing strategic leadership to cities?”

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This is the question answered in the report of the Warwick Commission on Elected Mayors and City Leadership, published on 16th April 2012.

Based on 42 interviews with elected mayors, council leaders and their staffs in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand; the report is a thorough review of existing evidence with the expert input of independent commissioners.

Read or download the report.

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Renewing Democracy

Commission chair Wyn Grant was a panellist at an event in Bradford discussing elected mayors. Here are his thoughts following Monday evening and the role elected mayors might have in renewing democracy in Bradford and beyond.

Meet the Commissioners

The Commission is chaired by Professor Wyn Grant, Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick, and its director is Professor Keith Grint, professor of Public Leadership and Management at Warwick Business School (WBS).

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