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| How many UK mayors are eligible to be world mayor? Hardly any | How many UK mayors are eligible to be world mayor? Hardly any |
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| Ros Jones, Kate Allsop, Norma Redfearn and Dorothy Thornhill may not be names you immediately recognise. But they should be – because they are the UK’s only potential candidates for this year’s prestigious World Mayor prize. | Ros Jones, Kate Allsop, Norma Redfearn and Dorothy Thornhill may not be names you immediately recognise. But they should be – because they are the UK’s only potential candidates for this year’s prestigious World Mayor prize. |
| This year, the independent City Mayors Foundation, organiser of the biannual prize that recognises the work of city and regional mayors around the world, is dedicating the award entirely to women, with the aim of encouraging more to consider a career in local government and to stand for political office. | This year, the independent City Mayors Foundation, organiser of the biannual prize that recognises the work of city and regional mayors around the world, is dedicating the award entirely to women, with the aim of encouraging more to consider a career in local government and to stand for political office. |
| As the UK’s only elected female mayors – of Doncaster, Mansfield, North Tyneside and Watford, respectively – Jones, Allsop, Redfearn and Thornhill are the only four people eligible out of a total of 23 elected city and regional mayors in England (there are ceremonial mayors and equivalent positions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but no elected mayors). | As the UK’s only elected female mayors – of Doncaster, Mansfield, North Tyneside and Watford, respectively – Jones, Allsop, Redfearn and Thornhill are the only four people eligible out of a total of 23 elected city and regional mayors in England (there are ceremonial mayors and equivalent positions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, but no elected mayors). |
| Worse still, four is likely to fall to three when Thornhill’s term of office comes to an end in May. And Allsop is mayor of a district council, rather than a city, reducing the headcount even further. | Worse still, four is likely to fall to three when Thornhill’s term of office comes to an end in May. And Allsop is mayor of a district council, rather than a city, reducing the headcount even further. |
| Women are under-represented in local government globally. While a number of prominent cities, including Tokyo, Madrid, Washington, Rome and Sydney, have female mayors, only 19 capital cities (15.4%) have female mayors and a mere 18 of the world’s 300 largest cities (6%) have women as their mayor. | Women are under-represented in local government globally. While a number of prominent cities, including Tokyo, Madrid, Washington, Rome and Sydney, have female mayors, only 19 capital cities (15.4%) have female mayors and a mere 18 of the world’s 300 largest cities (6%) have women as their mayor. |
| A slightly higher number – but only between 30% and 35% – of city councillors are women, and that percentage varies considerably from country to country and city to city. While six of Sydney’s 10 councillors are women, a jump in the number of women on Tokyo’s metropolitan assembly councillors last year still gives women only30% of the seats. In the US, more than 32% of municipal councillors are women, but only 11 of the 51 largest American cities (22%) have female mayors. | A slightly higher number – but only between 30% and 35% – of city councillors are women, and that percentage varies considerably from country to country and city to city. While six of Sydney’s 10 councillors are women, a jump in the number of women on Tokyo’s metropolitan assembly councillors last year still gives women only30% of the seats. In the US, more than 32% of municipal councillors are women, but only 11 of the 51 largest American cities (22%) have female mayors. |
| Previous world mayor prizewinners include Dora Bakoyannis, the mayor of Athens, who won in 2005, and Helen Zille, the mayor of Cape Town, who won in 2008. The 2016 accolade went to Bart Somers, mayor of the Belgian city of Mechelen, for his work in integrating refugees. | Previous world mayor prizewinners include Dora Bakoyannis, the mayor of Athens, who won in 2005, and Helen Zille, the mayor of Cape Town, who won in 2008. The 2016 accolade went to Bart Somers, mayor of the Belgian city of Mechelen, for his work in integrating refugees. |
| This year’s winner will be announced in January 2019. The organisers say they are looking for mayors who are not just competent in managing the day-to-day affairs of their cities, but who are also able to demonstrate honesty and integrity, as well as “repugnance for using the office of mayor for self-enrichment”. Nominations are now open. | |
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