Mock mayor

The election of a mock mayor is British folk tradition found in a number of communities throughout the British Isles. A mock mayor is an individual who is elected by a popular informal assembly of individuals as a parody of the official office of mayor in any given community.

Examples

Examples may be found in: Cornwall Helston (known as the Mayor of St Johns) Mylor Penzance, as part of the Golowan Festival Penryn Polperro St Germans

Elsewhere Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. (Known as the Mayor of Ock Street) Barton, Gloucestershire.The Mock Mayors of Barton Street. Paul Evans, Barton & Tredworth Community Heritage, 12 October 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2019.Who is the new Mock Mayor of Barton and when is the Gloucester Day parade? All you need to know. Ed Stilliard, Gloucestershire Live, 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2019. Llansteffan, Wales. Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

See also

Lord of Misrule Mummers' play Non-human electoral candidate List of animals in political office Novelty candidate

References

External links The Mock Mayor of Mylor The Mayor of the Quay Penzance and Golowan Traditions. The Mayor of St Germans The Mock Mayor of St John's Helston