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Article: Referendum request goes to city council.
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- Morley Observer & Advertiser (Leeds, England)
- Article date:
- July 2, 2008
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A REFERENDUM is to be requested on whether the people of Morley wish to have a directly-elected mayor.
The request will be put to Leeds City Council following Monday night's public meeting in Morley Library's Baker Room when 14 people voted for a referendum.
Although 16 people voted against the motion, proposed by former town councillor Albert Slingsby and seconded by BNP member Mike Mee, under the Local Government Act of 1972 a parish poll must be called if more than 10 people ask for one.
However the Mayor of Morley, Coun Terry Grayshon, who chaired the meeting, said that what they were asking was impossible in law.
He said: "I have ...