Liverpool City Council rules may destroy some Labour members’ hopes of passing a motion to remove the directly elected mayor position in the city.
Following the disastrous events of the week with Labour’s selection of a Mayoral candidate in Liverpool, support to abolish the role has grown amongst politicians.
However, the rule book states a motion can be rejected and not discussed if it is similar to a motion that has been debated in the last six months.
The council discussed the role of Mayor in a meeting in January 2021, and so any motion would have to be substantially different from that in order to be considered.
When trying to change a decision previously made by the council, at least 23 councillors must sign the motion for it to be put forward.
Kim Johnson, MP for Liverpool Riverside, released a statement yesterday supporting removing the directly elected Mayor position.
In it, she said: “The situation in Liverpool since December has shown there are serious flaws with the Mayoral model, where power is concentrated in one person and one office.”
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