Liverpool has two mayors?

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AIBU to wonder why?

I know Steve Rotherham is the Metro Mayor of the city region, but what does that make Anderson?

Middlesbrough does too. An elected local Mayor and then a Tees Valley Mayor.

Bristol has 3! An elected mayor, a metro mayor and a lord mayor

I have relatives in Liverpool, they say it's an open secret that Uncle Joe takes back handers... (Obv just their opinion)

Well I suppose London has 33 mayors with all the Boroughs and Sadiq Khan, but no-one would know who any of them were, apart from Khan.

Glad I'm not the only one confused! I was sure the mayor was Rotherham (that confused me as well with South Yorkshire when they went into tier 3 originally) so was completely bamboozled when this other mayor appeared in the news.

We have a Lord Mayor too so there’s 3

We've got 2 cathedrals and all!

Anderson is elected Liverpool city mayor and Rotheram is Liverpool city region mayor (like Andy Burnham for GT Manc)

So is there another mayor for Manchester in addition to Andy Burnhan?

Rotherham is the Liverpool Regional mayor, jo Anderson is the Liverpool city mayor. Most place have two. A regional one and a town/ city one.

In Manchester we had a referendum to see if we wanted a Metro Mayor.
The result was No. But that was the wrong answer so we got one anyway.
As for Anderson . . . .

Jeez how much does all this cost I wonder?

Each borough in Gt Manchester has one eg there's a Salford one, Bolton one, Oldham one. Same with Merseyside - Wirral one, St Helens one. The region Steve Rotheram oversees is not quite Merseyside as it covers Halton, which is in Cheshire.

One of thems just been arrested. The comments on the Echo are being deleted faster than they're being posted.

That Echo site is unusable. There's so many adverts it makes the site too unstable to read, not to mention sooo slooow

Oh it's terrible. I read it via their Facebook page because it's far more user friendly.

The Metro Mayors cover a larger area - in Greater Manchester it is Man City, Salford, Trafford, Bury, Bolton, Oldham, Stockport, Rochdale, Tameside and Wigan. Paul Denning is the Mayor of The City Salford.

In Liverpool Joe Anderson is Mayor Liverpool City only where as Liverpool City Region is Liverpool, Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. Steve Rotherham is the LCR mayor.

@MyHairNeedsASnip

One of thems just been arrested. The comments on the Echo are being deleted faster than they're being posted.

Reports say Hatton too

One of them is colloquially known as "chippy tits"

Manchester has a Lord Mayor, which is a ceremonial role filled by a councillor from the city council.

Andy Burnham is the Mayor of Greater Manchester, which encompasses not just Manchester but also 9 other regional boroughs (Salford, Bury, Bolton, Wigan etc).

London has 30 Lord Mayors, and one metro mayor.

Joe Anderson's role in Liverpool is effectively leader of the City Council, and then there's a Lord Mayor (Anna Rothery), and then a Metro Mayor (Steve Rotherham).

In Manchester we had a referendum to see if we wanted a Metro Mayor.
The result was No. But that was the wrong answer so we got one anyway.

Yup, same in Birmingham.
For decades we've had the Lord Mayor of the City - a Cllr chosen by the different parties in turn - it is a 'ceremonial role' - and worked fine.
They asked us to vote about having another (Regional) one, and there was a resounding 'No'

A few years afterwards, we had to elect a regional Mayor too.

So much for democracy.

Liverpool Echo Facebook comments help pass the day.

Possibly only one now joes been arrested there is a thread about it.

@AndWhat

Liverpool Echo Facebook comments help pass the day.

😂 they are tonight, I can't keep up!

Well now it's mostly people not understanding why Echo can't let some comments stand🤦