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Councils call for 2027 mayoral elections
Western Daily Press
|December 09, 2025
THE FOUR councils which make up the Wessex Partnership are urging ministers to allow the area to move forward and hold mayoral elections in 2027.
The statement came after a debate on devolution at Dorset Council on Thursday evening last week.
In a joint statement, council leaders Cllr Nick Ireland (Dorset), Cllr Bill Revans (Somerset), Cllr Ian Thorn (Wiltshire) and Cllr Millie Earl (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council) said: "The Devolution Priority Programme is being delayed in Greater Essex, Norfolk & Suffolk, Hampshire & the Solent and Sussex & Brighton to allow more time for Local Government Reorganisation.
"Our four authorities in the Wessex Partnership have already gone through Local Government Reorganisation. We are ready to go now.
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