mayoral election

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meaningsofmayoralandelection

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mayoral
adjective
uk
/ˈmeə.rəl/us
/ˈmeɪ.ɚ.əl/
of or relating to a mayor (= a person elected or chosen to lead a town or its ...
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election
noun[C or U]
uk
/iˈlek.ʃən/us
/iˈlek.ʃən/
a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or ...
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(Definition ofmayoralandelectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We obtained a freepost for themayoralelectionbut not a separate freepost for assembly candidates.
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I am now—and certainly shall be by the time of the firstmayoralelection—beyond the age of ambition.
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But the mass media will be the method by which people hear from candidates, particularly in themayoralelection.
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We are treating themayoralelectionas if it were a one-off, and not as the precedent for a much wider electoral system.
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I think that in some constituencies we are also still affected by themayoralelectionstitch-up.
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There have not yet been full council elections in any area in which amayoralelectionhas already taken place.
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We do not yet know how many candidates will come before the electorate at themayoralelection.
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Obviously, during amayoralelection, they would contribute some money if there were not that sort of public funding.
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I shall dwell at some length on the positions of the parties at the time of themayoralelectionand the general election.
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The threshold for entering themayoralelectionis quite low.
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The electorate will twice have approved the arrangements for an elected mayor: in a referendum and in themayoralelection.
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It wants the alternative vote system for themayoralelection.
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I was not talking about themayoralelection.
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If those candidates lost themayoralelectionit would be perverse to have them already rendered ineligible for consideration as assembly members.
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It is fair to say that we accept the principle that there should be a free mailshot for themayoralelection.
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As for themayoralelection, we shall all have our candidates, we shall fight the election, and let us see who wins.
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However, the key point relates to themayoralelection.
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If we take themayoralelectionalone—we are agreed that that is what we are talking about—the traditional way would have been for each candidate to have his own mailshot.
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It is not inconceivable that we could get three or four admirable candidates in themayoralelection, who each attract broadly the same number of votes.
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We are, however, in the middle of amayoralelectionat the moment from which lessons can be learnt—and not only on such matters as how best to adopt candidates!
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