Leadership politics in the United Kingdom’s local government : an introduction

2016 was an important election year for Wales, Ireland, Scotland and London. In the first three cases, elections were postponed because of the General Elections in Britain whereas in London, the mayor had finished his second four-year mandate. This set of articles focuses on the importance of leaders and their particular brand of politics in these elections. It studies the extent to which leaders’ attitudes have recently changed in the realm of local and devolved politics to enable them to ke..