Mock mayor
The election of a mock mayor is British folk tradition found in a number of communities throughout the British Isles. A mock mayor is an individual who is elected by a popular informal assembly of individuals as a parody of the official office of mayor in any given community.
Examples
Image:Golowan4.JPG|thumb|right|The mock mayor at the modern Golowan Festival in 2005Examples may be found in:
Cornwall
- Helston
- Mylor
- Penzance, as part of the Golowan Festival
- Penryn
- Polperro
- St Germans
Elsewhere
- Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
- Barton, Gloucestershire.
- Llansteffan, Wales.
- Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
- Woodstock, Oxfordshire.