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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009/schedule-5B/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/20",
  "legislation_title": "Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-democracy-economic-development-and-construction-act-2009",
  "path": "schedule/5B/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Each person entitled to vote as an elector at an election for the return of a mayor is to have one vote (a “mayoral vote”).\n(2) The mayor is to be returned under the simple majority system unless there are three or more candidates ....\n(3) If there are three or more candidates to be the mayor—\n(a) the elected mayor is to be returned under the supplementary vote system in accordance with paragraph 5, and\n(b) a voter’s mayoral vote is accordingly a vote capable of being given to indicate the voter’s first and second preference from among the candidates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5B inserted (28.1.2016 for specified purposes, 28.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1), s. 25(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5B para. 4(1) substituted (26.10.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 13(13)(a), 67(1); S.I. 2022/1093, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5B para. 4(1) substituted (18.6.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(6), Sch. 30 para. 13(a); S.I. 2026/656, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5B para. 4(2) inserted (18.6.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(6), Sch. 30 para. 13(b); S.I. 2026/656, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5B para. 4(2) omitted (26.10.2022) by Elections Act 2022 (c. 37), ss. 13(13)(b), 67(1); S.I. 2022/1093, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 5B para. 4(3) inserted (18.6.2026) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(6), Sch. 30 para. 13(c); S.I. 2026/656, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/23",
      "affecting_title": "English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/20/schedule/5B/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:57.702412+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}