# Local Government Act 2000, Paragraph 2


If one of the candidates to be the elected mayor receives more than half of all the first preference votes given in the election that candidate is to be returned as the elected mayor.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/22/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-2000/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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