4 May 2012 Last updated at 14:15 ET

English mayoral elections and referendums

On 3 May 2012 ten English cities held referendums on whether to have a directly-elected mayor chosen by voters while Doncaster voted on whether to keep its directly-elected mayor.

Nottingham, Manchester, Coventry, Bradford, Wakefield, Sheffield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Birmingham and Leeds have all rejected directly-elected mayors, while Bristol has voted for one. Doncaster voters chose to retain theirs. Full results listed below.

Voting to have a mayor
City	Yes %	No %	Turnout
Birmingham	42.2	57.8	208,696
Bradford	44.9	55.1	120,232
Bristol	53.3	46.7	76,912
Coventry	36.4	63.6	62,102
Leeds	36.7	63.3	170,350
Manchester	46.8	53.2	91,270
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	38.1	61.9	64,719
Nottingham	42.5	57.5	49,263
Sheffield	35	65	127,461
Wakefield	37.8	62.2	72,967

The wording of these referendums was: "How would you like ______ council to be run? "By a Leader who is an elected councillor chosen by the other elected councillors. This is how the council is run now or by a Mayor who is elected by voters."

This would be a change from how the Council is run now."

Voting to keep the mayor
Town	Yes %	No %	Turnout
Doncaster	62	38	68,075

The wording of this referendum was: "How would you like Doncaster Council to be run?

"By a mayor who is elected by voters. This is how the council is run now or by a leader who is an elected councillor chosen by a vote of the other elected councillors. This would be a change from how the council is run now.