Dan Whelan
Despite the controversial scrapping of its all-female mayoral shortlist, the city’s Labour councillors voted against a motion to revert back to a leader and cabinet model at an emergency meeting on Saturday.
The motion to abolish Liverpool City Council’s mayoral model was voted down by 39 votes to 20, which means May’s election will go ahead as planned, but a referendum on the issue is to be held in 2023.
It is understood that the motion was voted down due to concerns that the move would leave the party open to legal action as it had already voted against a motion from the Liberal Democrats to switch models in January.