Lord Mayoralty Conferral

The City of Armagh will from now on have a Lord Mayor. Many congratulations indeed.

The conferral has been made by HM The Queen on advice from the Deputy Prime Minister and Lord President of the Privy Council, the Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP.

The award of city status or a Lord Mayoralty is an honour bestowed by the sovereign only on rare occasions.

The decision to award  a Lord Mayoralty in Northern Ireland was made in recognition of the significance of every part of the United Kingdom in the Diamond Jubilee year; and reflects the high quality of the bids submitted.

The Deputy Prime Minister said:

“Congratulations to Armagh, Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph who have been granted these rare honours from a field of exceptional entrants. Across the United Kingdom, I have been moved by the pride and passion which people have shown in putting their nominations forward.”
“The standard of application was very high, and those who missed out should not be downhearted.  I hope the competition has given the residents of all of the places which applied a sense of civic pride, of collective ownership and of community spirit.” 

Her Majesty will formally confer the Lord Mayoralty by Letters Patent in due course.

The conferral of Lord Mayoralty is purely honorific and bestows no additional powers, functions or funding.

The last civic honours competition was held in 2002 to mark the Golden Jubilee when Preston, Stirling, Newport, Lisburn and Newry were awarded city status and Exeter was awarded a Lord Mayoralty.