Mock mayor

The election of a mock mayor is British folk tradition found in a number of communities throughout the British Isles. A mock mayor is an individual who is elected by a popular informal assembly of individuals as a parody of the official office of mayor in any given community.

Examples
Examples may be found in:

Cornwall

 * Helston (known as the Mayor of St Johns)
 * Mylor
 * Penzance, as part of the Golowan Festival
 * Polperro
 * St Germans

Elsewhere

 * Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. (Known as the Mayor of Ock Street)
 * Barton, Gloucestershire.
 * Llansteffan, Wales.
 * Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
 * Woodstock, Oxfordshire.