Mike Wolfe was the elected mayor of Stoke on Trent from 2002, until coming fourth out of eight in his bid for re-election in May 2005 where a record 9,600 people defaced their ballot papers. The city of Stoke-on-Trent (also known as The Six Towns and The Potteries) is a city in The Midlands, United Kingdom. ...

Wolfe was born in Yorkshire. After working in London and Shrewsbury he came to North Staffordshire in 1980, where he turned Stoke-on-Trent Citizens Advice Bureau into one of the most effective advice organisations in the UK. During that period Mike was also involved in a wide range of other voluntary organisations including North Staffordshire Racial Equality Council, Staffordshire Housing Association and,as the founder Chair, the North Staffordshire Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Community Forum. He was Vice Chair of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux for four years. Jump to: navigation, search The White Yorkshire rose. ... Jump to: navigation, search The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Map sources for Shrewsbury at grid reference SJ4912 Porthill Bridge crossing the Severn at Shrewsbury Shrewsburys Old Market Hall and The Square Market Street, behind the Old Market Hall, with the Music Hall on the left Shrewsbury (pronounced either /ˈʃɹuːzbɹiː/ or /ˈʃɹəʊzbɹi... Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Citizens Advice is a national charity and membership association for Citizens Advice Bureaux operating in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...

Wolfe was the driving force behind the campaign to bring in a system of having a directly-elected Mayor with a city manager for Stoke-on-Trent, and left the Labour Party to stand as an independent in Mayoral race of October 2002. He narrowly beat George Stevenson, a local Labour member of Parliament. Mike Wolfe was notable for being an openly gay leader, in an industrial working class city. Labour gained the position of Elected Mayor in the May 2005 election. Jump to: navigation, search The Labour Party is the principal centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... For the British engineer see George Stephenson George William Stevenson (born 30 August 1938) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ...