I followed the correspondence about whether Brighton and Hove should have an elected mayor and read the information sent with the ballot paper.

In the end, I decided to vote No because of one factor which was not picked up by any of the correspondents to the letters page - namely, that if the campaign were to be successful, we would end up with two mayors.

In such circumstances, which mayor would chair the council meetings, greet the Queen or other important people, be respected as our first citizen, be addressed as "Your Worship" and wear the chain of office?

On enquiring at the appropriate council department, none of these questions could be answered and it appeared the supporters of the Yes campaign had not thought through the constitutional problems that would arise from having two mayors.

If there had been a campaign to elevate this venerable office to the dignity of Lord Mayor, I would have supported it.

-Peter E H Bailey, Beaconsfield Villas, Brighton