Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). Note the chain of office.

The Lord Mayor is the mayor of a city with special recognition.

• In the United Kingdom it is a purely ceremonial post, see Mayors in the United Kingdom, list of cities in the United Kingdom, especially Lord Mayor of London.
• In the Republic of Ireland, the posts of Lord Mayor of Dublin and Lord Mayor of Cork still exist.
• In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin , Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle , Parramatta , Perth , Sydney, and Wollongong . See list of cities in Australia.
• It is also, as the translation of Oberbürgermeister, the title of the mayors of independent (county-free) or formerly independent cities in Germany.