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	'''Marc Cranfield-Adams''' is a public relations consultant and former councillor and mayor of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]. He was previously a Councillor in the [[Vale of Glamorgan]] and held public relations or communications posts at a number of organisations.<ref>http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Marc-Cranfield-Adams/57438574</ref>		[[File:Marc Cranfield-Adams.jpg\|thumb\|Marc Cranfield-Adams\|alt=Cranfield-Adams in dark suit and mayoral chain]]'''Marc Cranfield-Adams''' is a public relations consultant and former councillor and mayor of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]. He was previously a Councillor in the [[Vale of Glamorgan]] and held public relations or communications posts at a number of organisations.<ref>http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Marc-Cranfield-Adams/57438574</ref>

	He was elected as a Conservative, but in 2004 he switched to the [[Liberal Democrats]].		He was elected as a Conservative, but in 2004 he switched to the [[Liberal Democrats]].

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	'''Marc Cranfield-Adams''' is a former councillor and mayor of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]].		'''Marc Cranfield-Adams''' is a public relations consultant and former councillor and mayor of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]. He was previously a Councillor in the [[Vale of Glamorgan]] and held public relations or communications posts at a number of organisations.<ref>http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Marc-Cranfield-Adams/57438574</ref>

	He was elected as a Conservative, but in 2004 he switched to the [[Liberal Democrats]].		He was elected as a Conservative, but in 2004 he switched to the [[Liberal Democrats]].
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	In 2007 he was elected Mayor of Richmond. He appointed Mario Cardu as his consort, but Mr Cardu resigned from this position after the council allegedly refused to refer to Mr Cranfield-Adams as ‘the first openly gay mayor for Richmond Upon Thames’ in a press release.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/08/01/gay-mayors-consort-resigns-over-press-release-row/ ''Pink News'' 1 August 2007</ref> At the end of his term as mayor he switched back to the Conservatives.		In 2007 he was elected Mayor of Richmond, becoming the first openly gay mayor in London. He appointed Mario Cardu as his consort, but Mr Cardu resigned from this position after the council allegedly refused to refer to Mr Cranfield-Adams as ‘the first openly gay mayor for Richmond Upon Thames’ in a press release.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/08/01/gay-mayors-consort-resigns-over-press-release-row/ ''Pink News'' 1 August 2007</ref> At the end of his term as mayor he switched back to the Conservatives.
	:"Twenty years ago we all (gay Tories) had to be secretive and run around behind closed doors, now the Conservative Party is full of openly gay people and I’m proud to be a part of that. ... The Liberal Democrats in Richmond have shown themselves up as being a bunch of bullies."<ref name=chains />		:"Twenty years ago we all (gay Tories) had to be secretive and run around behind closed doors, now the Conservative Party is full of openly gay people and I’m proud to be a part of that. ... The Liberal Democrats in Richmond have shown themselves up as being a bunch of bullies."<ref name=chains />

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	'''Marc Cranfield-Adams''' is a former councillor and mayor of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]].		'''Marc Cranfield-Adams''' is a former councillor and mayor of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]].

	In 2007 he was elected Mayor of Richmond. He appointed Mario Cardu as his consort, but Mr Cardu resigned from this position after the council allegedly refused to refer to Mr Cranfield-Adams as ‘the first openly gay mayor for Richmond Upon Thames’ in a press release.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/08/01/gay-mayors-consort-resigns-over-press-release-row/ ''Pink News'' 1 August 2007</ref>		He was elected as a Conservative, but in 2004 he switched to the [[Liberal Democrats]].
			:"I think that I was going through a mid-life crisis... The then Conservative leader of Richmond Council treated me badly because for some reason he thought that politically I was hugely ambitious- which I am not. I was having a really bad time and I thought that I would have a lot in common with the Lib Dems."<ref name=chains>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2008/05/20/interview-after-my-year-in-chains-i-am-rejoining-the-tories/
			Pink News'' 20 May 2008</ref>

			In 2007 he was elected Mayor of Richmond. He appointed Mario Cardu as his consort, but Mr Cardu resigned from this position after the council allegedly refused to refer to Mr Cranfield-Adams as ‘the first openly gay mayor for Richmond Upon Thames’ in a press release.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/08/01/gay-mayors-consort-resigns-over-press-release-row/ ''Pink News'' 1 August 2007</ref> At the end of his term as mayor he switched back to the Conservatives.
			:"Twenty years ago we all (gay Tories) had to be secretive and run around behind closed doors, now the Conservative Party is full of openly gay people and I’m proud to be a part of that. ... The Liberal Democrats in Richmond have shown themselves up as being a bunch of bullies."<ref name=chains />

	He stood down as a councillor in 2010, and said he intended to publish a book, ''Rotten Borough, Rotten Politics'' about his time on the Council.<ref>http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/richmondnews/8145306.Long_serving_councillors_stand_down/</ref>		He stood down as a councillor in 2010, and said he intended to publish a book, ''Rotten Borough, Rotten Politics'' about his time on the Council.<ref>http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/richmondnews/8145306.Long_serving_councillors_stand_down/</ref>

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'''Marc Cranfield-Adams''' is a former councillor and mayor of the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]].

In 2007 he was elected Mayor of Richmond. He appointed Mario Cardu as his consort, but Mr Cardu resigned from this position after the council allegedly refused to refer to Mr Cranfield-Adams as ‘the first openly gay mayor for Richmond Upon Thames’ in a press release.<ref>http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2007/08/01/gay-mayors-consort-resigns-over-press-release-row/ ''Pink News'' 1 August 2007</ref>

He stood down as a councillor in 2010, and said he intended to publish a book, ''Rotten Borough, Rotten Politics'' about his time on the Council.<ref>http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/richmondnews/8145306.Long_serving_councillors_stand_down/</ref>

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