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'''Stuart Drummond''' (born 29 November 1973) is a British politician, who was the first and only [[directly elected mayor of Hartlepool]] in [[North East England]].<ref name=times_2002>Oliver Wright, ''Monkey business turns serious for Hartlepool''. The Times. London (UK): May 4, 2002. pg. 13
</ref> He was first elected in 2002, under the guise of [[H'Angus|H'Angus the Monkey]], the town's football club's mascot, and was re-elected in 2005<ref name=times_2005>Sarah Weaver, ''Elected mayor stops the monkey business''. The Times. London (UK): May 7, 2005. pg. 63</ref> and 2009. He was the first elected mayor in Britain to win a third term.<ref name=BBC_2009>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/8084342.stm ''Hartlepool Mayor wins third term'']. BBC News, 5 June 2009</ref> He stood down when his term ended in May 2013 after the councillors and people of Hartlepool voted to abolish the mayoral system on 15 November 2012.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/nov/16/mayor-elections-hangus-monkey-hartlepool-habitat The Guardian, 16 November 2012: Mayor H'Angus the Monkey finally loses his Hartlepool habitat]</ref>
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