Mark Meredith Politician
Mark Joseph Meredith (born 21 August 1965 in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent) was the second and last directly elected mayor of Stoke-on-Trent in England. An openly gay man and former amateur boxer he was elected on 5 May 2005, for the Labour Party, and defeated incumbent independent Mike Wolfe. In March 2009, Meredith was arrested on suspicion of corruption in office, but was never charged. He is now a Councillor for the Birches Head and Central Forest Park ward in Stoke-on-Trent, in addition to running his own business, Apollo Blinds.