Since May 8th, Liverpool has had an executive Mayor.

This has significant governance related consequences, not least for the 90 members of the city council.

The Mayor's advisory cabinet has to be chosen from the council members up to a maximum of 9.

Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has decided to leave his cabinet intact.

Tonight the group had its annual general meeting, there are now 72 Labour councillors.

"It looked more like a full council meeting," one attendee remarked to me.

Walton MP Steve Rotheram is probably one of the biggest football fans in the House of Commons.

A bold suggestion I know, but how many MPs can claim to have been in the betting to be manager of their favourite football club?

Ladbrokes were offering odds of 500/1 for the Labour MP to be next Liverpool FC manager after the sacking of Kenny Dalglish.

Clearly a bet on him would be wasted money, but that he was included at all shows how closely he is associated with the football club he holds dear.

Dale Street Associates has been nominated in the Best Commentary/Blogging category in the Online Media Awards 2012.

DSA is up against some big hitters: Channel 4's FactCheck, the Huffington Post, the New Statesman, Reuters Breakingviews, and The Times.

Wallasey MP Angela Eagle has been promoted to chair of Labour's National Policy Forum.

She will also remain as shadow leader of the house. But chair of the NPF will see her take on an influential position from where she can shape the party's manifesto for the next general election.

Ms Eagle said: "I hope to carry on where Peter Hain left off, by involving as many people as possible in the policy making process and encourage new thinking and bold ideas to help meet the challenges facing the Britain's hard pressed people and families and those left behind by this Tory-led Government."

Richard Kemp has been confirmed as the leader of the Liberal Democrats in Liverpool.

And former council leader Lord Storey is making a return to the frontline in Liverpool as he takes up the role of chair of the campaigns committee.

Cllr Kemp, who was deputy until ex-leader Paula Keaveney lost her council seat earlier in the month, was elected unopposed.

Governance is one of those words that when mentioned to most people makes their eyes glaze over.

It does however happen to be incredibly important to the way companies and public bodies operate.

Corportate governance are words that we have got used to hearing a lot during the Leveson inquiry into the media. The governance of News Corp has been picked over in fine detail.

Closer to home the governance of one of our public authorities is being thrown into the spotlight.

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson took more votes than his rivals in all wards across the city with the exception of one in last week's election.

That one ward was the Tuebrook stonghold of his Liberal rival Steve Radford. Anderson was behind by about 800.

Apart from that the table shows just how emphatic the new mayor's victory was.

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Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has endorsed Jane Kennedy for Merseyside police and crime commissioner.

His endorsement comes as hustings for the Labour nomination start tonight at the Devonshire House Hotel at 7pm.

On Wednesday there will be a hustings in Wirral, on Thursday in St Helens, and on Sunday 20th in Sefton.

Liberal Democrat transport minister Norman Baker believes the party remains strong in Liverpool despite last week's drubbing.

He was in the city today and this is what he had to say about the future of the Lib-Dems in Liverpool: "My party has a strong base here. The pendulum swings back and Liberalism never dies."

Optimistic would be one word to sum that up.