Barton is one of the few places in England still to elect a Mock Mayor.
Examples of this practice can be found in Penzance, Cornwall; Polperro, Cornwall; Mylor, Cornwall; St Germans, Cornwall; Woodstock, Oxfordshire; Barton, Gloucester; and Helston, Cornwall (where the Mock or Sham Mayor was known as the Mayor of St Johns).
The modern Gloucester Day has recently included a parade by the Mock Mayor of Barton, an office created after Barton was moved outside of the limits of the city following the restoration of Charles II.
Mischa Barton | Edmund Barton | John Barton | Barton | John Barton (theologian) | Joe Barton | Bernard Barton | Ralph Barton Perry | Philip Barton Key | Geoff Barton | Edward William Barton-Wright | Clara Barton | Barton Springs Pool | Barton Myers | Barton Fink | William Barton | Steeple Barton | Robert Barton | Ralph Barton | Rachel Barton Pine | Mary Barton | Marion Barton Skaggs | John Barton (director) | Joey Barton | James R. Barton | H. Arnold Barton | Geoffrey Barton | Frank Barton | Elizabeth Barton | Eileen Barton |