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However, when Jenny Bailey dons the red mayoral robes at a ceremony in the Guildhall this morning, not only will Cambridge have its 801st first citizen, but Britain will have its first transgender mayor.

The 45-year-old Liberal Democrat, who underwent gender reassignment when she was in her thirties, will be helped in her civic duties by Jennifer Liddle, 49, her long-term partner, who is also transgender.