Personalised number plates have long been considered the status symbols of millionaire celebrities, not of the mayor of a cash strapped councils.
Cllr Ann Norman is the latest mayor of Brighton and Hove City Council and is using the 150,000k number plate, "CD1", on her Toyota Prius .
The registration plates were given to the council 30 years ago and have been used on the mayoral car ever since. "CD" stands for "corps diplomatique", the symbol used for diplomatic cars around the world.
But now residence in Brighton, East Sussex have asked the Council, which seeks to save 45 million pounds over the next three years, to auction the registration.
A council spokesman said: "We think that number plate is of great historical interest and is a part of the city's heritage. We do not intend to sell parts of that heritage on a piecemeal basis."
A spokes person for one of the UKs larger number plate dealers said, "It's a desirable number plate. If it was sold at auction we would expect it to attract a great deal of interest and a selling price of 150,000 pounds or more would not surprise us at all."
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