2017 Liverpool City Region mayoral election

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2017 Liverpool City Region mayoral election
4 May 2017 2021  
Turnout26.1% [1]
 
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Con
Lib
Candidate Steve Rotheram Tony Caldeira Carl Cashman
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
1st Round vote171,16758,80519,751
Percentage59.3%20.4%6.8%

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Election result by council areas

Mayor before election

Joe Anderson (interim)
Labour

Elected Mayor

Steve Rotheram
Labour

The 2017 Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and won by Steve Rotheram. [2] Subsequent elections were planned for May 2020 but were postponed until May 2021 due to the covid pandemic with subsequent elections due every four years. The metro mayor will have control over the whole Liverpool City Region combined authority area which consists of the following local authorities:

Contents

The mayor will work with existing city and borough leaders to take forward the mayor's strategic plan. The metro mayor will have a budget of £900 million over 30 years with powers on education & skills, planning and housing, transport, health and social care. [3]

Background

Combined authorities were introduced in England outside Greater London by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 to cover areas larger than the existing local authorities but smaller than the regions. Combined authorities are created voluntarily and allow a group of local authorities to pool appropriate responsibility and receive certain delegated functions from central government in order to deliver transport and economic policy more effectively over a wider area. There are currently six such authorities, with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority established on 1 April 2011, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and three others established in April 2014, and a sixth in April 2016. If only two candidates stand, then the election is conducted under the first past the post (FPTP) voting system, where the candidate with the most votes is elected. If there are three or more candidates, as in 2017, the outcome will be determined by the supplementary vote system (SV). Voters make both a first and second choice, with any candidate securing more than half of the first-preference vote being elected. If no candidate reaches this threshold, then all candidates except those in first and second place are eliminated. Second-preference votes from these candidates are transferred over, and whoever has the most votes is elected. [4]

Candidates

Conservative Party

Conservative candidate Tony Caldeira is a businessman and was candidate for Mayor of Liverpool in 2012 and 2016. [5] [6]

Caldeira's key policies were to:

Get The Coppers Off The Jury

Candidate Paul Breen previously ran as an Independent in the 2007 Liverpool City Council elections for Norris Green. No manifesto has been published with Breen stating that the party's name speaks for itself. [6] [7]

Green Party of England and Wales

Green Party candidate Tom Crone, Leader of the Green Group on Liverpool City Council and 2016 Liverpool mayoral candidate winning 11% of the vote. [8] [9]

Crone's key policies were to:

Labour Party

Labour candidate Steve Rotheram had been MP for Liverpool Walton since 2010, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition since 2015, and former Lord Mayor of Liverpool. [10]

Rotheram's key policies are to:

Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrat candidate Councillor Carl Cashman is leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Knowsley Council having been elected in 2016. [11] At 25 years old he is the youngest of the candidates. [6]

Cashman's key policies were to:

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)

TUSC candidate Roger Bannister is a member the UNISON public services union, is secretary of a local UNISON Branch and a member of UNISON’s National Executive Council. [12] He previous ran for mayor of Liverpool in the 2016 Liverpool mayoral elections receiving 5% of the votes. [6] [13]

Bannister's key policies were to:

UK Independence Party (UKIP)

UKIP candidate Paula Walters is a civil servant and chairwoman of UKIP Wirral. [14] With no previous business experience she has previously campaigned against bridge and tunnel tolls. [6]

Walters' key policies were to:

Women's Equality Party

The Women's Equality Party candidate Tabitha Morton is Head of Integration at lock manufacturer Yale. [15] [16]

Morton's key policies were to:

Results

Overall election result

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election, 2017 [17]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steve Rotheram 171,16759.3%
Conservative Tony Caldeira58,80520.4%
Liberal Democrats Carl Cashman 19,7516.8%
Green Tom Crone 14,0944.9%
UKIP Paula Walters11,9464.1%
TUSC Roger Bannister7,8812.7%
Women's Equality Tabitha Morton4,2871.5%
Get The Coppers Off The JuryPaul Breen7290.3%
Majority112,36238.9%
Turnout 286,33926.1%
Labour win

Results by local authority

Halton

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election, 2017 (Halton)
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steve Rotheram11,63660.6%
Conservative Tony Caldeira3,92820.5%
UKIP Paula Walters1,1916.2%
Liberal Democrats Carl Cashman9434.9%
Green Tom Crone6773.5%
TUSC Roger Bannister5032.6%
Women's Equality Tabitha Morton2451.3%
Get The Coppers Off The JuryPaul Breen640.3%
Majority7,70840.2%
Turnout 19,49220.5%

Knowsley

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election, 2017 (Knowsley)
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steve Rotheram17,86169.3%
Conservative Tony Caldeira2,57710.0%
Liberal Democrats Carl Cashman2,3859.3%
TUSC Roger Bannister9803.8%
UKIP Paula Walters8883.4%
Green Tom Crone7683.0%
Women's Equality Tabitha Morton2561.0%
Get The Coppers Off The JuryPaul Breen610.2%
Majority15,28459.3%
Turnout 25,97322.7%

Liverpool

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election, 2017 (Liverpool)
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steve Rotheram63,24169.6%
Conservative Tony Caldeira9,40910.3%
Liberal Democrats Carl Cashman6,0536.7%
Green Tom Crone5,3765.9%
TUSC Roger Bannister2,7293.0%
UKIP Paula Walters2,2982.5%
Women's Equality Tabitha Morton1,5411.7%
Get The Coppers Off The JuryPaul Breen2770.3%
Majority53,83259.2%
Turnout 91,69728.6%

Sefton

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election, 2017 (Sefton)
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steve Rotheram30,06154.3%
Conservative Tony Caldeira14,57426.3%
Liberal Democrats Carl Cashman4,1527.5%
Green Tom Crone2,3234.2%
UKIP Paula Walters2,0643.7%
TUSC Roger Bannister1,2482.3%
Women's Equality Tabitha Morton7971.4%
Get The Coppers Off The JuryPaul Breen1380.2%
Majority15,48728.0%
Turnout 55,93426.9%

St Helens

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election, 2017 (St Helens)
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steve Rotheram15,64350.2%
Conservative Tony Caldeira8,29326.6%
Liberal Democrats Carl Cashman2,2997.4%
Green Tom Crone1,9616.3%
UKIP Paula Walters1,6835.4%
TUSC Roger Bannister7862.5%
Women's Equality Tabitha Morton4431.4%
Get The Coppers Off The JuryPaul Breen830.3%
Majority7,35023.6%
Turnout 31,46222.9%

Wirral

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election, 2017 (Wirral)
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steve Rotheram32,72549.4%
Conservative Tony Caldeira20,02430.2%
Liberal Democrats Carl Cashman3,9195.9%
UKIP Paula Walters3,8225.8%
Green Tom Crone2,9894.5%
TUSC Roger Bannister1,6352.5%
Women's Equality Tabitha Morton1,0051.5%
Get The Coppers Off The JuryPaul Breen1060.2%
Majority12,70119.2%
Turnout 66,89127.8%

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