2021 Liverpool City Region mayoral election

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2021 Liverpool City Region mayoral election
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Turnout29.7% (Increase2.svg3.6%)
 First partySecond party
 
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Con
Candidate Steve Rotheram Jade Marsden
Party Labour Conservative
Popular vote198,72666,702
Percentage58.3%19.6%
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 Third partyFourth party
 
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LD
CandidateGary CargillDavid Newman
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Popular vote40,21135,049
Percentage11.8%10.3%
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Shows the winning candidate's majority (margin of victory) in each local authority.
Mayor before election

Steve Rotheram
Labour

Elected Mayor

Steve Rotherham
Labour

The second Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held in May 2021 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region, alongside other local elections across England and Wales, to elect councillors, the mayor of Liverpool, and police and crime commissioners across the city region. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

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Background

The position of Mayor of the Liverpool City Region was created in 2017 following a devolution deal between the UK government and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA). The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 required a directly elected metro mayor for combined authorities to receive additional powers from central government. [2] Under the terms of the devolution deal, the first mayoral term was set to last until 2020, followed by elections every four years. [3] The Liverpool City Region is defined as having six boroughs which includes the county of Merseyside (Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, and Wirral) and the Borough of Halton.

In March 2019, Rotheram requested that the police and crime commissioner role for the Merseyside Police be incorporated into the role of the mayor of the Liverpool City Region. The request is in line with the powers the Greater Manchester and London mayors, who have authority and oversight over Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police Service, respectively. [4] This was supported by the leader of Knowsley Borough Council. [5] This would require the expansion of Merseyside Police to cover the Borough of Halton, which is in the boundaries of Cheshire Constabulary. [4] However, this did not happen.

Candidates

Conservative Party

Jade Marsden was selected as candidate for the Conservative Party. Marsden was previously the parliamentary candidate for both the Bootle and Sefton Central constituencies. [6]

Labour Party

The incumbent mayor, Steve Rotheram, was reselected as candidate for the Labour Party in August 2019 after receiving enough support from local Constituency Labour Parties. [7]

In January 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic affected the United Kingdom, mayor Rotheram made it a core pledge of his re-election campaign that he would "guarantee a job, training or an apprenticeship opportunity to every young person within six months of them becoming unemployed". [8] [9]

Liberal Democrats

Andy Corkhill, councillor for Oxton, Wirral was originally selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate, but later withdrew because of health reasons so David Newman was selected to stand as the Lib Dem candidate. [10] Andy Corkhill died in October 2021. [10] [11] [12] [13] Newman lives in Southport and stood in Liverpool Walton at the 2019 general election.

Green Party

The Green Party candidate for Metro Mayor is Gary Cargill, [14] an actor who has appeared in several hit TV programmes and Hollywood films. [15]

Results

Liverpool City Region Mayor 6 May 2021 [16]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steven Rotheram 198,73658.33%
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Conservative Jade Marsden66,70219.58%
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Green Gary Cargill40,21111.80%
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Liberal Democrats David Newman35,04910.29%
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Turnout 340,69829.7%
Labour hold

Results by Local Authority

Halton

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Halton
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steven Rotheram 12,64255.57%
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Conservative Jade Marsden5,52924.31%
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Green Gary Cargill3,12913.76%
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Liberal Democrats David Newman1,4486.37%
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Knowsley

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Knowsley
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steven Rotheram 19,50468.19%
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Green Gary Cargill4,46715.62%
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Conservative Jade Marsden2,86110.00%
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Liberal Democrats David Newman1,7706.19%
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Liverpool

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Liverpool
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steven Rotheram 65,95565.85%
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Liberal Democrats David Newman15,57715.55%
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Green Gary Cargill11,45911.44%
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Conservative Jade Marsden7,1767.16%
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Sefton

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Sefton
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steven Rotheram 36,96755.01%
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Conservative Jade Marsden16,92025.18%
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Liberal Democrats David Newman7,93811.81%
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Green Gary Cargill5,3798.00%
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St Helens

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, St Helens
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steven Rotheram 19,62251.95%
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Conservative Jade Marsden9,40224.89%
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Green Gary Cargill5,99715.88%
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Liberal Democrats David Newman2,7497.28%
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Wirral

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Wirral
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Steven Rotheram 44,04652.31%
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Conservative Jade Marsden24,81429.47%
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Green Gary Cargill9,78011.61%
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Liberal Democrats David Newman5,5676.61%
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  6. ↑ "Jade Marsden - Conservative candidate for Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021".
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  10. 1 2 "Southport's David Newman selected as Liberal Democrat candidate for Metro Mayor". 22 March 2021.
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