| Mayor of the City of Doncaster | |
|---|---|
| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate of Doncaster |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Martin Winter |
| Formation | 2 May 2002 |
| Succession | Single Transferable Vote Election by the people of Doncaster |
| Salary | £51,449 per year |
| Website | https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/mayor/mayor-home |
The Mayor of Doncaster is a directly elected mayor, first elected on 2 May 2002, taking on the executive function of City of Doncaster Council. [1] The incumbent mayor is Ros Jones elected as a member of the Labour Party, who won the election held on 2 May 2013. The position is different from the long-existing and largely ceremonial, annually appointed mayors who are now known as the civic mayor of Doncaster. [2]
In May 2012, voters decided in a referendum to keep the position of directly elected mayor. [3]
| Party | Name | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour (2002–2008) | Martin Winter | 6 May 2002 | 7 June 2009 | |
| Independent (from 2008) | ||||
| English Democrats (2009-2013) | Peter Davies | 8 June 2009 | 5 May 2013 | |
| Independent (from 2013) | ||||
| Labour | Ros Jones | 6 May 2013 | Incumbent | |
The election took place on 6 May 2021.
| 2021 Doncaster mayoral election [4] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Ros Jones | 27,669 | 43.3% | 3,563 | 31,232 | 59.8 | | |
| Conservative | James Hart | 17,980 | 28.2% | 3,039 | 21,019 | 40.2 | | |
| Independent | Frank Calladine | 5,166 | 8.1% | | ||||
| Yorkshire | Andy Budden | 4,073 | 6.4% | | ||||
| Independent | Joan Briggs | 3,904 | 6.1% | | ||||
| Green | Warren Draper | 3,370 | 5.3% | | ||||
| Reform UK | Surjit Duhre | 1,012 | 1.6% | | ||||
| Majority | 10,213 | 19.6% | ||||||
| Turnout | 63,862 | 28.05% | ||||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
The fifth mayoral election took place on 4 May 2017.
| 2017 Doncaster mayoral election [5] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Ros Jones | 32,631 | 50.9% | | ||||
| Conservative | George Jabbour | 13,575 | 21.2% | | ||||
| UKIP | Brian Whitmore | 7,764 | 12.1% | | ||||
| Independent | Eddie Todd | 5,344 | 8.3% | | ||||
| Yorkshire | Chris Whitwood | 3,235 | 5.0% | | ||||
| TUSC | Steve Williams | 1,531 | 2.4% | | ||||
| Majority | ||||||||
| Turnout | 64,080 | 29.35 | ||||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
The fourth mayoral election took place on 2 May 2013.
| 2013 Doncaster mayoral election [6] [7] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Ros Jones | 21,996 | 35.8% | 3,368 | 25,364 | 50.6% | | |
| Independent | Peter Davies | 21,406 | 34.9% | 3,319 | 24,725 | 49.4% | | |
| English Democrat | David Allen | 4,615 | 7.5% | | ||||
| Independent | Michael Maye | 4,557 | 7.4% | | ||||
| Conservative | Martin Drake | 2,811 | 4.6% | | ||||
| TUSC | Mary Jackson | 1,916 | 3.1% | | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | John Brown | 1,122 | 1.8% | | ||||
| Independent | Tony Ward | 1,110 | 1.8% | | ||||
| National Front | Dave Owen | 1,066 | 1.7% | | ||||
| Save Your Services | Doug Wright | 786 | 1.3% | | ||||
| Labour gain from English Democrat | ||||||||
The third mayoral election was held on 4 June 2009, the same day as the Elections to the European Parliament. Peter Davies of the English Democrats won. Placing second in terms of first preference votes, Davies beat Michael Maye, an independent with backing from the Liberal Democrats and Green Party, [8] after second preference votes were counted.
| 2009 Doncaster mayoral election [9] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| English Democrat | Peter Davies | 16,961 | 22.5% | 8,383 | 25,344 | 50.4% | | |
| Independent | Michael Maye | 17,150 | 22.8% | 7,840 | 24,990 | 49.6% | | |
| Labour | Sandra Holland | 16,549 | 22.0% | | ||||
| Conservative | Jonathan Wood | 12,198 | 16.2% | | ||||
| BNP | David Owen | 8,175 | 10.9% | | ||||
| Community Group | Stuart Exelby | 2,152 | 2.9% | | ||||
| Independent | Michael Felse | 2,051 | 2.7% | | ||||
| English Democrat gain from Labour | ||||||||
In the elections of 2002 and 2005, Martin Winter won the mayoralty.
| 2005 Doncaster Council mayoral election [10] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Martin Winter | 40,015 | 36.72% | 5,727 | 45,742 | 55.08% | | |
| Independent | Michael Maye | 27,304 | 25.06% | 10,004 | 37,308 | 44.92% | | |
| Conservative | Raymond Bartlett | 12,533 | 11.50% | | ||||
| Community Group | Jessie Credland | 10,263 | 9.42% | | ||||
| Independent | Michael Cooper | 7,773 | 7.13% | | ||||
| BNP | David Owen | 6,128 | 5.62% | | ||||
| Green | Richard Rolt | 4,930 | 4.52% | | ||||
| Turnout | 108,946 | 53.54 | Rejected ballots: 7,569 | |||||
| Registered electors | 234,514 | |||||||
| Labour hold | ||||||||
| 2002 Doncaster mayoral election [11] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Labour | Martin Winter | 21,494 | 36.75% | 4,213 | 25,707 | 66.92% | | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Burden | 9,000 | 15.39% | 3,707 | 12,707 | 33.08% | | ||
| Community Group | Jessie Credland | 8,469 | 14.48% | | |||||
| Independent | Michael Maye | 7,502 | 12.83% | | |||||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Newman | 5,150 | 8.81% | | |||||
| Independent | Terry Wilcox | 4,036 | 6.90% | | |||||
| Independent | Shafiq Ahmad Khan | 2,836 | 4.85% | | |||||
| Turnout | 58,487 | 27.02 | |||||||
| Registered electors | 216,097 | ||||||||
| Labour win | |||||||||
A referendum was held after being triggered by the councils' ruling Labour group on the retention of the mayor system or reverting to the previous leader and cabinet system. The results of the referendum were in favour of retaining the mayor.
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Elected Mayor | 42,196 | 61.7 |
| Cabinet System | 25,879 | 37.8 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Valid votes | 68,075 | 99.63 |
| Invalid or blank votes | 255 | 0.37 |
| Total votes | 68,630 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 223,404 | 30.72 |
| Source: Doncaster Council [12] | ||
An all-postal ballot was held on 20 September 2001 on whether to establish an executive mayor, resulting in a majority of the electorate voting in favour.
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Elected Mayor | 35,453 | 65 |
| Cabinet System | 19,398 | 35 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Total votes | 54,851 | 100.00 |
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