Mayor of Mansfield | |
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Incumbent Andy Abrahams since 6 May 2019 | |
Style | Executive Mayor |
Member of | Mansfield Labour Group |
Appointer | Electorate of Mansfield |
Term length | Four years |
Salary | £49,377.04 (Special responsibility allowance) + £7935.96 (associated expenses) 2022/23 [1] |
Website | Meet the Mayor |
The Mayor of Mansfield is the directly elected executive mayor of the district of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England. A new appointment was created from 2002 following moves made by a Mansfield-based businessman to change the governance of Mansfield after a public referendum. [2]
Andy Abrahams was elected on 3 May 2019 by two votes from sitting incumbent Kate Allsop after two recounts of the second-preference votes. [3]
The incumbent from 2002 to May 2015 was Tony Egginton, succeeded by his fellow Mansfield Independent Forum party member Kate Allsop, [4] [5] who stood against Egginton in 2002 as a Conservative.
From the 2015 booklet issued to all households having registered voters: [6]
An elected Mayor is different to a ceremonial Mayor or Leader of the council as they are elected by the people of Mansfield district.
It is the job of the Mayor to represent the council and its residents, make key decisions on policies, services and how the council spends its money.
The Mayor is supported by a Cabinet of councillors who help him or her develop and implement these policies.
The role of elected mayor was created following a public referendum on 2 May 2002. The referendum was the culmination of a campaign led by local businessman Stewart Rickersey to have a directly elected mayor for the district. [2] The inaugural election was scheduled for 17 October 2002. Prior to the referendum Mansfield District Council was governed by a leader and cabinet system, in which a leader of the council was elected indirectly from the largest group elected to the council. Labour councillor Jim Hawkins had been leader of the council from its creation in 1974; [7] he did not stand for election as mayor, with Labour's candidate being the deputy leader of the council, Lorna Carter. [8]
Choice | Votes | % |
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Elected Mayor | 8,972 | 55 |
Cabinet System | 7,350 | 45 |
Total votes | 16,327 | 100.00 |
Mansfield Mayoral Election 17 October 2002 [10] [11] | |||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | |||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
Independent | Tony Egginton | 4,150 | 29.6% | 1,801 | 5,951 | 52.6% | | ||
Labour | Lorna Carter | 4,773 | 34.0% | 590 | 5,363 | 47.4% | | ||
Conservative | Kate Allsop | 3,351 | 23.9% | | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Phil Smith | 958 | 6.8% | | |||||
Green | Mike Comerford | 811 | 5.8% | | |||||
Turnout | 14,043 | ||||||||
Independent win |
Mansfield Mayoral Election 3 May 2007 [12] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Mansfield Independent | Tony Egginton | 12,015 | 36.7% | 1,705 | 13,720 | 61.0% | | |
Labour | Alan Meale | 8,129 | 30.8% | 655 | 8,784 | 39.0% | | |
Conservative | Aaron Beattie | 2,770 | 10.5% | | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Philip Burman | 1,944 | 7.4% | | ||||
Green | Mary Button | 1,489 | 5.6% | | ||||
Turnout | 26,383 | 34.2 | ||||||
Mansfield Independent hold |
The 2011 election was third direct election for the mayoralty of Mansfield. The sitting mayor, Tony Egginton, successfully defended his position, which he first won in 2002. On 5 May 2011 he was elected for the third time, winning in the second round of voting with the narrow majority of 67 over the Labour candidate Stephen Yemm. [13] [14]
Mansfield Mayoral Election 5 May 2011 [15] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Mansfield Independent | Tony Egginton | 10,901 | 37.6% | 1,779 | 12,680 | 50.1% | | |
Labour | Stephen Yemm | 11,732 | 40.4% | 881 | 12,613 | 49.9% | | |
UKIP | David Hamilton | 2,390 | 8.2% | | ||||
Conservative | Vic Bobo | 2,192 | 7.6% | | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Anna Marie Ellis | 1,813 | 6.3% | | ||||
Turnout | 29,028 | |||||||
Mansfield Independent hold |
The 2015 election was fourth direct election for the mayoralty of Mansfield. The sitting mayor, Tony Egginton, had previously announced his intention to retire. [16] On 7 May 2015 the candidates were former Labour-member turned Independent Phil Shields, Labour's Martin Lee and Mansfield Independent Forum's Kate Allsop, who after the second round of voting won from Martin Lee with a considerable majority.
Mansfield Mayoral Election 7 May 2015 [5] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Mansfield Independent | Kate Allsop | 17,604 | 37.94% | 4,996 | 22,600 | 53.4% | | |
Labour | Martin Lee | 17,562 | 37.85% | 2,158 | 19,720 | 46.6% | | |
Independent | Philip Shields | 9,672 | 20.84% | | ||||
Turnout | 46,402 | |||||||
Mansfield Independent hold |
The 2019 election took place on 2 May 2019. [17] The candidates were Incumbent Mayor Kate Allsop from the Mansfield Independent Forum (MIF), Conservative perennial candidate George Jabbour, and District and County Councillor Steve Garner, formerly with MIF, standing as an independent. [18] [19] [20] In late March Mansfield Labour group selected a third candidate in former teacher and civil engineer Andy Abrahams, following the suspension of Cllr Sean McCallum and resignation of Paul Bradshaw. [21] In March 2019, 2015 Mayoral Candidate and former District Councillor Philip Shields announced his intention to run in 2019. [22]
Mansfield Mayoral Election 2 May 2019 [5] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
Labour | Andy Abrahams | 6,681 | 29.18% | 1,249 | 7,930 | 50.01% | | |
Mansfield Independent | Kate Allsop | 5,860 | 24.84% | 2,068 | 7,928 | 49.99% | | |
Independent | Steve Garner | 4,827 | 20.47% | | ||||
Conservative | George Jabbour | 3,592 | 15.23% | | ||||
Independent | Philip Shields | 2,422 | 10.27% | | ||||
Turnout | 23,582 | 29.8% | ||||||
Labour gain from Mansfield Independent |
The 2023 mayoral election took place on 4 May, 2023. [23] Final candidates declared in early April were Andy Abrahams (Labour), Mick Barton (Mansfield Independents), Andre Camilleri (Conservative), Karen Seymour (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) and Julie Margaret Tasker-Love-Birks (Independent). [24] [25] Both the Conservative and Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidates' campaigns included potentially seeking to abolish the position of executive mayor, subject to a successful public referendum. [26] [27]
Labour's Andy Abrahams was re-elected with a significant margin of over 4,000 votes, in contrast with his previous win by two votes. [28]
The voting system was first past the post – changing from the supplementary vote system used previously. [29]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andy Abrahams | 9,987 | 45.1% | 15.9 | |
Conservative | Andre Camilleri | 5,832 | 26.3% | 11.1 | |
Mansfield Independent | Mick Barton | 4,992 | 22.5% | 2.3 | |
Independent | Julie Tasker-Love-Birks | 936 | 4.2% | NEW | |
TUSC | Karen Seymour | 420 | 1.9% | NEW | |
Turnout | 22,167 | 27.7% | 2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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