Mayor of Middlesbrough

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Mayor of Middlesbrough
Incumbent
Chris Cooke
since 5 May 2023
Style No courtesy title or style
AppointerElectorate of Middlesbrough
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder Ray Mallon

The Mayor of Middlesbrough is the executive mayor of the borough of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England. The incumbent since 2023 is Chris Cooke. [1]

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Referendums

2001

Mayor of Middlesbrough Referendum
18 October 2001
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Elected Mayor29,06784
Cabinet System5,53716
Invalid or blank votes1670.48
Total votes34,656100.00
Registered voters/turnout101,93034
Source: Local Government Chronicle News [2]

2013

Referendum on how Middlesbrough is governed
26 September 2013
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Elected Mayor8,67457.25
Cabinet System6,45542.75
Invalid or blank votes270.0017
Total votes15,156100.00
Registered voters/turnout100,62915
Source: Middlesbrough City Council [3]

Election results

2002

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [4]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Independent Ray Mallon 26,36262.8%
Labour Sylvia Connolly9,65323.0%
Liberal Democrats Joseph Michna3,8209.1%
Conservative Ronald Darby1,5103.6%
Socialist Alliance Jeffrey Fowler3520.8%
IndependentJames Jones2970.7%
Independent win

2007

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 3 May 2007 [5]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Independent Ray Mallon 17,45558.7%
Liberal Democrats Joseph Michna7,02623.6%
Labour Charles Rooney3,53911.9%
Conservative Dorothy Smith1,8336.2%
Turnout 30,77930.87
Independent hold

2011

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 5 May 2011 [6]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Independent Ray Mallon 17,91750.4%
Labour John Carr11,40532.1%
Liberal Democrats Chris Foote-Wood3,2569.2%
Conservative Christopher Nolan-Cole3,0018.4%
Turnout 35,57936.62
Independent hold

2015

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 7 May 2015 [7]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Dave Budd 16,68033.8%2,85819,53850.3%
Independent Andy Preston 14,26528.9%5,01719,28249.7%
Independent David Roberts5,80311.8%
Independent Michael Carr5,54911.2%
Conservative Lloyd Cole-Nolan3,8447.8%
Independent Len Junier3,2076.5%
Turnout 51,42753.0
Labour gain from Independent

2019

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 2 May 2019 [8]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Independent Andy Preston 17,41859.2%
Labour Mick Thompson6,69222.7%
Independent Gary Badger2,94010%
Conservative Ken Hall2,3828.1%
Turnout 30,03131.71
Independent gain from Labour

2023

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 4 May 2023 [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Cooke 10,956 40.2 Increase2.svg17.5
Independent Andy Preston 10,19637.4Decrease2.svg21.8
Independent Jon Rathmell3,10211.4New
Conservative John Cooper2,99711.0Increase2.svg2.9
Turnout 27,47927.75Decrease2.svg3.96
Labour gain from Independent{{{swing}}}

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