Mayor of Torbay

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Mayor of Torbay
AppointerDirect election
Term length Four years
Formation20 October 2005
First holder Nicholas Bye
Final holderGordon Oliver
Abolished6 May 2019

The Mayor of Torbay was the directly elected executive mayor of the borough of Torbay in Devon, England. The post was abolished in 2019 after a referendum held in May 2016. [1] The last holder of the post was Gordon Oliver. [2] The position was different from the largely ceremonial annually appointed mayors, who were renamed the "civic mayors" on the introduction of the directly elected mayor. The civic mayor role continues to exist. [3]

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Referendums

Mayor of Torbay referendum
14 July 2005
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Elected Mayor18,07455.2
Leader and Cabinet System14,68244.8
Total votes32,756100.00
Source: Torbay Council [4]
Referendum on how Torbay is governed
5 May 2016
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Leader and Cabinet System15,84662.5
Elected Mayor9,51137.5
Valid votes25,35799.5
Invalid or blank votes1290.5
Total votes25,486100.00
Registered voters/turnout100,85325.3
Source: Torbay Council [5]

Elections

2005

Torbay Mayoral Election 20 October 2005 [6]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Nicholas Bye 5,28321.9%1,8137,09657.7%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Pannell3,81115.8%1,3865,19742.3%
Independent Gordon Oliver3,51615.6%
Independent Susan Colley2,87111.9%
Independent Percy Brewis2,0158.4%
Independent Robert Crawford1,1614.8%
Independent Marshall Richie1,1524.8%
Independent Peter Middleton1,0304.3%
Independent Beverley Brennan8813.7%
Labour David Pedrick-Friend7673.2%
Independent James O'Dwyer6472.7%
Independent Julien Parrott5262.2%
Independent Beverley Oxley3221.3%
Independent James Grimble1430.6%
Conservative win

2011

Mayor of Torbay election 5 May 2011 [7]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Gordon Oliver10,63025.7%2,08612,71656.9%
Independent Nicholas Bye 7,98319.3%1,6489,63143.1%
Liberal Democrats Dennis Brewer6,90516.7%
Labour Co-op Patrick Canavan3,7939.2%
Independent Susan Colley3,5598.6%
Independent Paul Clifford2,4145.8%
Independent Martin Brook2,0905.1%
Voice 4 Torbay Fiona McPhail2,0845.0%
Green Sam Moss1,9184.6%
Conservative hold

2015

Mayor of Torbay election 7 May 2015 [8]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Gordon Oliver15,35425.1%3,98919,34350.8%
Liberal Democrats Dennis Brewer11,78819.3%6,93418,72249.2%
UKIP Julien Parrott11,32518.5%
Labour Darren Cowell8,11913.3%
Independent Susie Colley7,54112.3%
Independent Martin Brook5,8469.5%
Independent Pamela Neale1,2492.0%
Conservative hold

Replacement

The council's political leadership since 2019 has reverted to being a leader of the council chosen by the councillors.

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