Siôn Llewelyn Simon is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Erdington from 2001 to 2010 and as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the West Midlands from 2014 to 2019.
Liam Dominic Byrne is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North,previously Birmingham Hodge Hill,since 2004. He served in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Cabinet from 2008 to 2010.
The 1999 Redditch Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Redditch Borough Council in the West Midlands region,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
Daniel Korski is a UK-based Danish political adviser and businessperson. He worked as deputy head of the Number 10 Policy Unit for David Cameron and served as a vice-president of the Jewish Leadership Council. He founded the business PUBLIC,which aims to support technology companies to secure public sector contracts.
The 2006 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands,England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 1999 Wychavon District Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Wychavon District Council in Worcestershire,England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is the combined authority for the West Midlands metropolitan county in the United Kingdom. It was established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy,Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. It is a strategic authority with powers over transport,economic development and regeneration. The authority formally came into being on 17 June 2016.
The 2021 London mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of London. It was held simultaneously with elections for the London Assembly,other local elections across England and Wales,and devolved elections in Scotland and Wales. The mayoral and Assembly elections were to be held on the 7th of May 2020,but in March 2020 the government announced the election would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The inaugural West Midlands mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West Midlands,with subsequent elections to be held every four years from May 2020. The election took place alongside five elections for English metro mayors and other local elections,and ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Andrew John Street is a British businessman and Conservative Party politician who was the managing director of John Lewis from 2007 to 2016 and Mayor of the West Midlands from 2017 to 2024. He was Britain's first openly gay directly-elected metro mayor. Street won the May 2017 mayoral election,defeating Siôn Simon with 50.4% of the vote in the second round. He was re-elected in 2021,defeating Labour candidate Liam Byrne. He sought a third term in 2024 but was narrowly defeated by Labour candidate Richard Parker.
The Mayor of the West Midlands is a directly elected political post who chairs the West Midlands Combined Authority,covering the local authorities serving Birmingham,Coventry,Dudley,Sandwell,Solihull,Walsall and Wolverhampton.
The 2021 West Midlands mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of the West Midlands,on the same day as other local elections across England and Wales,including councillors in six of its seven boroughs and the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands city region. This was the second election for the post,which had its first election in 2017 due to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. The mayor was elected using the supplementary vote system. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020,but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
The 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of Greater Manchester. The election took place on the same day as council elections within the city region,including the election for the mayor of Salford,as well as local elections across England and Wales.
The 2022 Birmingham City Council election took place on 5 May 2022,with all 101 council seats up for election across 37 single-member and 32 two-member wards. The election was held alongside other local elections across Great Britain and town council elections in Sutton Coldfield.
The 2024 London mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. It took place simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly,some local council by-elections in London and regular local elections elsewhere in England and Wales. Following the Elections Act 2022,voting in this election took place under the first-past-the-post system for the first time,replacing the supplementary vote system. The results of the election were announced on 4 May 2024.
The 2023 United Kingdom local elections were held on Thursday,4 May 2023 in England and on Thursday 18 May 2023 in Northern Ireland. These included district councils,unitary authorities,and directly elected mayors in England,and included all local councils in Northern Ireland. Notably,these elections were the first to be held under the Elections Act 2022,a new voter identification law that required voters to show photo ID when attending a polling station,and was a cause for controversy.
The 2024 West Midlands mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of the West Midlands. The election took place on the same day as other local elections across England and Wales. Richard Parker of the Labour Party won the election,narrowly defeating incumbent Conservative mayor Andy Street,who was running for a third term.
The 2024 United Kingdom local elections took place on 2 May 2024 to choose 2,658 councillors on 107 councils in England,11 directly elected mayors in England,the 25 members of the London Assembly,and 37 police and crime commissioners in England and Wales. The 2024 Blackpool South parliamentary by-election was held on the same day. These local elections were the last set of routine elections before the general election.
The 2023 Tamworth by-election was held on 19 October 2023 for the UK parliamentary constituency of Tamworth,due to the resignation of former Conservative MP Chris Pincher. Pincher had announced his resignation following a sexual misconduct scandal,and his recommended suspension from the House of Commons for eight weeks. The Tamworth by-election was held on the same day as the 2023 Mid Bedfordshire by-election.
