2017 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election

2017 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election

4 May 2017 2021 →
Turnout	32.9%
Candidate James Palmer Rod Cantrill Kevin Price Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour 1st Round vote 76,064 47,026 37,297 Percentage 38.0% 23.5% 18.6% 2nd Round vote 88,826 67,205 Eliminated Percentage 56.9% 43.1% Eliminated   Candidate Paul Bullen Julie Howell Party UKIP Green 1st Round vote 15,931 12,628 Percentage 8.0% 6.3% 2nd Round vote Eliminated Eliminated Percentage Eliminated Eliminated
First Round Results Second Round Results
Mayor before election Position established Elected Mayor James Palmer Conservative

The inaugural Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. The supplementary vote system was used to elect the mayor for a four-year term of office. Subsequent elections will be held in May 2021 and every four years after.

The mayor will lead the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority established in 2017 by the seven local councils in Cambridgeshire (Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council, Cambridge City Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, Fenland District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council) as part of a devolution deal giving local government in the county additional powers and funding.^[1]

The mayoral election was on the same day as the Cambridgeshire County Council election being held across most of the county except Peterborough, which is administered separately as a unitary authority outside the area covered by the county council.