2017 Liverpool City Region mayoral election

2017 Liverpool City Region mayoral election
4 May 2017 2021 →
Turnout26.1%[1]
 
Steve Rotheram 2018.jpg
Con
Lib
Candidate Steve Rotheram Tony Caldeira Carl Cashman
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
1st Round vote 171,167 58,805 19,751
Percentage 59.3% 20.4% 6.8%
Election result by council areas
Mayor before election

Joe Anderson (interim)
Labour

Elected Mayor

Steve Rotheram
Labour

The inaugural Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and won by Steve Rotheram.[2] Subsequent elections were planned for May 2020 but were postponed until May 2021 due to the covid pandemic with subsequent elections due every four years. The metro mayor will have control over the whole Liverpool City Region combined authority area which consists of the following local authorities:

The mayor will work with existing city and borough leaders to take forward the mayor's strategic plan. The metro mayor will have a budget of £900 million over 30 years with powers on education & skills, planning and housing, transport, health and social care.[3]

  1. ^ "Elections 2017".
  2. ^ "Liverpool 'metro mayor' results: Labour's Steve Rotheram elected". BBC News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Region". centreforcities.org. Centre for Cities. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.