2017 Tees Valley mayoral election

2017 Tees Valley mayoral election
4 May 2017 2021 →
Turnout21.3%
 
Candidate Ben Houchen Sue Jeffrey
Party Conservative Labour Co-op
1st Round vote 40,278 39,797
Percentage 39.5% 39.0%
2nd Round vote 48,578 46,400
Percentage 51.1% 48.9%
 
Candidate Chris Foote Wood John Tennant
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP
1st Round vote 12,550 9,475
Percentage 12.3% 9.3%
2nd Round vote Eliminated Eliminated
Percentage Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Position established
Leader of the Tees Valley Combined Authority

Mayor

Ben Houchen
Conservative

The inaugural Tees Valley mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the mayor of the Tees Valley Combined Authority. The mayor was elected by the supplementary vote system. Subsequent elections will be held in May 2021 and every four years after 2024.[1][2]

North East England was considered a Labour stronghold and prior to the election, the Labour candidate Sue Jeffrey was considered the overwhelming favourite.[3] The eventual victory of the Conservative candidate Ben Houchen was reported as a shock and a poor result for Labour following their losses in the local elections that same day.[4]

  1. ^ "The Tees Valley Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016". Legislation.gov.uk. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Date Set For First Tees Valley Mayoral Election - Tees Valley Combined Authority". Teesvalley-ca.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. ^ Jonn Elledge (27 April 2017). "Who will be mayor of the Tees Valley?". CityMetric – New Statesman. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ^ Felicity Collinson (5 May 2017). "What are the nationals saying about the shock result at the Tees mayoral election?". Teesside Gazette. Retrieved 8 May 2017.