2021 Tees Valley mayoral election

2021 Tees Valley mayoral election

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Turnout34%
 
Candidate Ben Houchen Jessie Joe Jacobs
Party Conservative Labour Co-op
Popular vote 121,964 45,641
Percentage 72.8% 27.2%
Swing Increase33.3pp Decrease11.7pp

Result by local authorities

Mayor before election

Ben Houchen
Conservative

Elected Mayor

Ben Houchen
Conservative

The 2021 Tees Valley mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the Tees Valley Mayor on the same day as other local elections across the country. The mayor was elected by the supplementary vote. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Conservative incumbent mayor Ben Houchen was seeking re-election, with Labour candidate Jessie Joe Jacobs challenging him.

  1. ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.