2021 West Midlands mayoral election

2021 West Midlands mayoral election

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Turnout	31.2% 4.5%
Candidate Andy Street Liam Byrne Steve Caudwell Party Conservative Labour Co-op Green First Round  299,318 244,009 35,559 Percentage 48.7% 39.7% 5.8% Swing 6.8pp 1.0pp 1.1pp Second Round  314,669 267,626 Eliminated Percentage 54.0% 46.0% Eliminated Swing 3.6pp 3.6pp Eliminated
Second round by local authorities First round by local authorities
Mayor before election Andy Street Conservative Elected Mayor Andy Street Conservative

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

The incumbent Conservative mayor Andy Street was seeking re-election. The Labour Party selected the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Hodge Hill, Liam Byrne, a former Cabinet minister under Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who ran as a Labour and Co-operative Party candidate, whilst the Liberal Democrats chose previous Parliamentary candidate for Sutton Coldfield Jenny Wilkinson.