Steve Rotheram | |
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Mayor of the Liverpool City Region | |
Assumed office 8 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton | |
In office 6 May 2010 – 3 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | Peter Kilfoyle |
Succeeded by | Dan Carden |
Member of Liverpool City Council for Fazakerley | |
In office 2 May 2002 – 5 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Alan Poole |
Succeeded by | Peter Clarke |
Personal details | |
Born | Steven Philip Rotheram 4 November 1961 Kirkby, England |
Political party | Labour |
Education | Ruffwood School Kirkby Further Education College |
Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University (BA) Liverpool Hope University (MA) |
Website | www |
Steven Philip Rotheram (born 4 November 1961) is a British politician serving as Mayor of the Liverpool City Region since 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Liverpool Walton from 2010 to 2017.
Born and raised in Kirkby, Rotheram left school to become a bricklayer and set up his own construction company at the age of 22. He earned a Master's degree in Contemporary Urban Renaissance from Liverpool Hope University and worked as a business manager for the Learning and Skills Council. He was elected to represent Fazakerley for Labour on Liverpool City Council from 2002 to 2011, and served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 2008 to 2009.
After serving as an MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, Rotheram won a majority vote at the 2017 Liverpool City Region mayoral election and re-election in 2021. He was re-elected in 2024.