2021 Liverpool City Region mayoral election

Part of the 2020 UK local elections

2021 Liverpool City Region mayoral election

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Turnout| 29.7% (3.6%)
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Candidate  | Steve Rotheram | Jade Marsden
Party  | Labour | Conservative
Popular vote  | 198,726  | 66,702
Percentage  | 58.3%  | 19.6%
Swing  | 1.0%  | 0.8%

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| Third party  | Fourth party

Candidate  | Gary Cargill  | David Newman
Party  | Green | Liberal Democrats
Popular vote  | 40,211  | 35,049
Percentage  | 11.8%  | 10.3%
Swing  | 6.9%  | 3.5%

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Shows the winning candidate's majority (margin of victory) in each local authority.

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| Mayor before election

Steve Rotheram
Labour

| Elected Mayor

Steve Rotherham
Labour

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The second Liverpool City Region mayoral election was held in May 2021 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region, alongside other local elections across England and Wales, to elect councillors, the mayor of Liverpool, and police and crime commissioners across the city region. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

## Background[edit]

The position of Mayor of the Liverpool City Region was created in 2017 following a devolution deal between the UK government and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA). The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 required a directly elected metro mayor for combined authorities to receive additional powers from central government.[2] Under the terms of the devolution deal, the first mayoral term was set to last until 2020, followed by elections every four years.[3] The Liverpool City Region is defined as having six boroughs which includes the county of Merseyside (Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, and Wirral) and the Borough of Halton.

In March 2019, Rotheram requested that the police and crime commissioner role for the Merseyside Police be incorporated into the role of the mayor of the Liverpool City Region. The request is in line with the powers the Greater Manchester and London mayors, who have authority and oversight over Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police Service, respectively.[4] This was supported by the leader of Knowsley Borough Council.[5] This would require the expansion of Merseyside Police to cover the Borough of Halton, which is in the boundaries of Cheshire Constabulary.[4] However, this did not happen.

## Candidates[edit]

### Conservative Party[edit]

Jade Marsden was selected as candidate for the Conservative Party. Marsden was previously the parliamentary candidate for both the Bootle and Sefton Central constituencies.[6]

### Labour Party[edit]

The incumbent mayor, Steve Rotheram, was reselected as candidate for the Labour Party in August 2019 after receiving enough support from local Constituency Labour Parties.[7]

In January 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic affected the United Kingdom, mayor Rotheram made it a core pledge of his re-election campaign that he would "guarantee a job, training or an apprenticeship opportunity to every young person within six months of them becoming unemployed".[8][9]

### Liberal Democrats[edit]

Andy Corkhill, councillor for Oxton, Wirral was originally selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate, but later withdrew because of health reasons so David Newman was selected to stand as the Lib Dem candidate.[10] Andy Corkhill died in October 2021.[10][11][12][13] Newman lives in Southport and stood in Liverpool Walton at the 2019 general election.

### Green Party[edit]

The Green Party candidate for Metro Mayor is Gary Cargill,[14] an actor who has appeared in several hit TV programmes and Hollywood films.[15]

## Results[edit]

Liverpool City Region Mayor 6 May 2021 [16]

Party  | Candidate  | 1st round  | 2nd round  |

First round votes Transfer votes

Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Steven Rotheram | 198,736  | 58.33%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Jade Marsden  | 66,702  | 19.58%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Gary Cargill  | 40,211  | 11.80%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | David Newman  | 35,049  | 10.29%  |  |  |  |

| Labour hold

### Results by Local Authority[edit]

### Halton[edit]

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Halton

Party  | Candidate  | 1st round  | 2nd round  |

First round votes Transfer votes

Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Steven Rotheram | 12,642  | 55.57%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Jade Marsden  | 5,529  | 24.31%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Gary Cargill  | 3,129  | 13.76%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | David Newman  | 1,448  | 6.37%  |  |  |  |

### Knowsley[edit]

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Knowsley

Party  | Candidate  | 1st round  | 2nd round  |

First round votes Transfer votes

Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Steven Rotheram | 19,504  | 68.19%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Gary Cargill  | 4,467  | 15.62%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Jade Marsden  | 2,861  | 10.00%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | David Newman  | 1,770  | 6.19%  |  |  |  |

### Liverpool[edit]

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Liverpool

Party  | Candidate  | 1st round  | 2nd round  |

First round votes Transfer votes

Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Steven Rotheram | 65,955  | 65.85%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | David Newman  | 15,577  | 15.55%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Gary Cargill  | 11,459  | 11.44%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Jade Marsden  | 7,176  | 7.16%  |  |  |  |

### Sefton[edit]

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Sefton

Party  | Candidate  | 1st round  | 2nd round  |

First round votes Transfer votes

Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Steven Rotheram | 36,967  | 55.01%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Jade Marsden  | 16,920  | 25.18%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | David Newman  | 7,938  | 11.81%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Gary Cargill  | 5,379  | 8.00%  |  |  |  |

### St Helens[edit]

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, St Helens

Party  | Candidate  | 1st round  | 2nd round  |

First round votes Transfer votes

Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Steven Rotheram | 19,622  | 51.95%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Jade Marsden  | 9,402  | 24.89%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Gary Cargill  | 5,997  | 15.88%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | David Newman  | 2,749  | 7.28%  |  |  |  |

### Wirral[edit]

Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021, Wirral

Party  | Candidate  | 1st round  | 2nd round  |

First round votes Transfer votes

Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Steven Rotheram | 44,046  | 52.31%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Jade Marsden  | 24,814  | 29.47%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Gary Cargill  | 9,780  | 11.61%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | David Newman  | 5,567  | 6.61%  |  |  |  |

## See also[edit]

* 2021 Liverpool City Council election
* 2021 Mayor of Liverpool election
* 2021 Merseyside police and crime commissioner election
* 2021 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
2. ^ "Everything you need to know about metro mayors: an FAQ". Centre for Cities. 27 June 2016.
3. ^ Walker, Jonathan (19 July 2016). "West Midlands mayor to be elected on May 4 2017". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
4. ^ a b Liam Thorp (22 March 2019). "Steve Rotheram: 'Scrap Police Commissioner and give me the job'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
5. ^ Nick Tyrrell (21 March 2019). "Knowsley Council leader backs getting rid of separate police and crime commissioner role after latest resignation". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
6. ^ "Jade Marsden - Conservative candidate for Liverpool City Region Mayoral Election 2021".
7. ^ Thorp, Liam (1 August 2019). "Steve Rotheram selected by Labour to fight for second term as Metro Mayor". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
8. ^ Rotheram, Steve. "Steve Rotheram: I'll build a city region where no one is left behind". LabourList. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
9. ^ Bunn, Jon (4 May 2020). "Impatience, frustration and funding: Rotheram on his first term". Local Government Chronicle (LGC). Retrieved 15 September 2020.
10. ^ a b "Southport's David Newman selected as Liberal Democrat candidate for Metro Mayor". 22 March 2021.
11. ^ "Councillor details - Councillor Andy Corkhill". democracy.wirral.gov.uk. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
12. ^ "Andy Corkhill selected by Lib Dems for Liverpool City Region Mayor". Mark Pack. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
13. ^ "David Newman".
14. ^ "2021 Elections". Liverpool Green Party. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
15. ^ "Gary Cargill screen credits". IMDB.com. IMDB. 26 January 2021. Archived from the original on 22 February 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
16. ^ "Mayor of the Liverpool City Region". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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