Mike Wolfe (politician)
Mike Wolfe | |
|---|---|
| 1st Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent | |
| In office October, 2002 – 5 May 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Mark Meredith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yorkshire, England |
| Political party | Mayor4Stoke |
| Other political affiliations | Labour Party (until 2002) |
| Occupation | Mayor |
Mike Wolfe was the first directly elected mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, sitting in office from 2002 to 2005.
Career
Time as Mayor
Wolfe left the Labour Party to stand as an independent in the mayoral race of October 2002 and narrowly beat George Stevenson, a local Labour member of Parliament. Both Wolfe and his successor Mark Meredith are openly gay.[1]
Wolfe came fourth out of eight in his bid for re-election in May 2005 when Labour gained the position of elected mayor. The election was notable for a record number of spoiled ballot papers.[2]
Post-2005
He later became a columnist for local paper, The Sentinel.
References
- ^ Morris, Nigel (2002-10-19). "Politics: Mavericks profit from low turn-out in mayoral elections". The Independent. Retrieved 2007-06-07. [dead link]
- ^ url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/features/2005/elections.shtml