2017 West Midlands mayoral election
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The inaugural West Midlands mayoral election will be held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West Midlands, (subsequent elections will be held May 2020 and then every four years after that).
The election will be the first election for a governing body covering the entire West Midlands since the 1981 West Midlands County Council election.
Conservative Party selection
Candidates
Declared
- Andy Street, Managing Director of the John Lewis Partnership and Chairman of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership[1][2]
Declined
- Andrew Mitchell, MP for Sutton Coldfield, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, Government Chief Whip, and former Secretary of State for International Development.[1]
Green Party selection
Declared
- James Burn, Chelmsley Wood councillor and leader of the Solihull Green Party[3]
Independent
Candidates
Declined
- The Lord Jones of Birmingham, Crossbench life peer in the House of Lords, businessman and former Minister of State for Trade and Investment under Gordon Brown (endorsed Andy Street)[1][4]
Labour Party selection
Candidates
Declared
- Steve Bedser, businessman, former Birmingham City Councillor and Cabinet member for Health and Well Being[5]
- Sion Simon, MEP for the West Midlands, former MP for Birmingham Erdington and former Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Creative Industries, and Further Education.[1][6][7]
Not selected
- Najma Hafeez, management consultant, former Birmingham City Councillor and former Chairwoman of City Hospital[8][9]
- Milkinder Jaspal, Wolverhampton City Councillor[9]
- Mary Simons-Jones, freelance book-seller[9]
Declined
- Ian Austin, MP for Dudley North since 2005, and former Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister under Gordon Brown.[1]
- Liam Byrne, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, and former Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Gordon Brown.[1]
- Darren Cooper, Leader of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, was perceived as a potential candidate before his death in March 2016.[1]
- Gisela Stuart, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, Chair of Vote Leave and former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health.[1]
Results
| First round | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
| Siôn Simon | 2,718 | 71.21% | |
| Steve Bedser | 1,099 | 28.79% | |
Liberal Democrats selection
Declared
- Beverley Nielsen, businesswoman and director of Birmingham City University[10]
UKIP selection
Declared
- None yet declared
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Walker, Jonathan (19 May 2016). "Battle to be Greater Birmingham Mayor is already becoming brutal".
- ^ http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/john-lewis-boss-andy-street-11876876
- ^ https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news/solihull-councillor-put-forward-become-mayor-west-midlands-combined-authority-wmca/
- ^ Midlands Today, BBC1, 16 September 2016
- ^ "Labour picks two candidates for West Midlands Mayor contest". Halesowen News. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/first-official-candidate-west-midland-11432345
- ^ http://tyburnmail.com/2016/06/06/sion-simon-bids-mayor-west-midlands/
- ^ Neil Elkes (13 June 2016). "Najma Hafeez: Brum's first Muslim woman councillor aiming to be West Midlands mayor". The Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Neil Elkes (29 June 2016). "Euro-MP and ex-council social services chief to battle it out to be Labour mayor candidate". The Birmingham Post. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
- ^ http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/top-businesswoman-beverley-nielsen-chosen-11851255
External links
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