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Mayoral Election Results

Winner
Andy Burnham
Labour
First round results for mayoral election
Candidate | First pref votes | Percentage | Second pref votes | Percentage |
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Candidate Labour Andy Burnham |
First pref votes359,352 | Percentage63.4% | Second pref votes- | Percentage- |
Candidate Conservative Sean Anstee |
First pref votes128,752 | Percentage22.7% | Second pref votes- | Percentage- |
Candidate Liberal Democrat Jane Brophy |
First pref votes34,334 | Percentage6.1% | Second pref votes- | Percentage- |
Candidate Green Will Patterson |
First pref votes13,424 | Percentage2.4% | Second pref votes- | Percentage- |
Candidate English Democrats Stephen Morris |
First pref votes11,115 | Percentage2.0% | Second pref votes- | Percentage- |
Candidate UKIP Shneur Odze |
First pref votes10,583 | Percentage1.9% | Second pref votes- | Percentage- |
Candidate Independent Mohammad Aslam |
First pref votes5,815 | Percentage1.0% | Second pref votes- | Percentage- |
Candidate Independent Marcus Farmer |
First pref votes3,360 | Percentage0.6% | Second pref votes- | Percentage- |
Second preference votes are only used to elect the mayor if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote. The top two candidates then receive the second preference votes from their eliminated opponents.
Turnout
28.6%
Electorate:
1,982,430
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Once a New Labour rising star, twice a defeated Labour leadership candidate, now mayor of Greater Manchester.
Copyright: PA MediaWhile other ex-Labour ministers of his generation can be found on the backbenches or the set of Strictly, Andy Burnham has found a new political power base.
His confrontation with the government over coronavirus restrictions has dominated the news over recent days and he has now been dubbed "the King of the North" by one of the city's bars.