2021 Tees Valley mayoral election
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The 2021 Tees Valley mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the
Background
The mayor serves as the directly elected leader of the
At the previous and first election for the mayor of Tees Valley in 2017, the
The urban think-tank Centre for Cities looked at the results of local elections in Tees Valley for 2018 and 2019 to make a prediction of the result and found Labour had suffered considerable losses, giving the Conservatives an advantage.[11] Following the 2019 general election, the Centre for Cities also assessed the Tees Valley constituencies results and found the Conservatives polled 44% across all Tees Valley constituencies, whilst Labour polled 41%.[12]
It was announced in March 2020 that the mayoral election was delayed to May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[13]
Electoral system
The election used a
- If a candidate receives more than 50% of the first preference vote, that candidate wins.
- If no candidate receives more than 50% of first preference votes, the top two candidates proceed to a second round and all other candidates are eliminated.
- The first preference votes for the remaining two candidates stand in the final count.
- Voters' ballots whose first and second preference candidates are eliminated are discarded.
- Voters whose first preference candidates have been eliminated and whose second preference candidate is one of the top two have their second preference votes added to that candidate's count.
This means that the winning candidate has the support of a majority of voters who expressed a preference among the top two.[14]
All
Candidates
Conservative Party
Labour Party
Dan Smith, an engineer and staffer for Paul Williams, Labour's former MP for Stockton South, also applied; however, he was not shortlisted.[20][9]
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats decided not to stand a candidate in the 2021 election,[21] despite declaring an intention to do so prior to the election's postponement.[10]
Campaign
The incumbent mayor
Labour's candidate Jessie Joe Jacobs launched her campaign at the
On 10 November 2019, Jacobs was critical of the price Houchen arranged for
A hustings organised by Centre for Cities, the Institution of Civil Engineers and Teesside University was due to take place on 23 April 2020 but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In January 2021, internal party polling by the Labour Party found that Houchen had a strong lead over Labour, with The Guardian reporting that the poll showed Houchen winning outright with 66% of the vote.[30]
Opinion polls
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Pollster | Client | Date(s) conducted |
Sample size |
Houchen
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Jacobs | Others | Lead |
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Con | Lab | ||||||
Election | 6 May 2021 | 72.8% | 27.2% | – | 45.6% | ||
The Times | 19–26 Apr 2021 | 971 | 63% | 37% | – | 26% | |
YouGov | Labour | 1–8 Jan 2021 | ? | 66% | 34% | – | 32% |
Election | 4 May 2017 | 39.5% | 39% | 21.5% | 0.5% |
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Houchen | 121,964 | 72.8 | 33.3 | |
Labour Co-op
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Jessie Joe Jacobs | 45,641 | 27.2 | 11.8 |
By local authority
Darlington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Houchen | 19,876 | 74.5 | 32.6 | |
Labour Co-op
|
Jessie Joe Jacobs | 6,799 | 25.5 | 7.2 |
Hartlepool
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Houchen | 21,257 | 72.6 | 45.8 | |
Labour Co-op
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Jessie Joe Jacobs | 8,023 | 27.4 | 7.8 |
Middlesbrough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Houchen | 17,748 | 68.6 | 33.7 | |
Labour Co-op
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Jessie Joe Jacobs | 8,141 | 31.4 | 16.1 |
Redcar and Cleveland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Houchen | 24,663 | 75.0 | 39.6 | |
Labour Co-op
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Jessie Joe Jacobs | 8,236 | 25.0 | 19.4 |
Stockton-on-Tees
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ben Houchen | 38,420 | 72.7 | 25.0 | |
Labour Co-op
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Jessie Joe Jacobs | 14,442 | 27.3 | 8.3 |
References
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- ^ "Tees Valley". Centre for Cities. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "What the Mayor Does". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Directly elected mayors". Local Government Association. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Mayor of the Tees Valley". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Labour just lost a previously unthinkable mayoral election to the Tories". The Independent. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Conservatives win Tees Valley mayor race". BBC News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ Lynch, Russell (2 February 2020). "Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen: 'Become an MP? I've got much more influence'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Teesside live. Reach plc.
- ^ a b Cain, James. "Elections for Tees Valley Mayor and Cleveland Police Commissioner this spring". The Northern Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Jeffrey, Simon; Bell, Owen (10 October 2019). "What do the local elections tell us about the upcoming metro mayor elections?". Centre for Cities. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ Jeffery, Simon (17 December 2019). "2020 vision — What does Thursday's vote mean for May's Metro Mayor elections". Centre for Cities. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Metcalfe, Alex (13 March 2020). "Coronavirus sees Teesside mayoral and police chief elections delayed". TeessideLive. Reach plc. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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- ^ "What is the Supplementary Vote? | Nudge Factory". Nudge Factory. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ Staff Reporter (6 January 2020). "Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen launches campaign for re-election". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Brown, Mike (21 July 2019). "Charity leader wants to be Labour's opponent for Mayor Ben Houchen". TeessideLive. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ a b Brown, Mike (10 November 2019). "How Jessie Joe Jacobs became political after meeting sex worker, 15". TeessideLive. Reach plc. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ Pidd, Helen (6 February 2020). "Labour selects Liam Byrne as West Midlands mayoral candidate". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ Labour List. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ Arnold, Stuart (20 March 2021). "Liberal Democrats explain lack of involvement in Tees Valley mayoral election". Teesside Live. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Tees Valley Mayor launches re-election campaign vowing to bring back steelmaking to Teesside". ITV News. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Pidd, Helen (9 February 2020). "Tees Valley confronts Thailand over future of Redcar steelworks". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ Payne, Mark (15 February 2020). "How Labour's Tees Valley Mayor candidate plans to save our high streets". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Cain, James (2 March 2020). "Labour candidate promises Tees Metro rail and bus system if elected". Teesside live. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- Teesside live. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Scott, Jim (22 January 2020). "Labour Mayor hopeful pledges better transport links and 'opportunities'". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Metcalfe, Alex. "Plans to draw a million visitors to new Teesside festival". The Northern Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Metcalfe, Alex (11 February 2020). "Teesside Airport: Dublin, Belfast and London flights are being subsidised by taxpayers". The Northern Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "Labour failing to win back enough Tory voters, officials warn". The Guardian. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.