Steve Rotheram has been re-elected as Liverpool mayor.
“Thanks to the people of the Liverpool City Region for putting your faith in me once again. I promise I won’t let you down. We’re taking back our future,” he wrote on X.
Rotheram beat his nearest rival by more than 156,000 votes, resulting in 68% of the vote share and increasing his vote share by 9.7 points. He has urged prime minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election saying “we are ready when you are”.
Here is a full breakdown of the result:
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Oliver Coppard has been re-elected for a second term as mayor of South Yorkshire.
Coppard retained his job as South Yorkshire Mayor with 138,611 votes, with Conservative Nick Allen second with 44,945.
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Steve Rotheram has been re-elected as Liverpool mayor.
“Thanks to the people of the Liverpool City Region for putting your faith in me once again. I promise I won’t let you down. We’re taking back our future,” he wrote on X.
Rotheram beat his nearest rival by more than 156,000 votes, resulting in 68% of the vote share and increasing his vote share by 9.7 points. He has urged prime minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election saying “we are ready when you are”.
Here is a full breakdown of the result:
Sadiq Khan won 83,792 votes in Greenwich and Lewisham, the first London borough to declare its mayoral vote, with Conservative Susan Hall on 36,822 and Zoe Garbett of the Greens third with 11,209.
After reports that the London mayoral race may be closer than expected, here’s a glimpse of Susan Hall’s plan for London.
According to the official London Elects booklet posted to London constituencies, Hall’s ‘“plan written by Londoners” consists of:
Make London’s streets safer: Recruit extra police for our streets, stop the closing of London’s police stations, bring back borough-led policing.
Cut the cost of travelling around London: Scrap Ulez expansion on day one, support local councils to remove unwanted low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), no driving charge for every mile you drive.
Build more affordable family homes: Prioritise building more affordable family homes, stop the building of unwanted tower blocks in our suburbs, prioritise building on brownfield sites – not London’s remaining greenbelt.
Just to clarify, the London mayoral and assembly election votes were verified (the process to check that all ballots are accounted for and are in the correct ballot boxes) yesterday and then the votes are counted today.
According to London Elects, all votes are counted manually and counting started at 9am on Saturday 4 May.
Counting for the London mayoral and assembly elections is under way.
Voter turnout for the mayoral election was 40.5%, down 1.5% from 2021. According to London Elects, which administers the mayoral and London assembly elections, Bexley and Bromley were the constituency with the highest voter turnout at 48%.
Here are the voter turnout percentages by constituency:
Barnet and Camden: 39.59%
Bexley and Bromley: 48.38%
Brent and Harrow: 37.09%
City and East (Barking and Dagenham, City of London, Newham, Tower Hamlets): 31.17%
Croydon and Sutton: 42.27%
Ealing and Hillingdon: 42.98%
Enfield and Haringey: 41.38%
Greenwich and Lewisham: 40.33%
Havering and Redbridge: 42.94%
Lambeth and Southwark: 39.13%
Merton and Wandsworth: 45.99%
North East (Hackney, Islington, Waltham Forest): 39.57%
South West (Hounslow, Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames): 45.26%
West Central (Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster): 34.98%
More from Keir Starmer speaking at a rally in Mansfield this morning.
The Labour leader said: “It now is upon us to deliver that change to each of those people that put their faith in us in the vote here in the East Midlands and we will do so with a positive case for the country.”
He listed Labour’s plans to “pick up the NHS”, make sure the streets are safe, build affordable homes, and provide secure jobs.
Starmer said: “That falls to us, because today is the day that we celebrate the beginning of the turning of the page, one of the last milestones now as we go into that general election.”
He added: “Let’s turn the page on decline and usher in national renewal with Labour.”
Keir Starmer said he remains confident Sadiq Khan can win a third term as the Labour mayor of London, reports PA.
Speaking to reporters in Mansfield, the Labour leader said:
Sadiq Khan was absolutely the right candidate. He has got two terms of delivery behind him and I am confident that he has got another term of delivery in front of him.
But look, if you look across the country, I am standing here in Mansfield in the East Midlands where we have won a significant victory in the mayoralty here, but that is the pattern across the country.
We have been winning in Blackpool in a byelection with a 26% swing, we have won in York and North Yorkshire, true blue Tory territory, and here in the East Midlands where there are very many constituencies that matter hugely in that general election.
All of this is done with a purpose. I want a Labour government to serve our country.
This is effectively the last stop on the journey to the general election and I am really pleased to be able to show we are making progress, we have earned the trust and confidence of voters and we are making progress towards that general election.”
For those in the comments expressing concern about Larry the cat in all of this local election chaos, rest assured that he* has been sharing updates on X. In particular, Larry shared this important message on Thursday:
*may not be actual Larry the cat tweeting.
Just in case you’re wondering what’s on the cards today, here is an explainer of the key mayoral and local election results still to come:
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