West Midlands mayoral election, 2017

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The West Midlands mayoral election, 2017 was the first contest to choose the inaugural metro mayor for the West Midlands Combined Authority in England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mayoral election
political event
administeredBy West Midlands Combined Authority
candidateParty Andy Street – Conservative Party (UK)
Beverley Nielsen – Liberal Democrats (UK)
Graham Stevenson – Communist Party of Britain
James Burn – Green Party of England and Wales
Pete Durnell – UK Independence Party
Siôn Simon – Labour Party (UK)
country United Kingdom
electionDate 2017-05-04
electoralOffice Mayor of the West Midlands
electoralSystem supplementary vote
electorateSize approximately 1.9 million
firstRoundVoteShareWinner Andy Street
firstRoundVoteShareWinnerPercentage about 37.7
governsArea West Midlands
surface form: West Midlands metropolitan county
hasCandidate Andy Street
Beverley Nielsen
Graham Stevenson
James Burn
Pete Durnell
Siôn Simon
hasMapCaption Results of the 2017 West Midlands mayoral election by local authority area
hasNumberOfRounds 2
inauguralElection true
includesLocalAuthorityArea Birmingham
Coventry
Dudley
Sandwell
Solihull
Walsall
Wolverhampton
isFirstElectionForOffice Mayor of the West Midlands
locatedIn England
West Midlands
partOf West Midlands Combined Authority
positionCreatedBy Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016
precedes West Midlands mayoral election, 2021
runnerUp Siôn Simon
runnerUpParty Labour Party (UK)
secondRoundVoteShareRunnerUpPercentage about 49.6
secondRoundVoteShareWinner Andy Street
secondRoundVoteShareWinnerPercentage about 50.4
turnoutPercentage 26.7
votesCast approximately 505000
winner Andy Street
winnerParty Conservative Party (UK)
year 2017

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