West Midlands mayoral election, 2017

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mayoral election political event

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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West Midlands mayoral election, 2017 canonical 3

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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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Mayor of the West Midlands → electedIn → West Midlands mayoral election, 2017 ⓘ
West Midlands mayoral election, 2024 → follows → West Midlands mayoral election, 2017 ⓘ
West Midlands mayoral election, 2021 → follows → West Midlands mayoral election, 2017 ⓘ