Greater Manchester mayoral election, 2017

4 May 2017

2020 →


Candidate	Andy Burnham	Sean Anstee	Jane Brophy
Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat
Popular vote	359,352	128,752	34,334
Percentage	63.41%	22.72%	6.06%

Metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester

1.City of Manchester 2. 3.Tameside 4.Oldham 5.Rochdale 6.Bury 7.Bolton 8.Wigan 9.City of Salford 10.Trafford

Mayor before election

Tony Lloyd (Interim)
Labour

Mayor

Andy Burnham
Labour

1.City of Manchester 2. 3.Tameside 4.Oldham 5.Rochdale 6.Bury 7.Bolton 8.Wigan 9.City of Salford 10.Trafford

Tony Lloyd (Interim)
Labour

Andy Burnham
Labour

The inaugural Greater Manchester mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of Greater Manchester. Subsequent elections will be held in May 2020 and then every four years after that. The electoral system used for the election is the supplementary vote (SV).

The mayor will lead the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, sitting alongside the leaders of the ten metropolitan borough councils who will form the mayor's cabinet. The creation of the position was part of a devolution deal giving local government additional powers and funding, enacted via the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. The interim mayor was Tony Lloyd, the Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner. The office of police and crime commissioner was subsumed into the mayor's role.

Nominations for candidates wishing to stand in the election closed on 4 April 2017, after which the final list of candidates was published.

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