2021 Liverpool City Region mayoral election

The second Liverpool City Region mayoral election will be held during 2021 to elect the mayor of the Liverpool City Region. This will be alongside other local elections across England and Wales including councillors, the mayor of Liverpool and police and crime commissioners across the city-region. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

2021 Liverpool City Region mayoral election
TBC
 
Con
Candidate Steve Rotheram TBC Andy Corkhill
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats

Liverpool City Region

1. Halton 2. Knowsley 3. Liverpool 4. St Helens 5. Sefton 6. Wirral

Incumbent Mayor

Steve Rotheram
Labour

Background

The position of Mayor of the Liverpool City Region was created in 2017 following a devolution deal between the UK government and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA). The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 required a directly elected metro mayor for combined authorities to receive additional powers from central government.[2] Under the terms of the devolution deal, the first mayoral term was set to last until 2020, followed by elections every four years.[3] The Liverpool City Region is defined as having six boroughs which includes the county of Merseyside (Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral) and the Borough of Halton.

In March 2019 Rotheram requested that the police and crime commissioner role for the Merseyside Police be incorporated into the role of the mayor of the Liverpool City Region. The request is in line with the powers the Greater Manchester and London mayors, who have authority and oversight over Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police Service, respectively.[4] This was supported by the leader of Knowsley Borough Council.[5] This would require the expansion of Merseyside Police to cover the Borough of Halton, which is in the boundaries of Cheshire Constabulary[4] This did not happen.

Candidates

Conservative Party

Jade Marsden was selected as candidate for the Conservative Party. Mrs Marsden was previously the parliamentary candidate for both the Bootle and Sefton Central constituencies. [6]

Labour Party

The incumbent mayor Steve Rotheram was reselected as candidate for the Labour Party. He was reselected in August 2019 after receiving enough support from local Constituency Labour Parties.[7]

Liberal Democrats

Andy Corkhill, councillor for Oxton, Wirral.

Green Party

The Green Party candidate for Metro Mayor is Gary Cargill,[8] an actor who has appeared in several hit TV shows and Hollywood films [9]


Campaign

In January 2020, before the Coronavirus pandemic affected the United Kingdom, mayor Rotheram made it a core pledge of his re-election campaign that he would "guarantee a job, training or an apprenticeship opportunity to every young person within six months of them becoming unemployed".[10][11]

References
  1. "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. "Everything you need to know about metro mayors: an FAQ". Centre for Cities. 27 June 2016.
  3. Walker, Jonathan (19 July 2016). "West Midlands mayor to be elected on May 4 2017". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. Liam Thorp (22 March 2019). "Steve Rotheram: 'Scrap Police Commissioner and give me the job'". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. Nick Tyrrell (21 March 2019). "Knowsley Council leader backs getting rid of separate police and crime commissioner role after latest resignation". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. https://www.seftoncentralconservatives.org.uk/news/jade-marsden-conservative-candidate-liverpool-city-region-mayoral-election-2021-0
  7. Thorp, Liam (1 August 2019). "Steve Rotheram selected by Labour to fight for second term as Metro Mayor". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  8. "2021 Elections". Liverpool Green Party. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  9. "Gary Cargill screen credits". IMDB.com. IMDB. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  10. Rotheram, Steve. "Steve Rotheram: I'll build a city region where no one is left behind". LabourList. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  11. Bunn, Jon (4 May 2020). "Impatience, frustration and funding: Rotheram on his first term". Local Government Chronicle (LGC). Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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