The inaugural Greater Manchester mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of Greater Manchester. The next successive election was due to be held on 7 May 2020, but due to that year's outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, the election was postponed until May 2021.[1] Subsequent elections are legislatively required to be held every four years thereafter. The electoral system used for the election is the supplementary vote (SV).[2]
Nominations for candidates wishing to stand in the election closed on 4 April 2017, after which the final list of candidates was published.[4]
Electoral system
The election used the supplementary vote system, in which voters express a first and a second preference of candidates.[5][6][7]
If a candidate receives over 50% of the first preference vote the candidate wins.
If no candidate receives an overall majority, i.e., over 50% of first preference votes, the top two candidates proceed to a second round and all other candidates are eliminated.
The first preference votes for the remaining two candidates stand in the final count.
Voters' ballots whose first and second preference candidates are eliminated are discarded.
Voters whose first preference candidates have been eliminated and whose second preference candidate is in the top two have their second preference votes added to the count.
Stephen Morris, General Secretary of the Workers of England Union and North West Chairman of the English Democrats.[9]
Green Party
Deyika Nzeribe was selected as the Green Party candidate. However, he died of a heart attack on 1 January 2017.[10]Will Patterson was selected as the Green Party's new mayoral candidate.[11]
Independents
Mohammad Aslam,[4] property developer who has lived in the area for 17 years. Became notable for doing his manifesto video entirely in Urdu.[12]
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^"Deyika Nzeribe: Green Party mayoral candidate dies". BBC News. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^"Green Party reveals Manchester mayoral candidate after death". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
^"Who wants to be Greater Manchester mayor?". BBC News. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
^"Mayoral hopefuls outline why they deserve votes". Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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^ a b c d e f g h i j k l"RESULTS MAY 2017". www.gmelects.org.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^Fitzgerald, Todd (16 September 2016). "Liberal Democrats select their Greater Manchester mayoral candidate". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^Oryszczuk, Stephen (10 October 2016). "UKIP select chasidic Manchester mayoral candidate". Jewish News. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
^"Greater Manchester mayor: Peter Clifford stands as Communist League candidate". BBC News. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
^"Greater Manchester mayor: Communist League candidate Peter Clifford pulls out of race". BBC News. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
