Mayor of Bristol

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This article is about the directly elected Mayor of Bristol. For Lord Mayor of Bristol, see List of Lord Mayors of Bristol.
Mayor of Bristol City
Incumbent
Marvin Rees
since 7 May 2016
Style City Mayor (to distinguish from Lord Mayor, a separate post)
Appointer Elected
Term length Four years
Deputy Estella Tincknell [1]

The Mayor of Bristol is the head of Bristol City Council. The Mayor is an elected politician who, along with the 70 members of Bristol City Council, is responsible for the strategic government of the city of Bristol, England. The role was created after a local referendum held on 3 May 2012, which followed the passage of the Localism Act 2011.[2] 41,032 voted for an elected mayor and 35,880 voted against, with a turnout of 24%.[3][4] An election for the new post was held on 15 November 2012.[5][6]

The current Mayor is Marvin Rees, elected on 5 May 2016.

The post of Lord Mayor of Bristol is a separate office, elected each May by city councillors and taking office on 29 September for a one-year period. The Lord Mayor chairs Council meetings and performs ceremonial functions in the city.[7]

Background

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Main article: History of local government in Bristol § Mayors

The Local Government Act 2000 required local authorities in the United Kingdom to move from the traditional committee-based system of decision making to one based on an executive, also allowing the possibility of a directly elected mayor.[8] The first directly elected mayor was in Greater London in 2000.[9] Others followed in other authorities, including Hartlepool,[10] Middlesbrough,[10] Tower Hamlets,[11] Liverpool[12] and Salford.[13]

Referendum campaign

Following the passage of The City of Bristol (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 by the United Kingdom Parliament in February 2012,[14] a referendum was announced for 3 May 2012.[15] Nine other cities also held referendums on the same day: Birmingham,[16] Bradford,[17] Coventry,[18] Leeds,[19] Manchester,[20] Newcastle upon Tyne,[21] Nottingham,[22] Sheffield[23] and Wakefield.[24] In addition, Doncaster Borough Council voted to hold a referendum on the same day to decide whether or not to retain their existing elected mayoral system, having been one of the earliest authorities to adopt the mayoral system in 2001.[25][26]

Campaigning groups supporting (A Mayor for Bristol)[27] and opposing (Bristol Says No!)[28] an elected mayor were established. A debate organised by the University of Bristol took place in the Council House on 22 February 2012.[29]

During the campaign, there were complaints that many voters did not receive leaflets produced by the city council explaining what the referendum was about.[30][31] Cities minister, Greg Clark accused the council of inaccuracies in the leaflet and refused to cover the printing costs.[32] After Clark promised more powers would be available to Bristol with an elected mayor, the city council accused him of "blackmail".[33]

The result, declared on 4 May 2012 by returning officer Stephen McNamara, was in favour of creating the position. Bristol was the only one of the ten cities voting that day to choose having an elected mayor.[6]

Bristol Mayoral referendum
4 May 2012
Choice Votes  %
Referendum passed Elected Mayor 41,032 53
Cabinet System 35,880 47
Total votes 76,912 100.00
Source: [4]

Elections

The first election for the new post was held on 15 November 2012,[34] the same day as elections for a Police and Crime Commissioner for the Avon and Somerset Constabulary area.[35] A number of potential candidates expressed and interest in standing,[36] and 15 candidates stood for election to be Mayor.[37]

The supplementary vote system is used for the elections, with each voter being entitled to list a first and second choice candidate. In this system if no candidate has more than half of the votes plus one in the first round of counting, all candidates other than the top two are eliminated and voters' second choices from the eliminated candidates are then allocated to the remaining candidates. The second election for Mayor of Bristol took place in May 2016.[38]

2012

Bristol Mayoral election 15 November 2012
Party Candidate 1st Round  % 2nd Round Total  First Round Votes  Transfer Votes 
Bristol 1st George Ferguson 31,321 35.13% 6,032 37,353
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Labour Marvin Rees 25,896 29.05% 5,363 31,259
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Conservative Geoff Gollop 8,136 9.13%
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Liberal Democrat Jon Rogers 6,202 6.96%
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Green Daniella Radice 5,248 5.89%
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Independent Owain George 2,404 2.70%
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Independent Spud Murphy 1,855 2.08%
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Respect Neil Maggs 1,568 1.76%
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Independent Stoney Garnett 1,413 1.58%
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TUSC Tom Baldwin 1,412 1.58%
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Independent Tim Collins 1,037 1.16%
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Independent Philip Pover 994 1.11%
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Independent Tony Britt 761 0.85%
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Independent Rich Fisher 494 0.55%
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The Birthday Party Dave Dobbs 411 0.46%
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Bristol 1st win

2016

Bristol Mayoral election 5 May 2016[39]
Party Candidate 1st Round  % 2nd Round Total  First Round Votes  Transfer Votes 
Labour Marvin Rees 56,729 40.4% 12,021 68,750
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Bristol 1st George Ferguson 32,375 23.1% 7,202 39,577
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Conservative Charles Lucas 19,617 14.0%
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Green Tony Dyer 10,000 7.1%
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Liberal Democrat Kay Barnard 8,078 5.8%
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UKIP Paul Anthony Turner 7,115 5.1%
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TUSC Tom Baldwin 1,876 1.3%
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Independent Stoney Garnett 1,384 1.0%
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Independent Christine Charlotte Townsend 1,010 0.7%
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Independent Tony Britt 877 0.6%
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Independent Paul Anthony Saville 545 0.4%
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Independent John Langley 367 0.3%
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Independent Mayor Festus Kudehinbu 341 0.2%
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Labour gain from Bristol 1st

List of Mayors

Political party Name Entered office Left office
Bristol 1st George Ferguson 16 Nov 2012 7 May 2016
Labour Marvin Rees 7 May 2016 Incumbent

See also

References

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  18. ↑ UK Parliament. 327/1 The City of Coventry (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 as made, from legislation.gov.uk.
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  23. ↑ UK Parliament. 332/1 The City of Sheffield (Mayoral Referendum) Order 2012 as made, from legislation.gov.uk.
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