Mayor of the West of England

The Mayor of the West of England is the directly elected mayor who leads the West of England Combined Authority. The body, a combined authority, is responsible for the strategic administration of the West of England, including planning, transport and skills. For this purpose the West of England is defined as the local authority areas of Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath and North East Somerset. The creation of the role was agreed in 2016 as part of a devolution deal, by the then Chancellor George Osborne and the leaders of the three councils.

Mayor of the West of England
Incumbent Dan Norris since 10 May 2021
Style	Mayor[1]
Appointer	Electorate of the West of England
Term length	4 years
Formation	2017
Salary	£67,000–£87,000 (four step increase 2022–2025)[2]

The districts of the West of England Combined Authority

Elections use the supplementary vote system, where electors can vote for "first preference" and "second preference" candidates. If no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, all but the two leading candidates are eliminated and the votes of those eliminated are redistributed according to their second-choice votes to determine the winner.

The first election took place on 4 May 2017, and was won by Tim Bowles with a total of 70,300 votes, including second preferences. The turnout was 29.7%, with 199,519 voting out of the possible 671,280.^[3]

List of mayors

Name		Portrait	Term of office		Elected	Political party	Previous and concurrent occupations
	Tim Bowles		8 May 2017	9 May 2021	2017	Conservative	Former district councillor for Winterbourne
	Dan Norris		10 May 2021	incumbent	2021	Labour	MP for North East Somerset and Hanham as of the 2024 general election and former MP for Wansdyke from 1997 until 2010

Timeline

Elections

2021

West of England Mayoral election 6 May 2021[4]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Dan Norris	84,434	33.4%	41,048	125,482	59.5	​​
	Conservative	Samuel Williams	72,415	28.6%	12,974	85,389	40.5	​​
	Green	Jerome Thomas	54,919	21.7%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Williams	41,193	16.3%				​​

2017

West of England Mayoral election 4 May 2017[5]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Conservative	Tim Bowles	53,796	27.3%	16,504	70,300	51.6	​​
	Labour	Lesley Mansell	43,627	22.2%	22,296	65,923	48.4	​​
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Williams	39,794	20.2%				​​
	Independent	John Savage	29,500	15.0%				​​
	Green	Darren Hall	22,054	11.2%				​​
	UKIP	Aaron Foot	8,182	4.2%				​​

Turnout in the election was: 29.3%

See also

• Mayor of Bath
• Mayor of Bristol
• History of local government in Bristol § Mayors

References

1. Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, s 107A(5)
2. Postans, Adam (4 February 2022). "West of England's Metro Mayor Dan Norris set for £20,000 pay hike". Bath Echo. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
3. "Mayor of the West of England". BBC News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
4. "West of England metro mayor election 2021: Candidates, what does the metro mayor do and everything you need to know". Bristol Live. 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
5. "Mayor of the West of England". BBC News. 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

External links

• West of England Combined Authority