Mayor of Middlesbrough

This article is about the directly elected mayor of the Middlesbrough. For the ceremonial mayor, see Middlesbrough#Local government.

The Mayor of Middlesbrough is the executive mayor of the borough of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England. The incumbent since 2023 is Chris Cooke.^[1]

Mayor of Middlesbrough
Incumbent Chris Cooke since 5 May 2023
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Middlesbrough
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Ray Mallon

Referendums

2001

Mayor of Middlesbrough Referendum
18 October 2001

Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	29,067	84
Cabinet System	5,537	16
Invalid or blank votes	167	0.48
Total votes	34,656	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	101,930	34
Source: Local Government Chronicle News[2]

2013

Referendum on how Middlesbrough is governed
26 September 2013

Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	8,674	57.25
Cabinet System	6,455	42.75
Invalid or blank votes	27	0.0017
Total votes	15,156	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	100,629	15
Source: Middlesbrough City Council[3]

Election results

2002

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 2 May 2002[4]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Independent	Ray Mallon	26,362	62.8%				​​
	Labour	Sylvia Connolly	9,653	23.0%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Michna	3,820	9.1%				​​
	Conservative	Ronald Darby	1,510	3.6%				​​
	Socialist Alliance	Jeffrey Fowler	352	0.8%				​​
	Independent	James Jones	297	0.7%				​​
	Independent win

2007

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 3 May 2007[5]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Independent	Ray Mallon	17,455	58.7%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Joseph Michna	7,026	23.6%				​​
	Labour	Charles Rooney	3,539	11.9%				​​
	Conservative	Dorothy Smith	1,833	6.2%				​​
Turnout			30,779	30.87
	Independent hold

2011

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 5 May 2011[6]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Independent	Ray Mallon	17,917	50.4%				​​
	Labour	Michael John Carr	11,405	32.1%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Foote-Wood	3,256	9.2%				​​
	Conservative	Christopher Nolan-Cole	3,001	8.4%				​​
Turnout			35,579	36.62
	Independent hold

2015

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 7 May 2015[7]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Dave Budd	16,680	33.8%	2,858	19,538	50.3%	​​
	Independent	Andy Preston	14,265	28.9%	5,017	19,282	49.7%	​​
	Independent	David Roberts	5,803	11.8%				​​
	Independent	Michael John Carr	5,549	11.2%				​​
	Conservative	Lloyd Cole-Nolan	3,844	7.8%				​​
	Independent	Len Junier	3,207	6.5%				​​
Turnout			51,427	53.0
	Labour gain from Independent

2019

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 2 May 2019[8]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Independent	Andy Preston	17,418	59.2%				​​
	Labour	Mick Thompson	6,692	22.7%				​​
	Independent	Gary Badger	2,940	10%				​​
	Conservative	Ken Hall	2,382	8.1%				​​
Turnout			30,031	31.71
	Independent gain from Labour

2023

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 4 May 2023 ^[9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Chris Cooke	10,956	40.2	17.5
	Independent	Andy Preston	10,196	37.4	21.8
	Independent	Jon Rathmell	3,102	11.4	New
	Conservative	John Cooper	2,997	11.0	2.9
Turnout			27,479	27.75	3.96
	Labour Co-op gain from Independent			{{{swing}}}