Election Result (Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, 2017): Mayor: Labour (Steve Rotherham)

                                 

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Election Result (Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, 2017): Mayor: Steve Rotheram (Labour Party)

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Mayor) (2017)
Name of candidate	Description (if any)	Votes	%
Rotheram Steve	Labour Party	171,167	59.3%	Elected
Caldeira Tony	Conservatives	58,805	20.4%	Not elected
Cashman Carl	Liberal Democrat	19,751	6.84%	Not elected
Crone Tom	Green Party	14,094	4.88%	Not elected
Walters Paula	UK Independence Party	11,940	4.14%	Not elected
Bannister Roger	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	7,881	2.73%	Not elected
Morton Tabitha	Women’s Equality Party	4,247	1.49%	Not elected
Breen Paul	Get the Coppers off the Jury	729	0.25%	Not elected

There were 2,789 rejected ballot papers. Turnout was 26.1%. The turnout for the Wirral area was 27.8%. The electorate was 1,116,495. Any candidate with less than 5% of the first preference vote loses their £5,000 deposit (Tom Crone (Green), Paula Walters (UKIP), Roger Bannister (TUSC), Tabitha Morton (Women’s Equality Party) and Paul Breen (Get the Coppers off the Jury).

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