2016 Liverpool City Region Labour Party mayoral selection

March 2020 March 2020 Liverpool City Region Labour Party (UK) mayoral selection 2016 England Merseyside CoA.svg presidential May – August 2016 Mayoral candidate Joe Anderson (interim) Labour Party (UK) Steve Rotheram Labour Party (UK) 1st Pref. Percentage Final Pref. Percentage 150x150px Steve Rotheram DC241F 2,029 40.9% 2,670 59.8% 150x150px Joe Anderson DC241F 1,641 33.1% 2,042 41.2% 150x150px Luciana Berger DC241F 1,202 24.2% Eliminated Eliminated The Liverpool City Region Labour Party mayoral selection of 2016 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, to stand in the mayoral election on 4 May 2017. Voting ending on Friday 5 August 2016, with the result to be announced on Wednesday 10 August.http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/labours-three-metro-mayor-candidate-11503354 Labour's three Metro Mayor Candidate to go head to head Gary Stewart 21 June 2016 Liverpool Echohttps://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/finish-line-looms-labours-liverpool-11690505 Finish line looms in Labour metro mayor race Liam Murphy 2 August 2016 Liverpool Echo Steve Rotheram had called for the voting deadline to be extended until Friday 12 August after delays in issuing ballot papers,https://labourlist.org/2016/07/burnham-and-rotherham-call-for-labour-officials-to-extend-mayoral-selection-deadline/ Burnham and Rotherham call for Labour officials to extend mayoral selection deadline Sarah Pine LabourList but in the event, on 10 August Rotheram was declared the winning candidate. Candidates Name Born Current/previous positions Announced candidacy Campaign website (Slogan) 100px|Rotheram Steve Rotheram dmy 1961 11 4 (age 1961 11 4) Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition(2015–2017) MP for Liverpool Walton(2010–2017) 22 May 201622 May 2016 Walton MP Steve Rotheram launches campaign to become first elected metro mayor https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/walton-mp-steve-rotheram-launches-11370094 Liverpool Echo Steve 4 Metro MayorSeptember 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes ("No Borough Left Behind -Fighting for the whole of Liverpool City Region") 100px|AndersonJoe Anderson politician dmy 1958 1 24 (age 1958 1 24) Chair of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (2015–2017) Mayor of Liverpool (2012–2021) Leader of Liverpool City Council (2010–2012) 27 May 201627 May 2016 Joe Anderson unveils bid to become first Mersey metro mayor https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/joe-anderson-unveils-bid-become-11394805 Liverpool Echo Joe for Liverpool ("A Track Record of Delivery -A Promise of More") 100px|Berger Luciana Berger dmy 1981 5 13 (age 1981 5 13) Shadow Minister for Mental Health (2015–2016) Shadow Minister for Public Health (2013–2015) MP for Liverpool Wavertree (2010–2019) 31 May 2016Liverpool mayor should be global ambassador for city, says Labour hopeful https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/may/31/luciana-berger-liverpool-mayor-should-be-global-ambassador-for-city-says-labour-hopeful The Guardian 31 May 2016 8 June 2016 Luciana For Mayor https://web.archive.org/web/20160603092524/http://lucianaformayor.co.uk/ 3 June 2016 ("Let's Choose the Future") Declined Barrie Grunewald, Leader of St Helens Council, had been seen as a potential contender. Grunewald later endorsed Rotheram.https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/steve-rotheram-doesnt-want-fall-11374105 Steve Rotheram 'doesn't want to fall out' with Joe Anderson over metro mayor job Liam Murphy 23 May 2016 Liverpool Echo Endorsements Joe Anderson Louise Ellman, MP for Liverpool Riverside (1997–present) Stephen Twigg, MP for Liverpool West Derby (2010–present), Enfield Southgate (1997–2005) Peter Dowd, MP for Bootle (2015–present) Phil Davies, Leader of Wirral Council Andy Moorhead, Leader of Knowsley Council Phil Redmond, English television producer and screenwriterhttps://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/brookside-creator-phil-redmond-backs-11420855 Brookside creator Phil Redmond backs Joe Anderson to be metro mayor Liam Murphy 3 June 2016 Liverpool Echo Steve Rotheram Bill Esterson, MP for Sefton Central (2010–present)Bill_Esterson Bill Esterson 741231262464135168 10 June 2016 Support for @steve4LCRmayor from @IronMenCrosby #believeinsteve Barrie Grunewald, Leader of St Helens Council Sue Johnston, English actor.https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/actor-sue-johnson-backs-steve-11415560 Actor Sue Johnson backs Steve Rotheram in Labour's metro mayor race Liam Murphy 1 June 2016 Liverpool Echo Peter Kilfoyle, MP for Liverpool Walton (1991–2010)https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2016/aug/05/peter-kilfoyle-liverpool-labour-momentum-jeremy-corbyn Peter Kilfoyle: "Something is going wrong in Liverpool" McAskill Ewen 5 August 2016 theguardian.com 10 August 2016 Membership ballot The results of the selection were announced on 10 August 2016. Turnout was 72%, with 4,955 votes cast, and 83 invalid votes.https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/labour-metro-mayor-candidate-decision-11728366 Steve Rotheram selected as Labour metro mayor candidate: re-read Liam Murphy Ben Turner-LE 5 May 2017 Liverpool Echo +First round Candidate Votes Percentage Steve Rotheram 2,029 40.9 DC241f 40.9% Joe Anderson 1,641 33.1 DC241f 33.1% Luciana Berger 1,202 24.2 DC241f 24.2% Second roundSteve Rotheram 2,670 59.8 DC241f 59.8%Joe Anderson 2,042 41.2 DC241f 41.2% See also Greater Manchester Labour Party mayoral selection, 2016 London Labour Party mayoral selection, 2015 References External links Liverpool Labour Party website Category:2010s in Merseyside Category:Elections in Merseyside Category:Labour Party (UK) primaries Category:History of the Labour Party (UK)