Mayor of Copeland
The Mayor of Copeland is a directly elected mayoralty, first elected on 7 May 2015, taking on the executive function of Copeland Borough Council in Cumbria, England. The current mayor is Mike Starkie, a conservative.
| Mayor of Copeland | |
|---|---|
Incumbent Mike Starkie | |
| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate of Copeland |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Mike Starkie |
| Formation | May 2014 referendum |
| Deputy | Lena Hogg |
| Salary | £50,000 [1] |
| Website | http://www.copelandbc.gov.uk/section/mike-starkie-elected-mayor |
Referendum
A petition to change the status of the borough from one with a leader and cabinet to one with an executive mayor was submitted in February 2014. On 22 May 2014, a referendum was held (concurrent with elections to the European Parliament), at which voters opted to change to a mayoral system.[2]
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Elected Mayor |
12,671 | 69.8 |
| Cabinet System | 5,489 | 30.2 |
| Total votes | 18,160 | 100.00 |
2015 election
The election was initially planned for October 2014, but this was later delayed to May 2015 to save money.[3] The contest took place on the same day as the election of borough councillors and the UK general election.
| Copeland mayoral election 7 May 2015 [4] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Independent | Mike Starkie | 9,836 | 30.5% | 5,397 | 15,233 | 51.2% |
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| Labour | Steve Gibbons | 12,867 | 39.9% | 1,662 | 14,529 | 48.8% |
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| Conservative | Chris Whiteside | 9,509 | 29.5% |
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| Turnout | 32,212 | ||||||||
| Independent win | |||||||||
2019 election
| Copeland mayoral election 2 May 2019 [5] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Independent | Mike Starkie | 10,008 | 57% |
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| Labour | Linda Jones-Bulman | 4,544 | 26% |
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| Conservative | Gerard McGrath | 2,895 | 17% |
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| Turnout | 17,447 | |||||||
| Independent hold | ||||||||
References
- "Copeland mayor to get £20k pay rise - NW Evening Mail". Nwemail.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-05.
- "Mayoral referendum" (PDF). Copeland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- "News & Star | News | Copeland mayor election put back to May next year". Newsandstar.co.uk. 2014-06-21. Archived from the original on 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- "Copeland chooses Mike Starkie as first elected mayor - BBC News". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
- "Copeland Mayoral - Thursday, 2nd May, 2019". Copeland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
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