Mayor of Salford

Mayor of Salford
Incumbent Paul Dennett since 6 May 2016
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Salford
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Ian Stewart
Formation	2012
Website	http://citymayor.salford.gov.uk

The Mayor of Salford is a directly elected post created in 2012 for the City of Salford in Greater Manchester.^[1] The position is different from the long-existing and largely ceremonial, annually appointed civic mayor of Salford.

Referendum

A petition of 10,500 Salford residents, started by the English Democrats, on a referendum on the creation of a directly elected mayor. triggered the process of establishing a directly elected Mayor for Salford.^[2] The poll was held on 26 January 2012.

Mayor of Salford referendum 26 January 2012
Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	17,344	55.92
Cabinet System	13,653	44.08
Valid votes	30,997	99.70
Invalid or blank votes	94	0.30
Total votes	31,091	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	171,790	18.09
Source: Salford City Council[3]

Elections

2012

In the first election for a directly elected mayor in May 2012, Ian Stewart, a Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eccles from 1997 until 2010, was elected.^[4] During the campaign controversy surrounded Independent candidate Paul Massey who stated that he is not a criminal, after he was arrested in connection with allegations of money laundering. ^[5]

Salford Mayoral Election 3 May 2012 [6]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Labour	Ian Stewart	20,663	46.04%	2,796	23,459	​ ​
	Conservative	Karen Garrido	8,055	17.96%	2,016	10,071	​ ​
	UKIP	Bernard Gill	3,368	7.50%			​ ​
	Independent	Pat Ward	2,665	5.94%			​ ​
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Owen	2,148	4.79%			​ ​
	BNP	Edward O'Sullivan	2,026	4.51%			​ ​
	Independent	Paul Massey	1,995	4.45%			​ ​
	English Democrats	Michael Felse	1,616	3.60%			​ ​
	Green	Joseph O'Neill	1,273	2.84%			​ ​
	Community Action	Michael Moulding	1,065	2.37%			​ ​
	Labour win

2016

Salford Mayoral Election 5 May 2016 [7][8]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Labour	Paul Dennett	24,209	49.6%	4,123	28,332	​ ​
	Conservative	Robin Garrido	11,810	24.2%	2,674	14,484	​ ​
	UKIP	Owen Hammond	8,668	17.7%			​ ​
	Green	Wendy Olsen	4,158	8.5%			​ ​
	Labour win

List of Mayors

Political party		Name	Entered office	Left office
	Labour	Ian Stewart	May 2012	May 2016
	Labour	Paul Dennett	May 2016	Incumbent

References

1. "Salford referendum votes for directly elected mayor". BBC. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
2. "Salford set to vote on elected mayor after petition handed in". BBC. 29 July 2011.
3. "Mayoral Referendum result: 26 January 2012". Salford Borough Council. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
4. "Labour's Ian Stewart is Salford's first directly-elected mayor". BBC. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
5. "BBC News - Salford mayor candidate Paul Massey 'not a criminal'". Bbc.co.uk. 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
6. "Labour's Ian Stewart is Salford's first directly-elected mayor". BBC News. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
7. "City Mayor election - Thursday 5 May 2016". Salford City Council. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
8. "Salford mayor named as Paul Dennett". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2016.