East Midlands mayoral election 2024 results in full

Simon Coyle

3 May 2024 at 11:49 am·2-min read

The first mayoral election has taken place in the East Midlands -Credit:Getty Images

People across parts of the East Midlands have cast their vote in the region's first mayoral elections.

Those registered to vote in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire were allowed to vote in the election. The winner will be the mayor of the new East Midlands Combined County Authority which covers Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham City Council, Derbyshire County Council and Derby City Council..

Mayors are typically elected for a period of four years, with no limit to the number of terms served. The candidates who stood in this year's mayoral election were Ben Bradley (Conservative), Alan Graves (Reform), Frank Adlington-Stringer (Green), Matt Relf (Independent), Helen Tamblyn-Saville (Liberal Democrats) and Claire Ward (Labour and Co-op).

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The East Midlands mayor has powers and responsibilities in relation to transport, economic development, provision of skills training and housing.

The vote took place simultaneously with local elections which are taking place across England.

The election was won by Labour’s Claire Ward who had a majority of over 50,000. Here are the results in full:

Frank Adlington-Stringer, Green Party, 50,666
Ben Bradley, The Conservative Party Candidate, 129,332
Alan Graves, Reform UK, 49,201
Matt Relf, Independent, 23,359
Helen Louise Tamblyn-Saville, Liberal Democrat, 15,970
Claire Margaret Ward, Labour and Co-operative Party, 181,040

The East Midlands mayoral election was held on the same day as the local elections, with more than 2,500 council seats up for grabs across 107 local authorities in England.

Mayoral elections took place in West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North East, London, West Yorkshire and Salford.

There were also police and crime commissioner elections across England and Wales - but not in Greater Manchester, London, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

May's local elections are the last big electoral test for all the political parties before the general election, which is expected to take place later this year.

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