English mayoral elections and referendums
On 3 May 2012 Liverpool and Salford held elections for directly-elected mayors.
Full results are listed below.
Liverpool: Joe Anderson (Labour) elected | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st pref | % |
Turnout: 98,507 (30.8%) | |||
Joe Anderson | Labour | 58,448 | 59.33 |
Liam Fogarty | Independent | 8,292 | 8.42 |
Richard Kemp | Liberal Democrats | 6,238 | 6.33 |
John Coyne | Green Party | 5,175 | 5.25 |
Tony Mulhearn | TUSC | 4,792 | 4.86 |
Stephen Radford | Liberal | 4,442 | 4.51 |
Tony Caldeira | Conservative | 4,425 | 4.49 |
Adam Heatherington | UKIP | 2,352 | 2.39 |
Paul Rimmer | English Democrats | 1,400 | 1.42 |
Jeff Berman | Liverpool Independent Party | 1,362 | 1.38 |
Mike Whitby | BNP | 1,015 | 1.03 |
Peter Tierney | National Front | 566 | 0.57 |
In Salford, second preference votes were used to elect the mayor as no single candidate received more than 50% of first preferences.
Salford: Ian Stewart (Labour) elected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second round | ||||
| Candidate | Party | Final total | % | Status |
Turnout: 44,881 (26%) | ||||
Ian Stewart | Labour | 23,459 | 69.9 | Elected |
Karen Garrido | Conservative | 10,078 | 30.1 | |
First round | ||||
Candidate | Party | 1st pref | % | 2nd pref |
Ian Stewart | Labour | 20,663 | 46.04 | 2,796 |
Karen Garrido | Conservative | 8,062 | 17.96 | 2,016 |
Bernard Gill | UKIP | 3,368 | 7.5 | |
Pat Ward | Independent | 2,665 | 5.94 | |
Norman Owen | Liberal Democrat | 2,148 | 4.79 | |
Edward O'Sullivan | British National Party | 2,026 | 4.51 | |
Paul Massey | Independent | 1,995 | 4.45 | |
Michael Felse | English Democrat | 1,616 | 3.6 | |
Joe O'Neill | Green Party | 1,273 | 2.84 | |
Michael Moulding | Community Action Party | 1,065 | 2.37 | |

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