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The 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The supplementary vote system was used to elect the mayor for a four-year term of office. Subsequent elections will be held in May 2025 and every four years thereafter. The election was held alongside a full election for Cambridge City Council, the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Cambridgeshire County Council and one-third of Peterborough City Council.[1][2][3]
Background
The mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough serves as the directly elected leader of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The mayor has power over investment directly to the combined authority from the government of £20 million a year for 30 years from 2017. The mayor does not incorporate the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner into the post.
In the 2017 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election, the Conservative candidate James Palmer was elected with 38.0% of the vote in the first round and 56.9% of the second round vote. The Liberal Democrat candidate Rod Cantrill came in second place with 23.5% of the first round vote and 43.1% of the second round vote, with Labour in third place with 18.6% of the first round vote.[4]
Electoral system
The election used a supplementary vote system, in which voters may express a first and second preference for candidates. As there are only three candidates, the process would proceed:
- If a candidate receives more than 50% of the first preference vote, that candidate wins
- If no candidate receives more than 50% of first preference votes, the candidate in third place will be eliminated and their votes redistributed according to second preference votes to the remaining two candidates
- The candidate who then has the highest overall total of votes cast is declared the Elected Mayor.[5][6]
Candidates
Three candidates stood for election.[7] The Green Party said that they weren't fielding a candidate in order to focus on council elections.[8]
Conservative Party
James Palmer was standing for re-election. He was previously a leader of East Cambridgeshire District Council.[9]
Labour Party
Nik Johnson, a children's doctor at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, was their candidate. He had been the party's parliamentary candidate for Huntingdon in 2015 and 2017, and has served as a district councillor since 2018.[9] He defeated Cambridge city councillor Katie Thornburrow in a vote of party members in November 2020.[10]
Liberal Democrats
Aidan Van de Weyer, the deputy leader of South Cambridgeshire District Council, was their candidate.[11]
Campaign
Palmer, the Conservative candidate, supported a proposed Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro project that would connect towns and villages across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough using driverless pods. The Liberal Democrat candidate, Aidan Van de Weyer, opposed the project and the Labour candidate, Nik Johnson, said he would cancel the whole project.[12][13][14] Van de Weyer and Johnson opposed plans considered by Palmer to build new garden villages to help fund the metro project.[12][15]
Palmer said he was delivering bus franchising. Van de Weyer and Johnson also supported bus franchising, and Van de Weyer said Palmer's claims about progressing the process were "hollow" given a lack of progress.[16] All three candidates opposed the construction of an incinerator in Wisbech.[17][18]
Results
Overall
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Nik Johnson | 76,106 | 32.8% | 37,888 | 113,994 | 51.3 |
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| Conservative | James Palmer | 93,942 | 40.5% | 14,253 | 108,195 | 48.7 |
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| Liberal Democrats | Aidan Van der Weyer | 61,885 | 26.7% |
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| Turnout | 231,933 | 37.0% | ||||||
By local authority
Cambridge
| 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election (Cambridge) | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Nik Johnson | 19,585 | 50.7% | 8,875 | 28,460 | 76.9% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Aidan Van der Weyer | 12,787 | 33.1% |
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| Conservative | James Palmer | 6,284 | 16.3% | 2,260 | 8,544 | 23.1% |
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| Turnout | 38,656 | 41.1% | ||||||
East Cambridgeshire
| 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election (East Cambridgeshire) | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | James Palmer | 10,408 | 44.3% | 1,444 | 11,852 | 53.6% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Aidan Van der Weyer | 7,779 | 33.1% |
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| Labour | Nik Johnson | 5,323 | 22.6% | 4,929 | 10,252 | 46.4% |
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| Turnout | 23,510 | 35.8% | ||||||
Fenland
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | James Palmer | 14,494 | 65.2% | 780 | 15,274 | 70.0% |
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| Labour | Nik Johnson | 5,129 | 23.1% | 1,228 | 6,357 | 30.0% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Aidan Van der Weyer | 2,593 | 11.7% |
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| Turnout | 22,216 | 29.7% | ||||||
Huntingdonshire
| 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election (Huntingdonshire) | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | James Palmer | 21,824 | 47.3% | 2,707 | 24,531 | 54.9% |
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| Labour | Nik Johnson | 15,142 | 32.8% | 4,997 | 20,139 | 45.1% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Aidan Van der Weyer | 9,199 | 19.9% |
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| Turnout | 46,165 | 34.8% | ||||||
Peterborough
| 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election (Peterborough) | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | James Palmer | 22,465 | 47.7% | 1,703 | 24,168 | 52.5 |
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| Labour | Nik Johnson | 18,889 | 40.1% | 2,946 | 21,835 | 46.5 |
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| Liberal Democrats | Aidan Van der Weyer | 5,776 | 12.3% |
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| Turnout | 47,130 | 33.9% | ||||||
South Cambridgeshire
| 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election (South Cambridgeshire) | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Aidan Van der Weyer | 23,751 | 43.8% |
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| Conservative | James Palmer | 18,467 | 34.0% | 5,359 | 23,826 | 46.9 |
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| Labour | Nik Johnson | 12,038 | 22.2% | 14,933 | 26,971 | 53.1 |
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| Turnout | 54,256 | 45.0% | ||||||
See also
- 2021 Cambridgeshire County Council election
- 2021 Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner election
References
- ^ "Local Elections 2020". Peterborough City Council.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Elections in 2020". Cambridge City Council.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Police and Crime Commissioner elections". The Electoral Commission.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Mayor of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough". BBC. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
- ^ "Choosing an elected mayor for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough". ITV News. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ John Hill (2021). Election of Mayor for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. John Hill.
- ^ "Choosing an elected mayor for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough". ITV News. 9 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Green Party won't contest mayoral and crime chief elections in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral elections: The candidates who say they will be standing". BBC News. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Labour selects NHS doctor as candidate for Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough election". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Veale, Andy (6 June 2020). "Cambridgeshire Lib Dems announce candidate to take on 'aggressive' mayor". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Cambridgeshire mayoral candidate vows to scrap 'foolish' £4bn Metro". Construction News. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Hatton, Benjamin (26 March 2021). "Labour pledge to halt Cambridgeshire metro plans if elected". CambridgeshireLive. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ elworthy, john (25 March 2021). "Labour's stark warning on Cam Metro". Ely Standard. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Mayor's plan for new garden villages to pay for metro is 'barmy', claims opponent". Cambridge Independent. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Bus franchise system will be delivered in Peterborough says Metro Mayor". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Trio fighting for role as Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor back Wisbech anti-incinerator campaign". Fenland Citizen. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ Hepburn, Louise (24 March 2021). "All Cambs mayor candidates say they oppose Wisbech incinerator". Wisbech Standard. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
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