Mayor of Middlesbrough
Directly elected mayor of the Middlesbrough
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The Mayor of Middlesbrough is the executive mayor of the borough of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England. The incumbent since 2023 is Chris Cooke.[1]
StyleNo courtesy title or style
AppointerElectorate of Middlesbrough
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderRay Mallon
| Mayor of Middlesbrough | |
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| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate of Middlesbrough |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Ray Mallon |
Referendums
2001
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Elected Mayor |
29,067 | 84 |
| Cabinet System | 5,537 | 16 |
| Invalid or blank votes | 167 | 0.48 |
| Total votes | 34,656 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 101,930 | 34 |
| Source: Local Government Chronicle News[2] | ||
2013
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Elected Mayor |
8,674 | 57.25 |
| Cabinet System | 6,455 | 42.75 |
| Invalid or blank votes | 27 | 0.0017 |
| Total votes | 15,156 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 100,629 | 15 |
| Source: Middlesbrough City Council[3] | ||
Election results
2002
| Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 2 May 2002[4] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Independent | Ray Mallon | 26,362 | 62.8% |
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| Labour | Sylvia Connolly | 9,653 | 23.0% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Joseph Michna | 3,820 | 9.1% |
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| Conservative | Ronald Darby | 1,510 | 3.6% |
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| Socialist Alliance | Jeffrey Fowler | 352 | 0.8% |
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| Independent | James Jones | 297 | 0.7% |
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| Independent win | |||||||||
2007
| Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 3 May 2007[5] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Independent | Ray Mallon | 17,455 | 58.7% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Joseph Michna | 7,026 | 23.6% |
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| Labour | Charles Rooney | 3,539 | 11.9% |
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| Conservative | Dorothy Smith | 1,833 | 6.2% |
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| Turnout | 30,779 | 30.87 | ||||||
| Independent hold | ||||||||
2011
| Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 5 May 2011[6] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Independent | Ray Mallon | 17,917 | 50.4% |
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| Labour | Michael John Carr | 11,405 | 32.1% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Chris Foote-Wood | 3,256 | 9.2% |
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| Conservative | Christopher Nolan-Cole | 3,001 | 8.4% |
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| Turnout | 35,579 | 36.62 | ||||||
| Independent hold | ||||||||
2015
| Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 7 May 2015[7] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Dave Budd | 16,680 | 33.8% | 2,858 | 19,538 | 50.3% |
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| Independent | Andy Preston | 14,265 | 28.9% | 5,017 | 19,282 | 49.7% |
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| Independent | David Roberts | 5,803 | 11.8% |
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| Independent | Michael John Carr | 5,549 | 11.2% |
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| Conservative | Lloyd Cole-Nolan | 3,844 | 7.8% |
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| Independent | Len Junier | 3,207 | 6.5% |
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| Turnout | 51,427 | 53.0 | ||||||
| Labour gain from Independent | ||||||||
2019
| Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 2 May 2019[8] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Independent | Andy Preston | 17,418 | 59.2% |
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| Labour | Mick Thompson | 6,692 | 22.7% |
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| Independent | Gary Badger | 2,940 | 10% |
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| Conservative | Ken Hall | 2,382 | 8.1% |
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| Turnout | 30,031 | 31.71 | ||||||
| Independent gain from Labour | ||||||||
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Chris Cooke | 10,956 | 40.2 |  17.5 | |
| Independent | Andy Preston | 10,196 | 37.4 |  21.8 | |
| Independent | Jon Rathmell | 3,102 | 11.4 | New | |
| Conservative | John Cooper | 2,997 | 11.0 | 2.9 | |
| Turnout | 27,479 | 27.75 | 3.96 | ||
| Labour Co-op gain from Independent | {{{swing}}} | ||||
