Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent

The Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent was an executive mayoralty that existed from 2002 to 2009,[1] when the executive of Stoke-on-Trent City Council was a directly elected mayor. The authority was unique in being the only authority in England with an elected mayor and council manager.[2] The first mayor was Mike Wolfe, a former manager of the Citizen's Advice Bureau in the city. He had stood as an independent, but was defeated by Mark Meredith representing the Labour Party in 2005.[3] A referendum was held on 24 October 2008. Residents voted in favour of a return to the council leader and cabinet system.[4] There was controversy when it was revealed three years later that plans to close a swimming pool in the city had been agreed privately by the former mayor.[5]

Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent
AppointerElectorate of Stoke-on-Trent
PrecursorCouncil Leader
Formation2002
First holderMike Wolfe
Final holderMark Meredith
Abolished2009
SuccessionCouncil Leader

Referendum

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2002

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Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent referendum
2 May 2002
Choice Votes %
  Elected Mayor 28,601 58.2
Cabinet System 20,578 41.8
Required majority 50
Total votes 49,179 100.00
Source: House of Commons Library[6]

2008

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Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent referendum
23 October 2008
Choice Votes %
  Cabinet System 21,231 59
Elected Mayor 14,592 41
Required majority 50
Total votes 35,823 100.00
Source: This is Staffordshire[7]

2002

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Stoke-on-Trent Mayoral Election 17 October 2002 [8]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Mayor 4 Stoke Mike Wolfe 9,356 21.3% 3,337 12,693 50.6%
Labour George Stevenson 9,752 22.2% 2,627 12,379 49.4%
BNP Steven Batkin 8,213 18.7%
Conservative Roger Ibbs 4,417 10.0%
Independent Geoffery Snow 3,975 9.0%
Liberal Democrats Fred Morrow 1,826 5.5%
Independent Paul Breeze 1,349 3.1%
Independent Patricia Whitehouse 1,280 2.9%
Independent Graham Wilkes 1,157 2.6%
Adrian Knapper Independent Party Adrian Knapper 708 1.6%
Independent Harry Chesters 453 1.0%
Mayor 4 Stoke win

2005

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Stoke-on-Trent Mayoral Election, 5 May 2005 [9]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Mark Meredith 27,253 32.9% 9,708 36,961 61.5%
Conservative Roger Ibbs 16,211 19.5% 6,919 23,130 38.5%
Supports Green Shoots Mike Wolfe 15,882 19.1%
BNP Steven Batkin 15,776 19.0%
Independent Gary Chevin 4,505 5.4%
Independent Justine Harvey 1,955 2.4%
Independent Gary Falconer 1,368 1.6%
Labour gain from Mayor 4 Stoke

List of mayors

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References

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  1. ^ "Staffordshire Live - Latest local news, sport & business from Staffordshire".
  2. ^ "Mayor 'No' vote would be ignored". 19 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Mayoral battle is won by Labour". 6 May 2005.
  4. ^ http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/breaking-news-city-votes-scrap-elected-mayor/story-12552564-detail/story.html [dead link]
  5. ^ "Ex-Stoke mayor Mark Meredith agreed Dimensions pool closure". BBC News. 23 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Referendum Result: City votes to scrap elected mayor". This is Staffordshire. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Wolfe savours mayoral fight". The Guardian. 17 October 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Local and Mayoral Elections 2005" (PDF). House of Commons library. Retrieved 23 December 2012.