Category: The North

Black circles show relative populations of each metro mayor city region; turnout and party of winner shown by coloured circle (added when result available)

	New metro mayor	Turnout	Population
West Midlands	Andy Street, Conservative	26.3%	2.83m
Greater Manchester	Andy Burnham, Labour	28.6%	2.76m
Liverpool City Region	Steve Rotheram, Labour	25.9%	1.52m
West of England	Tim Bowles, Conservative	29.3%	909,000
Peterborough and Cambridgeshire	James Palmer,  Conservative	32.9%	841,000
Tees Valley	Ben Houchen, Conservative	21%	667,000

Average turnout adjusted by population: 27%

The results are in from the six metro mayor votes held yesterday, with results and turnout mapped above. But as noted in yesterday’s post and map, the six city regions have a combined population of 9.53m compared with Greater London’s 8.67m, with their combined economies producing just 57% of the capital’s output. Continue reading “For three metro mayors, it’s going to be all about the economy”

Relative economic outputs (coloured circles) and populations (black circles) of six metro mayor city regions, as well as Greater London

Today, people in six metropolitan areas with a total population of 9.53m are voting for  new metro mayors, more than Greater London’s 8.67m. But despite the elections covering many of provincial England’s biggest and richest cities, their combined economies generate just 57% of London’s. Continue reading “Six new metro mayors’ economies worth just 57% of London’s”