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Elected Mayors

Volume 454: debated on Monday 4 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what referendums have been held for elected mayors since the relevant provisions of the Local Government Act 2000 came into force; what the percentage turnout of the electorate was in each case; and what the percentage of those (a) in favour and (b) against a mayoral election was in each case. (105953)

The following tables show results of referendums.

Mayoral referendums 2001 to date

Summary of results

'YES' results

12

'NO' results

22

Total

34

Detailed breakdown

Result

Date

Council

Yes

Percentage

No

Percentage

Turnout (%)

7 June 2001

Berwick-upon-Tweed

3,617

26

10,212

74

64

28 June 2001

Cheltenham

8,083

33

16,602

67

32

28 June 2001

Gloucester

7,731

32

16,317

68

31

12 July 2001

Watford

7,636

52

7,140

48

25

20 September 2001

Doncaster

35,453

65

19,398

35

25

4 October 2001

Kirklees

10,169

27

27,977

73

13

11 October 2001

Sunderland

9,375

43

12,209

57

10

18 October 2001

Brighton and Hove

22,724

38

37,214

62

32

18 October 2001

Hartlepool

10,667

51

10,294

49

34

18 October 2001

Lewisham

16,822

51

15,914

49

18

18 October 2001

Middlesbrough

29,067

84

5,422

16

34

18 October 2001

North Tyneside

30,262

58

22,296

42

36

18 October 2001

Sedgefield

10,628

47

11,869

53

33

8 November 2001

Redditch

7,250

44

9,198

56

28

20 November 2001

Durham (City)

8,327

41

11,974

59

29

6 December 2001

Harrow

17,502

43

23,554

57

26

24 January 2002

Plymouth

29,559

41

42,811

59

40

24 January 2002

Harlow

5,296

25

15,490

75

35

31 January 2002

Newham

27,263

68

12,687

32

26

31 January 2002

Southwark

6,054

31

13,217

69

11

31 January 2002

West Devon

3,555

23

12,190

77

42

31 January 2002

Shepway

11,357

44

14,438

56

36

21 February 2002

Bedford

11,316

67

5,537

33

16

2 May 2002

Hackney

24,697

70

10,547

30

32

2 May 2002

Mansfield

8,973

55

7,350

45

21

2 May 2002

Newcastle-under-Lyme

12,912

44

16,468

56

32

2 May 2002

Oxford

14,692

44

18,686

56

34

2 May 2002

Stoke on Trent

28,601

58

20,578

42

27

1 October 2002

Corby

5,351

46

6,239

54

31

12 December 2002

Ealing

9,454

45

11,655

55

10

5 May 2005

Isle of Wight

28,786

44

37,097

56

62

14 May 2005

Fenland

5,509

24

17,296

76

34

14 July 2005

Torbay

18,074

55

14,682

45

32

4 May 2006

Crewe and Nantwich

11,808

38

18,768

61

35