2017 West Midlands mayoral election

2017 West Midlands mayoral election

4 May 2017 2021 →
Turnout	523,201 (26.7%)
Candidate Andy Street Siôn Simon Party Conservative Labour Co-op 1st Round vote 216,280 210,259 Percentage 41.9% 40.8% 2nd Round vote 238,628 234,862 Percentage 50.4% 49.6%   Candidate Beverley Nielsen Pete Durnell Party Liberal Democrats UKIP 1st Round vote 30,378 29,051 Percentage 5.9% 5.6%
Second round by local authorities First round by local authorities
Mayor before election Position established Elected Mayor Andy Street Conservative

The inaugural West Midlands mayoral election was held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West Midlands, with subsequent elections to be held every four years from May 2020. The election took place alongside five elections for English metro mayors and other local elections, and ahead of the general election on 8 June 2017.

The contest was the first election for a governing body covering the entire West Midlands since the 1981 West Midlands County Council election, the former West Midlands County Council having been dissolved in 1986. Police and crime commissioner elections had taken in 2012, 2014 and 2016 with Labour winning those contests decisively.

The election was won by Conservative Andy Street, beating Labour's Siôn Simon in the final round by 50.4% to 49.6% with a turnout of 26.7%. The result was seen as a shock in what has been considered a Labour heartland.^[1]