Mayoral Elections

The last government vandalised the way we elect our Mayors - and now we're seeing the damage.

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We always used to be able to put down a second choice as a backup when picking who becomes our mayors. It meant candidates had to be broadly popular to win, but not anymore.

The last Government snuck in a clause to strip us of this power as they rushed through the Elections Act in 2022.

Now we’re seeing the damage, with mayors being elected on low shares of the vote – when the majority didn’t want them.

In Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Conservative Paul Bristow was elected with just 28.36% of the vote.
In the West of England, Labour’s Helen Godwin won with a mere 24.97%.

English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill

The government has announced in its English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill that it will be scrapping First Past the Post (FPTP) for mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections and reinstating the more representative Supplementary Vote (SV) system.