Directly elected mayor of Doncaster
| Mayor of Doncaster | |
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| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate of Doncaster |
| Inaugural holder | Martin Winter |
| Formation | 2 May 2002 |
The Mayor of Doncaster is a directly elected mayor, first elected on 2 May 2002, taking on the executive function of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.[1] The incumbent mayor is Ros Jones elected as a member of the Labour Party, who won the election held on 2 May 2013. The position is different from the long-existing and largely ceremonial, annually appointed mayors who are now known as the civic mayor of Doncaster.[2]
In May 2012, voters decided in a referendum to keep the position of directly elected Mayor.[3]
Referendum
2001
An all postal ballot was held on 20 September 2001 on whether to establish an executive Mayor resulting in a majority of the electorate voting in favour.
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
 Elected Mayor |
35,453 | 65 |
| Cabinet System | 19,398 | 35 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Total votes | 54,851 | 100.00 |
2012
A referendum was held after being triggered by the councils' ruling Labour group on the retention of the Mayor system or reverting to the previous Leader and Cabinet system. The results of the referendum were in favour of retaining the Mayor.
| Choice | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Elected Mayor |
42,196 | 61.7 |
| Cabinet System | 25,879 | 37.8 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Valid votes | 68,075 | 99.63 |
| Invalid or blank votes | 255 | 0.37 |
| Total votes | 68,630 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters and turnout | 223,404 | 30.72 |
| Source: Doncaster Council[4] | ||
Elections
In the elections of 2002 and 2005, Martin Winter won the mayoralty.
2002
| Doncaster Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [5] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | |
| Labour | Martin Winter | 21,494 | 36.75% | 4,213 | 25,707 |
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| Conservative | Andrew Burden | 9,000 | 15.39% | 3,707 | 12,707 |
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| Community Group | Jessie Credland | 8,469 | 14.48% |
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| Independent | Michael Maye | 7,502 | 12.83% |
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| Liberal Democrat | Graham Newman | 5,150 | 8.81% |
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| Independent | Terry Wilcox | 4,036 | 6.90% |
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| Independent | Shafiq Ahmad Khan | 2,836 | 4.85% |
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| Turnout | 58,487 | 27.02 | |||||
| Registered electors | 216,097 | ||||||
| Labour win | |||||||
2005
| Doncaster Council Mayoral Election 5 May 2005 [6] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | |
| Labour | Martin Winter | 40,015 | 36.72% | 5,727 | 45,742 |
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| Independent | Michael Maye | 27,304 | 25.06% | 10,004 | 37,308 |
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| Conservative | Raymond Bartlett | 12,533 | 11.50% |
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| Community Group | Jessie Credland | 10,263 | 9.42% |
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| Independent | Michael Cooper | 7,773 | 7.13% |
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| BNP | David Owen | 6,128 | 5.62% |
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| Green | Richard Rolt | 4,930 | 4.52% |
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| Turnout | 108,946 | 53.54 | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 7,569 | 0.92 | |||||
| Total votes | 116,515 | 54.46 | |||||
| Registered electors | 234,514 | ||||||
| Labour hold | |||||||
2009
The third mayoral election was held on 4 June 2009, the same day as the Elections to the European Parliament. Peter Davies of the English Democrats won. Placing second in terms of first preference votes, Davies beat Michael Maye, an independent with backing from the Liberal Democrats and Green Party,[7] after second preference votes were counted.
| Doncaster Mayoral Election 4 June 2009 [8] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | |
| English Democrat | Peter Davies | 16,961 | 22.5% | 8,383 | 25,344 |
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| Independent | Michael Maye | 17,150 | 22.8% | 7,840 | 24,990 |
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| Labour | Sandra Holland | 16,549 | 22.0% |
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| Conservative | Jonathan Wood | 12,198 | 16.2% |
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| BNP | David Owen | 8,175 | 10.9% |
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| Community Group | Stuart Exelby | 2,152 | 2.9% |
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| Independent | Michael Felse | 2,051 | 2.7% |
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| English Democrat gain from Labour | |||||||
2013
The fourth mayoral election took place on 2 May 2013.
| Doncaster Mayoral Election 2 May 2013 [9][10] | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | |
| Labour | Ros Jones | 21,996 | 35.8% | 3,368 | 25,364 |
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| Independent | Peter Davies | 21,406 | 34.9% | 3,319 | 24,725 |
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| English Democrat | David Allen | 4,615 | 7.5% |
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| Independent | Michael Maye | 4,557 | 7.4% |
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| Conservative | Martin Drake | 2,811 | 4.6% |
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| TUSC | Mary Jackson | 1,916 | 3.1% |
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| Liberal Democrat | John Brown | 1,122 | 1.8% |
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| Independent | Tony Ward | 1,110 | 1.8% |
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| National Front | Dave Owen | 1,066 | 1.7% |
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| Save Your Services | Doug Wright | 786 | 1.3% |
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| Labour gain from English Democrat | |||||||
List of elected mayors
| Political party | Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour (2002–2008) |
Martin Winter |  |
2 May 2002 | 4 June 2009 | |
| Independent (from 2008) | |||||
| English Democrats (2009-2013) |
Peter Davies | 4 June 2009 | 2 May 2013 | ||
| Independent (from 2013) | |||||
| Labour | Ros Jones |  |
2 May 2013 | Incumbent | |
References
- ↑ http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/mayor/
- ↑ "Mayors of Doncaster". Doncaster History. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ↑ "Doncaster Council online". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ↑ "Doncaster Council online". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ↑ "Mayoral Election Results". London: The Guardian. 3 May 2002.
- ↑ "Mayoral Election Results 2005". Doncaster Council.
- ↑ "Mayoral hopefuls' mini-manifestos". BBC News. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ↑ "Mayoral Election 2009 Results, results of Thursday, 4th June 2009 Election". Doncaster Council. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ↑
- ↑ "Mayoral results for Doncaster". BBC News. 30 April 2013.