Dan Whelan
Joanne Anderson has been elected to lead the city council, beating off competition from independent candidate Stephen Yip to replace Joe Anderson who resigned from the post after his arrest last December.
Joanne Anderson, who is no relation to the former mayor, claimed victory with 46,493 votes compared to Yip’s 32,079.
“I am so proud and honoured to be the first black woman directly elected as mayor in the UK, and our city’s first-ever female leader.” Anderson said.
“Liverpool has always been a city of firsts, one that does things differently and that charters its own path. Today, we made history.”
As a city, Liverpool has had quite the year.
From becoming the epicentre of the devastating second wave of Covid-19, to holding the first city-wide mass testing operation for the virus, it has been a turbulent time.
Politically there have been plenty of headlines too, with an arrested mayor and council officers and an inspection report that has led to government commissioners being sent to oversee dysfunctional departments of the city council.
This week promises to be another that will live long in the memory as Liverpool goes to the polls for the most unpredictable city elections in more than a decade.
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