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The public has re-elected Labour’s Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram as Mayor of Greater Manchester and Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, respectively, and now they can serve a further three years in post.
The winning mayoral candidates were announced today after voters flocked to the polls on Thursday. This year’s elections saw landslide victories for the two mayors, with Burnham scooping up 473,024 of the votes – 67% of the total 702,784 cast – and Rotheram winnig 198,726 votes.
In Greater Manchester, Burnham was up against eight other candidates: Laura Evans (Conservatives); Simon Lepori (Liberal Democrats); Melanie Horrocks (Green Party); Marcus Farmer (Independent); Stephen Morris (English Democrats); Nick Buckley (Reform UK); Alec Marvel (Independent), and David Sutcliffe (Independent).
Greater Manchester and Salford mayor elections 2021 results as Andy Burnham wins
Results for the Greater Manchester mayoral and Salford city mayor elections - follow the latest updates
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Play now The count in the Greater Manchester mayoral and Salford city mayor elections has taken place as Andy Burnham was re-elected in Greater Manchester and Paul Dennett in Salford.
The Greater Manchester election, which took place on Thursday, had originally been scheduled to take place last May - but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Counting of the ballot papers got underway on Saturday morning with the result announced this afternoon.
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