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| Liverpool mayoral election: Joe Anderson wins second term | Liverpool mayoral election: Joe Anderson wins second term |
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| Labour's Joe Anderson has won a second term as mayor of Liverpool on the sixth anniversary of his election as city council leader. | |
| Mr Anderson became the city's first directly-elected mayor in 2012 and has comfortably retained his position. | Mr Anderson became the city's first directly-elected mayor in 2012 and has comfortably retained his position. |
| Labour also retained control of Halton, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral councils. | Labour also retained control of Halton, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral councils. |
| The results are due later from elections in Knowsley and Liverpool as well as for Merseyside's police and crime commissioner. | The results are due later from elections in Knowsley and Liverpool as well as for Merseyside's police and crime commissioner. |
| Mr Anderson became leader of the Labour group on Liverpool City Council in 2003, and headed the council when the party regained control in May 2010. | Mr Anderson became leader of the Labour group on Liverpool City Council in 2003, and headed the council when the party regained control in May 2010. |
| He then campaigned for the cabinet system of city government to be replaced by a directly elected mayor. | He then campaigned for the cabinet system of city government to be replaced by a directly elected mayor. |
| Mr Anderson said he hoped to make the city more self-sufficient in his second term. | Mr Anderson said he hoped to make the city more self-sufficient in his second term. |
| "My vision is that we are sustainable in the future and not relying and dependent on government funding and we're able to look after ourselves," he said. | "My vision is that we are sustainable in the future and not relying and dependent on government funding and we're able to look after ourselves," he said. |
| Wirral Council remains unchanged with Labour holding 39 of the 66 seats. | |
| Twenty-three were up for grabs last night with Labour winning 14, Conservatives seven and Liberal Democrats two. | |
| Phil Davies, leader of Wirral Council, said: "We were defending a number of really difficult contests tonight. | |
| "We maintain our majority of 12 seats on the council and I think it's a vote of confidence for the job we've done for the people of Wirral." | |
| In Sefton, Labour lost three seats to Independent candidates and one to the Conservatives. |