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| Labour will announce its candidates for the mayoral elections in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands after party members in the two areas voted for their preferred candidate. | Labour will announce its candidates for the mayoral elections in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands after party members in the two areas voted for their preferred candidate. |
| The shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, declared that he was running to be Labour’s candidate in Greater Manchester in May. If he wins, Burnham will eventually stand down as MP for Leigh, triggering a byelection, and resign from the shadow cabinet. | The shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, declared that he was running to be Labour’s candidate in Greater Manchester in May. If he wins, Burnham will eventually stand down as MP for Leigh, triggering a byelection, and resign from the shadow cabinet. |
| Voting to select the party’s candidates to run in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and the Liverpool city region closed at noon on Friday. The results in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands will be announced on Tuesday, and the result in the Liverpool city region will be announced on Wednesday. | Voting to select the party’s candidates to run in Greater Manchester, the West Midlands and the Liverpool city region closed at noon on Friday. The results in Greater Manchester and the West Midlands will be announced on Tuesday, and the result in the Liverpool city region will be announced on Wednesday. |
| All three regions are Labour strongholds, meaning that the party’s selected candidates for the roles will be odds-on favourites to win the elections on 4 May 2017. | All three regions are Labour strongholds, meaning that the party’s selected candidates for the roles will be odds-on favourites to win the elections on 4 May 2017. |
| The creation of elected mayors is a condition of a series of devolution arrangements agreed by the former chancellor George Osborne and a series of “metro” regions, including the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool and Sheffield city regions, the Tees Valley, the north-east, and Greater Lincolnshire. | The creation of elected mayors is a condition of a series of devolution arrangements agreed by the former chancellor George Osborne and a series of “metro” regions, including the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool and Sheffield city regions, the Tees Valley, the north-east, and Greater Lincolnshire. |
| Burnham is standing against Greater Manchester’s police and crime commissioner and the interim mayor, Tony Lloyd, and the MP for Bury South, Ivan Lewis, who was a government minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. | Burnham is standing against Greater Manchester’s police and crime commissioner and the interim mayor, Tony Lloyd, and the MP for Bury South, Ivan Lewis, who was a government minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. |
| The mayor of Greater Manchester, a city region with a population of 3.5 million, which covers Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan, will have control over a portfolio of public services, a £900m 30-year investment fund and will oversee a devolved £6bn health and social care budget. | |
| In the West Midlands, the region’s MEP and the former Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, Siôn Simon, is the favourite to win, having campaigned for the city to have an elected mayor before an unsuccessful referendum on the proposal in 2012. Simon, a former minister in Brown’s government, is standing against Steve Bedser, a former Birmingham city councillor and local businessman. | In the West Midlands, the region’s MEP and the former Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, Siôn Simon, is the favourite to win, having campaigned for the city to have an elected mayor before an unsuccessful referendum on the proposal in 2012. Simon, a former minister in Brown’s government, is standing against Steve Bedser, a former Birmingham city councillor and local businessman. |
| The West Midlands combined authority includes Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton, and has a population of about 4 million. The new mayor will have responsibility for transport, adult skills and planning, and will oversee a £1.1bn, 30-year investment fund. | |
| To be eligible to vote for their preferred candidate, Labour members were required to live in the relevant city region and have been a member of the party before 19 July 2015, a rule that has excluded a high proportion of the party’s new membership, many of whom are likely to be supportive of the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The poll was conducted using the alternative vote system, and votes were cast by post and online. | To be eligible to vote for their preferred candidate, Labour members were required to live in the relevant city region and have been a member of the party before 19 July 2015, a rule that has excluded a high proportion of the party’s new membership, many of whom are likely to be supportive of the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The poll was conducted using the alternative vote system, and votes were cast by post and online. |
| While there has been no independent polling in any of the races, surveys conducted by two of the three campaign teams in Greater Manchester and passed to ITV news suggest that Burnham will win the contest, with Lloyd in second place and Lewis third. | While there has been no independent polling in any of the races, surveys conducted by two of the three campaign teams in Greater Manchester and passed to ITV news suggest that Burnham will win the contest, with Lloyd in second place and Lewis third. |