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West Midlands mayoral election, 2017

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Pete Durnell
  
Beverley Nielsen

Date
  
4 May 2017

Graham Stevenson
  
Andy Street

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Location
  
West Midlands, United Kingdom

The inaugural West Midlands mayoral election will be held on 4 May 2017 to elect the Mayor of the West Midlands, (subsequent elections will be held May 2020 and then every four years after that).

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The election will be the first election for a governing body covering the entire West Midlands since the 1981 West Midlands County Council election.

Declared

  • Graham Stevenson, former Trade Union Official for the T&GWU and Unite the Union
  • Declared

  • Andy Street, former Managing Director of John Lewis and former Chairman of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership
  • Declined

  • Andrew Mitchell, MP for Sutton Coldfield, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, Government Chief Whip, and former Secretary of State for International Development.
  • Declared

  • James Burn, Chelmsley Wood councillor and leader of the opposition on Solihull Council
  • Declined

  • The Lord Jones of Birmingham, Crossbench life peer in the House of Lords, businessman and former Minister of State for Trade and Investment under Gordon Brown (endorsed Andy Street)
  • Declared

  • Steve Bedser, businessman, former Birmingham City Councillor and Cabinet member for Health and Well Being
  • SiĆ“n Simon, MEP for the West Midlands, former MP for Birmingham Erdington and former Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Creative Industries, and Further Education.
  • Not selected

  • Najma Hafeez, management consultant, former Birmingham City Councillor and former Chairwoman of City Hospital
  • Milkinder Jaspal, Wolverhampton City Councillor
  • Mary Simons-Jones, freelance book-seller
  • Declined

  • Ian Austin, MP for Dudley North since 2005, and former Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister under Gordon Brown.
  • Liam Byrne, MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, and former Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Gordon Brown.
  • Darren Cooper, Leader of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, was perceived as a potential candidate before his death in March 2016.
  • Gisela Stuart, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, Chair of Vote Leave and former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health.
  • Declared

  • Beverley Nielsen, businesswoman and director of Birmingham City University
  • Declared

  • Pete Durnell, UKIP candidate 2016 West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner election.
  • Declined

  • Cllr Bill Etheridge MEP, member of the European Parliament for West Midlands and councilor on Dudley Council. 2012 UKIP candidate West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner election.
  • Keith Rowe, UKIP candidate for 2014 West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner by-election.
  • References

    West Midlands mayoral election, 2017 Wikipedia