The Greater Manchester Labour Party mayoral selection of 2016 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester, to stand in the mayoral election on 4 May 2017. On 9 August 2016, The Labour Party announced that Andy Burnham had won the candidacy.
Timetable 3 June 2016: Short-list announced 26 July 2016: Hustings, held by The Manchester Evening News 9 August 2016: Results announced
Candidates
Name Born Current/previous positions Announced candidacy Campaign website (Slogan) (age ) Shadow Home Secretary (2015–2016) Secretary of State for Health (2009–2010) MP for Leigh (2001–2017) 5 May 2016 Andy 4 Mayor ("For a Greater Manchester") (age ) Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (2013–2015) Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2009–2010) MP for Bury South (1997–2019) 18 February 2016 Ivan Lewis for Greater Manchester Mayor ("Fighting inequality together – Transforming Greater Manchester") (age ) Mayor of Greater Manchester (interim)(2015–2017) Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner(2012–2017) MP for Manchester Central (1983–2012) 11 February 2016 Tony Lloyd for Greater Manchester Mayor ("Building Greater Manchester's Future")
Result +First round Candidate Votes Percentage Andy Burnham 3,792 51.1%Tony Lloyd 2,163 29.1%Ivan Lewis 1,472 19.8%
Turnout was 65.3%, with 7,427 votes cast.
Endorsements Andy Burnham Debbie Abrahams, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2016–2018), MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth (2011–present) Yvonne Fovargue, MP for Makerfield (2010–2024) Andrew Gwynne, Shadow Health Minister (2011–present), MP for Denton and Reddish (2005–2026)
Ivan Lewis Alan Johnson, Former Labour Cabinet Minister (2004-2010), Chair of Labour IN for Britain (2016), MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle (1997-present) Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstow (2010–present) Cllr Rishi Shori, Leader of Bury Council Cllr Alex Ganotis, Leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council
Tony Lloyd Co-operative Party, UK centre-left political party closely affiliated to the Labour Party Theresa Griffin, MEP for North West England (2014–2020) Afzal Khan, MEP for North West England (2014–2017) Rebecca Long-Bailey, MP for Salford and Eccles (2015–present) Cllr Kieran Quin, Leader of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council Yasmin Qureshi, MP for Bolton South East (2010–present) Angela Rayner, MP for Ashton-under-Lyne (2015–present) Unite the Union, largest trade union in the UK and Ireland
See also Liverpool City Region Labour Party mayoral selection, 2016 London Labour Party mayoral selection, 2015
References
External links North West Labour Party website