Directly elected mayor of Doncaster

Mayor of Doncaster
Incumbent Ros Jones since 2 May 2013
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Doncaster
Inaugural holder	Martin Winter
Formation	2 May 2002

The Mayor of Doncaster is a directly elected mayor, first elected on 2 May 2002, taking on the executive function of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council.^[1] The incumbent mayor is Ros Jones elected as a member of the Labour Party, who won the election held on 2 May 2013. The position is different from the long-existing and largely ceremonial, annually appointed mayors who are now known as the civic mayor of Doncaster.^[2]

In May 2012, voters decided in a referendum to keep the position of directly elected Mayor.^[3]

Referendum

2001

An all postal ballot was held on 20 September 2001 on whether to establish an executive Mayor resulting in a majority of the electorate voting in favour.

Doncaster Mayoral referendum
20 September 2001

Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	35,453	65
Cabinet System	19,398	35
Required majority	50
Total votes	54,851	100.00

2012

A referendum was held after being triggered by the councils' ruling Labour group on the retention of the Mayor system or reverting to the previous Leader and Cabinet system. The results of the referendum were in favour of retaining the Mayor.

Mayoral referendum
3 May 2012

Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	42,196	61.7
Cabinet System	25,879	37.8
Required majority	50
Valid votes	68,075	99.63
Invalid or blank votes	255	0.37
Total votes	68,630	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	223,404	30.72
Source: Doncaster Council[4]

Elections

In the elections of 2002 and 2005, Martin Winter won the mayoralty.

2002

Doncaster Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [5]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Labour	Martin Winter	21,494	36.75%	4,213	25,707	​​
	Conservative	Andrew Burden	9,000	15.39%	3,707	12,707	​​
	Community Group	Jessie Credland	8,469	14.48%			​​
	Independent	Michael Maye	7,502	12.83%			​​
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Newman	5,150	8.81%			​​
	Independent	Terry Wilcox	4,036	6.90%			​​
	Independent	Shafiq Ahmad Khan	2,836	4.85%			​​
Turnout			58,487	27.02
Registered electors			216,097
	Labour win

2005

Doncaster Council Mayoral Election 5 May 2005 [6]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Labour	Martin Winter	40,015	36.72%	5,727	45,742	​​
	Independent	Michael Maye	27,304	25.06%	10,004	37,308	​​
	Conservative	Raymond Bartlett	12,533	11.50%			​​
	Community Group	Jessie Credland	10,263	9.42%			​​
	Independent	Michael Cooper	7,773	7.13%			​​
	BNP	David Owen	6,128	5.62%			​​
	Green	Richard Rolt	4,930	4.52%			​​
Turnout			108,946	53.54
Rejected ballots			7,569	0.92
Total votes			116,515	54.46
Registered electors			234,514
	Labour hold

2009

The third mayoral election was held on 4 June 2009, the same day as the Elections to the European Parliament. Peter Davies of the English Democrats won. Placing second in terms of first preference votes, Davies beat Michael Maye, an independent with backing from the Liberal Democrats and Green Party,^[7] after second preference votes were counted.

Doncaster Mayoral Election 4 June 2009 [8]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	English Democrat	Peter Davies	16,961	22.5%	8,383	25,344	​​
	Independent	Michael Maye	17,150	22.8%	7,840	24,990	​​
	Labour	Sandra Holland	16,549	22.0%			​​
	Conservative	Jonathan Wood	12,198	16.2%			​​
	BNP	David Owen	8,175	10.9%			​​
	Community Group	Stuart Exelby	2,152	2.9%			​​
	Independent	Michael Felse	2,051	2.7%			​​
	English Democrat gain from Labour

2013

The fourth mayoral election took place on 2 May 2013.

Doncaster Mayoral Election 2 May 2013 [9][10]
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Labour	Ros Jones	21,996	35.8%	3,368	25,364	​​
	Independent	Peter Davies	21,406	34.9%	3,319	24,725	​​
	English Democrat	David Allen	4,615	7.5%			​​
	Independent	Michael Maye	4,557	7.4%			​​
	Conservative	Martin Drake	2,811	4.6%			​​
	TUSC	Mary Jackson	1,916	3.1%			​​
	Liberal Democrat	John Brown	1,122	1.8%			​​
	Independent	Tony Ward	1,110	1.8%			​​
	National Front	Dave Owen	1,066	1.7%			​​
	Save Your Services	Doug Wright	786	1.3%			​​
	Labour gain from English Democrat

List of elected mayors

Political party		Name	Portrait	Entered office	Left office
	Labour (2002–2008)	Martin Winter		2 May 2002	4 June 2009
	Independent (from 2008)
	English Democrats (2009-2013)	Peter Davies		4 June 2009	2 May 2013
	Independent (from 2013)
	Labour	Ros Jones		2 May 2013	Incumbent

References

1. http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/mayor/
2. "Mayors of Doncaster". Doncaster History. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
3. "Doncaster Council online". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
4. "Doncaster Council online". Retrieved 4 June 2012.
5. "Mayoral Election Results". London: The Guardian. 3 May 2002.
6. "Mayoral Election Results 2005". Doncaster Council.
7. "Mayoral hopefuls' mini-manifestos". BBC News. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
8. "Mayoral Election 2009 Results, results of Thursday, 4th June 2009 Election". Doncaster Council. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
10. "Mayoral results for Doncaster". BBC News. 30 April 2013.

External links

• The Mayor