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Liverpool Mayoral election race goes to second round of voting Tight race sees second round of voting take place to decide city's new leader Updated Counting taking place at the Wavertree Tennis Centre Liverpool and Merseyside face a vital day as election results come in - get the inside track with our politics newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newsletter...

Dan Whelan Joanne Anderson has been elected to lead the city council, beating off competition from independent candidate Stephen Yip to replace Joe Anderson who resigned from the post after his arrest last December. Joanne Anderson, who is no relation to the former mayor, claimed victory with 46,493 votes compared to Yip’s 32,079. “I am so proud and honoured to be the first black woman directly elected as mayor in the UK, and our city’s first-ever female leader.” Anderson said. “Liverpool has always been a city of firsts, one that does things differently and that charters its own pa...

BBC News Published Labour's Joanne Anderson has been elected as the city mayor of Liverpool. The councillor, who has represented the Princes Park ward since 2019, made history as she became the first black woman to lead a major British city. She claimed victory after voting went to second preferences, winning 59.2% of the vote while independent candidate Stephen Yip came second with 40.8%. Ms Anderson said "today is the beginning of the fresh start we all want and need" for Liverpool. Despite a tumultuous few months for the Labour party in Liverpool, it has retained control of the city cou...

Conservatives Hail Wins, SNP Making Gains: U.K. Elections Update Bloomberg 1 day ago © Photographer: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images Europe Hartlepool By-election Count And Declaration (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson is celebrating what he called “very encouraging” early results in a crucial set of British elections, after his ruling Conservative Party hammered the main opposition in a high-profile contest in the Brexit-backing town of Hartlepool. Johnson’s party is picking up support in Britain’s “Super Thursday” elections on the back of the coronavirus vaccine rollout,...

Last modified on Sat 8 May 2021 00.12 EDT Liverpool has made history by choosing the UK’s first directly elected black female mayor and the first woman to lead the city. The election of Joanne Anderson was one of the few good news stories for Labour on Friday. Anderson, 50, beat Stephen Yip, an independent, while the Conservative candidate, Katie Burgess, lost her deposit. Anderson won 59% of the total votes (46,493 to Yip’s 32,079), although the race went to second preferences for the first time in its history. In her victory speech, the 6ft-tall leftwing socialist apologised to th...