2025 Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral election
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The 2025 Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral election was held on 1 May 2025 to elect the inaugural mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, on the same day as other local elections across the country. The mayor was elected using first past the post. Luke Campbell of Reform UK was declared the winner on 2 May 2025.[1]
Background
[edit]The election covers the ceremonial county of East Riding of Yorkshire, which is governed by two councils: East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council. Those councils remain in place, with some powers being transferred to the new mayor.[2]
Electoral system
[edit]The election used the voting system of first past the post to elect the mayor, in this system the candidate with the most votes wins. The Electoral Reform Society described the move towards first past the post as one lowering the bar for politicians and thus damaging British democracy.[3]
Candidates
[edit]Anne Handley, the leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, was the Conservative Party's candidate for mayor.[4]
Margaret Pinder, the former mayor of Beverley, was the Labour Party candidate.[5] She was the party’s candidate for Beverley and Holderness in the 2024 general election, where she was narrowly beaten by the incumbent Conservative MP, Graham Stuart.
Mike Ross, the leader of Hull City Council, was announced as the Liberal Democrat candidate for mayor in November 2024.[6]
Kerry Harrison was announced as the Green Party candidate for mayor in December 2024.[7] She was the party's candidate for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham in the 2024 general election.
Rowan Halstead was announced as the Yorkshire Party candidate for Mayor on 30 January 2025.[8] He is an engineer and ex-soldier and has previously stood for the Bricknell Ward in the 2024 Hull City Council election and also stood for the party in the 2024 UK general election for the Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham Constituency.
Luke Campbell was announced as Reform UK's candidate at a rally in Connexin Live Arena on 27 February 2025.[9] He was a professional boxer who won a gold medal for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the 56 kg Bantamweight division.
Opinion polls
[edit]| Dates conducted |
Pollster | Client | Sample size |
Campbell Ref |
Handley Con |
Ross LD |
Pinder Lab |
Harrison Grn |
Halstead Yorks |
Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29–30 Apr | Find Out Now[10] | N/A | 746 | 40% | 14% | 21% | 17% | 5% | 3% | 19 |
| 15–23 Apr | More in Common[11] | The Observer | 963 | 27% | 24% | 22% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 3 |
| 9–23 Apr | YouGov[12] | N/A | 940 | 34% | 15% | 21% | 20% | 7% | 3% | 13 |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Luke Campbell | 48,941 | 35.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Ross | 37,510 | 27.7 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Handley | 21,393 | 15.8 | ||
| Labour | Margaret Pinder | 18,568 | 13.7 | ||
| Green | Kerry Harrison | 5,049 | 3.7 | ||
| Yorkshire | Rowan Halstead | 4,372 | 3.2 | ||
| Majority | 10,981 | 8.1 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 317 | ||||
| Turnout | 135,383 | 29.8 | |||
| Reform UK win (new seat) | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Reform UK's Luke Campbell elected Hull and East Yorkshire mayor". www.bbc.com. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ Spence, Andrew (19 September 2024). "Hull and East Yorkshire devolution deal signed off". Hull Live. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Local elections: A third of the vote shouldn't make a mayor". www.electoral-reform.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Spence, Andrew (23 October 2024). "Leader of East Riding Council set to run for Hull & East Yorkshire Mayor". Hull Live. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ "Labour announce candidate for Hull & East Yorkshire". 20 December 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ Blackburn, Ralph (19 November 2024). "Mike Ross announced as Lib Dem candidate for Hull and East Yorkshire mayoralty". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Spence, Andrew (23 December 2024). "Green Party announces Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral candidate". Hull Live. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "Rowan Halstead to be Yorkshire Party candidate for East Yorkshire Mayor". Yorkshire Party. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ Farage, Nigel [@Nigel_Farage] (27 February 2025). "Watch LIVE as I announce a knockout Reform UK candidate to stand for Mayor of Hull & East Yorkshire" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 February 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Hull & East Yorkshire mayoral poll". Find Out Now. 1 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "More in Common mayoral election polling". More in Common. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Survey Report" (PDF). YouGov. 25 April 2025. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral Results". BBC News. 2 May 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
