2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election

2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
Opinion polls
Registered2,088,644
Turnout32.05% (Decrease 2.69 pp)
 
Candidate Andy Burnham Laura Evans[1] Nick Buckley
Party Labour and Co-operative Party Conservative Independent
Popular vote 420,749 68,946 50,304
Percentage 63.4% 10.4% 7.6%
Swing Decrease 3.9pp Decrease 9.2pp New

 
Candidate Dan Barker Hannah Spencer Jake Austin
Party Reform UK Green Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 49,532 45,905 28,195
Percentage 7.5% 6.9% 4.25%
Swing Increase 4.8pp Increase 2.6pp Increase 1.1pp

Results by district

Mayor before election

Andy Burnham
Labour and Co-operative Party

Elected Mayor

Andy Burnham
Labour and Co-operative Party

The 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of Greater Manchester. The election took place at the same time as local elections across England and Wales.

Andy Burnham of the Labour and Co-operative Party was re-elected with 420,749 votes (63.40%) with a turnout of 32.05%.[2] The Green Party candidate, Hannah Spencer, later won the 2026 Gorton and Denton by-election after Burnham's own candidacy was blocked.

Opinion polling

Dates
conducted
Pollster Client Sample
size
Burnham
Lab
Barker
Reform
Buckley
Ind
Evans
Con
Austin
Lib Dems
Spencer
Green
Others Lead
19–24 Apr 2024 More in Common N/A 2,017 63% 12% 9% 9% 4% 4% – 51

References

  1. ↑ Timan, Joseph (22 March 2024). "Tories select new mayoral candidate who 'always stood against most of Andy Burnham's proposals'". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Result 2024". Greater Manchester Elects. Archived from the original on 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-05-04.