2015 Mayoral election

Middlesbrough is getting more support to tackle the spike in coronavirus cases. Find out more about the extra support.

Dave Budd (Lab) was elected as the Mayor of Middlesbrough on Thursday 7 May 2015.

Name	Candidate's party	Votes
BUDD, Dave	Labour Party	19,538 (E)
CARR, Mike	Independent	Eliminated in round one (5,549)
COLE-NOLAN, Lloyd	The Conservative Party Candidate	Eliminated in round one (3,844)
JUNIER, Len	Independent	Eliminated in round one (3,207)
PRESTON, Andy	Independent	19,282
ROBERTS, Dave	Independent	Eliminated in round one (5,803)

Electorate: 97,089
Ballot papers issued: 51,427
Turnout: 52%

View the Declaration of Results (PDF)

Declaration of results - video

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