2017 Tees Valley Mayoral election

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Ben Houchen (Con) was elected as Tees Valley Mayor (for Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees) on 4 May 2017.

Name	Party	First preference votes	Second preference votes	Total
FOOTE-WOOD, Chris	Liberal Democrat	12,550
HOUCHEN, Ben	The Conservative Party Candidate	40,278	8,300	48,578 (E)
JEFFREY, Susan Jennifer (commonly known as Sue Jeffrey)	Labour and Co-operative Party	39,797	6,603	46,400
TENNANT, John David Edward	UK Independence Party (UKIP)	9,475

Electorate: 94,544
Ballot papers issued: 18,091
Turnout: 19.14%

View the Certificate of Verification for all votes in all towns (PDF).

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