• Source: 2016 Liverpool City Region Labour Party mayoral selection

The Liverpool City Region Labour Party mayoral selection of 2016 was the process by which the Labour Party selected its candidate for Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, to stand in the mayoral election on 4 May 2017.
Voting ending on Friday 5 August 2016, with the result to be announced on Wednesday 10 August. Steve Rotheram had called for the voting deadline to be extended until Friday 12 August after delays in issuing ballot papers, but in the event, on 10 August Rotheram was declared the winning candidate.




Candidates






= Declined

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Barrie Grunewald, Leader of St Helens Council, had been seen as a potential contender. Grunewald later endorsed Rotheram.




Endorsements


Joe Anderson
Louise Ellman, MP for Liverpool Riverside (1997–present)
Stephen Twigg, MP for Liverpool West Derby (2010–present), Enfield Southgate (1997–2005)
Peter Dowd, MP for Bootle (2015–present)
Phil Davies, Leader of Wirral Council
Andy Moorhead, Leader of Knowsley Council
Phil Redmond, English television producer and screenwriter
Steve Rotheram
Bill Esterson, MP for Sefton Central (2010–present)
Barrie Grunewald, Leader of St Helens Council
Sue Johnston, English actor.
Peter Kilfoyle, MP for Liverpool Walton (1991–2010)




Membership ballot


The results of the selection were announced on 10 August 2016. Turnout was 72%, with 4,955 votes cast, and 83 invalid votes.




See also


Greater Manchester Labour Party mayoral selection, 2016
London Labour Party mayoral selection, 2015




References






External links


Liverpool Labour Party website

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• 2016 Liverpool City Region Labour Party mayoral selection
• 2016 West Midlands Labour Party mayoral selection
• 2024 Liverpool City Region mayoral election
• 2016 Greater Manchester Labour Party mayoral selection
• Mayor of Liverpool
• 2024 London mayoral election
• Liverpool
• 2024 West Midlands mayoral election
• Joe Anderson (politician)
• 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK)