Mike Starkie
Mike Starkie is a British politician who is the Directly-elected Mayor of Copeland, for the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria.[1] He stood as an Independent, winning the 2015 election after coming first due to him beating the Labour candidate after transfer votes (the Conservatives were eliminated after coming last in the first round of votes).[2][3] He is supportive of Elected Mayors, and has called for a referendum on having an elected mayor for the whole county of Cumbria.[4] Starkie is the first Mayor of Copeland, and his position was established (after a referendum) to replace the role of a Council leader and Cabinet.
Election results
| Copeland mayoral election 7 May 2015 | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | First round votes Transfer votes | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Independent | Mike Starkie | 9,836 | 30.5% | 5,397 | 15,233 | 51.2% |
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| Labour | Steve Gibbons | 12,867 | 39.9% | 1,662 | 14,529 | 48.8% |
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| Conservative | Chris Whiteside | 9,509 | 29.5% |
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| Turnout | 32,212 | ||||||||
| Independent win | |||||||||
References
- "Copeland chooses Mike Starkie as first elected mayor". BBC News.
- "Elected Mayor of Copeland, Mike Starkie". Copeland Borough Council.
- "Thousands of ballot papers rejected in Copeland mayor election". itv News. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
- "Let the people vote on Mayor - Starkie". The Mail.
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