Mayor of Middlesbrough

This article is about the directly elected mayor of the Middlesbrough. For the ceremonial mayor, see Middlesbrough#Mayor.

Mayor of Middlesbrough
Incumbent Dave Budd since 2015
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Middlesbrough
Inaugural holder	Ray Mallon

The Mayor of Middlesbrough is the executive mayor of the borough of Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, England. The incumbent since 2015 is Dave Budd.

Referendums

2001

Mayor of Middlesbrough Referendum 18 October 2001
Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	29,067	84
Cabinet System	5,537	16
Invalid or blank votes	167	0.48
Total votes	34,656	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	101,930	34
Source: Local Government Chronicle News

2013

Referendum on how Middlesbrough is governed 26 September 2013
Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	8,674	57.25
Cabinet System	6,455	42.75
Invalid or blank votes	27	0.0017
Total votes	15,156	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	100,629	15
Source: Middlesbrough City Council

Election results

2002

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Independent	Ray Mallon	26,362	62.8%			​ ​
	Labour	Sylvia Connolly	9,653	23.0%			​ ​
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph Michna	3,820	9.1%			​ ​
	Conservative	Ronald Darby	1,510	3.6%			​ ​
	Socialist Alliance	Jeffrey Fowler	352	0.8%			​ ​
	Independent	James Jones	297	0.7%			​ ​
Turnout			41,994	99.31
Rejected ballots			290	0.69
Total votes			42,284
	Independent win

2007

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 3 May 2007
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Independent	Ray Mallon	17,455	58.7%			​ ​
	Liberal Democrat	Joseph Michna	7,026	23.6%			​ ​
	Labour	Charles Rooney	3,539	11.9%			​ ​
	Conservative	Dorothy Smith	1,833	6.2%			​ ​
Turnout			29,757	96.68
Rejected ballots			1022	3.32
Total votes			30,779	30.87
Registered electors			99,799
	Independent hold

2011

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 5 May 2011
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Independent	Ray Mallon	17,917	50.4%			​ ​
	Labour	John Carr	11,405	32.1%			​ ​
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Foote-Wood	3,256	9.2%			​ ​
	Conservative	Christopher Nolan-Cole	3,001	8.4%			​ ​
Turnout			35,579	96.70
Rejected ballots			1,217	3.30
Total votes			36796	36.62
Registered electors			100,437
	Independent hold

2015

Middlesbrough Mayoral Election 7 May 2015
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Labour	Dave Budd	16,680	33.8%	2,858	19,538	​ ​
	Independent	Andrew Preston	14,265	28.9%	5,017	19,282	​ ​
	Independent	David Roberts	5,803	11.8%			​ ​
	Independent	Michael Carr	5,549	11.2%			​ ​
	Conservative	Christopher Cole-Nolan	3,844	7.8%			​ ​
	Independent	Len Junier	3,207	6.5%			​ ​
Turnout			49,348	96.0
Rejected ballots			2,079	4.0
Total votes			51,427	53.0
Registered electors			97,089
	Labour gain from Independent