| Election Name: | 2024 West Yorkshire mayoral election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2021 West Yorkshire mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2028 West Yorkshire mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2024 |
| Turnout: | 32.71% 0.4pp |
| Image1: | Official portrait of Tracy Brabin MP crop 2.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Tracy Brabin |
| Party1: | Labour and Co-operative |
| Popular Vote1: | 275,430 |
| Percentage1: | 50.4% |
| Swing1: | 7.4pp |
| Candidate2: | Arnold Craven |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Popular Vote2: | 82,757 |
| Percentage2: | 15.1% |
| Swing2: | 13.8pp |
| Candidate3: | Andrew Cooper |
| Party3: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Popular Vote3: | 66,648 |
| Percentage3: | 12.2% |
| Swing3: | 3.0pp |
| Candidate4: | Bob Buxton |
| Party4: | Yorkshire Party |
| Popular Vote4: | 47,937 |
| Percentage4: | 8.8% |
| Swing4: | 0.9pp |
| Candidate5: | Richard Tilt |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Popular Vote5: | 46,443 |
| Percentage5: | 8.5% |
| Swing5: | New |
| Candidate6: | Stewart Golton |
| Party6: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Popular Vote6: | 27,501 |
| Percentage6: | 5.0% |
| Swing6: | 0.1pp |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Tracy Brabin |
| Before Party: | Labour and Co-operative |
| After Election: | Tracy Brabin |
| After Party: | Labour and Co-operative |
The 2024 West Yorkshire mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of West Yorkshire alongside the 2024 United Kingdom local elections.[1] Tracy Brabin of the Labour Party won with 275,430 votes.[2]
The Mayor of West Yorkshire is the directly elected leader of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The mayoralty handles the £38million-per-year investment coming from the central government for 30 years from 2021.[3] The mayor has control over regional transport (including working toward creating a regional mass transit system), housing, land (with responsibility for creating a city region spatial plan) and adult skills.[4] [5] The role includes the responsibilities of the police and crime commissioner for West Yorkshire, similar to the Mayor of London and the Mayor of Greater Manchester.
The first election for the office was held in 2021, which Labour's Tracy Brabin won, winning with 59.8% of the vote to the 40.2% achieved by the second-placed candidate, Conservative Matthew Robinson.[6]
Unlike the previous election, which used a supplementary vote system, this election will be the first to use the first-past-the-post voting system to elect the mayor as a result of the changes made by the Elections Act 2022. Voters will be able to vote for a single candidate, and the candidate receiving the most votes will be elected mayor.[7]
The poll conducted by Censuswide was unweighted, and included 16–17 year olds.[14]
| Dates conducted | Pollster | Client | Sample size | Lab | Con | Yorks | Green | Lib Dems | Reform | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 9–19 February 2024 | Censuswide | Yasper | 1,001 | 52% | 15% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 9% | – | 37 |
| 2021 election | – | 43.1% | 29.1% | 9.7% | 9.2% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 14.0 |
| Tracy Brabin Lab | Arnold Craven Con | Andrew Cooper Green | Bob Buxton Yorkshire | Richard Tilt Independent | Stewart Golton Lib Dems | Total valid votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||
| Bradford | 55,878 | 44.73% | 19,206 | 15.38% | 14,394 | 11.52% | 9,791 | 7.84% | 19,889 | 15.92% | 5,758 | 4.61% | style=color:black" | 124,916 |
| Calderdale | 27,228 | 53.08% | 8,641 | 16.85% | 6,070 | 11.83% | 4,155 | 8.10% | 3,205 | 6.25% | 1,995 | 3.89% | style=color:black" | 51,294 |
| Kirklees | 47,897 | 43.67% | 17,690 | 16.13% | 19,296 | 17.59% | 7,944 | 7.24% | 12,138 | 11.07% | 4,713 | 4.30% | style=color:black" | 109,678 |
| Leeds | 107,011 | 54.83% | 26,563 | 13.61% | 22,097 | 11.32% | 19,062 | 9.77% | 7,479 | 3.83% | 12,971 | 6.65% | style=color:black" | 195,183 |
| Wakefield | 37,416 | 57.00% | 10,657 | 16.23% | 4,791 | 7.30% | 6,985 | 10.64% | 3,732 | 5.69% | 2,064 | 3.14% | style=color:black" | 65,645 |
| Totals | 275,430 | 50.38% | 82,757 | 15.14% | 66,648 | 12.19% | 47,937 | 8.77% | 46,443 | 8.49% | 27,501 | 5.03% | 546,716 | |