Mike Wolfe (politician) explained

Mike Wolfe
Order:1st
Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent
Term Start:October 2002
Term End:5 May 2005
Predecessor:Position established
Successor:Mark Meredith
Birth Place:Yorkshire, England
Nationality:British
Party:Mayor4Stoke
Otherparty:Labour (until 2002)
Occupation:Mayor

Mike Wolfe is a former politician. He was the first directly elected mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, sitting in office from 2002 to 2005. He was formerly employed as the manager of the Citizens Advice Bureau in the city.

Career

Time as Mayor

Wolfe left the Labour Party to stand as an independent in the mayoral race of October 2002 and narrowly beat George Stevenson, a local Labour member of Parliament. Both Wolfe and his successor Mark Meredith are openly gay.[1]

Wolfe came third out of eight in his bid for re-election in May 2005 when Labour gained the position of elected mayor. The election was notable for a record number of spoiled ballot papers.[2]

Post-2005

He later became a columnist for a local paper, The Sentinel.

Notes and References

  1. News: Nigel . Morris . 19 October 2002. Politics: Mavericks profit from low turn-out in mayoral elections . The Independent. https://web.archive.org/web/20091110155450/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mavericks-profit-from-low-turnout-in-mayoral-elections-747359.html. 10 November 2009. dead.
  2. News: May 5th was multiple Elections Day - general, county council & Stoke mayoral. BBC News.