Victory for West Midlands Metro Mayor Andy Street

May 8, 2021

Birmingham: Conservative Andy Street has been re-elected as the West Midlands mayor.

Meanwhile in a reverse of the mayoral situation, Labour candidate Simon Foster saw off his Tory rival Jagjeet Singh Sohal to replace fellow Labour PCC David Jamieson who stood down ahead of the election.

Mr Street, the former managing director of John Lewis, was elected as the first mayor of West Midlands in 2017.

He has held off a challenge from Labour’s Liam Byrne in this year’s ballot, picking up 314,669 votes. Mr Byrne got 267,626 votes.

Birmingham

Liam Byrne (Labour) 102,276
Andy Street (Conservative) 84,817
Steve Caudwell (Green) 12,435
Jenny Wilkinson (Lib Dem) 9,294
Peter Durnell (Reform UK) 3,496

Coventry first-choice results

Liam Byrne (Labour) 32,358
Andy Street (Conservative) 31,380
Steve Caudwell (Green) 5,824
Jenny Wilkinson (Lib Dem) 2,815
Pete Durnell (Reform UK) 1,895

Dudley first-choice results

Andy Street (Conservative) 50,787
Liam Byrne (Labour) 21,940
Steve Caudwell (Green) 3,360
Pete Durnell (Reform UK) 2,083
Jenny Wilkinson (Lib Dem) 2,005

Sandwell first-choice results

Liam Byrne (Labour) 33,047
Andy Street (Conservative) 27,876
Steve Caudwell (Green) 2,589
Pete Durnell (Reform UK) 2,281
Jenny Wilkinson (Lib Dem) 1,647

Solihull first-choice results

Andy Street (Conservative) 41,664
Liam Byrne (Labour) 9,512
Steve Caudwell (Green) 6,475
Jenny Wilkinson (Lib Dem) 2,823
Pete Durnell (Reform UK) 1,119

Walsall first-choice results

Andy Street (Conservative) 35,010
Liam Byrne (Labour) 19,887
Steve Caudwell (Green) 2,126
Jenny Wilkinson (Lib Dem) 1,676
Pete Durnell (Reform UK) 1,512

Wolverhampton first-choice results

Andy Street (Conservative) 27,784
Liam Byrne (Labour) 24,989
Steve Caudwell (Green) 2,750
Jenny Wilkinson (Lib Dem) 1,576
Pete Durnell (Reform UK) 1,182