The Government's proposals for elected Mayors have been rejected in Manchester, Nottingham and Coventry, and it looks likely the idea will be rejected in Birmingham as well. But in Liverpool the city has elected Joe Anderson, Labour, to be its first elected Mayor. It brings 130m extra government funding to the City. He took 57 per cent of the vote. Boris of the Mersey: Joe Anderson, Labour, is elected Mayor of Liverpool The results are embarrassing for the Prime Minister, who had thrown his weight firmly behind the changes in a series of speeches and interviews. Mr Cameron had attempted to use the example of London Mayor Boris Johnson, saying he wanted a "Boris in every city". Housing Minister Grant Shapps defended the mayoral referendums, telling Sky News: "People should have the right to decide how they are governed in their local area." He added: "The whole point is to give people a say. No-one is forcing mayors on anyone." Updated : Here's the full results from Liverpool's Mayoral contest. Note the Tories trailling in seventh. The BNP and NF candidates were arrested earlier this week; the former over allegations of fraudulent signatures on the ballot, the latter for a public order offence. 03.05 Labour has celebrated a rout of its rivals in Birmingham, winning overall control and ousting the Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition which has ruled the city since 2004. The comfortable victory, which became clear well before results had been declared in all the 40 seats being contested, saw