# 2024 West Yorkshire mayoral election

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. Tracy Brabin of the Labour Party won with 275,430 votes.

## Background

The Mayor of West Yorkshire is the directly elected leader of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The mayoralty handles the £38 million-per-year investment coming from the central government for 30 years from 2021. 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. 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.

## Electoral system

Unlike the previous election, which used a supplementary vote system, this election was 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 were able to vote for a single candidate, and the candidate receiving the most votes was elected mayor.

## Candidates

* Tracy Brabin (Labour Party) – incumbent Mayor
* Bob Buxton (Yorkshire Party)
* Andrew Cooper (Green Party)
* Arnold Craven (Conservative)
* Stewart Golton (Liberal Democrat)
* Jonathan Tilt (Independent)

## Opinion polling

The poll conducted by Censuswide was unweighted, and included 16–17 year olds.
| Dates conducted | Pollster | Client | Sample size | Lab | Con | Yorks | Green | Lib Dems | Reform | Others | Lead |
| 9–19 February 2024 | Censuswide | Yasper | 1,001 | 52% | 15% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 9% | – | 37 |
| 6 May 2021 | 2021 election | 2021 election | – | 43.1% | 29.1% | 9.7% | 9.2% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 14.0 |

## Result

2024 West Yorkshire mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Tracy Brabin | 275,430 | 50.4 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative | Arnold Craven | 82,757 | 15.1 | −13.8 |
| | Green | Andrew Cooper | 66,648 | 12.2 | +3.0 |
| | Yorkshire | Bob Buxton | 47,937 | 8.8 | −0.9 |
| | Independent | Richard Tilt | 46,443 | 8.5 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stewart Golton | 27,501 | 5.0 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192,673 | 35.2 | +21.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 546,716 | 32.7 | −0.4 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +10.6 | |
2024 West Yorkshire mayoral election :
| Districts | Tracy Brabin Lab | Tracy Brabin Lab | Arnold Craven Con | Arnold Craven Con | Andrew Cooper Green | Andrew Cooper Green | Bob Buxton Yorkshire | Bob Buxton Yorkshire | Richard Tilt Independent | Richard Tilt Independent | Stewart Golton Lib Dems | Stewart Golton Lib Dems | Total valid votes |
| Districts | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
| 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% | 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% | 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% | 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% | 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% | 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 |