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Next year will see the election of England\u2019s \u201cmetro mayors<\/a>\u201d, in Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, the North East, Sheffield City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands, and the West of England. The role has been created by the Conservative Government and will see powers from Whitehall handed over to regional leaders \u2013 who will be accountable to voters as to how these powers are used.<\/p>\n

The move will put one individual at the head of an area covering several local authority patches. But the mayoral powers that person will have, will differ from place to place. This is because each area has a different agreement with the Government concerning what the mayor will or won\u2019t oversee.<\/p>\n

Sound complicated? That\u2019s because it is. Supporters of devolution<\/a>, however, would argue that a one-size fits all arrangement wouldn\u2019t work and that this is a positive step forwards for local politics.<\/p>\n

Under the new system, each area will have a mayor who will be a significant local figure in the way that some council leaders, and some MPs, can only dream of. It is because of this power and significance that the candidacy for these roles has become a prize of some importance, encouraging former cabinet ministers and senior MPs \u2013 such as Andy Burnham and Ivan Lewis \u2013 to contest the party selections.<\/p>\n

What has happened so far?<\/h2>\n

Currently, we have only seen Labour\u2019s selections, voted for by party members. In the West Midlands, the party elected former Birmingham MP and current West Midlands MEP Sion Simon<\/a> to stand. In Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham<\/a> has been announced as Labour\u2019s candidate, and in Merseyside \u2013 also known as the Liverpool City Region \u2013 Steve Rotheram<\/a> will stand for election on the Labour ticket.<\/p>\n

Of the three Labour party selections made this week, Liverpool City Region is perhaps the most significant, partly because the candidates represented different camps within the party and partly because of the region\u2019s complex geography.<\/p>\n

Liverpool City Region is in fact made up of six local authority areas, only one of which is Liverpool City. The other areas are Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral. All have their own very specific local concerns and fears about resources being \u201cdragged to the centre\u201d. This is also significant for other metro mayor areas, such as Sheffield \u2013 which also includes Doncaster and Barnsley, both areas with their own unique identity and issues.<\/p>\n

In Liverpool, the selection process saw three main candidates vying for the role. Joe Anderson is already the elected mayor of the Liverpool City part of the area and chair of the Combined Authority. Luciana Berger<\/a> is MP for Liverpool Wavertree and was Shadow Spokesperson on Mental Health until she resigned in protest against Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s leadership. And Steve Rotheram is MP for Liverpool Walton and parliamentary private secretary to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Steve Rotheram<\/a> was named the winner, with a 72% member turnout.<\/p>\n

What does all of this mean?<\/h2>\n

What we can take home from the recent results is that Labour members are not always satisfied with those already in post. In both Manchester \u2013 where former MP Tony Lloyd<\/a> was effectively acting as mayor \u2013 and Liverpool, voters have turned against someone who was effectively already doing the job. This of course could simply mean that post holders can make enemies through their decisions while challengers do not carry that baggage.<\/p>\n

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Steve Rotheram, Labour\u2019s candidate for metro mayor of Liverpool. PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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That said, party candidate selections are unusual elections. Candidates need to make themselves distinct from the other challengers but must also be careful not to criticise them too heavily. The need to be seen as loyal to the party pulls in the opposite direction to the need to seem different. This means candidates need to identify issues on which criticism can be made without seeming disloyal.<\/p>\n

In Merseyside, where campaigners from other parties have highlighted threats to park land, Rotheram made good use of the whole \u201copen space\u201d issue<\/a>. He managed to talk about his commitment to protect open space in a way that effectively criticised mayor Anderson\u2019s record \u2013 or the appearance of Anderson\u2019s record \u2013 while not implying disloyalty to the party.<\/p>\n

What happens next?<\/h2>\n

All of this also arguably demonstrates members\u2019 continuing support for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Of the candidates, Berger was one of those who resigned her post, while Anderson has generally been noncommittal. This is in sharp contrast to the victorious Rotheram, who is associated with Corbyn through his role as private secretary, alongside his appearance with Corbyn at a rally in Liverpool shortly before the close of ballot.<\/p>\n

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Steve Rotheram, Jeremy Corbyn and Andy Burnham at the Hillsborough inquest earlier this year. ITV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

The Liverpool outcome may well have an effect on shortlisting and internal campaigning in those areas yet to select, such as Sheffield \u2013 particularly as the announcement of the Liverpool result provoked some comment on social media about gender balance<\/a>. All Labour\u2019s selections to date for this role \u2013 or for the earlier comparable London and Bristol roles \u2013 have been men. And of the three recent selections, only Liverpool even had a woman on the shortlist.<\/p>\n

Of course as shortlists are drawn up individually, it is quite possible for Labour to end up with no female candidates at all. But given how bad this looks, I would imagine the senior players such as Harriet Harman will want to think about how to persuade more women to consider one of these roles role. A discussion for the forthcoming Labour women\u2019s conference perhaps?<\/p>\n

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This article was originally published on The Conversation<\/a>. Read the original article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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