On Thursday this week, people in Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield voted for who they want to see as the Mayor of West Yorkshire.
Tracy Brabin, the current - and first - Mayor of West Yorkshire has been re-elected for a second term after being declared the winner following counts across the region. Ms Brabin secured a total of 275,430 votes across West Yorkshire - 50.4% of the votes - beating the Conservative Party candidate Arnold Craven, who came in second with 82,757 votes . Out of 1,688,215 registered voters across the region, the turnout was 32.71% - a 3.
Ms Brabin took to social media to thank everyone who voted for her, saying: “Wow, the people of West Yorkshire have spoken!, and what an incredible privilege to be re-elected as your mayor. “We've already delivered so much in the last three years; Getting the ball rolling to bring our buses back under public control, securing over 1,000 green jobs for young people, getting dedicated police officers on public transport to keep people safe.
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