West Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral election

The total number of ballot papers counted is 126,482.   

The total number of votes cast for each candidate:

Candidate	Description	Votes
BRABIN Tracy Lynn	Labour and Co-operative Party	55,878
BUXTON Bob	Yorkshire Party	9,791
COOPER Andrew Varah	Green Party	14,394
CRAVEN Arnold Eric	Conservative Party Candidate	19,206
GOLTON Stewart	Liberal Democrats	5,758
TILT Jonathan Richard	Independent	19,889

The total number of ballot papers rejected is 1,566.   

The total number of ballot papers counted is 51,813.   

The total number of votes cast for each candidate:

Candidate	Description	Votes
BRABIN Tracy Lynn	Labour and Co-operative Party	27,228
BUXTON Bob	Yorkshire Party	4,155
COOPER Andrew Varah	Green Party	6,070
CRAVEN Arnold Eric	Conservative Party Candidate	8,641
GOLTON Stewart	Liberal Democrats	1,995
TILT Jonathan Richard	Independent	3,205

The total number of ballot papers rejected is 519.   

The total number of ballot papers counted is 101,094.  

The total number of votes cast for each candidate:

Candidate	Description	Votes
BRABIN Tracy Lynn	Labour and Co-operative Party	47,897
BUXTON Bob	Yorkshire Party	7,944
COOPER Andrew Varah	Green Party	19,296
CRAVEN Arnold Eric	Conservative Party Candidate	17,690
GOLTON Stewart	Liberal Democrats	4,713
TILT Jonathan Richard	Independent	12,138

The total number of ballot papers rejected is 1,416.   

The total number of ballot papers counted is 196,695.   

The total number of votes cast for each candidate:

Candidate	Description	Votes
BRABIN Tracy Lynn	Labour and Co-operative Party	107,011
BUXTON Bob	Yorkshire Party	19,062
COOPER Andrew Varah	Green Party	22,097
CRAVEN Arnold Eric	Conservative Party Candidate	26,563
GOLTON Stewart	Liberal Democrats	12,971
TILT Jonathan Richard	Independent	7,479

The total number of ballot papers rejected is 1,512.  

The total number of ballot papers counted is 66,069.   

The total number of votes cast for each candidate is as follows:   

Candidate	Description	Votes
BRABIN Tracy Lynn	Labour and Co-operative Party	37,416
BUXTON Bob	Yorkshire Party	6,985
COOPER Andrew Varah	Green Party	4,791
CRAVEN Arnold Eric	Conservative Party Candidate	10,657
GOLTON Stewart	Liberal Democrats	2,064
TILT Jonathan Richard	Independent	3,732

The total number of ballot papers rejected is 424.   

WYCA Mayoral election timetable

Event	Working days before poll (deadline if not midnight)	Date (Deadline if not midnight)
Publication of notice of election	Not later than 25 days	Monday 25 March
Delivery of nomination papers, consent to nominations and home address forms	Between the hours of 10am and 4pm on any day after the publication of the notice of election until 4pm on the nineteenth day before polling day	From Tuesday 26 March to Friday 5 April (10am – 4pm) excluding weekends and bank holidays
Deadline for delivery of nomination papers, consent to nominations and home address forms	19 days (4pm)	Friday 5 April (4pm)
Making objections to nomination papers	On 19 days (10am to 5pm), subject to the following: between 10am and 12 noon objections can be made to all delivered nominations between 12 noon and 5pm objections can only be made to nominations delivered after 4pm, 20 days before the poll	between 10am and 12 noon on Friday 5 April objections can be made to all delivered nominations between 12 noon and 5pm on Friday 5 April objections can only be made to nominations delivered after 4pm on Thursday 4 April
Deadline for withdrawals of nomination	19 days (4pm)	Friday 5 April (4pm)
Deadline for notification of appointment of election agent	19 days	Friday 5 April (4pm)
Publication of first interim notice of alteration of the electoral register	19 days	Friday 5 April
Publication of statement of persons nominated	Not later than 18 days (4pm)	Not later than Monday 8 April (4pm)
Deadline for receiving applications for registration	12 days	Tuesday 16 April
Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes	11 days (5pm)	Wednesday 17 April (5pm)
Publication of second interim notice of alteration of the electoral register	Between 18 days and 6 days	Wednesday 17 April
Deadline for receiving applications for Voter Authority Certificates	6 days (5pm)	Wednesday 24 April (5pm)
Deadline for receiving new applications to vote by proxy (not postal proxy or emergency proxy)	6 days (5pm)	Wednesday 24 April (5pm)
First time that electors can apply for an emergency proxy	6 days (after 5pm)	Wednesday 24 April (after 5pm)
Publication of Notice of Poll	Not later than 6 days	Wednesday 24 April
Publication of final notice of alteration of the electoral register	5 days	Thursday 25 April
Deadline for notification of appointment of polling and counting agents	5 days	Thursday 25 April
Notification of appointment of sub-agents	5 days	Thursday 25 April
First date that electors can apply for a replacement for lost postal votes	4 days	Friday 26 April
Polling day	0 (7am to 10pm)	Thursday 2 May (7am to 10pm)
Last time that electors can apply for a replacement for spoilt or lost postal votes	0 (5pm)	Thursday 2 May (5pm)
Deadline for emergency proxy applications	0 (5pm)	Thursday 2 May (5pm)
Last time for receipt of applications to alter the register due to clerical error or by notice of the court following a registration appeal	0 (9pm)	Thursday 2 May (9pm)
Deadline for production of temporary Voter Authority Certificates	0 (10pm)	Thursday 2 May (10pm)
Candidate spending returns	Not later than 35 calendar days after the date the election result is declared	Monday 10 June

Combined Authority Mayoral election for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority

1. An election is to be held for a combined authority mayor for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.                          

2. Nomination papers can be obtained from the office of the Combined Authority Returning Officer, Electoral Services, 4th Floor West, Civic Hall, Leeds LS1 1UR during the times stated below, or can be downloaded from www.electoralcommission.org.uk.                          

3. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Combined Authority Returning Officer at 4th Floor West, Civic Hall, Leeds LS1 1UR between 10am and 4pm on any working day after publication of this notice but no later than 4pm on Friday 5 April 2024.                          

4. The £5,000 deposit can be paid by legal tender, bank transfer or by means of a banker’s draft from a drawer which carries on business as a banker in the United Kingdom. To request bank details, please email electors@leeds.gov.uk.                          

5. If the election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 2 May 2024.                          

6. Applications to register to vote must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by midnight on Tuesday 16 April 2024. Applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.                          

7. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 17 April 2024. Applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote.                          

8. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate can be made online at www.gov.uk/voting-photo-id.                          

9. Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024. Some applications can be made online at www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote.                          

10. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the relevant Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday 2 May 2024.                          

Electoral Registration Officer contact details

Contact details for the 5 constituent councils:                          

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

Calderdale Council

Kirklees Council

Leeds City Council

Wakefield Council

Dated: Monday 25 March 2024
Tom Riordan, Returning Officer

The following people have been or stand nominated for election as Combined Authority Mayor for the above Combined Authority. Those who no longer stand nominated are listed but will have a comment in the right-hand column.   

A poll will be held between the hours of 7am and 10pm on Thursday 2 May 2024.   

Candidate name	*Address of candidate	Description of candidate	Reason why candidate no longer nominated
BRABIN Tracy Lynn	(address in Kirklees)	Labour and Co-operative Party
BUXTON Bob	(address in Leeds)	Yorkshire Party
COOPER Andrew Varah	76 Brockholes Lane, Holmfirth, HD9 7EB	Green Party
CRAVEN Arnold Eric	(address in Wakefield)	Conservative Party Candidate
GOLTON Stewart	5 Farrer Lane, Oulton, Leeds, LS26 8JP	Liberal Democrats
TILT Jonathan Richard	(address in Kirklees)	Independent

*If a candidate has requested not to make their home address public, the relevant electoral area in which their home address is situated (or country if their address is outside the UK) will be provided.   

Tom Riordan   

Combined Authority Returning Officer   

Friday 5 April 2024   

Printed and published by the Combined Authority Returning Officer, Electoral Services, Civic Hall, Leeds LS1 1UR