Doncaster Council mayoral election, 2009
Elections for Doncaster's directly elected mayor were held on 4 June 2009, the same day as the Elections to the European Parliament. Peter Davies of the English Democrats won. Placing second in terms of first preference votes, Davies beat Michael Maye, an independent with backing from the Liberal Democrats and Green Party,[1] after second choice votes were counted. Turnout for the election was 35.8%
Results
| Doncaster Council Mayoral Election 2009[2] |
|
Party |
Name |
1st Choice Votes |
% |
2nd Choice Votes |
Total |
|
English Democrats |
Peter Davies |
16,961 |
22.6 |
8,383 |
25,344 |
|
Independent |
Michael Thomas Maye |
17,150 |
22.9 |
7,840 |
24,990 |
|
Labour |
Sandra Holland |
16,549 |
22.1 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jonathan Wood |
12,198 |
16.3 |
|
|
|
BNP |
Dave Owen |
8,175 |
10.9 |
|
|
|
Community Group |
Stuart Exelby |
2,152 |
2.9 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Michael James Felse |
2,051 |
2.7 |
|
|
|
|
Total |
74,966 |
100.0 |
16,223 |
50,334 |