Mayoral elections
Residents in Salford and Liverpool are voting for their first directly elected mayor, while voters in Manchester take part in a referendum on having a mayor for their city.
Latest ITV News reports
Joe Anderson voted in as Liverpool mayor
Liverpool mayoral election results in full
Joe Anderson (Lab) 58,448 (59.33%)
Liam Fogarty (Ind) 8,292 (8.42%)
Richard Kemp (LD) 6,238 (6.33%)
John Coyne (Green) 5,175 (5.25%)
Tony Mulhearn (TUSC) 4,792 (4.86%)
Steve Radford (Lib) 4,442 (4.51%)
Tony Caldeira (C) 4,425 (4.49%)
Adam Heatherington (UKIP) 2,352 (2.39%)
Paul Rimmer (Eng Dem) 1,400 (1.42%)
Jeff Berman (Liverpool Ind) 1,362 (1.38%)
Mike Whitby (BNP) 1,015 (1.03%)
Peter Tierney (NF) 566 (0.57%)
- Electorate 319,758; Turnout 98,507 (30.81%)
Liverpool mayoral race runner-up Liam Fogarty reacts to the vote
Very gracious RT “@liam4liverpool: Am so pleased & proud w/ our creditable 2nd place. Massive thanks to everyone who supported
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Political correspondent Claire Ashforth with the Liverpool mayoral poll results
The mayoral scores on the doors http://t.co/9V7UDH8z
Liverpool's elected mayor vote results
Liverpool's new elected mayor Joe Anderson was elected with 57% of the vote.
Liam Fogarty, an independent candidate who had campaigned for the city to have a mayor, came second, beating the Liberal Democrats' candidate Richard Kemp into third place.
Mayor Anderson polled 58,448 votes, Mr Fogarty secured 8,292 (8.19%) with Cllr Kemp on 6,238 (6.16%).
Joe Anderson new elected mayor of Liverpool
Joe Anderson officially declared the newly elected mayor of Liverpool.
No mayor for Manchester - results breakdown
Mayor 42,677 (46.76%)
Leader 48,593 (53.24%)
Leader maj 5,916 (6.48%)
Electorate 369,376; Turnout 91,270 (24.71%)
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No elected Mayor for Manchester
Manchester will not have an elected mayor.
Granada's Amy Welch at Manchester Central.
Council leader Richard Leese won't be drawn on how close he thinks tonights Mayoral election vote is going to be.
Granada Report's Political Correspondent at the Liverpool count...
Joe Anderson, the man widely tipped to win Liverpool's Mayoral election tonight arrives to big applause http://t.co/FryjDFta
A reminder of the mayoral candidates for Salford.
Karen Garrido (C)
Ian Stewart (Lab)
Norman Owen (LD)
Joe O'Neill (Green)
Eddy O'Sullivan (BNP)
Michael Moulding (Comm Action)
Michael Felse (Eng Dem)
Paul Massey (Ind)
Pat Ward (Ind)
Bernard Gill (UKIP)