Mayor of Greater Manchester
This election will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester helps direct the overall strategy of the ten councils which make up the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. The Mayor oversees police and fire services, and has other responsibilities in areas such as transport, housing, business, and skills.
View more information on the GM Elects website.
Learn more about devolution in Greater Manchester from the Institute for Government.
We are currently aware of three candidates for this position. The official candidate list will be published by 5 April 2024, when this page will be updated. Once nomination papers are published, we will manually verify each candidate. You can help improve this page: add information about candidates to our database.
Read the official candidate booklet for this election.
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Dan Barker
Conservative and Unionist Party
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Nick Buckley
Independent
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Andy Burnham
Labour and Co-operative Party
Election events
You can meet candidates and question them at events (often known as 'hustings'). Here are some events that are taking place:
(Past event)
Thursday 25 April 2024 20:00
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BBC North West debate
, BBC One
See video or other info from this event.
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