# Andy Burnham is elected first Mayor of Greater Manchester

Date: 2017

## The fact

On 4 May 2017 [Andy Burnham](/people/andy-burnham) was elected the first Mayor of Greater Manchester, taking office on 8 May.

## Context

Voters and the combined authority produced the count. He was the Labour candidate. A certified first mayoral election is a procedural devolution event.

The 2024 re-election is a neighbouring later civic event. Bee Network is a neighbouring later policy file.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is head of His Majesty’s Government. Parliament writes statutes; the King appoints; combined authorities and departments implement; courts can stay a scheme. A prime minister can take an oath, announce everyday consumer fixes, and sit in Cabinet. He does not write a Greater Manchester by-law by himself after leaving the mayoralty, a UN resolution, or a Supreme Court judgment.

## Evidence and sources

Greater Manchester Combined Authority carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed first metro-mayoral election is a dated devolution-procedure event.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a 4 May 2017 election of Burnham as first Mayor of Greater Manchester, office from 8 May.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Returning officers counted. The combined authority seated him.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Andy Burnham is elected first Mayor of Greater Manchester, not a later speech about Andy Burnham is elected first Mayor of Greater Manchester.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Andy Burnham is elected first Mayor of Greater Manchester on 2017-05-04 is not a licence to treat every later Greater Manchester Combined Authority communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor decree exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Andy Burnham is elected first Mayor of Greater Manchester into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He was the winning candidate. Returning officers counted. The combined authority seated him. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. Parliament, the King, TfGM, GMCA boroughs, the NHS, and foreign counterparties share specific files. Allegation is not a completed judgment. A by-election is not a general election. A bus franchise is not a unique CPI coefficient. A GOV.UK profile is not a delivered poverty path.

## People

- Andy Burnham: https://factrail.ai/people/andy-burnham

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-election-manchester-idUKKBN1811A0
- https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/uk-gm-mayoral-election-2017