Metro mayors and their birthplaces, 2000 to present

A table from the Institute for Government showing metro mayors and their birthplaces, 2000 to present, where nine out of nineteen mayors were born within the mayoral region they represented.

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Source: Institute for Government analysis of publicly available sources Notes: Metro mayor includes the Mayor of Greater London and combined authority mayors. This table is intended as an indication of how many mayors have close links to their authorities rather than an absolute measurement. Ken Livingstone was elected for his first mayoral term as an independent and his second as Labour party candidate. Jamie Driscoll was elected as a Labour mayor but resigned from the party in July 2023. Get the data Embed