Labour candidate clinches Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough win
Labour managed to knock the Conservatives out of the job by a small margin.
Last updated 8th May 2021
Labour's Nik Johnson has secured his role as Cambrigeshire and Peterborough's next Mayor.
He won the job, which had previously been held by Conservative James Palmer, by a small margin.
Here are the final results:
Nik Johnson (Labour and Co-Operative Party) - 113,994
James Palmer (Conservatives) - 108,195
A third candidate, Aidan Thomas Va De Weye (Liberal Democrats), was knocked out after the first round of counting.
In his first interview after the result, he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “I’m over the moon, and I feel hugely honoured to be the lad who came from the north east and ended up adopting Cambridgeshire as my home. And feeling the support across the county – I’m just delighted”.
His mum, Kath Johnson, who accompanied him to the count, said she is “very proud” of her son.
Reacting immediately after her son’s victory, she said: “I’m a bit overwhelmed.
"It’s been extraordinary.
"I was proud of him when he got to be a doctor and to have actually now, getting to a position like this, it’s just the icing on the cake.
"It’s a bit unbelievable, it’s a bit unreal at the moment. But I have every belief in him”.