The Mayor of Doncaster is an elected politician and leader of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. The incumbent mayor is Peter Davies

Peter Davies (politician)

Peter Davies is a politician in the English Democrats. He became Doncaster's second directly elected mayor in June 2009.-Personal life:Born in Woodlands on the outskirts of Doncaster in 1948, Davies went to school in Thorne, then worked at Danum School as a teacher. He is married...

 of the English Democrats, who won the election

Doncaster Council mayoral election, 2009

Elections for Doncaster's directly elected mayor were held on 4 June 2009, the same day as the Elections to the European Parliament. Peter Davies of the English Democrats won. Placing second in terms of first preference votes, Davies beat Michael Maye, an independent with backing from the Liberal...

 on 4 June 2009.

Referendum

Local authority	Date	Yes Votes	Yes Vote %	No Votes	No Vote %	Turnout %
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England.In addition to the town of Doncaster, the borough covers Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley....	20 September 2001	35,453	65	19,398	35	25

Elections

In the elections of 2002 and 2005, Martin Winter won the mayoralty.

The third mayoral election was held on 4 June 2009.
> > > > > > >

Doncaster Council Mayoral Election 2009
	Party	Name	1st Choice Votes	%	2nd Choice Votes	Total
Peter Davies Peter Davies (politician) Peter Davies is a politician in the English Democrats. He became Doncaster's second directly elected mayor in June 2009.-Personal life:Born in Woodlands on the outskirts of Doncaster in 1948, Davies went to school in Thorne, then worked at Danum School as a teacher. He is married...	16,961	22.6	8,383	25,344
Michael Thomas Maye	17,150	22.9	7,840	24,990
Sandra Holland	16,549	22.1
Jonathan Wood	12,198	16.3
Dave Owen	8,175	10.9
Stuart Exelby	2,152	2.9
Michael James Felse	2,051	2.7
		Total	74,966	100.0	16,223	50,334

List of Mayors

Name		Portrait	Entered office	Left office	Political party
	Martin Winter		2 May 2002	4 June 2009	Labour Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after... (until 2008)
					Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... (from 2008)
	Peter Davies Peter Davies (politician) Peter Davies is a politician in the English Democrats. He became Doncaster's second directly elected mayor in June 2009.-Personal life:Born in Woodlands on the outskirts of Doncaster in 1948, Davies went to school in Thorne, then worked at Danum School as a teacher. He is married...		4 June 2009	Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...	English Democrats

External links

• The Mayor