2021 West Midlands mayoral election
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The <entity_0> will be held on <entity_6> to elect the <entity_1>, on the same day as other local elections across England and Wales, including councillors in all seven of its boroughs and the Police and Crime Commissioner for the <entity_5> city region. The <entity_5> is the second most populous city-region of the <entity_4> after Greater London. The position of <entity_1> was created in 2017 following a devolution deal between the UK government and the <entity_5> Combined Authority (WMCA). The candidates were voted on by Labour Party members in the <entity_5>, with the result announced in <entity_2>. Jenny Wilkinson, who stood for the party in the Sutton Coldfield constituency at the 2017 <entity_4> general election and 2019 <entity_4> general election, was selected in <entity_2> - after their original selection of Beverley Nielsen, the party's candidate in the 2017 <entity_5> <entity_3>, announced as the party's candidate in <entity_2>, stood down as Mayoral Candidate in <entity_2> citing the struggle to balance an added year of campaigning; brought on by the election delay to due the COVID-19 pandemic and then dramatically resigned party membership, along with three other Malvern Hills District Council Lib Dems, in protest after the group's new leader pulling out of the authority's ruling coalition administration. On <entity_2>, Byrne appointed the Liberal Democrats 2017 candidate Beverley Nielsen, as his Climate Tsar for his campaign, stating that Liam's plans on making the <entity_5> the UK's first zero-carbon region as "exciting and ambitious" and added "We have so much potential in our region and we should be at the very heart of green manufacturing.
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