Mike Wolfe (politician)

Mike Wolfe
1st Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent
In office October, 2002 – 5 May 2005
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Mark Meredith
Personal details
Born	Yorkshire, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Mayor4Stoke
Other political affiliations	Labour Party (until 2002)
Occupation	Mayor

Mike Wolfe was the first directly elected mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, sitting in office from 2002 to 2005.

Career

Time as Mayor

Wolfe left the Labour Party to stand as an independent in the mayoral race of October 2002 and narrowly beat George Stevenson, a local Labour member of Parliament. Both Wolfe and his successor Mark Meredith are openly gay.^[1]

Wolfe came fourth out of eight in his bid for re-election in May 2005 when Labour gained the position of elected mayor. The election was notable for a record number of spoiled ballot papers.^[2]

Post-2005

He later became a columnist for local paper, The Sentinel.

References

1. ^ Morris, Nigel (2002-10-19). "Politics: Mavericks profit from low turn-out in mayoral elections". The Independent. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20021019/ai_n12658209. Retrieved 2007-06-07. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/features/2005/elections.shtml

Persondata
Name	Wolfe, Mike
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Date of birth
Place of birth	Yorkshire, England
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