Output (GVA) per person during each mayor's tenure
22 mayors, ranked by how output (GVA) per person changed from their first day in office, next to the nation over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Mayor | City | In office | Total | vs nation | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lab Donald Anderson | Edinburgh | 1 May 1999 – 1 May 2007 | +46.3% 1998 → 2006 | +16.0 pts nation +30.3% | +4.9%/yr | |
| 2 | Lab Ken Livingstone | London | 4 May 2000 – 4 May 2008 | +31.1% 1999 → 2007 | +6.6 pts nation +24.4% | +3.4%/yr | |
| 3 | Lab Co-op Andy Burnham | Manchester | 8 May 2017 – 3 Aug 2026 | +22.8% 2016 → 2023 | +21.6 pts nation +1.2% | +3.0%/yr | |
| 4 | Lab Ros Jones | Doncaster | 6 May 2013 – now | +21.5% 2012 → 2023 | +12.2 pts nation +9.3% | +1.8%/yr | |
| 5 | Lab Martin Winter | Doncaster | 6 May 2002 – 8 Jun 2009 | +18.5% 2001 → 2008 | +3.2 pts nation +15.3% | +2.5%/yr | |
| 6 | N Ray Mallon | Middlesbrough | 2 May 2002 – 7 May 2015 | +15.6% 2001 → 2014 | +6.6 pts nation +9.0% | +1.1%/yr | |
| 7 | Lab Tracy Brabin | Leeds | 6 May 2021 – now | +14.0% 2020 → 2023 | +9.4 pts nation +4.6% | +4.5%/yr | |
| 8 | Lab Dave Budd | Middlesbrough | 7 May 2015 – 2 May 2019 | +13.9% 2014 → 2018 | +7.3 pts nation +6.6% | +3.3%/yr | |
| 9 | Lab Andrew Burns | Edinburgh | 1 May 2012 – 25 May 2017 | +12.6% 2011 → 2016 | +6.5 pts nation +6.1% | +2.4%/yr | |
| 10 | Lab Dan Norris | Bristol | 10 May 2021 – 5 May 2025 | +10.7% 2020 → 2023 | +6.2 pts nation +4.6% | +3.5%/yr |
Showing 10 of 31 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); the nation is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. £ per person, in today's money · ONS regional gross value added (balanced) via nomis (NM_2400_1), output where it is produced, over the resident mid-year population (NM_2002_1), adjusted for inflation with the UK CPI (D7BT), calendar years dated at mid-year; a city that people commute into reads high · city (council area) data · as of Jul 2026.