Average house price during each mayor's tenure
22 mayors, ranked by how average house price 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 Russell Goodway | Cardiff | 1 Apr 1996 – 1 Jun 2004 | +170% Mar 1996 → May 2004 | +9.8 pts nation +160% | +12.9%/yr | |
| 2 | N Ray Mallon | Middlesbrough | 2 May 2002 – 7 May 2015 | +130% Apr 2002 → Apr 2015 | +27.1 pts nation +103% | +6.6%/yr | |
| 3 | Lab Martin Winter | Doncaster | 6 May 2002 – 8 Jun 2009 | +121% Apr 2002 → May 2009 | +60.6 pts nation +60.6% | +11.9%/yr | |
| 4 | Lab Ken Livingstone | London | 4 May 2000 – 4 May 2008 | +109% Apr 2000 → Apr 2008 | −28.2 pts nation +137% | +9.7%/yr | |
| 5 | Lab Peter Soulsby | Leicester | 6 May 2011 – now | +93.3% Apr 2011 → Jul 2026 | +16.2 pts nation +77.1% | +4.4%/yr | |
| 6 | Lab Ros Jones | Doncaster | 6 May 2013 – now | +73.4% Apr 2013 → Jul 2026 | +0.6 pts nation +72.8% | +4.2%/yr | |
| 7 | Lab Steve Rotheram | Liverpool | 4 May 2017 – now | +71.0% Apr 2017 → Jul 2026 | +38.8 pts nation +32.3% | +6.0%/yr | |
| 8 | SNP Susan Aitken | Glasgow | 18 May 2017 – now | +68.0% Apr 2017 → Jul 2026 | +23.4 pts nation +44.6% | +5.8%/yr | |
| 9 | Lab Co-op Andy Burnham | Manchester | 8 May 2017 – 3 Aug 2026 | +64.6% Apr 2017 → Jul 2026 | +32.3 pts nation +32.3% | +5.5%/yr | |
| 10 | Con Boris Johnson | London | 4 May 2008 – 9 May 2016 | +56.6% Apr 2008 → Apr 2016 | +38.3 pts nation +18.3% | +5.8%/yr |
Showing 10 of 60 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period 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. £, UK House Price Index · HM Land Registry UK House Price Index, average price of all property types · city (council area) data · as of Jul 2026.