Video: Liverpool's first elected Mayor says city has rejected the coalition government Mayor Anderson won with 58,448 votes beating independent candidate Liam Fogarty who came second with 8,292 votes and Liberal Democrat Richard Kemp, who got 6,238 votes. We will deliver on our pledges and our promises. The people of this city need new houses, they need jobs and new schools," he added. Liverpool's result was another blow to the Coalition as Labour made sweeping gains winning 461 seats and 21 councils.