[5] This would require the expansion of Merseyside Police to cover the Borough of Halton, which is in the boundaries of Cheshire Constabulary.

[7] In January 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic affected the United Kingdom, mayor Rotheram made it a core pledge of his re-election campaign that he would "guarantee a job, training or an apprenticeship opportunity to every young person within six months of them becoming unemployed".

[8][9] Andy Corkhill, councillor for Oxton, Wirral was originally selected as the Liberal Democrat candidate, but later withdrew because of health reasons so David Newman was selected to stand as the Lib Dem candidate.

[10][11][12][13] Newman lives in Southport and stood in Liverpool Walton at the 2019 general election.

The Green Party candidate for Metro Mayor is Gary Cargill,[14] an actor who has appeared in several hit TV programmes and Hollywood films.