Joseph Anderson, (born 24 January 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who is the first directly elected mayor of Liverpool, having been elected with 57% of the vote on 3 May 2012.
He won a second term in May 2016 with 52.6% of the vote.
He was previously leader of the Liverpool City Council from the 2010 Council election until the 2012 Mayoral election.
He is the first Labour Leader of the Council since 1998, the same year he was first elected as a Councillor.
He was also on the board of directors at Liverpool Vision, an Urban Regeneration Company within the city.
He represents Liverpool City Council as a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.