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= Billy Mayhew = Billy Mayhew is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by Daniel Brocklebank, the character's first appearance was broadcast on 5 December 2014. He is the local victor of Weatherfield, he is the ex-boyfriend of both Sean Tully (Antony Cotton) and Todd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley), he is currently dating the character Paul Foreman (Peter Ash). In 2017 he and Todd took guardianship of Summer Spellman (Matilda Freeman), when Summer's adoptive father Drew Spellman (Tom Godwin), Billy's ex, asked them in his dying months to take her on as her guardian. He also discovered that he was responsible for the death of Susan Barlow (Joanna Foster). As of 2020 the character has been on the show for 8 years.

Storylines
Sean Tully (Antony Cotton) and his colleague Sinead Tinker (Katie McGlynn) are about to head home after an uneventful evening at a club when suddenly Sinead makes Sean talk to a man he spots in the club. Billy Mayhew, the man in the club, tells Sean he's just moved to Weatherfield from Peterborough. Billy tells Sean that he's the new vicar at St. Mary's Church. They swap numbers. Sean tells his friend Eileen that he has a new man. Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) introduces Sean and Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) to the new vicar, Billy. Sean and Billy don't let on that they know each other. Sean is nervous as he goes for a date with Billy at the bistro. Billy puts him at ease and they arrange a proper night out together. Sean's desperate to make a good impression as Billy arrives at No.11. Billy enjoys his meal. Sean frets over what to say to Billy's text of thanks.

Beth Tinker's (Lisa George) hen night gets underway at The Rovers Return Inn. Beth mistakes Billy for a stripper. Sean invites Billy to the wedding as his plus one. Sean has given up on Billy when he arrives, having been held up at work. Billy texts Sean and tells him about Eileen calling him. Sean does not mind her interfering but tells her to be out when Billy comes over. Billy shows concern for Sean and tells him he has feelings for him. Billy calls early on Sean for their date before he's dressed and ready. Eileen's son, Todd, is jealous as Sean and Billy go on their date. Sean and Billy enjoy their date in The Rovers but it is cut short when Billy is called away to visit a parishioner in trouble. Sean gets uptight as a date with Billy nears. Sean and Billy join Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) and Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley) for her birthday dinner in the bistro. Sean is expecting Billy for dinner and is out to impress him with his food. The guests have all arrived for Sean's posh home-cooked dinner for Billy, but Eva is late.

Billy asks Emily for help in hosting a comedy night at the church to raise funds. She appears uncomfortable with the idea and with him and Sean being together. Billy has flyers distributed for the church comedy night. Emily is coldly polite with him and Sean wonders if she disapproves of the two of them together. Sean does his best to drum up interest in the comedy night, promising an unenthusiastic Billy that he'll be there. Sean is worried about his and Billy's coming-out together at the comedy night. Billy steels himself and explains to Sean that as he's still very much the new vicar, he does not yet want his congregation to know that he's gay. Sean is hurt and decides not to go along. Sean takes his temper out on Emily, calling her a bigot for not supporting Billy, just as the man himself walks in. Emily's shocked and assures Sean she is neither a bigot nor a homophobe but just a traditionalist when it comes to how her faith is practiced and merely prefers a choir to a comedy night. Moreover, Billy's private life is entirely his own affair. Realising he misjudged the situation, Sean offers an embarrassed apology. Billy is furious with him. Todd is secretly pleased. Billy takes Sean to task for attacking an old lady and leaves for the comedy night without him. Billy buries the hatchet with Emily. Sean wants to make up with Billy but doesn't do anything about it as he thinks he's blown his chances. Emily lures Billy to The Rovers on the pretext of asking him to help a parishioner before telling him and Sean to get over themselves. Sean and Billy struggle to sort out their differences as Sean refuses to be kept in a box. Sean decides to keep his relationship with Billy a secret if it's the only way of keeping him. Sean puts up posters for Billy's charity butler auction. Sean and Billy compete to recruit volunteer butlers for the auction. Sean and Billy make arrangements for The Rovers to be decorated for the butler auction but neither Liz McDonald (Beverley Callard) nor Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh) are impressed with the list of Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell), Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall), Kal Nazir (Jimi Mistry), Sharif Nazir (Marc Anwar) and Sean himself as the men to bid for. The night is a success, though.

Sean and Billy prepare for a day's ramble in the Peak District. Worn out after a long walk, Sean and Billy find a country pub where they book a room for the night. Making out there's been a double-booking, the landlord tells Sean and Billy there's no longer a room available. Billy and Sean confront the pub landlord, accusing him of fabricating the double-booking to disguise his homophobia. The landlord orders them to leave. Sean and Billy return to Weatherfield and arrive back at No.11, telling Eileen and Adrian Conner (Shayne Ward) what happened. Billy tells Sean how proud he was of him in the pub and how annoyed he was that he was hurt by the landlord. Billy sets out to see Lucy, a sick child of his parish. A Weatherfield Gazette reporter calls on a horrified Sean and asks details of the landlord and his own relationship with Billy. Billy arrives back saying that Lucy has died. Sean forgets his anger as he comforts him. Eileen hears about Lucy's death and gives Sean and Billy some space. Billy confesses to Sean that he's falling in love with him.

A furious Billy calls round with the Gazette which carries the front-page story of his and Sean's run-in with the pub landlord. He's furious as he meets his new Bishop for the first time today and he who has very conservative views on homosexuality. Sean is forced to admit that Julie was responsible. Billy is furious. Billy and Sean show Julie the story. Mortified, she apologises. Billy is tense before his meeting. Eileen tells Sean that Billy's congregation will support him. Billy comes back from his meeting with the Bishop. He's upset as he explains to Sean that the Bishop made his disapproval of the publicity plain and in desperation Billy lied to him, assuring him that he and Sean have ended their relationship. Sean is devastated.

Billy says he would rather stay in than go to the bistro. Sean's disappointed, realising he's worried about being seen together. Sean rustles up a meal for Billy but his disappointment is evident. Todd and Jason interrupt Billy and Sean's evening. Todd enjoys ruining Billy and Sean's evening. Billy apologises to Sean and assures him he's not ashamed of their relationship. Sean's nervous about attending Billy's church Bring and Buy sale and has got Eileen to agree to go to it with Adrian. Julie accompanies Sean to the sale, posing with him as a couple. Billy is amused. Sean is pleased when Billy asks him to organise the raffle tickets at the sale. Sean meets Bishop Redmond at the sale and starts to gabble in a panic until Billy sends him away. Julie Carp (Katy Cavanagh) takes Billy to task for upsetting Sean. He calls on Sean and explains how he's told the Bishop he cannot live a lie – that Sean is his boyfriend and that he has to accept it. Sean is touched. Billy invites Sean back to the vicarage for the night. The Windasses and Hodges arrive in church for Miley Windass' christening, with Billy performing the ceremony. Billy tells the Barlows he'll be conducting Deirdre Barlow's (Anne Kirkbride) funeral and asks them what kind of service Deirdre would want. Sean and Billy tell Kylie Platt (Paula Lane), David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) and Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) that Jason might be brain damaged after being ruthlessly attacked by Callum Logan (Sean Ward). Todd overhears Sean and Billy discussing Jason's condition and how he might need a kidney transplant. Kevin's party gets underway with Sally Webster (Sally Dynevor), Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent), Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine), Kirk Sutherland (Andrew Whyment), Andrea Beckett (Hayley Tamaddon), Sean, Lloyd Mullaney (Craig Charles), Gail Rodwell (Helen Worth), Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox), Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) and Billy in attendance. Lloyd and Andrea leave in a classic American 1950s car, organised by Luke Britton (Dean Fagan) and decorated with balloons by Sean and Billy. Sean and Billy break up and Billy begins a relationship with Todd Grimshaw which upsets Sean.

In January 2016, when Eva informed him that she was sceptical that her boss Aidan Connor's new business partners, Richie and Julia O'Driscoll, were keeping Marta Zarek (Edyta Budnik), a Polish employee, as a slave in their home. Billy couldn't be too sure, so he and Eva went hunting for Marta when she was found to be hiding in the Underworld supply loft. Billy and Eva found Marta beneath an overpass, and they tried to question her on what was happening, but she ran away. Eva later got critical evidence that the O'Driscolls really were keeping Marta prisoner when they were acting secretive about their private life. This convinced Eva to organise breaking into the house and finding out whether Marta really was being held as a slave. On an initial stakeout, Billy and Eva saw a figure who looked like Marta through a window, even though the O'Driscolls had told them that Marta had gone back to Poland. The next day, Aidan was convinced that the O'Driscolls really were holding her captive, and agreed to help Billy and Eva. The pair broke in to the O'Driscolls' house as they were at a convention, and they found a door with a padlock on it. After searching, the pair found a key, unlocked the door, and found a cowering Marta, hunched in fear. They promised to help her, but Richie and Julia arrived home early from the convention, trapping the trio upstairs. They found Billy, Eva, and Marta, with Richie punching Billy, and holding Marta over a railing. Billy and Eva's saving grace came when Aidan arrived just in time and right-hooked Richie. Aidan had rushed over as Eva was not answering her phone, which had fallen out of her pocket in the car. Billy called the police, but they arrested all of them (excluding Marta) for various reasons, Richie and Julia for slavery, Aidan for assault, and Billy and Eva for burglary and criminal damage. Later however, Billy, Eva, and Aidan were all released without charge, and Marta returned to Poland.

Drew Spellman (Tom Godwin), Billy’s ex, turns up unexpectedly to visit Billy and meets Todd. Todd learns that Drew is Billy's ex-boyfriend and Billy is Summer Spellman’s (Matilda Freeman) godfather, Drew's daughter. Todd suspects Drew wants Billy back but he reveals he is terminally ill and wants Billy to bring up Summer as her other father, Charlie, disappeared, unable to cope. Todd is not keen and Billy breaks the news to Drew that he cannot look after Summer but Billy persuades Todd to think about it. Summer visits Billy with Drew and Billy agrees that Summer can live with him and Todd, but Todd is annoyed the decision was made without him. Summer spends time getting to know Billy and Todd and tells them she knows Drew wants them to look after her. Summer is heartbroken when Drew dies of heart failure and her grandmother, Geraldine Spellman (Lynne Verrall), takes Summer to live with her.

Billy and Todd turn up unwelcome at Drew's funeral and Billy encourages Summer to carry on with her eulogy. Summer turns up at Todd and Adam Barlow's (Sam Robertson) new law firm, wanting to take legal action against Drew's doctor, believing they let him die. Todd talks to Summer about what Drew wanted for her. Summer visits Todd again about the case and Billy finds them. Todd apologises to Summer for misleading her about their being a case for Drew and Summer tells Billy and Todd about life with her grandparents, which prompts Billy and Todd's decision to do something. Drew and Billy visit Summer's grandparents and Geraldine opposes the idea of Summer living with them and Summer overhears Geraldine being offensive over their sexuality and Drew. Summer's grandfather, Angus Spellman (Roland Oliver), shows them Drew's will that was updated shortly before his death, stating his wishes for Billy to be her guardian and Summer chooses to move in with Billy and Todd.

Todd's employer and friend, Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford), brings her daughter, Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney), to meet Summer. Summer and Amy do not interact and in Billy and Todd's absence, they argue when Amy attempts to look through a box and Summer is glad she hit Amy. Summer is annoyed when Billy and Todd look in the box, finding photos of Summer with Drew, and they decide to put them up. Summer tells Billy and Todd that she and Drew built robots and Summer, Todd and Billy build their own robot.

In December 2017, Billy was stabbed in the leg by a sharp, metal four leaf clover he had in his pocket outside of court for punching Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne). Believing he was dying, Billy confessed to Peter that, in 2001, he and Gareth Brannigan (Tam Ryan) robbed a petrol station at gunpoint and crashed into Susan Barlow (Joanna Foster) as they made their escape, killing her. On Christmas Day, Billy fell over a cliff after Peter had threatened to throw him over it. Billy survived but when he woke up on Boxing Day he was informed by Eileen Grimshaw that during that time Todd fled Weatherfield with Summer as he feared her grandmother would take her away from him and Billy. They were on the run for a month, before the police tracked them down in January 2018. Todd urged Summer to find Eileen and Billy, before he assaulted a police officer and fled into the woods and disappeared. Summer did return but alone.

After Billy returned home, he was in a wheelchair so Summer had to look after him and do everything for him. Billy was also reliant on painkillers and Adam Barlow, Susan's son, fed Billy stronger painkillers as revenge, getting him addicted to them. As a result Billy contacted Lee Mayhew, his brother, and together they took heroin. After walking in on them taking it. Summer confronts a drug-upped Billy. Harshly, he tells her to go and live with Geraldine, she runs to Eileen and tell’s them of what has happened. Lee warns Billy that the police will probably now be involved. Billy subsequently went on the run after getting hooked on drugs. In March 2018, Billy broke into No.11 for money but was caught by Peter who managed to make Billy admit to his addiction. Billy's Bishop, John Thornber, got Billy admitted to rehab. Billy returned to Weatherfield in late April 2018 and was reunited with Summer. As Billy was behind in the rent, a friend, Shona Ramsey (Julia Goulding) moved in with them to help them. Summer vows she will be leaving him when she is old enough, however Summer soon begins to forgive Billy.

After being sentenced to community service David Platt joined one of the other workers, Finn (Dean Logan) in making homophobic comments towards Billy, Billy confronted David and David opened up to him about being raped by Josh Tucker (Ryan Clayton), Billy helped David open upand report Josh to the police, later however David tracked down Josh to try and stop him from raping someone else. Billy found David and tells him to go home. However, once David leaves, Billy tell’s he man Josh was with Ethan Corrin (Kyle Rowe) that Josh is a rapist. It transpires that Josh was beaten up by Ethan after he found GHB in his pocket, putting him in a coma, he later woke up, without his sight. Billy visited Josh and confessed that he was responsible for his hospitalisation as he had been the one to tell Ethan the truth. Despite the confession, Josh felt lucky to have at least one visitor and asked Billy to continue visiting him - Billy informed Josh that he would only stay with him if he was to confess his sins, however Josh continued to deny that he had raped David. Josh was discharged from hospital in September 2018 and turned up at Billy's flat 19a Rosamund Street as he had nowhere else to go following the loss of his flat. Billy reluctantly allowed Josh to stay, and warned him to keep a low profile. Soon after David discovered that Josh was living at Billy's. David confronted Billy and, after revealing that Josh also raped Dec, and perhaps others, not just him, Billy threw Josh out.

On New Year's Day 2019, Paul Foreman (Peter Ash), a old cell mate of David qnd the twin brother of Gemma Winter (Dolly-Rose Campbell ) arrived in Weatherfield and asked for help from David in finding him a job. David puts him in contact with Billy who helps him get a job with Carla Connor (Alison King) at Underwold. Later in the Rovers Return, Paul openly flirted with Billy, grateful for him having secured his job - and the pair arranged a date. However, when Billy discovered Paul with another man, whom he had met on a dating app, he realised that Paul was a philanderer and had no intentions of making a faithful commitment. However later, the two began to date when Kel Hinchley (Joseph Alessi), a ex boyfriend of Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) Gemma and Paul’s mother. Kel sexually abused Paul when he was at the age of fourteen, he arrived on the street and Billy helped Paul open up about it to his friends and family, he later moved in with Billy and Summer.

In 2020, the pair provided sanctuary to Kelly Neelan (Millie Gibson), who posted a video of Asha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey) naked, under the conduction that’s she apologise to Asha and later her mother Laura Neelan (Kel Allen) collected her and took her back home despite the fact Kelly had become found of the pair. Sean and Mary Taylor (Patti Clare) went to Billy when a letter form Todd arrived asking for money.

Creation and Reception
The character and Brocklebank's casting was announced on 24 September 2014. He began filming in October. Billy is a vicar and will be introduced as a love interest for Sean Tully (Antony Cotton). Series producer Stuart Blackburn commented on the storyline, saying "It's about time Sean had a romance, he's been unlucky in love for a long time. Billy is a great guy who is sincere about his feelings for Sean, but his first love is and always will be God and the Church." A reporter writing for the Inside Soap Yearbook 2017 described Billy's kiss with Todd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley) as "x-rated" and noted that "many viewers complained". In August 2017, Brocklebank and Langley were longlisted for Best Partnership at the Inside Soap Awards. They did not progress to the viewer-voted shortlist.