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A number of CAs and CCAs were created in 2024, including the North East Combined Authority, East Midlands Combined County Authority, and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority. Nine CA and CCA mayors were elected during the 2024 United Kingdom local elections, including the newly created Mayor of the North East, Mayor of the East Midlands ...
The North of Tyne Authority and the North East Combined Authority were merged into the new North East Mayoral Combined Authority, the first election for which took place in May 2024. [ 16 ] Combined authority mayors are members of the England-only Mayoral Council and the UK-wide Council of the Nations and Regions .
Two existing combined authority mayors and two existing single authority mayors will be up for election. In addition, the inaugural election for the mayor of Greater Lincolnshire , who will chair Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority , is expected to take place on 1 May 2025, along with the inaugural election for the mayor of Hull and ...
The North East Mayoral Combined Authority is due to come into existence four days after this election, on 7 May 2024. [3] The authority will replace the North of Tyne Mayoral Combined Authority and the North East Combined Authority.
Following Labour's victory in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the new prime minister Keir Starmer informally met England's combined authority mayors and the mayor of London on 9 July. [5] The first formal meeting of the Mayoral Council, chaired by deputy prime minister Angela Rayner , took place on 10 October 2024 in Newcastle-upon ...
The combined authority is chaired by a directly elected mayor. The first election was held on 4 May 2017 for a four-year term of office, with further elections in May 2021 and every fourth year thereafter. [11] The mayor's salary has been reported to be £70,000 a year. [15]
The position of Mayor of the Liverpool City Region was created in 2017 following a devolution deal between the UK government and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA). The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 required a directly elected metro mayor for combined authorities to receive additional powers from central ...
The Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is a combined authority mayor, first elected in May 2017. The mayor is leader of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. This office was created under the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 which allowed for the creation of 'Metro mayors' to lead combined authorities in ...