Mayor of the Liverpool City Region

Mayor of the Liverpool City Region
since 8 May 2017
StyleMayor[1]
StatusCombined authority metro mayor
Member ofLiverpool City Region Combined Authority
Council of the Nations and Regions
AppointerElectorate of the Liverpool City Region
Term length4 years
Constituting instrumentCities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016
DeputyDeputy Mayor
Salary£96,000[2]
WebsiteLiverpool City Region Mayor

The Mayor of the Liverpool City Region (also styled as Metro Mayor; legally the Mayor of the Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority), is the directly elected mayor of the Liverpool City Region, who is responsible for regional governance over a number of issues, the Mayor has powers devolved to them from the Central Government, as well as this the mayor chairs the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.[3]

The first, and current, officeholder is Steve Rotheram, who was elected to the post in May 2017.[4]

The office was created under the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 which allowed for the creation of 'mayors' to lead combined authorities in England.[5]

  1. ^ Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, s 107A(5)
  2. ^ "City Mayors: Salaries of British mayors".
  3. ^ "Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Mayoral Election" (PDF). liverpoolcityregionelects.org. p. 2. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Liverpool 'metro mayor' results: Labour's Steve Rotheram elected". BBC News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2017.