| Mayor of the Liverpool City Region | |
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| Style | Mayor[1] |
| Status | Combined authority metro mayor |
| Member of | Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Council of the Nations and Regions |
| Appointer | Electorate of the Liverpool City Region |
| Term length | 4 years |
| Constituting instrument | Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 |
| Deputy | Deputy Mayor |
| Salary | £96,000[2] |
| Website | Liverpool 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]
- ^ Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, s 107A(5)
- ^ "City Mayors: Salaries of British mayors".
- ^ "Liverpool City Region Combined Authority - Mayoral Election" (PDF). liverpoolcityregionelects.org. p. 2. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Liverpool 'metro mayor' results: Labour's Steve Rotheram elected". BBC News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2017.