On 2 May 2024 elections will be held for nine metro-mayors across England, as well as for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. This is the largest number of metro-mayor elections held on a single day to date.
This briefing provides details about what metro-mayors are, the powers they exercise and the funding they receive, as well as a map of the areas they cover. It also looks at recent devolution policy and includes a list of existing metro-mayors and the results of previous elections, which were first held in 2017.