Title page
Contents
Summary 4
1. What are metro-mayors? 6
1.1. Metro-mayor elections 6
2. Current metro-mayors 9
2.1. Candidates for the May 2024 elections 9
3. Metro-mayor powers 11
3.1. What powers do metro-mayors have? 11
3.2. Where do metro-mayors get funding from? 12
4. How metro-mayors are elected 15
5. The accountability system for metro-mayors 16
6. Future devolution policy 17
6.1. Extending devolution as part of 'levelling up' 17
6.2. Opposition devolution policy 18
Appendix: Mayoral election results 19
Table 1. Combined authority mayors and London mayoralty 9
Table 2. Sources of grant funding for metro-mayors 12
Table 3. Combined authorities: council tax requirements, 2023/24 13