As of May 2024, there are now 10 combined authorities each with a Metro Mayor.
Metro mayors and are directly elected by citizens in their area, and are chairs of their area's combined authority. The mayor, in partnership with the combined authority, exercises the powers and functions devolved from Government, set out in the local area's devolution deal.
There are 10 Labour Metro mayors:
- Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire
- Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester
- Oliver Coppard, Mayor of Sheffield City Region
- Nik Johnson, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Kim McGuinness, Mayor of the North East
- Dan Norris, Mayor for the West of England
- Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands
- Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region
- David Skaith, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire
- Claire Ward, Mayor of the East Midlands.
The devolved powers and the level of funding varies across the combined authorities. Whilst the powers included in most of the devolution deals focus on housing, skills and transport, Greater Manchester combined authority also has devolved powers and funding relating to criminal justice and health and social care. For example, while all of the directly elected mayors have responsibility for franchised bus services, only some will have responsibility for new key route networks of local authority roads.
Since 2000, London has also had a directly elected mayor but the role, and the structures supporting it, differ from the areas listed above. The current Mayor of London is Labour’s Sadiq Khan.