Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 85780

Mayors

Tabled: 28 October 2025

Answered: 4 November 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not facilitating the creation of new directly elected council mayors on mayors for single foundation strategic authorities.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh

The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill makes provision to prevent the creation of any new directly elected local authority mayors, whilst allowing for the continuation of 13 existing ‘legacy’ directly elected council mayors. The English Dev...

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