- "Hello, I'm the Mayor of East Anglia! That is a real job!"
The East Anglia devolution deal failed to pass, as did Norfolk and Suffolk. Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is going ahead though
why indeed? and where does that leave High Peak?
As far as I understand it, the area covered by the "Sheffield City Region" mayor is South Yorkshire plus Chesterfield and Bassetlaw (Notts), and the other three Derbyshire districts involved - Bolsover, Derbyshire Dales and NE Derbyshire - are non-constituent members
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because Hampshire's districts are so outdated and perversely arranged that you'd have to go to within ten miles of the Berkshire border to include them. or just give this power to the county council instead.
Solent is in an early stage of consultation and any mayoral election isn't likely to take place until 2018 or later - apparently suburban district councils like Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant would have required county council consent to sign up at this stage but may be invited to join later if/when it all gets approved
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- seriously why the is there a mayor of Lincolnshire
Looks like the Lincolnshire devolution deal has also failed to pass, so Mayor of Lincolnshire will not be happening
