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The West Midlands Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The West Midlands Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016 No. 933

Election of a mayor

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3.—(1) There is to be a mayor for the area.

(2) The first election for the return of a mayor for the area is to take place on 4th May 2017.

(3) Subsequent elections for the return of a mayor for the area shall take place—

(a)on the ordinary day of election in 2020, and

(b)in every fourth year thereafter on the same day as the ordinary day of election.

(4) The term of office of the mayor returned at an election for the return of a mayor for the area—

(a)begins with the fourth day after the day of the poll at the election for the return of a mayor for the area, and

(b)ends with the third day after the day of the poll at the next election for the return of a mayor for the area.

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