The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021

Election of 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 6th May 2021.

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

(a)on the ordinary day of election in 2024, 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.