Once elected, the metro mayor will be required to appoint a deputy mayor, drawn from one of
the constituent authority leaders, to whom the metro mayor can delegate powers as they see fit.
Not exact matches
Membership of the combined
authorities is not based on direct elections but on appointment by the
constituent local
authorities — normally their
leaders.
This also sparked squabbles between the four remaining (all Labour)
constituent members of the Combined
Authority on the way forward — showing how local
leaders struggled to get on and work together, and raising concerns as to how and whether they'd make a devo deal work.