Combined county authority · E47000013 · ONS CAUTH
East Midlands Combined County Authority
Mayor of the East Midlands
Strategic / metro mayor layer only. Constituent councils below are Watchtower CTYUA pages — their debt and crime figures are not this authority’s. Ceremonial civic mayors are out of scope.
LabourMayor
Claire Ward
Mayor of the East Midlands
Party
Labour
As published
Last election
May 2024
GOV.UK factsheets: most recent election 2024; next 2028. Ordinary Thursday 2 May 2024.
Next election
2028
Powers tier
Mayoral Strategic Authority
GOV.UK devolution factsheets (July 2025): mayoral combined or combined county authority. Not named as Established at that factsheet date.
Elections
- Last
- May 2024 (ordinary)
- GOV.UK factsheets: most recent election 2024; next 2028. Ordinary Thursday 2 May 2024.
Constituent councils in Watchtower
Upper-tier, unitary and London borough pages that already exist in this snapshot. Combined authorities do not replace those councils.
- Derby · Unitary authority
- Derbyshire · County council
- Nottingham · Unitary authority
- Nottinghamshire · County council
Sources
- House of Commons Library — Directly-elected mayors (SN05000) · as of 11 May 2026
- MHCLG — English devolution: Area factsheets · as of 10 Jul 2025
- ONS Open Geography — Combined Authorities (May 2025) Names and Codes in EN · as of 1 May 2025
Source: Curated Watchtower mayors snapshot. As of 14 Sept 2026.