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  Draft West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021
  
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  @ MP voted aye to have a directly elected mayor for West Yorkshire and to devolve powers related to education, housing, transport and policing to the mayor and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. 
  
  
  @ MP voted no not to establish a directly elected mayor for West Yorkshire and not to devolve powers related to education, housing, transport and policing to the mayor and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to have a directly elected mayor for West Yorkshire and to devolve powers related to education, housing, transport and policing to the mayor and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That the [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348217674 draft West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021], which was laid before this House on 17 December, be approved.
  
  
  
  * [1] [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348217674/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780348217674_en.pdf Explanatory memorandum to the Draft West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021]
  
  
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