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  Directly Elected Mayor for the West Midlands Combined Authority Area
  
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  @ MP voted aye in favour of introducing a directly elected mayor for the West Midlands Combined Authority, which covers the local government areas of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. 
  @ MP voted no against introducing a directly elected mayor for the West Midlands Combined Authority, which covers the local government areas of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. 
  
  The majority MPs voted in favour of introducing a directly elected mayor for the West Midlands Combined Authority, which covers the local government areas of Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
  
  :That the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111147856/contents draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016], which was laid before this House on 30 June, be approved.
  
  The Order provides that the area of the Combined Authority is to have a directly elected mayor, and for the date of the first and subsequent elections  to the role of mayor and the term of office[1]. 
  
  The area covered by the Combined Authority is set out in the Draft West Midlands Combined Authority Agreement[2].
  
  * [1] [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111147856/pdfs/ukdsiem_9780111147856_en.pdf Explanatory memorandum to the draft West Midlands Combined Authority (Election of Mayor) Order 2016
  * [2] [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477421/West_Midlands_devolution_deal_unsigned_final_web.pdf Draft West Midlands Combined Authority Agreement]
  
  
  
  
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