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  Draft West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016 - Directly Elected Mayor
  
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  @ MP voted aye for a directly elected mayor for the area of the West Midlands Combined Authority.
  @ MP voted no against  a directly elected mayor for the area of the West Midlands Combined Authority.
  
  
  The majority of MPs vote for a directly elected mayor for the area of the West Midlands Combined Authority. The combined authority is to exercise some functions in relation to transport and strategic planning. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs was:
  
  :That the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111147856/contents draft West Midlands Combined Authority Order 2016], which was laid before this House on 28 April, in the last Session of Parliament, be approved.
  
  The order provided for the first mayoral election to be held on the 4th May 2017, the next in 2020 and then every four years thereafter. 
  
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