Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
| Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | |
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| Type | |
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| Houses | Unicameral |
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Term limits
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None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 2014 |
| Preceded by | Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority |
| Leadership | |
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Chair
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Joe Anderson
Since 18 December 2015 |
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Vice-chair
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Barrie Grunewald
Since 19 June 2015 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 77 members |
| Committees | Merseytravel Committee |
| Elections | |
| Indirect election, directly elected mayor from 2017 | |
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Last election
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1 April 2014 |
| Meeting place | |
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1 Mann Island Liverpool |
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| Website | |
| http://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/ | |
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is the combined authority of the Liverpool City Region, an area that covers the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the adjacent Borough of Halton in North West England. It was established on 1 April 2014 by statutory instrument under the provisions of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. Membership of the combined authority is made up of the leaders of the six principal membership authorities and the local enterprise partnership.
The LCRCA is a strategic authority with powers over transport, economic development and regeneration. Transport policy of the combined authority is delivered by the Merseytravel functional body.
The statutory name of the combined authority is the Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral Combined Authority and at the inaugural meeting on 1 April 2014 the name Liverpool City Region Combined Authority was adopted. The chair of the authority is Joe Anderson, the Mayor of Liverpool.
In order to create a combined authority the local authorities in the proposed combined area must undertake a governance review and produce a scheme of their proposals. The six local authorities in this case are Halton Borough Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council, Liverpool City Council, Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. They are the five metropolitan borough councils of Merseyside and the unitary authority of the adjacent Borough of Halton. The Merseyside Integrated Transport Authority and Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership also supported them.
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