Sheffield City Region Combined Authority

Sheffield City Region Combined Authority
Sheffield City Region Combined Authority within England
Type
Type	Combined authority of South Yorkshire
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
Leadership
Chair	Sir Steve Houghton Since 1 April 2014
Vice-chair	TBD
Structure
Seats	11 members
Committees	Transport
Elections
Voting system	Indirect election, directly elected metro-mayor from 2017
Last election	1 April 2014
Website
www.southyorks.gov.uk

The Sheffield City Region Combined Authority is the combined authority for South Yorkshire in England. It was established by statutory instrument under the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 on 1 April 2014 with the statutory name Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority. It is a strategic authority with powers over transport (public transport and major trunk roads only), economic development and regeneration. The chair of the authority is Sir Steve Houghton, the leader of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

The combined authority does not formally cover all of the Sheffield City Region. It does not include areas of northern Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire which are part of the city region. However the district councils of those areas of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire are represented on the combined authority as non-constituent members.

History

In order to create a combined authority the local authorities in the proposed area must undertake a governance review and produce a scheme of their proposals.

Naming

As part of the consultation process for the new authority, the UK government suggested the name South Yorkshire Combined Authority, which was rejected by the authorities who favoured the name Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. The government rejected this name as "misleading and inappropriate". The order presented to parliament to create the authority referred to it as the Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield Combined Authority.^[1] The authority has since adopted the corporate name Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.

Membership

The authority consists of the four local authorities of South Yorkshire as constituent members and the other authorities in the Sheffield City Region as non-constituent partner members. Membership numbers are weighted to ensure a majority of South Yorkshire members and non-constituent members may be excluded from some votes.^[2]

The membership of the combined authority is as follows:^[3][4][5]

Name		Membership	Position within nominating authority	Nominating authority
	Stephen Houghton	Constituent	Leader of the Council	Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
	Simon Greaves	Constituent	Leader of the Council	Bassetlaw District Council
	John Burrows	Constituent	Leader of the Council	Chesterfield Borough Council
	Ros Jones	Constituent	Mayor of Doncaster	Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
	Chris Read	Constituent	Leader of the Council	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
	Julie Dore	Constituent	Leader of the Council	Sheffield City Council
	(Vacant)	Constituent	Mayor of Sheffield City Region	Sheffield City Region Combined Authority
	(Rotational)	Additional constituent
	(Rotational)	Additional constituent
	Ann Syrett	Non-constituent	Leader of the Council	Bolsover District Council
	Graham Baxter	Non-constituent	Leader of the Council	North East Derbyshire District Council
	Lewis Rose	Non-constituent	Leader of the Council	Derbyshire Dales District Council

See also

• Sheffield City Region

References

1. The Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority Order 2014
2. Sheffield City Region Combined Authority
3. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/240299/Combined_authority_for_South_Yorkshire_consultation.pdf
4. http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/politics/combining-forces-key-to-making-yorkshire-northern-powerhouse-1-6531080
5. http://meetings.southyorks.gov.uk/documents/s39121/31_Mar_16_CA%20Devolution%20Ratification%20report.pdf?zTS=B

External links

• Sheffield City Region Combined Authority
• Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership