Guidance for Candidates and Agents at Combined Authority Mayoral elections

A person cannot sit as both a combined authority mayor and a local councillor of a constituent council1 . If they are already an elected councillor and are subsequently elected as mayor, their office as councillor will become vacant. Equally, if someone stands as a candidate at the same time in both contests and is elected to both offices, their election as councillor will be disregarded and the office of councillor will be deemed to be vacant2 .

A constituent council means a county council that is wholly or partly within the combined authority area, or a district council that is within the combined authority area.