North West Regional Assembly

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North West Regional Assembly
Status	Regional assembly
Territory	North West England
Founded	1999
HQ	Wigan
Budget	budget_year= 2006/07
Website	http://www.nwra.gov.uk/

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The North West Regional Assembly (NWRA) is the regional assembly for the North West England region of the United Kingdom. It is based at Wigan, in Greater Manchester.

Contents 1 Establishment 2 Role 3 Organisation 3.1 Senior Officers 3.2 NWRA Political Group Leaders 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Establishment

The assembly was created by the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998. The first meeting was held in 1999. In July 2003 the assembly was reconstituted to combine its existing functions with those of the regional arm of the Local Government Association and of the Regional Employers Organisation.

[edit] Role

The NWRA acts as the representative voice of the region and works to promote the economic, environmental and social well-being of the North West of England^[1]. The key functions of the assembly are:

• Co-ordinate the public expenditure of local authorities
• Act as regional planning body
• Scrutinise the work of the Northwest Regional Development Agency

Following criticism of the regional assemblies, it was proposed in July 2007 that they will be axed, losing their role by 2010.^[2]

[edit] Organisation

Membership of the NWRA is not by direct election. The NWRA represents the interests of Cumbria, Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside and has 80 members nominated by Local Authorities, business, trade unions, further and higher education, environmental interests, and the voluntary, cultural and community sectors including sport and tourism.

[edit] Senior Officers

Position	Holder
Chief Executive	Phil Robinson [3]
Director of Planning, Transport and Housing	Michael Gallagher [4]
Director of Strategy - Scrutiny, Europe and Sustainability	Steve Barwick [5]

[edit] NWRA Political Group Leaders

Political Group Leader Local Authority Conservatives Group Cllr Les Byrom [6] Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council Liberal Democrat Group Cllr Mike Ash [7] Cumbria County Council Labour Group Cllr Val Stevens [8] Manchester City Council [edit] References ^ http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/DG_10012119 ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6903108.stm ^ http://www.nwra.gov.uk/whatwedo/?page_id=72 ^ http://www.nwra.gov.uk/whatwedo/?page_id=73 ^ http://www.nwra.gov.uk/whatwedo/?page_id=88 ^ http://www.nwra.gov.uk/whatwedo/?page_id=50 ^ http://www.nwra.gov.uk/whatwedo/?page_id=50 ^ http://www.nwra.gov.uk/whatwedo/?page_id=50 [edit] External links North West Regional Assembly Local Government Association v • d • e Regional planning in England Regional assemblies East • East Midlands • London • North East • North West • South East • South West • West Midlands • Yorkshire and the Humber Regional development agencies East • East Midlands • London • North East • North West • South East • South West • West Midlands • Yorkshire and the Humber  This article relating to urban studies and planning is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.