Sheffield City Region Combined Authority

Sheffield City Region Combined Authority Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority
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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
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, economic development and regeneration. The chair of the authority is Sir Steve Houghton, the leader of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.

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 membership of the combined authority is as follows:^[2][3]

See also

• Sheffield City Region

References

External links

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