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East Midlands Combined County Authority
East Midlands Combined County Authority
	Area covered by the East Midlands Combined County Authority
Type
Type	Combined county authority
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	27 February 2024
Leadership
Mayor	Claire Ward, ; Labour
Elections
Voting system	Directly elected mayor
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	4 May 2028
Meeting place
	Northern Gateway Enterprise Centre, Chesterfield
Website
	www.eastmidlands-cca.gov.uk
Constitution
	www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/232/contents/made

The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is a combined county authority in England. The authority covers the ceremonial counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Despite its name, the combined county authority covers only two of the six ceremonial counties that make up the East Midlands region as a whole.

History

A North Midlands combined authority was proposed by Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire in 2016. South Derbyshire District Council, High Peak Borough Council, Amber Valley Borough Council and Erewash Borough Council all voted to reject the proposal, and Chesterfield Borough Council decided to join the South Yorkshire Combined Authority instead.^[2] In July 2016, it was reported that the North Midlands devolution deal had collapsed.^[3] There has been support from several council leaders for an East Midlands combined authority (in response to the West Midlands) with discussions to follow on whether a directly elected mayor would be implemented, and on the future of the existing boroughs.^[4] The scope of the devolution deal has involved the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, as well as their cities.^[5] The leaders of seven Leicestershire councils wrote in 2020 to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who gave support.^[6]^[7]

In 2022, leaders of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire county councils, and Nottingham and Derby city councils, stated that discussions had taken place for a deal, and that they were open to a mayoral deal.^[8] A proposal was made by Government and signed by the four councils on 30 August 2022, to form the first Mayoral Combined County Authority.^[9]

The deal was criticised for side-lining neighbouring Leicestershire and some politicians in Leicestershire expressed regret at being left out of the devolution deal, which had been opposed by Leicester City Council. The Centre for Cities said that even combining Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire was "a mistake" as "they are two different counties with distinct local economic needs".^[10]

The combined authority was formally established by the East Midlands Combined County Authority Regulations 2024 which were made on 27 February 2024.^[11]^[12]

The Mayor of the East Midlands became a member of the Mayoral Council for England and the Council of the Nations and Regions when those bodies were established in October 2024.

Territorial extent

The area covered by the combined authority corresponds with the territory that makes up the constituent councils i.e. Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and covers 4,790 square kilometres (1,850 sq mi) with over 2 million residents. It includes the districts of Amber Valley, Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Bolsover, Broxtowe, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, Gedling, High Peak, Mansfield, Newark and Sherwood, North East Derbyshire, Rushcliffe and South Derbyshire.


Ceremonial county	Authorities
Ceremonial county	Constituent members	Non-constituent members
Derbyshire	Derby City Council
	Derbyshire County Council	Amber Valley
		Bolsover
		Chesterfield
		Derbyshire Dales
		Erewash
		High Peak
		North East Derbyshire
		South Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire	Nottingham City Council
	Nottinghamshire County Council	Ashfield
		Bassetlaw
		Broxtowe
		Gedling
		Mansfield
		Newark and Sherwood
		Rushcliffe

Members

The first meeting of the combined authority took place on 20 March 2023 at Chesterfield Town Hall and was chaired by Barry Lewis, the Leader of Derbyshire County Council.^[13] The EMCCA Board is made up of the Mayor of the East Midlands and the leaders and deputy leaders Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council.^[14]^[15]

Board

At June 2024, the board comprised:^[16]

	Membership	Position within nominating authority	Nominating authority
Claire Ward	Constituent	Mayor of the East Midlands	Direct election
Barry Lewis	Constituent	Leader of the Council	Derbyshire County Council
Baggy Shanker	Constituent	Leader of the Council	Derby City Council
Ben Bradley	Constituent	Leader of the Council	Nottinghamshire County Council
Neghat Khan	Constituent	Leader of the Council	Nottingham City Council
Simon Spencer	Constituent	Deputy Leader of the Council	Derbyshire County Council
Nadine Peatfield	Constituent	Deputy Leader of the Council	Derby City Council
Bruce Laughton	Constituent	Deputy Leader of the Council	Nottinghamshire County Council
Ethan Radford	Constituent	Deputy Leader of the Council	Nottingham City Council