Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Greater Manchester within England
Type
Type	Combined authority of Greater Manchester
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 2011
Preceded by	AGMA
Leadership
Mayor	Andy Burnham, Labour since 8 May 2017
Deputy Mayor for Policing, Fire, Criminal Justice and Crime	Kate Green, Labour since 9 January 2023
Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester	Paul Dennett, Labour since 8 December 2021
Chief Executive	Eamonn Boylan since 27 January 2017
Structure
Seats	11 constituent members
Political groups	Labour (10)   Liberal Democrats (1)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post voting[1]
First election	4 May 2017
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	4 May 2028
Meeting place
Tootal Buildings, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6EU[2]
Website
www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is a combined authority for Greater Manchester, England. It was established on 1 April 2011 and consists of 11 members; 10 indirectly elected members, each a directly elected councillor from one of the ten metropolitan boroughs that comprise Greater Manchester, together with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester. The authority derives most of its powers from the Local Government Act 2000 and Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009,^[3] and replaced a range of single-purpose joint boards and quangos to provide a formal administrative authority for Greater Manchester for the first time since the abolition of Greater Manchester County Council in 1986.

The planning policies of the GMCA were developed in the 2000s by the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities in the Greater Manchester Strategy. It is a strategic authority with powers over public transport, skills, housing, regeneration, waste management, carbon neutrality and planning permission. Functional executive bodies, such as Transport for Greater Manchester, are responsible for delivery of services in these areas.^[3] The GMCA appoints a Chair and Vice-Chairs, from among its ten executive members.

The costs of the GMCA that are reasonably attributable to the exercise of its functions relating to public transport, economic development and regeneration (and any start up costs) are met by its constituent councils. Such costs are funded by direct government grant and, as a precepting authority, with some money collected with local Council Tax apportioned between the constituent councils.^[3]