Schedules
Schedule 2Mayors for combined county authority areas: further provisions about elections
I16Election as mayor and councillor
1
If the person who is returned at an election as the mayor for the area of a CCA is also returned at an election held at the same time as a councillor of a constituent council, a vacancy arises in the office of councillor.
2
If the person who is returned at an election (“the mayoral election”) as the mayor for the area of a CCA —
a
is a councillor of a constituent council, and
b
was returned as such a councillor at an election held at an earlier time than the mayoral election,
a vacancy arises in the office of councillor.
3
Subject to sub-paragraph (4), a person who is elected as the mayor for the area of a CCA may not be a candidate in an election for the return of a councillor or councillors of a constituent council.
4
A person who is the mayor for the area of a CCA may be a candidate in an election for the return of a councillor or councillors of a constituent council if the election is held at the same time as an election for the return of the mayor, but sub-paragraph (1) applies if the person is a candidate in both such elections and is returned as the mayor and as a councillor.