First East Midlands Mayor election to cost 'eye-watering' £4 million

The election for the inaugural East Midlands Mayor will cost an “eye-watering” £4 million, accounting for a sizable chunk of the new combined authority’s annual budget. Papers for the first meeting of the East Midlands Combined County Authority – led by Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire – detail the super council’s annual budget of £56 million.

The five candidates, alphabetically by surname, as they will appear on the ballot, are: Frank Adlington-Stringer , Ben Bradley , Alan Graves , Matt Relf and Claire Ward . Cllr Graves, a Derby councillor and the city’s mayor, said: “There is no justification. “The eyewatering £4 million price tag for the election is something the architects of devolution should answer to as with better collaboration with existing local authorities this money could have gone straight on the delivery of much-needed services.” The candidates for the Green Party, Conservatives and Labour have not responded as of this article’s publication.

Mark Rogers, currently interim chief officer of the East Midlands Devolution Programme, is set to be interim head of paid service. Mark Kenyon, currently director of finance at Derbyshire County Council, will be the interim Section 73 officer – the main financial advisor.

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