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Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Mayor of Greater Manchester
Strategic / metro mayor layer only. Constituent councils below are Watchtower CTYUA pages — their debt and crime figures are not this authority’s. Ceremonial civic mayors are out of scope.
Labour (Co-op)Mayor
Bev Craig
Mayor of Greater Manchester
Party
Labour (Co-op)
As published
Last election
By-election, 30 July 2026
Bev Craig (Labour and Co-operative Party) declared 31 July 2026; took office 3 August 2026. Previous ordinary election May 2024.
Next election
2028
GOV.UK factsheets: next ordinary election 2028. The 2026 by-election fills the remainder of the term.
Powers tier
Established Mayoral Strategic Authority
GOV.UK devolution factsheets (July 2025): elected mayor plus the Established Mayoral tier (including integrated settlement where named).
Returned at the 30 July 2026 by-election after Andy Burnham left the office. Commons Library SN05000 (11 May 2026) still listed Andy Burnham — superseded here by the official declaration.
Elections
- Last
- By-election, 30 July 2026 (by election)
- Bev Craig (Labour and Co-operative Party) declared 31 July 2026; took office 3 August 2026. Previous ordinary election May 2024.
- Next
- 2028 (ordinary)
- GOV.UK factsheets: next ordinary election 2028. The 2026 by-election fills the remainder of the term.
Calendar: next 2028 · last 30 Jul 2026
Constituent councils in Watchtower
Upper-tier, unitary and London borough pages that already exist in this snapshot. Combined authorities do not replace those councils.
- Bolton · Metropolitan borough
- Bury · Metropolitan borough
- Manchester · Metropolitan borough
- Oldham · Metropolitan borough
- Rochdale · Metropolitan borough
- Salford · Metropolitan borough
- Stockport · Metropolitan borough
- Tameside · Metropolitan borough
- Trafford · Metropolitan borough
- Wigan · Metropolitan borough
Sources
- MHCLG — English devolution: Area factsheets · as of 10 Jul 2025
- ONS Open Geography — Combined Authorities (May 2025) Names and Codes in EN · as of 1 May 2025
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority Mayoral Election result, 30 July 2026 · as of 31 Jul 2026
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority — The Mayor · as of 3 Aug 2026
- House of Commons Library — Directly-elected mayors (SN05000) · as of 11 May 2026
Source: Curated Watchtower mayors snapshot. As of 14 Sept 2026.