Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Mayoral combined authority; established mayoral strategic authority. Created 1 April 2011.
Constituent councils: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, Manchester City Council, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Salford City Council, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.
Board, and overview and scrutiny committee meetings from June 2018 to October 2026, read from the authority's own record.
- Mayor: Bev Craig (Labour)
- 218 meetings: 81 board, 137 overview and scrutiny
- 0 named votes recorded in the minutes
Mayors
- Andy Burnham (Labour): from 4 May 2017 to 18 June 2026
- Bev Craig (Labour): from 30 July 2026
Each with the party they were elected for. A mayor's party is shown in place of a party in control: a strategic authority isn't run by a party.
Members
Listed at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority meeting of 10 July 2026, with each member's role, and their party on the date from their home council's record where the site has it. Appointed members who aren't councillors aren't named.
- Akhtar Zaman: Constituent member, Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Eamonn O'Brien: Constituent member, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Bev Craig: Constituent member, Manchester City Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Neil Emmott: Constituent member, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Paul Dennett: Constituent member, Salford City Council, Labour (the authority's record)
- Mark Roberts: Constituent member, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Liberal Democrats (home council's record)
- Eleanor Wills: Constituent member, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Tom Ross: Constituent member, Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Nazia Rehman: Constituent member, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
- Name not shown (not a councillor): Appointed member (not a councillor)
- Tricia Ayrton: Substitute, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council, Labour (home council's record)
Named votes (0)
No named votes were found in this authority's minutes.
Latest meetings
- 28 October 2026: GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee (minutes not published yet)
- 25 September 2026: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (minutes not published yet)
- 24 September 2026: GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee
- 10 July 2026: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (minutes not published yet)
- 26 June 2026: Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- 29 May 2026: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (minutes not published yet)
- 27 March 2026: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (minutes not published yet)
- 25 March 2026: GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee
- 25 February 2026: GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee
- 13 February 2026: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (minutes not published yet)
- 11 February 2026: GMCA Overview & Scrutiny Committee
- 30 January 2026: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (minutes not published yet)