The citizens of Manchester were not given the option of a metro mayor; the proposal they rejected was, in effect, to directly elect the council leader. Some of the critics of the metro mayor model clearly do not understand the difference between an elected council leader and what is now being offered for the conurbation.
Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Andrew Gwynne
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 October 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords].
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