Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north,Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east,Cheshire to the south,and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester.
Sir Anthony Joseph Lloyd was a British Labour politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) for 36 years,making him one of the longest-serving MPs in recent history. He served as MP for Stretford from 1983 to 1997,Manchester Central from 1997 to 2012,and represented Rochdale from 2017 until his death in 2024. He was Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner between 2012 and 2017 and served as the interim Mayor of Greater Manchester in his last two years in the role.
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is a local government body responsible for co-ordinating transport services throughout Greater Manchester in North West England. It is an executive arm of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA),the city region's administrative authority. The strategies and policies of Transport for Greater Manchester are set by the GMCA and its Greater Manchester Transport Committee (GMTC). The committee is made up of 33 councillors appointed from the ten Greater Manchester boroughs,as well as the Mayor of Greater Manchester.
Salford City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four,with a third of the council being elected each time. Salford City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Salford in Greater Manchester,England. Since the last boundary changes in 2020,60 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.
Stagecoach Manchester is a major bus operator in Greater Manchester,operating franchised Bee Network bus services on contract to Transport for Greater Manchester. It is the largest UK bus subsidiary of Stagecoach Group outside of Greater London,as well as the largest within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester by passenger numbers,carrying up to 96.2 million passengers in 2019/20.
Peter Richard Charles Smith,Baron Smith of Leigh was a British Labour local politician and life peer.
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is a combined authority for Greater Manchester,England. It was established on 1 April 2011 and consists of 11 members;10 indirectly elected members,each a directly elected councillor from one of the ten metropolitan boroughs that comprise Greater Manchester,together with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester. The authority derives most of its powers from the Local Government Act 2000 and Local Democracy,Economic Development and Construction Act 2009,and replaced a range of single-purpose joint boards and quangos to provide a formal administrative authority for Greater Manchester for the first time since the abolition of Greater Manchester County Council in 1986.
Salford City Council is the local authority of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester,England. It is a metropolitan borough council,one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England,and provides the majority of local government services in Salford. It is a constituent council of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.
Bolton Council,also called Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester,England. It is a Metropolitan Borough Council,one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the Metropolitan Counties of England,and provides the majority of local government services in Bolton Metropolitan Borough.
The Trafford Centre is a tram stop built for Greater Manchester's Metrolink light rail system,built to serve passengers boarding and alighting at the Trafford Centre on the Trafford Park Line. Previously known as intu Trafford Centre,the tram terminus received the name The Trafford Centre after intu ceased ownership of the shopping centre,the tram stop's namesake. The stop is located adjacent to Barton Dock Road between Ellesmere Circle and Bright Circle.
The Mayor of Salford is a directly elected politician responsible for the executive functions of Salford City Council,created in 2012 for the City of Salford in Greater Manchester. The position is different from the long-existing and largely ceremonial,annually appointed ceremonial mayor of Salford.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester is the directly elected mayor of Greater Manchester,responsible for strategic governance in the region that includes health,transport,housing,strategic planning,waste management,policing,the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service and skills. The creation of the Mayor of Greater Manchester was agreed between the then Chancellor of the Exchequer,George Osborne,and Greater Manchester's 10 district council leaders. As well as having specific powers,the mayor chairs the Greater Manchester Combined Authority,also assuming the powers of the Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner.
The Bus Services Act 2017 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It provides for local transport authorities to create partnership schemes to improve bus services in their areas,and to introduce advanced ticketing schemes. The Act also provides for mayoral combined authorities to partially re-regulate bus services by creating franchise schemes similar to the one operated by Transport for London. It,however,prohibits local authorities from reversing complete bus deregulation,which had taken place following the Transport Act 1985,by forming a company for the purpose of providing local services.
Andrew Howard Western is a British politician of the Labour Party who was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston at the 2022 by-election. He had been the leader of Trafford Council since 2018,a post he vacated upon his election to parliament.
The 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election is due to be held on 2 May 2024 to elect the mayor of Greater Manchester. The election will take place the same day as council elections within the city region,including the election for the mayor of Salford,as well as local elections across England and Wales.
The 2022 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. Due to boundary changes,all 51 councillors were elected at the same time. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third—20 out of 60—of councillors on Oldham Council was elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Salford City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 along with other local elections across the United Kingdom. One third—20 out of 60—of councillor seats on Salford City Council were up for election.
The 2024 Salford City Council elections are scheduled to be held on 2 May 2024 alongside the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election,2024 Salford mayoral election and other local elections across the United Kingdom. Twenty-one seats on Salford City Council are up for election;one in each ward,and one additional seat in Ordsall to fill a casual vacancy.
