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Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Incumbent Nik Johnson since 10 May 2021
Style	Mayor^[1]
Appointer	Electorate of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Term length	Four years

The Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is a combined authority mayor, first elected in May 2017. The mayor is leader of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.

This office was created under the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 which allowed for the creation of 'Metro mayors' to lead combined authorities in England.^[2]

List of mayors

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Name		Portrait	Term of office		Elected	Political party	Previous and concurrent occupations
	James Palmer		8 May 2017	9 May 2021	2017	Conservative	Leader of East Cambridgeshire District Council Councillor for Cambridgeshire County Council Councillor for East Cambridgeshire District Council
	Nik Johnson		10 May 2021	incumbent	2021	Labour	Consultant Paediatrician at North West Anglia NHS Trust^[3] Councillor for Huntingdonshire District Council

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^ "Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

Current

Former

v t e Combined authorities and combined county authorities in England
Legislation	Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 Localism Act 2011 Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
Current	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (Mayor) East Midlands (Mayor) Greater Manchester (Mayor) Liverpool City Region (Mayor) North East (Mayor) South Yorkshire (Mayor) Tees Valley (Mayor) West of England (Mayor) West Midlands (Mayor) West Yorkshire (Mayor) York and North Yorkshire (Mayor)
Proposed	Devon and Torbay Greater Lincolnshire (Mayor) Hull and East Yorkshire (Mayor) Lancashire
Defunct	North of Tyne (Mayor) North East (non-mayoral)