People in who live in areas such as Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire have voted for their new mayor
People across parts of the East Midlands have cast their vote in the region's first mayoral elections.
Mayors are typically elected for a period of four years, with no limit to the number of terms served. The candidates who stood in this year's mayoral election were Ben Bradley , Alan Graves , Frank Adlington-Stringer , Matt Relf , Helen Tamblyn-Saville and Claire Ward .The East Midlands mayor has powers and responsibilities in relation to transport, economic development, provision of skills training and housing.
Mayoral elections took place in West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North East, London, West Yorkshire and Salford.
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