At a recent Bolsover District Council meeting, councillors overwhelmingly agreed to write to the local MP and the ‘Levelling Up’ Minister voicing their opposition to the proposed East Midlands Combined County Authority.
The proposal would see an election take place for an Elected Mayor in May 2024 and they would represent more than two million people across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, with the new authority having strategic powers in areas such as transport and economic policy. Something which the Council has voted against four times now.
Councillor Duncan McGregor raised the issue and asked for the Council Leader to express the Council’s views on the proposal, which is of huge local significance.
Council Leader, Councillor Steve Fritchley said: “This is the fourth time we have debated this issue and every time we have voted against it. There is a lot of objection to the proposal, not only here in Bolsover District, but across Derbyshire as well, as it will have a real, significant effect on democracy in Great Britain.
“I have been asked to write to our local MP and urge him to vote against the Bill that is going through Parliament – which is what I will now do as councillors have voted and agreed to it.”
Councillor McGregor moved the proposal and Councillor Ray Heffer seconded it.
