Editing Mayor (section)

==== Directly elected mayors ====
{{main|Directly elected mayors in England}}
Since [[Local Government Act 2000|reforms]] introduced in 2000, a number of English local authorities have [[Elected mayors in the United Kingdom|directly elected mayors]] who combine the "civic" mayor role with that of [[leader of the council]] and have significantly greater powers than either.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05000/|title= Directly-elected mayors|website= www.commonslibrary.parliament.uk|access-date= 14 December 2020|archive-date= 26 July 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220726013121/https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05000/|url-status= live}}</ref>

Areas which now have directly elected mayors include cities, local government districts which cover several towns and rural areas, and since 2014 [[combined authority]] areas which include two or more local authority districts.