What time will the result of the East Midlands Mayor election be declared today?

Polling stations across Derbyshire are this morning (Friday) preparing to count results from yesterday’s vote – as part of two local elections for the first ever East Midlands Mayor and the latest Derbyshire and Police Crime Commissioner.

The count for the East Midlands Combined County Authority Mayor will start at 12pm today (Friday) with an announcement expected after 2pm.

The six East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) candidates include Conservative Ben Bradley, Labour’s Claire Margaret Ward, Liberal Democrat Helen Louise Tamblyn-Saville, Independent Matt Relf, Green Party member Frank Adlington-Stringer and Reform UK’s Alan Graves.

EMCCA has brought together representatives from four agreed local authorities Derbyshire County Council, Derby City Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham City Council after its launch this year but Leicester City and Leicestershire County councils declined to join the authority

The EMCCA devolution deal will reportedly guarantee a funding stream of £1.14bn spread over a 30-years with devolved powers around transport, housing, skills and adult education, economic development and net zero.

Councils across the East Midlands, including those in Derbyshire are not being scrapped or merged under the EMCCA devolution deal and they will still oversee many public services, but the new East Midlands Combined County Authority will deal with broader issues like transport, regeneration and employment.