Talk:Strategic authority mayor

Title of this new article

I support the creation of this article and splitting off from the Directly elected mayors (local authority mayors) article. However, I think it should be re-named Strategic authority mayors. The Mayor of London is the only true regional mayor because the GLA is a strategic regional authority. Based on the official Regions of England, the other 'metro-mayors' are sub-regional mayors. I think Strategic authority mayors is a more appropriate article title because it's unambiguous. As this is a new article, I don't know whether a formal move request is still needed. Thanks. Simon373737 (talk) 09:33, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Support - per nom Dn9ahx (talk) 10:13, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

I was unsure of what title to use but "regional mayor" seemed to be the one that was used by the largest number of sources. However if there's support for a different title like that I'd be happy to move it. Will do so tomorrow if there's no opposition. Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 14:17, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Great thanks. Simon373737 (talk) 15:02, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

It looks like there's been no opposition to re-naming this article. Simon373737 (talk) 10:05, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

I have just realized I can't move the article as Strategic authority mayors already exists as a redirect, so it will require an RM. Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 14:59, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Is there away to do the request move without it trying to automatically redirect the move back to 'Regional mayor' page? This bug happened with the 'Combined authority' RM request (after auto-correct, it thought I'd asked to redirect 'Combined authority' to 'Combined authority' which is obviously meaningless). Someone fixed it for me, but I don't know how to. Thanks. Simon373737 (talk) 17:15, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Requested move 9 June 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Clear consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) 1isall (talk | contribs) 00:54, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

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Regional mayor → Strategic authority mayor – The proposed title is unambiguous and reflects the language used in recent English Devolution Act. The Mayor of London is the only unambiguously regional mayor in England. The other strategic authority mayors are sub-regional. Simon373737 (talk) 00:36, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Support per nom. Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 12:19, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Comment Whilst this makes sense for ambiguity reasons, I think it is worth mentioning that the strategic authority areas are often casually referred to as "regions" e.g. https://www.saferhighways.co.uk/post/east-midlands-secures-298m-investment-to-enhance-public-transport-and-active-travel. But I think you are right that even if the term is common, it is best to avoid it as an article title to avoid confusion. Chessrat ^{(talk, contributions)} 03:53, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Support. Definitely not 'Regional mayor'. This isn't a term commonly used. 'Strategic authority mayor' reflects government language. Crucially, it also includes the Mayor of London who is not a 'combined authority mayor'. MRSC (talk) 04:04, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Support multiple names have been used Metro/Regional/Combined/Strategic, best simplify by the type of authority itself, unless one common name predominates. Of course, not "combined" as this includes London, and there are various other "regions" in England. DankJae 17:02, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.