Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Government does not propose to make adoption of the metro mayor model subject to a local referendum.

This question was answered on 15th July 2015
If an area adopts a metro mayor, this will be part of a Deal for devolving major powers and budgets that the Government agrees with those democratically elected to represent the area.