What is Mayor of the West Midlands?
{{Infobox official post |post = Mayor |body = the West Midlands |insignia =Mayor of the West Midlands Logo.svg |insigniasize = 150px |insigniacaption = |nativename = |imagesize = 200px |alt = |department = [[West Midlands Combined Authority]] |incumbent = Richard Parker |incumbentsince = 4th May 2024 |style = [[Mayor]]<ref>[[Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009]], s 107A(5)</ref> |residence = |seat = 16 Summer Lane, [[Birmingham]] |appointer = Electorate of [[West Midlands (County)|West Midlands]] |appointer_qualified = by [[supplementary vote]] |termlength = 4 years |member_of = [[West Midlands Combined Authority]] |formation = 8 May 2017 |constituting_instrument = [[Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016]] |inaugural = Richard Parker |deputy = Cllr Bob Sleigh |salary = £79,000<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/west-midlands-mayor-salary-unveiled-12641323|title=Find out how much the West Midlands Mayor will be paid|first=Neil|last=Elkes|date=22 February 2017|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|access-date=27 February 2017}}</ref> |website = {{URL|www.wmca.org.uk/the-mayor|West Midlands Combined Authority - The Mayor}} }} The '''Mayor of the West Midlands''' is a directly [[Election|elected]] political post who chairs the [[West Midlands Combined Authority]].. The first election was on Thursday 4 May 2017. [[Andy Street]], the first Mayor, was originally due to hold office for three years, with the second election for the post taking place in May 2020. That was delayed for a year due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/coronavirus-forces-delay-local-elections-17921172|title=Coronavirus forces delay to local elections with polls postponed for a year|first=Brett|last=Gibbons|date=13 March 2020|newspaper=Birmingham Mail|access-date=16 August 2020