Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced his new Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (CA) cabinet - and addressed the lack of female representation.
Following the local elections held across the region last month, changes have been made to the line-up of the team heading up the CA for the next year and the seven-strong membership is made up exclusively of men. In the aftermath of May’s elections, despite increasing Labour’s numbers on Wirral Council, former leader Cllr Janette Williamson was deposed by her deputy Paul Stuart.
He now replaces her on the authority executive, taking up the role of portfolio holder for digital and innovation. The region’s other female leader, Joanne Anderson, stepped down as Mayor of Liverpool in May as the city did away with the position.
