The Liverpool City Region is governed by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and its constituent Local Authorities. The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority was established on 1 April 2014 and the membership includes the Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, the five local authority leaders of Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral Councils, the elected Mayor of Liverpool City Council and the Chair of the Business & Enterprise Partnership. Warrington and West Lancashire Councils are Associate Members of the Combined Authority.
The purpose of meetings of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is to oversee and undertake responsibility for the exercise of those functions granted through the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 and the 2014 and the 2017 Orders made under it.