Mayor of the North East

Elected mayor in England

Mayor of the North East

Incumbent
Kim McGuinness

since 7 May 2024

Style| Mayor[1]
Appointer| Electorate of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority
Term length| Four years
Inaugural holder| Kim McGuinness
Formation| 7 May 2024
Deputy| Deputy Mayor of the North East, Currently Martin Gannon
Website| https://www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/about/the-mayor

The mayor of the North East is a combined authority mayor. The mayor is the leader of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority. The current mayor is Kim McGuinness, elected in May 2024. The deputy mayor is currently Martin Gannon

## Mayoral functions

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The functions devolved to the Mayor are:[2]

* housing and regeneration
* education, skills and training
* the adult education budget
* the functional power of competence
* housing and planning, including mayoral development areas and corporations, land and acquisition powers
* finance, through council precepts and business rate supplements
* transport, including bus grants and franchising powers

The mayor is a member of the Mayoral Council for England and the Council of the Nations and Regions.

## List of mayors

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Mayors of the North East

Name  | Portrait  | Term of office  | Elected  | Political party  | Previous and concurrent occupations
| Kim McGuinness |  | 7 May 2024  | Incumbent | 2024 | Labour | Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria 2019 to 2024

## References

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1. ^ Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, s 107A(5)
2. ^ "The North East Mayoral Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2024". legislation.gov.uk. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

## External links

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* North East Combined Authority Returning Officer

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Combined authorities and combined county authorities in England

Legislation|

* Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
* Localism Act 2011
* Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016
* Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
* English Devolution Bill

Current|

* Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (Mayor)
* Devon and Torbay
* East Midlands (Mayor)
* Greater Lincolnshire (Mayor)
* Greater Manchester (Mayor)
* Hull and East Yorkshire (Mayor)
* Lancashire
* Liverpool City Region (Mayor)
* North East (Mayor)
* South Yorkshire (Mayor)
* Tees Valley (Mayor)
* West of England (Mayor)
* West Midlands (Mayor)
* West Yorkshire (Mayor)
* York and North Yorkshire (Mayor)

Approved|

* Greater Essex
* Hampshire and the Solent

Proposed|

* Heart of Wessex

Defunct|

* North of Tyne (Mayor)
* North East (non-mayoral)

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Current|

| London|

* London

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Combined authorities|

* Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
* East Midlands
* Greater Lincolnshire
* Greater Manchester
* Hull and East Yorkshire
* Liverpool City Region
* North East
* South Yorkshire
* Tees Valley
* West of England
* West Midlands
* West Yorkshire
* York and North Yorkshire

Local authorities|

* Bedford
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* Doncaster
* Hackney
* Leicester
* Lewisham
* Mansfield
* Middlesbrough
* Newham
* North Tyneside
* Salford
* Tower Hamlets
* Watford

Former|

| Combined authorities|

* North of Tyne

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Local authorities|

* Bristol
* Copeland
* Hartlepool
* Liverpool
* Stoke-on-Trent
* Torbay

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