Mayor of the North East

The Mayor of the North East is a combined authority mayor. The mayor is the leader of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority. The incoming Mayor is Kim McGuinness, elected in May 2024.

Mayoral functions
The functions devolved to the Mayor are:


 * 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