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Chris McEwan (born December 25, 1965 ) is the deputy leader of the Darlington Borough Council. He has been selected to stand as a candidate for Labour Party in the 2024 Tees Valley mayoral election.

During the campaign, McEwan said that his priorities would be transport and community and pledged to securer funding to "save" the Transporter Bridge.

Early Life
Chris McEwan was born on Christmas day 1965, in Greenock Royal Infirmary to Charles McEwan, a customs officer. His fathers work meant that McEwan's family moved first to Northern Ireland, then to Middlesbrough and finally to Darlington.

Politics
McEwan was elected to Darlington Borough Council, as a councillor for the a ward in Haughton (later the ward of Haughton & Springfield) in 1999.