North East Combined Authority

This article is about the mayoral combined authority which was established in May 2024. For the non-mayoral combined authority of a similar name that was abolished in May 2024, see North East Combined Authority (2014–2024).
For wider statistical region, see North East England.

North East Combined Authority
North East Combined Authority within England
Type
Type
History
Founded7 May 2024
Preceded byNorth East Combined Authority & North of Tyne Combined Authority
Leadership
Kim McGuinness,
Labour
since May 2024
Deputy Mayor
Martin Gannon,
Labour
since June 2024
Structure
Political groups
  Labour (6)
  Liberal Democrats (1)
  Conservatives (1)
CommitteesAudit and Standards Committee, Overview and Scrutiny Committee. [1]
Length of term
None, 4 Years (Mayor)
Elections
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
4 May 2028
Meeting place
The Lumen, St James Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne[2]
Website
www.northeast-ca.gov.uk Edit this at Wikidata
Constitution
https://www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/governance/constitution

The North East Combined Authority (NECA) is a combined authority in North East England. It has a directly-elected Mayor and seven member councils: two are unitary authorities (Durham and Northumberland) and five are metropolitan borough councils (Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland). The combined authority's area and the separate Tees Valley devolved region occupy the wider statistical region of North East England.[3][4]

The authority was announced on 28 December 2022 in the North East devolution deal. On 6 March 2024, the Government announced the North East deeper devolution deal, which allowed the new authority to absorb multiple previous devolved bodies and gave NECA increased devolved powers. The first election for the authority took place on 2 May 2024. The replacement of both the non-mayoral North East Combined Authority and the North of Tyne Combined Authority happened on 7 May 2024.[3] The new combined authority was operational by the end of May 2024. [5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Committees". 19 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Contact us". 19 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "North East devolution deal". GOV.UK. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ https://www.sunderland.gov.uk/media/28957/North-East-Devolution-Scheme/pdf/Scheme_-_final.pdf?m=638103399897930000 [bare URL]
  5. ^ "North East deeper devolution deal". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ^ Holland, Daniel (6 March 2024). "What the North East's £100m-plus 'trailblazer' deal means for the region". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  7. ^ Ford, Coreena (6 March 2024). "'Trailblazer' deal set to deliver massive boost to North East". Business Live. Retrieved 7 March 2024.