2024 North East mayoral election

2024 North East mayoral election

2 May 2024 2028 →
Turnout	31%[1]
Con Candidate Kim McGuinness Jamie Driscoll Guy Renner-Thompson Party Labour Co-op Independent Conservative Popular vote 185,051 126,652 52,446 Percentage 41.3% 28.2% 11.7%   Ref Green Candidate Paul Donaghy Aidan King Andrew Gray Party Reform UK Liberal Democrats Green Popular vote 41,147 25,485 17,631 Percentage 9.2% 5.7% 3.9%
Election result by council areas
Elected Mayor Kim McGuinness Labour Co-op

The 2024 North East mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the first mayor of the North East, a role created under the North East devolution deal announced in 2022. The election took place the same day as council elections within the region, as well as local elections across England and Wales.

The winner was Kim McGuinness of the Labour and Co-operative Party, with independent candidate Jamie Driscoll, who had been the Labour North of Tyne elected mayor before leaving the party to contest the election, in second place.^[2]