The Lord Houchen of High Leven | |
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_(Ben_Houchen).jpg) Houchen in 2024 | |
| Tees Valley Mayor | |
| Assumed office 8 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 12 July 2023 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ben Houchen 9 December 1986 Stockton-on-Tees, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Rachel Flanagan (m. 2011) |
| Residence(s) | Yarm, North Yorkshire, England |
| Alma mater | Northumbria University |
| Website | Official website |
Ben Houchen, Baron Houchen of High Leven (born 9 December 1986), is a British Conservative politician and life peer. He has been Tees Valley Mayor since 2017, winning the inaugural mayoral election in the combined authority. Houchen was re-elected in 2021 and won a third term in 2024.
As mayor, Houchen represents the five local authority areas in the Tees Valley: Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar and Cleveland, Hartlepool, and Darlington, and he also acts as chairman of the Tees Valley Combined Authority, the body tasked with driving economic growth and job creation in the area.[1]
As of May 2024[update], Houchen is the only Conservative combined-authority mayor in England.
- ^ "About Us". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 12 April 2018.