Kim McGuinness

Kim McGuinness
McGuinness in 2023
Mayor of the North East
Assumed office
7 May 2024
DeputyMartin Gannon
Preceded byJamie Driscoll
(as Mayor of the North of Tyne)
Tracey Dixon
(as Chair of the North East Combined Authority)
Police and Crime Commissioner for Northumbria
In office
19 July 2019 – 8 May 2024
Preceded byVera Baird
Succeeded bySusan Dungworth
Member of Newcastle City Council
for Lemington
In office
7 May 2015 – September 2019
Succeeded byJason Smith
Personal details
Born
Cara Kim McGuinness

(1985-05-29) 29 May 1985 (age 39)
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Political partyLabour Co-op
Alma materNewcastle University (BA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Kim McGuinness[1] (born 29 May 1985) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who was elected as the Mayor of the North East in May 2024.[2] Previously, she served as the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner between 2019 and 2024.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Cara Kim MCGUINNESS personal appointments - Find and update company information". gov.uk.
  2. ^ "North East Mayor Election 2024 Candidates and Results". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Kim McGuinness elected as Northumbria police commissioner". BBC News. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Northumbria PCC 2021: Labour's Kim McGuinness retains role". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2022.