North of Tyne Combined Authority
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The North of Tyne Combined Authority is a mayoral combined authority which consists the local authorities of Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, and Northumberland, all in North East England.[2] The authority came into being on 2 November 2018 under the statutory name Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority. The three local authorities previously formed part of the North East Combined Authority, which still exists in a smaller form. The two combined authorities cooperate on the North East Joint Transport Committee.[3][4]
North of Tyne Combined Authority Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority | |
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History | |
Founded | 2 November 2018 |
Leadership | |
Elected Mayor | Jamie Driscoll since 6 May 2019 |
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Joint committees | North East Joint Transport Committee |
Meeting place | |
The Lumen, Newcastle Helix, St James Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne[1] | |
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The authority met for the first time on 8 November 2018 at Morpeth Town Hall. Norma Redfearn, the elected mayor of North Tyneside Council, was appointed the chair until an interim mayor was appointed.[5] At the combined authority cabinet meeting held on 4 December 2018, Norma Redfearn was confirmed as the interim mayor, and remained in post until the election of Labour and Co-operative's Jamie Driscoll as the authority's first directly elected mayor.
In its levelling up white paper, published in February 2022, the UK government announced its intention expand the existing North of Tyne MCA to include the local authorities of Gateshead, South Tyneside, Durham and Sunderland to form a larger North East Mayoral Combined Authority in May 2024.