2024 Tees Valley mayoral election
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The 2024 Tees Valley mayoral election is due to be held on 2 May 2024 to elect the
Background
The mayor serves as the directly elected leader of the
The first election for the role in
Electoral system
Following the
Opinion polling
Dates conducted |
Pollster | Client | Sample size |
Con | Lab | Reform | Lib Dems | Green | Others | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12–29 Apr 2024 | YouGov | N/A | 924 | 51% | 44% | – | 5% | – | – | 7 |
17–19 Apr 2024 | Redfield and Wilton | N/A | 1,000 | 47% | 47% | – | 6% | – | – | Tie |
9–19 Feb 2024 | Censuswide[a] | Yasper | 1,000 | 23% | 55% | 9% | 6% | 6% | 1% | 32 |
6 May 2021 | 2021 election | – | 72.8% | 27.2% | – | – | – | – | 45.6 |
- ^ This poll was unweighted, and included 16–17 year olds.[6]
Candidates
Conservative
Labour
Chris McEwan who previously worked for the NHS
McEwan who was raised in Middlesbrough said that his priorities would be transport and community,[12] and also said he would bring more openness and transparency to the Tees Valley Combined Authority.[10]
Liberal Democrats
Simon Thorley, a businessperson from Darlington, general election candidate for Darlington, was selected to also stand for the Lib Dems for Tees Valley mayor.[13][14]
Green Party
Sally Bunce was selected to stand as the Green Party candidate but withdrew at close of nominations for personal reasons, with insufficient time to nominate a different candidate. The local Green Parties have not endorsed any other candidates, despite unsubstantiated allegations made by local Conservative MP Simon Clarke of an electoral pact with Labour.[15][16][17][18][19]
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Houchen | ||||
Labour Co-op
|
Chris McEwan | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Thorley |
By local authority
Darlington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Houchen | ||||
Labour Co-op
|
Chris McEwan | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Thorley |
Hartlepool
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Houchen | ||||
Labour Co-op
|
Chris McEwan | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Thorley |
Middlesbrough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Houchen | ||||
Labour Co-op
|
Chris McEwan | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Thorley |
Redcar and Cleveland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Houchen | ||||
Labour Co-op
|
Chris McEwan | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Thorley |
Stockton-on-Tees
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Houchen | ||||
Labour Co-op
|
Chris McEwan | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Thorley |
References
- ^ "Tees Valley". Centre for Cities. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "What the Mayor Does". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Directly elected mayors". Local Government Association. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ Metcalfe, Alex (13 March 2020). "Coronavirus sees Teesside mayoral and police chief elections delayed". TeessideLive. Reach plc. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Elections Act 2022: Section 13", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2022 c. 37 (s. 13)
- ^ "Tees Valley Poll Misleading..." Twitter. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ White, Andrew (29 March 2023). "Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen reselected to contest 2024 election". The Northern Echo. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Allan, Dave (9 January 2024). "Mayor's election pledge to build new hospital". Tees Business. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Jones, Leigh. "Government says Ben Houchen 'does not have powers to build hospital'".
- ^ ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ Jones, Morgan (7 November 2023). "Labour candidate for Tees Valley mayor: Chris McEwan picked to fight Houchen". LabourList. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Burgess, Tom (12 September 2023). "Darlington Labour councillor puts name forward to campaign against Ben Houchen". Darlington and Stockton Times. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Burgess, Tom (31 January 2024). "Liberal Democrats announce their candidate for Tees Valley Mayor". Northern Echo. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Corrigan, Naomi (31 January 2024). "Lib dem mayoral candidate sets out top priorities". Teesside Live. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Simon, Clarke (4 April 2024). "Green candidate to stand down". Twitter. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ Jones, Leigh (9 December 2023). "Green Party announce candidate to challenge Ben Houchen in Tees Valley election". Yorkshire Post. Archived from the original on 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Instagram".
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/share/p/DowvGCu88aUUWkRi/?mibextid=WC7FNe
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/share/p/Y5eBEZ66DQRwwL9K/?mibextid=WC7FNe