North East mayoral election results in full
North East voters have made history by electing the region's first ever mayor.
The new mayor of the North East will represent around two million people across Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and County Durham following a multi-billion pound devolution deal with the Government. The deal gives the region new funding and decision-making powers and is of huge significance to its future.
Six candidates were in the running to become the first mayor of the North East, and below we have the results in full for each of them both overall and by area.
The six candidates were: Labour’s Kim McGuinness, Conservative Guy Renner-Thompson, Independent Jamie Driscoll, the Green Party’s Andrew Gray, Liberal Democrat Aidan King, and Reform UK’s Paul Donaghy. Kim McGuinness won with an overall majority in every area that made up the vote: Northumberland, County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Kim McGuinness won the election with an overall majority, with the following results declared in Sunderland on May 3, 2024:
Paul Donaghy (REF) - 41,147
Jamie Driscoll (IND) - 126,652
Andrew Gray (G) - 17,631
Aidan King (LD) - 25,485
Kim McGuinness (LAB) - 185,051
Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) - 52,446
Here are the results from each of the seven council areas which make up the North East Combined Authority and voted - those yet to be declared will be added as soon as they are announced:
County Durham
Paul Donaghy - 9,679
Jamie Driscoll - 25,074
Andrew Gray - 2,396
Aidan King - 3,907
Kim McGuinness - 43,084
Guy Renner-Thompson - 11,627
Gateshead
Paul Donaghy - 4,421
Jamie Driscoll - 12,438
Andrew Gray - 2,013
Aidan King - 4,696
Kim McGuinness - 21,994
Guy Renner-Thompson - 4,041
Newcastle
Paul Donaghy- 3,653
Jamie Driscoll - 25,018
Andrew Gray - 3,671
Aidan King - 6,778
Kim McGuinness - 26,429
Guy Renner-Thompson - 5,012
Northumberland
Paul Donaghy - 4,437
Jamie Driscoll - 22,736
Andrew Gray - 1,638
Aidan King - 2,587
Kim McGuinness - 27,992
Guy Renner-Thompson - 14,289
North Tyneside
Paul Donaghy - 3,667
Jamie Driscoll - 18,325
Andrew Gray - 2,173
Aidan King - 1,795
Kim McGuinness - 24,858
Guy Renner-Thompson - 7,874
South Tyneside
Paul Donaghy - 3,727
Jamie Driscoll - 12,052
Andrew Gray - 3,939
Aidan King - 995
Kim McGuinness - 13,225
Guy Renner-Thompson - 2,566
Sunderland
Paul Donaghy - 11,563
Jamie Driscoll - 11,009
Andrew Gray - 1,801
Aidan King - 4,727
Kim McGuinness - 27,469
Guy Renner-Thompson - 7,037
Our interactive widget below also shows the make-up of the vote for each North East mayoral candidate: