Tees Valley Mayor

Mayor of the Tees Valley
Incumbent
Ben Houchen
since 8 May 2017
Tees Valley Combined Authority
StyleMr Mayor[1]
AppointerDirectly elected
Term length4 years
Constituting instrumentCities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016
Inaugural holderBen Houchen
Salary£65,000[2]
Websitehttp://www.teesvalley-ca.gov.uk

The Tees Valley Mayor (also styled as the Metro Mayor of the Tees Valley and the Mayor of the Tees Valley[3]) is a combined authority mayor in England, first elected in May 2017. The mayor is leader of the Tees Valley Combined Authority.

The office was created under the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016, which allowed for the creation of metro mayors to lead combined authorities in England.[4] The election scheduled for 7 May 2020 was held on 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The following election was held on 2 May 2024.[6] The next election is due in May 2028.

The mayor is a member of the Mayoral Council for England and the Council of the Nations and Regions.

List of mayors

# Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Elected Political party Previous, concurrent and subsequent political offices Education
1 Ben Houchen
Baron Houchen of High Leven
(born 1964) 		8 May 2017 Incumbent 2017
2021
2024 		Conservative Councillor for Yarm Ward (2011–2017)
Member of the House of Lords (2023-present)
7 years, 227 days

List of deputy mayors

Name Term of office Political party Other position(s)
Bob Cook[7] 8 May 2017 28 June 2019 Labour Leader of Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Shane Moore[8] 28 June 2019 27 June 2024 Independent Union Leader of Hartlepool Borough Council
Brenda Harrison[9] 27 June 2024 incumbent Labour Leader of Hartlepool Borough Council

References

  1. ^ Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, s 107A(5)
  2. ^ "Mayor". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 15 May 2024. During the year 2023-2024 payments were made to the Mayor totalling £68,544 which consisted of £65,000 Mayoral Allowance and £3,544 travel and subsistence.
  3. ^ "Mayor". Tees Valley Combined Authority. Retrieved 15 May 2024. Ben Houchen is the Metro Mayor of the Tees Valley. ... He was elected as the first Mayor of the Tees Valley in 2017
  4. ^ "Cities and Local Government Devolution Act: Section 2", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 28 January 2016, 2016 c. 1 (s. 2), retrieved 23 November 2019
  5. ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. ^ White, Andrew (29 March 2023). "Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen to contest 2024 election". Northern Echo. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  7. ^ Hughes, Mike (2 June 2017). "New mayor makes 130 appointments at combined authority". Teesside Gazette. Middlesbrough: Reach. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Hartlepool Borough Council Leader takes on two key Tees Valley roles". Hartlepool Borough Council. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  9. ^ Payne, Mark (1 July 2024). "Hartlepool council leader among new board members to drive regeneration across Tees Valley". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 23 September 2024.