York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority mayoral election

Election result

David Skaith (Labour) was elected as the first mayor of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority with 66,761 votes.

You can also see the results for the two areas separately:

Turnout for the election in North Yorkshire was 29.64%. Turnout was 29.89% for the combined authority area of York and North Yorkshire.

The below table shows the voter identification data for the polling stations within North Yorkshire.

Voter identification evaluation data	Results
The total number of polling station electors who applied for, but at least initially were not issued with, a ballot paper due to not showing accepted identification	174
The total number of polling station electors who were not issued with a ballot paper and who later returned with accepted identification and were issued with a ballot paper	137
The number of polling station electors who applied for but were not issued with a ballot paper by close of poll	37
Percentage of those who attended the polling station and were able to vote in this election	99.96%
Percentage of those who applied for but were refused a ballot paper by the close of poll	0.04%
The percentage of electors who applied for, but were initially refused, a ballot paper	0.2%
Of the electors initially refused a ballot paper, the percentage who later returned with accepted identification and were issued with a ballot paper	79%

The table below shows wider information about the election for North Yorkshire which can be used for context with the voter identification data.

Contextual information	Results
The total number of electors who were eligible to vote in person at the polling stations	394,203
The total number of voters issued with a ballot paper at polling stations	89,900
Polling station turnout - the percentage of electors eligible to vote in person at the polling stations who voted	22.81%
Overall turnout (including postal voters)	29.64%

The deadline to register to vote in this election was midnight on Tuesday 16 April.

The deadline for voting by post or by postal proxy was 5pm on Wednesday 17 April.

The deadline for applying for a proxy vote, for people who were unable to vote in person or by post, was 5pm on Wednesday 24 April.

Publication of notice of election	Tuesday 26 March
Publication of statement of persons nominated	No later than 4pm, Monday 8 April
Deadline for receiving applications for registration	Midnight, Tuesday 16 April
Deadline for receiving new postal vote and proxy postal applications and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes	5pm, Wednesday 17 April
Deadline for receiving applications for Voter Authority Certificates	5pm, Wednesday 24 April
Deadline for receiving new applications to vote by proxy (not proxy postal or emergency proxy)	5pm, Wednesday 24 April
First time that electors can apply for an emergency proxy	After 5pm, Wednesday 24 April
Publication of notice of poll	No later than Wednesday 24 April
Polling day (hours of poll 7am to 10pm)	Thursday 2 May