The first election for the newly created York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority took place on Thursday 2 May 2024. North Yorkshire Council is one of two authorities within that Combined Authority, the other constituent council being City of York.
The election of a Mayor to York and North Yorkshire is scheduled for every four years and the next mayor will be elected in 2028.
Previous Combined Authority election results
David Skaith (Labour) was elected as the first mayor of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority with 66,761 votes.
View the full results of the mayoral election (pdf / 66 KB).
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.
Combined Authority mayoral by-elections
A Combined Authority mayoral by-election happens where a vacancy in the office of an elected mayor or a combined authority occurs at least six months before expiry of the mayor’s term of office.
If a vacancy occurs due to the election of the Mayor being declared void, or if the Combined Authority declares the seat vacant (due to non-attendance or disqualification for example) an election will be scheduled within 35 days of the date the seat became vacant.
If a vacancy occurs due to resignation or death of the Mayor, requests from two electors within the combined authority area are needed to trigger an election.