Editing North East England (section)

==Local government==
=== Elections ===
The North East has a strong tendency to vote [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]. In the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 election]], 47% of the electorate voted Labour, while 25% voted [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]], 17% UKIP, 6% [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]] and 4% Green. At the [[2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2009 European election]], Labour got 25% of the region's vote, the Conservatives 20%, the Liberal Democrats 18%, and [[UK Independence Party]] 15%.<ref>{{cite news |title=European elections 2009: North East region |newspaper=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/5291337/European-elections-2009-North-East-region.html |url-status=live |access-date=28 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031135712/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/5291337/European-elections-2009-North-East-region.html |archive-date=31 October 2010}}</ref> However, in recent years, the North East has seen a significant swing away from Labour. In the 2019 election, many constituencies were targeted by the Conservatives and their representation increased to 10 MPs. The region wide vote shares were 43% for Labour and 38% for the Conservatives, with the [[Brexit Party]] a distant third on 8%.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="10" |  Numbers of MPs returned per party
|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | '''Affiliation'''
| valign="top" | '''[[List of MPs for constituencies in England (2010–2015)|2010–15]]'''
| valign="top" | '''[[List of MPs for constituencies in England (2015–2017)|2015–17]]'''
| valign="top" | '''[[List of MPs for constituencies in England (2017–2019)|2017–19]]'''
| valign="top" | '''[[List of MPs for constituencies in England (2019–2024)|2019–24]]'''
| valign="top" | '''[[List of MPs for constituencies in England (2024–present)|2024–present]]'''

|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]
| align="right" |2
| align="right" |3
| align="right" |3
| align="right" |10
| align="right" |1
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]
| align="right" |25
| align="right" |26
| align="right" |26
| align="right" |19
| align="right" |26
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]]
| align="right" |2
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |0 
| align="right" |0
| align="right" |0
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:black" |
| '''TOTAL SEATS'''
| align="right" |29
| align="right" |29
| align="right" |29
| align="right" |29
| align="right" |27
|-
|}
{{Constituencies in North East England}}

===Bodies===
{| class="wikitable"
!Authority 1
!Authority 2
!Authority 3
|-
|colspan=3|[[North East Assembly]] (NEA), 1998–2009 
|-
|colspan=3|[[Association of North East Councils]] (ANEC), 2009–2016<br/>[[One NorthEast]] (1NE), 2009–2012
|-
|colspan=2|[[North East Combined Authority]] (NECA), 2014–2023
|rowspan=3|[[Tees Valley Combined Authority]] (TVCA), 2016–present
|-
|NECA
|[[North of Tyne Combined Authority]] (NTCA), 2018–2023
|-
|colspan=2|[[North East Mayoral Combined Authority]] (NEMCA), 2024–present
|}
In November 2004, a [[2004 Northern England devolution referendums|referendum]] on whether a directly elected regional assembly should be set up for North East England resulted in a decisive "no" vote. The number of people who voted against the plans was 696,519 (78%), while 197,310 (22%) voted in favour. [[John Prescott]], the Deputy Prime Minister at the time, admitted that his plans for regional devolution had suffered an "emphatic defeat" to the no campaign, spearheaded by [[Dominic Cummings]]. Bernard Jenkin, the Conservative spokesman for the regions, said the vote would mean the end of plans for a North East Assembly. He told the [[BBC]]: "The whole idea of regional government has been blown out of the water by this vote".<ref>{{cite news |date=5 November 2004 |title=North East votes "no" to assembly |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3984387.stm |url-status=live |access-date=20 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121041029/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3984387.stm |archive-date=21 January 2007}}</ref>

The former [[Association of North East Councils]] was based in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], and the preceding [[North East Assembly]] was based in [[Gateshead]] until its dissolution in 2009. [[Local enterprise partnership]]s were established, these later became combined authorities. The [[North East Combined Authority]] was established in 2014 and covered much of the region excluding [[Tees Valley]]. [[North of Tyne]] authorities later split off, leaving authorities south of the River Tyne.

The Tees Valley boroughs (Darlington, Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Redcar & Cleveland, and Middlesbrough) established the [[Tees Valley Combined Authority]] in 2016.