Editing North East England (section)

===Bodies===
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!Authority 1
!Authority 2
!Authority 3
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|colspan=3|[[North East Assembly]] (NEA), 1998–2009 
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|colspan=3|[[Association of North East Councils]] (ANEC), 2009–2016<br/>[[One NorthEast]] (1NE), 2009–2012
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|colspan=2|[[North East Combined Authority]] (NECA), 2014–2023
|rowspan=3|[[Tees Valley Combined Authority]] (TVCA), 2016–present
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|NECA
|[[North of Tyne Combined Authority]] (NTCA), 2018–2023
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|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.