Editing North Yorkshire (section)

===Combined authorities===
{{main|York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority|Tees Valley Combined Authority}}
[[File:County Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1583476.jpg|thumb|right|[[County Hall, Northallerton|County Hall]], Northallerton]]
The [[City of York Council]] and [[North Yorkshire Council]] formed the [[York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority]] in February 2024. The elections for the first [[Directly elected mayors in England and Wales|directly elected mayor]] will take place in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/york-and-north-yorkshire-devolution-deal |title=York and North Yorkshire devolution deal |publisher=[[Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities]] |date=1 August 2022 |access-date=24 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/24070196.first-meeting-york-north-yorkshire-combined-authority/ |title=First meeting of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority |date=24 January 2024 |website=Gazette & Herald |access-date=26 January 2024 }}</ref> Both North Yorkshire Council and the combined authority are governed from [[County Hall, Northallerton|County Hall]], Northallerton.<ref>{{cite web |title=The new council |date=26 October 2020 |url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/new-council-0 |publisher=North Yorkshire County Council |access-date=1 February 2022 }}</ref>
[[File:Middlesbrough, town hall - geograph.org.uk - 796556.jpg|thumb|[[Middlesbrough Town Hall]]]]

The [[Tees Valley Combined Authority]] was formed in 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/449/made |title=The Tees Valley Combined Authority Order 2016 |publisher=Legislation.gov.uk |access-date=10 August 2016 |archive-date=26 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826113350/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/449/made |url-status=live }}</ref> by five [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authorities]]; [[Middlesbrough Council|Middlesbrough]], [[Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council|Redcar and Cleveland Borough]] both of North Yorkshire, [[Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council|Stockton-on-Tees Borough]] (Uniquely for England, split between North Yorkshire and [[County Durham]]), [[Hartlepool Borough Council|Hartlepool Borough]] and [[Darlington Borough Council|Darlington Borough]] of County Durham.