North of Tyne Combined Authority

North of Tyne Combined Authority Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority
North of Tyne Combined Authority within England
Type
Type	Combined Authority
History
Founded	2 November 2018
Disbanded	7 May 2024
Structure
Joint committees	North East Joint Transport Committee
Meeting place
The Lumen, Newcastle Helix, St James Boulevard, Newcastle upon Tyne[1]
Website
www.northoftyne-ca.gov.uk

The North of Tyne Combined Authority was a mayoral combined authority which consisted of the local authorities of Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, and Northumberland, all in North East England.^[2] The authority came into being on 2 November 2018 under the statutory name Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority. The three local authorities previously formed part of the North East Combined Authority, which continued to exist covering a smaller area. The two combined authorities cooperated on the North East Joint Transport Committee.^[3][4]

The authority met for the first time on 8 November 2018 at Morpeth Town Hall. Norma Redfearn, the elected mayor of North Tyneside Council, was appointed the chair until an interim mayor was appointed.^[5] At the combined authority cabinet meeting held on 4 December 2018, Norma Redfearn was confirmed as the interim mayor, and remained in post until the election of Labour and Co-operative's Jamie Driscoll as the authority's first directly elected mayor.

In its levelling up white paper, published in February 2022, the UK government announced its intention expand the existing North of Tyne MCA to include the local authorities of Gateshead, South Tyneside, Durham and Sunderland to form a larger North East Mayoral Combined Authority and the North of Tyne Combined Authority ceased to exist in May 2024.