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Home - York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority Mayoral Election May 2024 - Elections – Lead Authority

Elections – Lead Authority

One council acts as the lead authority to undertake the nominations of candidates and co-ordination of the results.

On Thursday, 2 May 2024, there will be an election to choose who will be the Mayor for York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority. The election will be held across the combined authority constituent council areas being the City of York and North Yorkshire authorities.

The Combined Authority has appointed Richard Flinton to be the Combined Authority Returning Officer (CARO) in relation to the election.

The CARO is responsible for the overall conduct of the election and for liaising with and co-ordinating the work of the Returning Officers for City of York and North Yorkshire Council.

More specifically the CARO is responsible for:

  • giving notice of the election
  • the nomination procedures
  • the production and distribution of candidate’s election addresses to every entitled voter and ensuring that candidates and their agents comply with the requirements as to the contents of election addresses and the procedures for submitting them
  • the collation of local vote totals, the calculation and the declaration of result

Full details on the North Yorkshire Council website: York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority mayoral election | North Yorkshire Council

Last updated: 27 March 2024