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Meyer announced on June 6, 2023, that he would not seek a third term as County Executive and would instead run for governor. [1] Former New Castle County Economic Development Director Marcus Henry and incumbent New Castle County Council President Karen Hartley-Nagle ran for the Democratic nomination. On September 10, 2024, Henry defeated ...
The North East Combined Authority (NECA) is a combined authority in North East England.It has a directly-elected Mayor and seven member councils: two are unitary authorities (Durham and Northumberland) and five are metropolitan borough councils (Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside and Sunderland).
In 1974 the county borough was replaced by a larger metropolitan borough within the new county of Tyne and Wear. [8] [9] Newcastle's city status was transferred to the enlarged borough at the same time. [10] From 1974 until 1986 the city council was a lower-tier district authority, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level ...
In 1791, with the expansion of Sussex County to the south and west, the county seat was moved to Georgetown. [6] The county seat of St. Jones (renamed Kent County in 1681 [6]) is at Dover. [6] After 2000, a fourth "Appoquinimink County" was proposed to be carved out of New Castle County. The effort intended to end the zoning restrictions of the ...
The Local Government Act 1888 constituted Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead and Sunderland as county boroughs (Newcastle had "county corporate" status as the "County and Town of Newcastle upon Tyne" since 1400). Tynemouth joined them in 1904.
County Hall is a former municipal building, now a hotel, in Castle Garth, in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The county hall, which was the headquarters and meeting place of Northumberland County Council from 1910 to 1981, is a Grade II listed building .
The 2016 New Castle County Executive election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect the County Executive of New Castle County, Delaware. Democrat Matt Meyer defeated Republican Mark Blake with 66.6% of the vote.
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.