工党候选人金·麦吉尼斯 (Kim McGuinness) 赢得东北区市长选举。 Kim McGuinness of Labour wins North East mayoral election.

工党的金·麦吉尼斯 (Kim McGuinness) 赢得了东北市长选举，以近 60,000 票的优势击败了独立候选人、前泰恩河以北市长杰米·德里斯科尔 (Jamie Driscoll)。 Labour's Kim McGuinness won the North East mayoral election, defeating independent candidate and former North of Tyne Mayor, Jamie Driscoll, with a margin of nearly 60,000 votes. 这是该地区首次举行市长竞选。 This marks the first mayoral contest for the region. 麦吉尼斯曾任诺森伯兰警察和犯罪事务专员，她在竞选期间承诺解决该地区的公共交通问题并消除儿童贫困。 McGuinness, a former Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, pledged to address the region's public transportation issues and combat child poverty during her campaign.