Labour’s Kim McGuinness won in every part of the North East as she was declared the first mayor of the North East.

The 38-year-old was announced on Friday afternoon as the winner of the historic mayoral election and will now lead a combined authority stretching across the seven councils areas of Northumberland, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Gateshead, South Tyneside, Sunderland and Durham The question ahead of polling day was whether independent challenge Jamie Driscoll, who quit Labour last year, could produce an upset.

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But, while he ran Ms McGuinness very close in Newcastle, the sitting Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner ran out as victor in each of the seven counts across the region.

Also of note was a strong showing from Reform candidate Paul Donaghy in Sunderland, where he beat Mr Driscoll into second place.

 Here are the full results of the North East mayoral election, broken down by area.

NORTHUMBERLAND

Paul Donaghy (REF) – 4,437 Jamie Driscoll (IND) – 22,736 Andrew Gray (G) – 1,638 Aidan King (LD) –2,587 Kim McGuinness (LAB) – 27,992 Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) – 14,289   

NEWCASTLE

Paul Donaghy (REF) – 3,653 Jamie Driscoll (IND) – 25,018 Andrew Gray (G) – 3,671 Aidan King (LD) –6,778 Kim McGuinness (LAB) – 26,429 Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) – 5,012  

NORTH TYNESIDE Paul Donaghy (REF) – 3,667 Jamie Driscoll (IND) – 18,325 Andrew Gray (G) – 2,173 Aidan King (LD) – 1,795 Kim McGuinness (LAB) – 24,858 Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) – 7,874   

GATESHEAD

Paul Donaghy (REF) – 4,421 Jamie Driscoll (IND) – 12,438 Andrew Gray (G) – 2,013 Aidan King (LD) – 4.696 Kim McGuinness (LAB) – 21,994 Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) – 4,041

SOUTH TYNESIDE

Paul Donaghy (REF) – 3,727 Jamie Driscoll (IND) – 12,052 Andrew Gray (G) – 3,939 Aidan King (LD) –995 Kim McGuinness (LAB) – 13,225 Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) – 2,566   

SUNDERLAND

Paul Donaghy (REF) – 11,563 Jamie Driscoll (IND) – 11,009 Andrew Gray (G) – 1,801 Aidan King (LD) – 4,727 Kim McGuinness (LAB) – 27,469 Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) – 7,037  

DURHAM

Paul Donaghy (REF) – 9,679 Jamie Driscoll (IND) – 25,074 Andrew Gray (G) – 2,396 Aidan King (LD) –3,907 Kim McGuinness (LAB) – 43,084 Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) – 11,627   OVERALL Paul Donaghy (REF) – 41,147 (9.2%) Jamie Driscoll (IND) – 126,652 (28.2%) Andrew Gray (G) – 17,631 (3.9%) Aidan King (LD) – 25,485 (5.7%) Kim McGuinness (LAB) – 185,051 (41.3%) Guy Renner-Thompson (CON) – 52,446 (11.7%)