Your area
This page lists all the parts of government that look after your area. Each of these organisations have different responsibilities and representatives.
Hexham parliamentary constituency
Member of Parliament
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Joe Morris
Labour Party
Members of Parliament (MPs) represent your interests and concerns in the House of Commons.
MPs consider and can propose new laws as well as raising issues that matter to you in the House. This includes asking government ministers questions about current issues including those which affect local constituents.
MPs split their time between working in Parliament itself, working in the constituency that elected them and working for their political party.
Mayor of North East Combined Authority
Mayor of North East Combined Authority
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Kim McGuinness
Labour and Co-operative Party
Combined authorities allow a group of local authorities to pool appropriate responsibility and receive certain devolved functions from central government in order to deliver transport and economic policy more effectively over a wider area. The mayor is the leader of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority and has responsibility for:
- housing and regeneration
- education, skills and training
- the adult education budget
- the functional power of competence
- housing and planning, including mayoral development areas and corporations, land and acquisition powers
- finance, through council precepts and business rate supplements
- transport, including bus grants and franchising powers
Mayor of North of Tyne Combined Authority
Mayor of North of Tyne Combined Authority
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Jamie Driscoll
Labour and Co-operative Party
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.
Northumberland County Council: Ponteland West ward
Local Councillor
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Veronica Jones
Conservative and Unionist Party
Unitary authorities are responsible for services like:
- education
- transport
- planning
- fire and public safety
- social care
- libraries
- waste management
- trading standards
- rubbish collection
- recycling
- Council Tax collections
- housing
- planning applications
Northumbria Police
Police and Crime Commissioner
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Susan Dungworth
Labour and Co-operative Party
Police and crime commissioners are elected in areas of England and Wales to make sure that local police meet the needs of the community.
They are responsible for:
- how your area is policed
- the police budget
- the amount of Council Tax charged for the police
- the information you get about what the local police are doing
- appointing and dismissing the chief constable (the most senior police officer for the area)
Note: you may also have a parish, town or community council in your area. We're working on adding them to this page
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