David Robert Skaith (born December 1985) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as Mayor of York and North Yorkshire since May 2024.

[1] He was raised in Harrogate and was a keen cricketer in his youth before studying sport at York St John University.

[2][3] He moved to Brighton while his future wife studied to be a teacher before returning to North Yorkshire where he started a small business, Winstons of York menswear store, in York in 2015 and, in the same year, joined the Labour Party.

[4] Skaith resolved to get into politics after his father died during the Covid pandemic.

[5][6] Campaign pledges included turning the A1237 road into a dual carriageway, expanding affordable housing and more police and police community support officers.