[5] At the combined authority cabinet meeting held on 4 December 2018, Norma Redfearn was confirmed as the interim mayor, and remained in post until the election of Labour and Co-operative's Jamie Driscoll as the authority's first directly elected mayor.

In its levelling up white paper, published in February 2022, the UK government announced its intention expand the existing North of Tyne MCA to include the local authorities of Gateshead, South Tyneside, Durham and Sunderland to form a larger North East Mayoral Combined Authority and the North of Tyne Combined Authority ceased to exist in May 2024.

On 27 April 2018, Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle City Council voted to support the proposal.

[12] The 2020 Spring Budget from central government reserves funding for "intra-city transport" between Tees Valley and Tyne and Wear, which has been interpreted by some as meaning the borders of the North of Tyne Combined Authority could be adjusted.

[13] Following the publication of the Levelling Up White Paper in February 2022, it was announced that the North of Tyne is proposed to be enlarged, with Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland joining.