Jamie Driscoll
Jamie Driscoll | |
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Driscoll in 2021 | |
| Mayor of the North of Tyne | |
| In office 6 May 2019 – 6 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Norma Redfearn (as interim mayor) |
| Succeeded by | Kim McGuinness (as Mayor of the North East) |
| Councillor for Monument | |
| In office 3 May 2018 – 2 May 2019 | |
| Leader of Majority | |
| Assumed office 16 December 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1970 (age 55) Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Party | Green Party of England and Wales (since 2025) |
| Other political affiliations | |
| Alma mater | Northumbria University |
| Website | jamiedriscoll |
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Jamie Driscoll (born April 1970) is a British politician who served as the metro mayor of the North of Tyne Combined Authority from 2019 to 2024. He represented Labour until June 2023 and then became an independent. He was previously a Labour councillor on Newcastle City Council for the Monument ward from 2018 to 2019.
Driscoll was one of the directors of Your Party's operating company, but resigned in October 2025 following a financial dispute amongst the party's founders. He founded Majority in 2024 and joined the Green Party of England and Wales in December 2025.