Created in 2025, the authority covers Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire, including Lincoln, Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Boston. Dame Andrea Jenkyns became its first mayor in May 2025.

In October 2026 the Mayor personally backed a partnership between the University of Lincoln and the University of Florida to advance AI and robotics in farming. It builds on Lincoln Agri-Robotics, a global centre of excellence at the University of Lincoln, and the UK Food Valley cluster around Grimsby, putting agricultural AI at the heart of the region's growth.

Greater Manchester covers ten boroughs: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. Bev Craig, formerly Leader of Manchester City Council, was elected mayor in July 2026, succeeding Andy Burnham.

The authority's AI.GM framework brings AI work across the city region under one strategy, covering business adoption, public service reform, skills, infrastructure and challenge-led innovation, with the aim of making Greater Manchester the UK's AI demonstrator city region. It is delivered through GROW AI for business, the Greater Manchester AI and Data Innovation Office for public services and the GM Data Unit, alongside an AI Challenge Prize, shared AI Charter principles and the Global AI Cities Summit.

The authority covers the city of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Luke Campbell, the 2012 Olympic boxing champion, became its first mayor in May 2025.

In July 2025 the Mayor formally backed neighbouring AI Growth Zone bids in York and North Yorkshire, centred on Drax Power Station with the University of Hull as a key partner, and in North Lincolnshire. He cited the region's university expertise, advanced manufacturing, skilled jobs and the chance to keep local talent. The University of Hull's DAIM centre trains data scientists and AI practitioners.

The city region covers Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral, home to around 1.6 million people. Steve Rotheram has been mayor since 2017.

In September 2026 the Mayor appointed a 15-member AI Task Force to drive the region's AI for Good agenda across business, healthcare, public services and skills. It is chaired by Nicola Hodson, former chief executive of IBM UK and Ireland, and works alongside the authority's own Chief AI Officer. The region hosts an annual AI Summit and in 2026 signed an AI agreement with Hamburg to build a pan-European AI partnership.

The Greater London Authority covers all 32 London boroughs and the City of London. Sadiq Khan has been mayor since 2016.

The Mayor's AI and Jobs Taskforce, chaired by Baroness Martha Lane-Fox with the Institute for the Future of Work, reported in July 2026. It found around 600,000 Londoners in jobs highly exposed to AI with little capacity to adapt. The Mayor accepted its three flagship measures, an AI Early Action System, an AI at Work Partnership and a Future Ready Guarantee for young people, with £18 million for skills on top of £12 million for small business AI support.

The authority covers County Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside and Sunderland. Kim McGuinness became its first mayor in May 2024.

The Mayor has championed the region's AI Growth Zone and set up a taskforce of business leaders, universities, skills providers and AI firm Nscale to create training and apprenticeship routes so local people share in the jobs. An AI prospectus sets out the region's offer on skills, business adoption and infrastructure. In her words, she wants children in school today to see their place in an AI-driven future.

The authority covers Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees. Lord Houchen has been mayor since 2017.

The Mayor personally signed the region's proposal to government for an AI Growth Zone at Teesworks, the UK's largest industrial regeneration site, setting out investment opportunities, data centres and the area's industrial capacity, with the aim of bringing good, well-paid, long-term jobs to local people.

The authority covers Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. Richard Parker became mayor in May 2024.

In August 2025 the Mayor announced a £10 million AI skills package, part of a £30 million skills plan, with the ambition that every adult in the region can get free training in using AI and that the West Midlands becomes the UK's number one place for AI skills. It includes a proposed West Midlands AI Academy, run with tech firms, colleges and universities, offering routes into AI, digital and data careers.

The authority covers Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. Helen Godwin became mayor in May 2025.

The Mayor is promoting the region as the UK's first AI Supercluster, combining university research, advanced computing and investment partnerships. The authority's growth strategy links it to 72,000 new jobs over the next decade, and Lloyds Banking Group named Bristol its AI Capital in 2025, building on around 650 AI and data staff in the region.

The authority covers Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield. Tracy Brabin has been mayor since 2021.

The Mayor launched the £1 million Mayor's Big Ideas Challenge to back local small businesses tackling health inequalities. Its 19 finalists include AI-powered tools such as MAGI, a wellbeing companion for neurodivergent women, and Polly, a speech and language platform for young children, with winners receiving £100,000 each to bring their ideas to market.