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        "election_id": "mayor.hull-and-east-yorkshire-ca.2025-05-01",
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        "election_title": "Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority",
        "poll_open_date": "2025-05-01",
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        "organisation": {
            "url": "http://elections.democracyclub.org.uk/api/organisations/combined-authority/HYCA/2025-05-01/?format=api",
            "official_identifier": "HYCA",
            "organisation_type": "combined-authority",
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            "official_name": "Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority",
            "common_name": "Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority",
            "slug": "hull-and-east-yorkshire-ca",
            "territory_code": "ENG",
            "election_name": "Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority",
            "start_date": "2025-05-01",
            "end_date": null,
            "created": "2024-12-05T10:23:55.835502Z",
            "modified": "2024-12-05T10:41:52.828203Z"
        },
        "group": "mayor.2025-05-01",
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        "identifier_type": "ballot",
        "children": [],
        "elected_role": "Mayor",
        "seats_contested": 1,
        "division": null,
        "voting_system": {
            "name": "First-past-the-post",
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting",
            "description": "A first-past-the-post (abbreviated FPTP, 1stP, 1PTP or FPP) or winner-takes-all election is one that is won by the candidate receiving more votes than any others.",
            "uses_party_lists": false,
            "slug": "FPTP"
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        "requires_voter_id": "EA-2022",
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        "explanation": "The Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire leads the [Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority](https://www.hullandeastyorkshire.gov.uk/). The Mayor has responsibilities in areas such as transport, housing, adult education, and skills.\r\n\r\nA [combined authority](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_authorities_and_combined_county_authorities) is a group of councils which come together to make decisions on policy areas that affect them all, such as transport between local authorities or regional business policies. Not all areas have a combined authority, and not all combined authorities have the same powers.\r\n\r\nThe Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority consists of  Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council.\r\n\r\nThe Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority is a new organisation, and this will be its first election.\r\n\r\n[Learn more from the Institute for Government.](https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mayor-hull-and-east-yorkshire)",
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        "deleted": false,
        "cancelled": false,
        "cancellation_reason": null,
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        "replaced_by": null,
        "by_election_reason": "",
        "tags": {
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                "key": "UKE",
                "value": "Yorkshire and The Humber"
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        "modified": "2025-02-11T15:20:58.944216Z"
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