Newcastle City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time.

Newcastle City Council Newcastle City Council is the local government authority for the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne. The council consists of 78 councillors, three for each of the 26 wards in the city. It is currently controlled by the Labou ...

is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of the

Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is ...

Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newc ...

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. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 78

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s have been elected from 26 wards.

Political control

From 1889 to 1974 Newcastle was a

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, independent of any county council. Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in 1986 and Newcastle became a

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. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The role of Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the

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. The leaders since 1959 have been: County Borough Metropolitan Borough

Council elections

* 1998 Newcastle City Council election * 1999 Newcastle City Council election * 2000 Newcastle City Council election * 2002 Newcastle City Council election * 2003 Newcastle City Council election *

2004 Newcastle City Council election The 2004 Newcastle City Council election was held to elect members of the Newcastle City Council on 10 June 2004, coinciding with elections to the European Parliament and other local elections. The entire complement of 78 seats in the City were c ...

2022 Newcastle City Council election The 2022 Newcastle City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 26 out of 78 — on Newcastle City Council were elected. The election took place alongside 2022 United Kingdom local elections, other local election ...

City result maps

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By-election results

1994-1998

1998-2002

2002-2006

2006-2010

2010-2014

2014-2018

2018-2022

References

By-election results

External links

Newcastle City Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England Council elections in Tyne and Wear Metropolitan borough council elections in England