Newcastle City Council

For the council of the city in Australia, see City of Newcastle.

Newcastle City Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Henry Gallagher,
Liberal Democrats
since 28 May 2025
Karen Kilgour,
Labour
since 21 October 2024
Pam Smith
since January 2022
Structure
Seats78 councillors
Political groups
Administration (36)
  Labour (27)
Other parties (42)
  Liberal Democrat (22)
  East End and Associates Ind. (6)
  Green (4)
  Newcastle Ind. (3)
  Conservative (1)
  Independent (6)
  Vacant (2)
Joint committees
North East Combined Authority
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
2 May 2024
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH
Website
www.newcastle.gov.uk

Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. Newcastle has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1974 the council has been a metropolitan borough council. In 2024 the council became a member of the North East Combined Authority. The council is based at Newcastle Civic Centre.

The council has been under no overall control since November 2024, being run by a minority Labour administration.

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