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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.
The 2024 Newcastle City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, to elect members of Newcastle City Council in Tyne and Wear, England.It was held alongside the North East mayoral election, the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election, and other local elections in the United Kingdom held on the same day.
The 2014 Newcastle City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Newcastle City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections . The election saw the governing Labour Party gain a net extra seat in the council chambers, gaining the wards of Denton and South Jesmond.
Wright has served continuously since 1996 as a Labour councillor for Newburn Ward on Newcastle City Council, having been first elected in a November 1996 by-election, called due to the death of the incumbent councillor Bob Brown. [1] She was the 100th female councillor to be elected to Newcastle City Council. [1]
Nick Forbes became leader of the council. Labour continued to gain seats until the 2019 election, when the party lost two seats but continued to have an overall majority. In the 2021 Newcastle City Council election, Labour lost another two seats to hold 52, having won 18 of the 28 up for election with 39.2% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats ...
Elections to Newcastle City Council were held in May 1995. The Conservative Party lost further ground, the Liberal Democrats remained the Opposition and Labour slightly increased their majority. The Conservative Party lost further ground, the Liberal Democrats remained the Opposition and Labour slightly increased their majority.
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 is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of the Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear , England .
The Labour Party sought to expand its representation throughout of the seat, capitalising on gains made in 2015 in areas such as North Jesmond. In 2015, Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes said he wanted to make Newcastle a 'Liberal Democrat-free zone’. Despite this however, many seats won the party in 2015 were held by the Liberal ...