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The council is based at the Civic Centre on Regent Street, which was purpose-built for the council and was completed in 1987. [24] Old Town Hall: Council's headquarters 1870–1987. Prior to 1987 the council had been based at the Town Hall on West Street, which had been completed in 1870 for the old Gateshead Borough Council. [25]
After Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in April 1986, Gateshead Council took on significant extra responsibilities from the county council and the old town hall was considered inadequate for the expanded role. [2] The new building, which was designed by the borough's Director of Architecture, D W Robson, was completed in 1987. [3]
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Towns have an open town meeting or representative town meeting form of government; cities, on the other hand, use a mayor-council or council-manager form. Based on the form of government, as of 2023, [ 1 ] there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts.
Blaydon ward elects three councillors to Gateshead Council. [10] In the House of Commons , the Blaydon constituency has been held by Liz Twist for the Labour Party since 2017. The area has traditionally been a Labour stronghold and the seat has been held by them since 1935.
The building remained the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead until the council moved to Gateshead Civic Centre in Regent Street in 1987. [3] The town hall was occupied by the Microelectronics Applications Research Institute ('MARI') who established their head office in the building from 1987 to 2001. [ 12 ]
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Wardley and Leam Lane is a local council ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. This ward covers an area of around 1.6 square miles (4.1 km 2 ), and has a population of 8,327. [ 18 ] As of April 2020, the ward is served by three councillors: Anne Wheeler, Linda Green and Stuart Green. [ 19 ]