Newcastle City Council is the

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authority for the

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and

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. The council consists of 78 councillors, three for each of the 26 wards in the city. It is currently controlled by the Labour Party, led by Nick Kemp. Karen Robinson serves as the Lord Mayor and Veronica Dunn serves as Deputy Lord Mayor and

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. The council is a member of the

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Political control

election, there are 52

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councillors, 20

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councillors, three Newcastle Independent councillors and three

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councillors.

Wards

Newcastle has 26

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. Each electoral ward has three councillors, representing and elected exclusively by the voting population of each ward. Following an electoral review in 2016, the current wards and boundaries were introduced in May 2018.

References

Newcastle Council census 2001

External links

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