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Newcastle City Council is the
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authority for the
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of
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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 North of Tyne Combined Authority.


Political control

election, there are 52 Labour councillors, 20 Liberal Democrat councillors, three Newcastle Independent councillors and three
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councillors.


Wards

Newcastle has 26 electoral wards. 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.


See also

* Newcastle Upon Tyne Youth Council * List of Lord Mayors of Newcastle-upon-Tyne


References


Newcastle Council census 2001


External links

* * * {{Authority control Politics of Newcastle upon Tyne Metropolitan district councils of England Local education authorities in England Local authorities in Tyne and Wear Billing authorities in England Leader and cabinet executives 1974 establishments in England