2021 Newcastle City Council election

2021 Newcastle City Council election

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28 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nick Forbes Nick Cott Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Arthur's Hill Fawdon & West Gosforth Last election 54 seats, 38.4% 20 seats, 23.4% Seats before 54 20 Seats won 18 6 Seats after 52 20 Seat change 2 Popular vote 31,471 15,673 Percentage 39.2% 19.5 Swing 0.9% 3.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader N/A Jason Smith Party Independent Newcastle Ind. Last election 3 seats, 6.2% 1 seats, 5.1% Seats before 3 1 Seats won 2 2 Seats after 3 3 Seat change 2 Popular vote 5,628 5,498 Percentage 7.0% 6.8% Swing 0.8% 1.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2021 Newcastle City Council election
Council control before election Nick Forbes Labour Council control after election Nick Forbes Labour

The 2021 Newcastle City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Newcastle City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.^[1]

One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards (Byker and Chapel) electing two councillors in by-elections.^[2]

In the previous council election in 2019, the Labour Party maintained it's control of the council, holding 54 seats after the election. There were twenty Liberal Democrat councillors, three independent councillors and one Newcastle Independent councillor.