Newcastle City Council

Newcastle City Council
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough council
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Rob Higgins, Labour since 22 May 2024[1]
Leader of the Council	Karen Kilgour, Labour since 21 October 2024
Deputy Leader of the Council	Alex Hay, Labour since 21 October 2024
Structure
Seats	78 councillors
Political groups	Administration (39)   Labour (39) Other parties (39)   Liberal Democrat (23)   Independent (10)   Newcastle Ind. (3)   Green (2)   Conservative (1)
Joint committees	North East Combined Authority
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH
Website
www.newcastle.gov.uk

Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne 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. In 2024 the council became a member of the North East Combined Authority. The council is based at Newcastle Civic Centre.

The council was under Labour majority control from 2011 until November 2024, when six councillors quit, thus making it a minority administration.^[2]