Newcastle City Council

Newcastle City Council
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough council
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Rob Higgins, Labour since 22 May 2024[2]
Acting Leader	Karen Kilgour [1], Labour since 20 September 2024
Chief Executive	Pam Smith since January 2022[3]
Structure
Seats	78 councillors
Political groups	Administration (45)   Labour (45) Other parties (33)   Liberal Democrat (23)   Independent (4)   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. It has been under Labour majority control since 2011. In 2024 the council became a member of the North East Combined Authority. The council is based at Newcastle Civic Centre.