2024 Newcastle City Council election

2024 Newcastle City Council election

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27 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Nick Kemp Colin Ferguson Tracey Mitchell Party Labour Liberal Democrats Newcastle Ind. Leader's seat Byker Gosforth Denton and Westerhope Last election 48 seats, 41.9% 23 seats, 27.8% 4 seats, 4.7% Seats before 46 23[a] 4[b] Seats won 15 7 1 Seats after 45 23 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 29,576 18,091 2,032 Percentage 40.6% 24.8% 2.8% Swing 1.3 3.4 1.9   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Green Conservative Last election 3 seats, 4.2% 0 seats, 9.1% 0 seats, 11.6% Seats before 5 0 0 Seats won 1 2 1 Seats after 4 2 1 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 4,705 10,399 7,681 Percentage 6.5% 14.3% 10.5 Swing 2.3 5.2 1.5
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Newcastle City Council election
Leader before election Nick Kemp Labour Leader after election Nick Kemp Labour

The 2024 Newcastle City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, to elect members of Newcastle City Council in Tyne and Wear, England. It was held alongside the North East mayoral election, the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election, and other local elections in the United Kingdom held on the same day. As with other local council elections, it was held using first past the post, with councillors being elected to serve four year terms.

There were 27 of the 78 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in the Fawdon and West Gosforth ward.^[1]

Labour were returned as the largest party on the council, returning 15 councillors of the 27 seats up for election - a net loss of one seat, leaving them with 45 seats - down three from the 2023 election. The Liberal Democrats continued as the main opposition party on the council, holding seven seats, keeping their number of councillors steady at 23. The Newcastle Independents lost one seat to Labour, leaving them with three seats on the council. The Green Party took their first two seats, winning the wards of Byker and Elswick from Labour. The Conservatives also gained their first seat since 1995, taking Gosforth from the Liberal Democrats.

Following the election, Nick Kemp returned as leader of the council and as leader of the Labour group. He had been challenged for the leadership of the city's Labour group by Cllr Dan Greenhough prior to the election.^[2][3]

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