Newcastle City Council

Newcastle City Council
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Veronica Dunn, Labour since 25 May 2023
Leader	Nick Kemp, Labour since 25 May 2022
Chief Executive	Pam Smith since January 2022[1]
Structure
Seats	78 (40 needed for a majority)
Political groups	Administration (47)   Labour (46) Other parties (31)   Liberal Democrat (23)   Newcastle Independents (4)   Independent (5)
Joint committees	North of Tyne Combined Authority
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	2 May 2024
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH
Website
www.newcastle.gov.uk

Newcastle City Council is the local authority for Newcastle upon Tyne, a metropolitan borough with city status in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. The council consists of 78 councillors, three for each of the 26 wards in the city. It has been under Labour majority control since 2011. The council is a constituent member of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority.