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Newcastle City Council
Type Type Metropolitan district council of Newcastle upon Tyne Leadership Leader Nick Forbes, Labour Members 78 Elections Voting system First past the post Last election 6 May 2010 Meeting place 
Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne Website http://www.newcastle.gov.uk Newcastle City Council is the local government authority for Newcastle upon Tyne, a city in Tyne and Wear, England. The council consists of 78 councillors, three for each of the city's 26 wards. It is currently controlled by Labour and led by Nick Forbes.
The Current Lord Mayor is Brenda Hindmarsh and the Deputy Lord Mayor (Sheriff) is Geoff O'Brien for 2010 to 2011.
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Political control
The council had been under the control of the Labour Party from its reconstitution in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, until 2004. Elections are usually by thirds, in three years out of four. 2004 saw boundary changes and all seats were up for re-election.
Mr Barry Rowland is the Council's Chief Executive, as of September 2009.
It was announced that two of Newcastle City Councillors were to be made working Peers, for Labour Sir Jeremy Beecham and for the Liberal Democrats current Councillor Leader John Shipley.
Year Labour Liberal Democrats Other 2011 43 33 2 2010 34 42 2 2009 27 47 3 2008 29 49 0 2007 33 45 0 2006 30 48 0 2004 30 48 0 2003 54 24 0 2002 58 20 0 2000 62 16 0 1999 64 14 0 1998 65 13 0 Leaders
- T Dan Smith (Labour, 1959-1965)
- Frank Butterfield (Labour, 1965-1966)
- Bert Abrahart (Labour, 1966-1967)
- Arthur Grey (Conservative, 1967-1973)
- Tom Collins (Labour, 1973-77)
- Sir Jeremy Beecham (Labour, 1977-1994)
- Tony Flynn (Labour, 1994-2004)
- Peter Arnold (Lib Dem, 2004-2006) (left Post to be Deputy Lord Mayor of Newcastle for 2006 to 2007)
- John Shipley OBE (Lib Dem, 2006-2010)
- David Faulkner (Lib Dem, 2010- 2011)
- Nick Forbes (Lab, 2011 - present)
The office of Leader of the Council was formally established during T Dan Smith's period of control, with official recognition and administrative support being accorded to the Leader of the Council and the Leader of the Opposition.
Wards
Newcastle has 26 electoral wards. [1]
Population by Ward
Ward Under 16 % of ward 16-24 % of ward 25-44 % of ward 45-64 % of ward 65-75 % of ward 75+ % of ward Benwell and Scotswood 3011 21.9 1569 11.4 3907 28.4 3055 22.2 1154 8.4 1045 7.6 Blakelaw 2529 22.6 1218 10.9 3097 27.7 2568 23 985 8.8 782 7 Byker 2385 21 1266 11.2 3306 29.2 2623 21.2 916 8.1 844 7.4 Castle 1938 19.6 985 9.9 3144 28.7 2640 21.2 658 6.6 537 5.4 Dene 1718 18 1339 14 3009 31.5 2016 21.1 695 7.3 776 8.1 Denton 2110 18.4 1029 9.5 2863 26.4 2535 21.2 1330 8.4 984 9.1 Gosforth East 1549 17.2 1112 12.4 2865 31.9 1930 21.5 646 7.2 882 9.8 Gosforth West 1883 19.6 893 9.2 2864 29.6 2317 23.9 844 8.7 871 9 Elswick 2419 21.4 1808 16 3246 28.7 2277 20.1 846 7.5 734 6.5 Fawdon 2239 21.4 1094 10.4 2916 27.8 2212 21.4 1051 10 949 9.1 Fenham 2294 21.1 1464 13.5 2966 27.3 2145 19.7 984 9.1 1016 9.4 Heaton North 1689 18 1333 14.2 2675 28.5 2085 22.2 856 9.1 752 8 Heaton South 846 10 2920 34.6 2488 29.4 1164 13.8 459 5.4 584 6.9 Jesmond North 938 11 3023 35.4 2434 28.5 1291 15.1 360 4.2 494 5.8 Jesmond South 590 7.3 2916 31.1 2525 31.3 1136 14.1 353 4.4 570 7.1 Kenton 2413 22.8 1180 11.1 3007 28.4 2199 20.8 887 8.4 895 8.5 Lemington 2198 20.8 1068 10.1 3236 30.6 2604 24.6 861 8.1 597 5.6 Newburn 1787 19.2 826 8.9 2591 22.9 2327 25 957 10.3 803 8.6 Ouseburn 847 10.9 2516 32.3 2260 29 1189 15.3 475 6.1 518 6.6 Parklands 1458 18.7 654 8.8 1971 25.2 2079 26.6 814 10.4 807 10.3 Walker 2796 23.6 1272 10.7 3279 27.6 2481 20.9 1129 9.5 921 7.8 Walkergate 1997 20.5 878 9 2811 28.8 2281 23.4 995 10.2 787 8.1 Westerhope 1523 15.8 915 9.5 2255 23.4 2890 30 1186 12.3 864 9 Westgate 921 12.1 2330 30.7 2391 31.5 1097 14.4 473 6.2 377 5 Wingrove 2251 19.6 3362 29.2 3171 27.5 1579 13.7 615 5.3 532 4.6 Woolsington 2384 22.2 972 9.1 3234 30.1 2248 20.9 1165 10.9 726 6.8 Newcastle total 46,543 18.2 39,942 15.6 74,511 29.1 54,960 21.5 21,694 8.5 18,562 7.2 References
External links
Categories:- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Local government in Tyne and Wear
- Metropolitan district councils of England
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