Newcastle City Council

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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 Cllr Geoff O'Brien.

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)
• 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]

Benwell and Scotswood Blakelaw Byker Castle Dene Denton Gosforth (East and West) Elswick Fawdon Fenham Heaton (North and South) Jesmond (North and South)

Kenton Lemington Newburn Ouseburn Parklands Walker Walkergate Westerhope Westgate Wingrove Woolsington

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 Grove	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

• Newcastle Council census 2001

External links

• Newcastle City Council