26 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Nick Kemp
Nick Cott
Party
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat
Byker
Fawdon & West Gosforth
Last election
52 seats, 39.2%
20 seats, 19.5%
Seats before
50
20
Seats won
19
7
Seats after
51
21
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
31,265
16,556
Percentage
44.2%
23.4%
Swing
5.0%
3.9%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
N/A
Jason Smith
Party
Independent
Newcastle Ind.
Last election
3 seats, 7.0%
3 seats, 6.8%
Seats before
3
3
Seats won
1
0
Seats after
3
3
Seat change
Popular vote
3,434
4,062
Percentage
4.9%
5.7%
Swing
2.1%
1.1%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Newcastle City Council election
Council control before election
Nick Forbes
Labour
Council control after election
Nick Kemp
Labour
The 2022 Newcastle City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 26 out of 78 — on Newcastle City Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
In the previous council election in 2021, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, holding 52 seats after the election. There were twenty Liberal Democrat councillors, four independent councillors and two Newcastle Independents.
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