Newcastle City Council
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Karen Robinson, Liberal Democrats since 26 May 2022
Leader	Nick Kemp, Labour since 25 May 2022
Chief executive	Pam Smith since January 2022
Structure
Seats	78 (40 needed for a majority)
Political groups	Administration (52)   Labour (52) Opposition (26)   Liberal Democrat (20)   Newcastle Independents (3)   Independent (3)
Joint committees	North of Tyne Combined Authority
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	5 May 2022
Meeting place
Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne
Website
www.newcastle.gov.uk

Newcastle City Council is the local government authority for the city and metropolitan borough of Newcastle upon Tyne. The council consists of 78 councillors, three for each of the 26 wards in the city. It is currently controlled by the Labour Party, led by Nick Kemp.^[1] Karen Robinson serves as the Lord Mayor and Veronica Dunn serves as Deputy Lord Mayor and Sheriff.^[2] The council is a member of the North of Tyne Combined Authority.

Political control

Since the May 2022^[update] election, there are 52 Labour councillors, 20 Liberal Democrat councillors, three Newcastle Independent councillors and three Independent councillors.^[3]

Wards

Newcastle has 26 electoral wards. Each electoral ward has three councillors, representing and elected exclusively by the voting population of each ward.^[4] Following an electoral review in 2016, the current wards and boundaries were introduced in May 2018.^[5]