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Newcastle upon Tyne: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Newcastle City Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, North East; part of the NTCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000021.

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Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Newcastle upon Tyne for 2026–27: £2,221.21 of a £2,542.19 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Newcastle upon Tyne reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Newcastle upon Tyne: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£256.3 million
Highways and transport services	£639,000
Children's social care	£82.9 million
Adult social care	£194.2 million
Public health	£36.3 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£10.8 million
Cultural and related services	£12.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£39.9 million
Planning and development services	£3.8 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£11.2 million
Other services	£88,000
Total service expenditure	£649.0 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Newcastle upon Tyne in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 320,605 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 33 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £19,762 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £576 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 30.9% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 4.0% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £207,547 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 5.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 60.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 60.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 3.6 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 91.2% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 122.3 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 9,785 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

78 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 25, Green Party (E&W) 24, Reform UK 24, Independent / Other 3, Labour Party 2.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 78 councillors, by ward

John Pearson (Green Party (E&W)) — Arthur's Hill
Mohammed Suleman (Green Party (E&W)) — Arthur's Hill
Rowshon Uddin (Green Party (E&W)) — Arthur's Hill
Daniel Astley (Reform UK) — Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn
David Minto (Reform UK) — Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn
Jiabao He (Reform UK) — Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn
Gavin Hutchinson (Reform UK) — Blakelaw & Cowgate
Irene Turnbull (Reform UK) — Blakelaw & Cowgate
Rachel Davison (Reform UK) — Blakelaw & Cowgate
Hedley Sugar-Wells (Green Party (E&W)) — Byker
Jamie Anderson (Green Party (E&W)) — Byker
Nick Hartley (Green Party (E&W)) — Byker
David Down (Liberal Democrats) — Castle
Imran Mohammed (Green Party (E&W)) — Castle
Jamie Robinson (Green Party (E&W)) — Castle
Lawrence Hunter (Independent / Other) — Chapel
Marc Donnelly (Independent / Other) — Chapel
Margaret Donnelly (Independent / Other) — Chapel
Henry Gallagher (Liberal Democrats) — Dene & South Gosforth
Stephen Psallidas (Liberal Democrats) — Dene & South Gosforth
Wendy Taylor (Liberal Democrats) — Dene & South Gosforth
Kami Kundi (Reform UK) — Denton & Westerhope
Margaret Bebb (Reform UK) — Denton & Westerhope
Steven Rutherford (Reform UK) — Denton & Westerhope
Halimah Begum (Green Party (E&W)) — Elswick
Khaled Musharraf (Green Party (E&W)) — Elswick
Peter Thomson (Green Party (E&W)) — Elswick
John Hall (Liberal Democrats) — Fawdon & West Gosforth
Peter Lovatt (Liberal Democrats) — Fawdon & West Gosforth
Rob Austin (Liberal Democrats) — Fawdon & West Gosforth
Colin Ferguson (Liberal Democrats) — Gosforth
Tahir Siddique (Liberal Democrats) — Gosforth
Tom Woodwark (Liberal Democrats) — Gosforth
Andrew Gray (Green Party (E&W)) — Heaton
Chandni Chopra (Green Party (E&W)) — Heaton
Joe Gartland (Green Party (E&W)) — Heaton
James Coles (Liberal Democrats) — Jesmond
Peter Allen (Liberal Democrats) — Jesmond
Philip Browne (Liberal Democrats) — Jesmond
Ged Bell (Labour Party) — Kenton
Mick Mahoney (Reform UK) — Kenton
Stephen Lambert (Labour Party) — Kenton
Barbara Down (Liberal Democrats) — Kingston Park & Dinnington
John Mansfield (Liberal Democrats) — Kingston Park & Dinnington
Mohammad Farsi (Liberal Democrats) — Kingston Park & Dinnington
Adrian Butler (Reform UK) — Lemington
Kirsty Galbraith (Reform UK) — Lemington
Russ Lawler (Reform UK) — Lemington
Deborah Burns (Liberal Democrats) — Manor Park
Doreen Huddart (Liberal Democrats) — Manor Park
Greg Stone (Liberal Democrats) — Manor Park
Gareth Jones (Green Party (E&W)) — Monument
Jamie Driscoll (Green Party (E&W)) — Monument
Kiran Sayyed (Green Party (E&W)) — Monument
Brian Moore (Reform UK) — Newbiggin Hall & Callerton
Colin Nichol (Reform UK) — Newbiggin Hall & Callerton
Deanne Bell (Reform UK) — Newbiggin Hall & Callerton
Alistair Chisholm (Green Party (E&W)) — Ouseburn
Lawrence Davies (Green Party (E&W)) — Ouseburn
Sarah Peters (Green Party (E&W)) — Ouseburn
Christine Morrissey (Liberal Democrats) — Parklands & North Gosforth
David Partington (Liberal Democrats) — Parklands & North Gosforth
Pauline Allen (Liberal Democrats) — Parklands & North Gosforth
Amy Hunter (Reform UK) — Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn
Michael Fitzpatrick (Reform UK) — Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn
Richard Barnes (Reform UK) — Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn
Colin Goldsborough (Reform UK) — Walker
Lorraine Gingell (Reform UK) — Walker
Matt Williams (Green Party (E&W)) — Walker
David Orr (Reform UK) — Walkergate
Gavin Maw (Reform UK) — Walkergate
Stephen Lowrey (Reform UK) — Walkergate
Mark Mitchell (Liberal Democrats) — West Fenham
Owen Burbidge (Liberal Democrats) — West Fenham
PJ Morrissey (Liberal Democrats) — West Fenham
Humaira Khan (Green Party (E&W)) — Wingrove
Mohammed Sarwar (Green Party (E&W)) — Wingrove
Younes Mohammed (Green Party (E&W)) — Wingrove

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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