Gateshead

A review of the number of councillors, wards and ward names for the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
Currently in review

Latest Information

Initial consultation

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Dates: 22 Aug 2023 - 30 Oct 2023

Previous stages

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 16 May 2023 - 10 Jul 2023

We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change. 

We are carrying out an electoral review of Gateshead because it has been a long time since the last review.

16 May - 10 July 2023 We carry out a public consultation on council size
22 August - 30 October 2023 We carry out an initial public consultation on communities
30 January - 8 April 2024 We carry out a public consultation on our proposals
2 July 2024 We publish our recommendations
TBC We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations
May 2026 New arrangements apply to local elections

 

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Latest Information

Initial consultation

Local views on our proposals

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Previous stages

Councillor numbers

The first stage of this electoral review is to determine the number of councillors who should represent the local authority in the future.

We have decided that the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead should have 66 councillors.

Submissions received on council size are below.

Previous Reviews

Most recent and previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive.

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