Newcastle upon Tyne

A draft Newcastle upon Tyne (Electoral Changes) Order 2025 was laid in Parliament on 11 March 2025.

If there is no successful objection by a member of the Commons or Lords within 40 parliamentary sitting days the draft Order will become law.

Our recommendations for new electoral arrangements were published on 7 January 2025.

As a result of our final recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the electoral arrangement for Woolsington Parish Council.

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our proposals.

We have proposed a new pattern of wards. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change.

As a result of our draft recommendations on new warding patterns, we are making changes to the electoral arrangements for the following parish/town councils:

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about their communities.

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities. The Commission has decided that the number of councillors in Newcastle should be 78, the same as now

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

The Newcastle upon Tyne (Electoral Changes) Order 2017 was made on 8 November 2017.

Officers within the council will now make sure the new arrangements are in place for elections held in May 2018.

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements were published on 8 November 2016.