Newcastle upon Tyne.
Labour Party-controlled metropolitan_borough. £390m net revenue. 26 wards across 4 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, Labour Party MPs.
Newcastle upon Tyne is a metropolitan_borough controlled by Labour Party (46 of 78 seats). Net revenue is £390m for 2025-26. It covers 26 wards spanning 4 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 59% · last contested 2 May 2024
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Powers | Lab | Arthurs Hill | 2024 |
| Joanne Kingsland | Lab | Arthurs Hill | 2023 |
| Abdul Samad | Lab | Arthurs Hill | 2022 |
| Rob Higgins | Lab | Benwell Scotswood | 2024 |
| Susan Jane Anthony | Lab | Benwell Scotswood | 2023 |
| Hazel Stephenson | Lab | Benwell Scotswood | 2022 |
| Marion Williams | Lab | Blakelaw | 2024 |
| Linda Hobson | Lab | Blakelaw | 2023 |
| Juna Sathian | Lab | Blakelaw | 2022 |
| Nick Hartley | Grn | Byker | 2024 |
| Nick Kemp | Lab | Byker | 2023 |
| Stephen Sheraton | Lab | Byker | 2022 |
Where revenue comes from.
This is a grant-heavy councils (metropolitan_borough): 38% from council tax vs the cohort median of 44%.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £2,116 |
| County / upper-tier | £0 |
| Police | £196 |
| Fire & rescue | £100 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £2 |
| Total Band-D | £2,413 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Newcastle upon Tyne split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (metropolitan_borough)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £6.35m | 5.4% | 3,716 |
| SUEZ RECYCLING & RECOVERY HOLDINGS UK | £3.90m | 3.3% | 13 |
| A&J KEITH LTD | £2.96m | 2.5% | 26 |
| AURA (NCLE) PROJECT COMPANY LTD | £2.64m | 2.2% | 8 |
| NORTHUMBERLAND TYNE&WEAR NHS TRUST | £2.25m | 1.9% | 8 |
| NEWCASTLEUPONTYNE HOSPITALTRUST | £2.03m | 1.7% | 22 |
| AURA (NEWCASTLE) PROJECT CO PHASE 2 LTD | £1.95m | 1.6% | 3 |
| ESH CONSTRUCTION | £1.59m | 1.3% | 2 |
| PROSPER LEARNING TRUST | £1.54m | 1.3% | 12 |
| NEW BEGINNINGS (N.E.) LTD | £1.36m | 1.2% | 15 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Social Care | REDACTED PERSONAL DATA | £3.94m |
| Corporate And Central | SUEZ RECYCLING & RECOVERY HOLDINGS UK | £3.90m |
| Childrens Services | AURA (NCLE) PROJECT COMPANY LTD | £2.64m |
| Public Health | NORTHUMBERLAND TYNE&WEAR NHS TRUST | £2.08m |
| Housing And Homelessness | KEEPMOAT HOMES LTD | £1.34m |
| Planning And Economic | NEWCASTLE HELIX MANAGEMENT LLP | £0.79m |
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West | 10 | 38% | Chi Onwurah | Lab |
| Newcastle upon Tyne North | 9 | 35% | Catherine McKinnell | Lab |
| Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend | 6 | 23% | Mary Glindon | Lab |
| Hexham | 1 | 4% | Joe Morris | Lab |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 35 other councils (metropolitan_borough)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
13,515 payments · 2 Jan 2026 – 27 Feb 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level