Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead

The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Felling, Birtley, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell. The borough forms part of the Tyneside conurbation, centred on Newcastle upon Tyne.

Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
Location in England
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionNorth East
CountyTyne and Wear
Admin. HQGateshead
Government
  MPsIan Mearns (L)
Liz Twist (L)
Area
  Total54.9 sq mi (142.3 km2)
  Rank168th
Population
 (2021)
  Total196,154
  RankRanked 99th
  Density3,600/sq mi (1,400/km2)
  Ethnicity
90.3% White British
3.2% White Other
2.5% Asian
1.1% Black or Black British
1.2% Mixed Race
1.6% Other
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code00CH (ONS)
E08000037 (GSS)
Gateshead Council
Type
Type
Leadership
Eileen McMaster,
Labour
since 19 May 2023
Martin Gannon,
Labour
since 20 May 2016
Sheena Ramsey
since February 2017
Structure
Seats66 councillors
Political groups
Administration
  Labour (49)
Opposition
  Liberal Democrats (17)
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
2024
Meeting place
Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8 1HH
Website
www.gateshead.gov.uk

It is bordered by the local authorities areas of Newcastle upon Tyne to the north, Northumberland to the west, County Durham to the south, Sunderland to the south-east, and South Tyneside to the east. The borough had a population of over 202,000.

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