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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Metropolitan borough in England</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Angel_of_the_North_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3076432.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Angel of the North"><img alt="Angel of the North" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_Angel_of_the_North_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3076432.jpg/250px-The_Angel_of_the_North_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3076432.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_Angel_of_the_North_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3076432.jpg/375px-The_Angel_of_the_North_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3076432.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_Angel_of_the_North_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3076432.jpg/500px-The_Angel_of_the_North_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3076432.jpg 2x" data-file-width="930" data-file-height="698" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Angel_of_the_North" title="Angel of the North">Angel of the North</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead"><img alt="Coat of arms of Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1407" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Coat of arms</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">In Unity, Progress</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gateshead_UK_locator_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gateshead shown within Tyne and Wear"><img alt="Gateshead shown within Tyne and Wear" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Gateshead_UK_locator_map.svg/250px-Gateshead_UK_locator_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Gateshead_UK_locator_map.svg/375px-Gateshead_UK_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Gateshead_UK_locator_map.svg/500px-Gateshead_UK_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="1252" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Gateshead shown within <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&params=54_57_N_1_36_W_region:GB_type:adm2nd"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°57′N</span> <span class="longitude">1°36′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.950°N 1.600°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.950; -1.600</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Sovereign_state" title="Sovereign state">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_East_England" title="North East England">North East</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England" title="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/City_region_(United_Kingdom)" title="City region (United Kingdom)">City region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_East_Combined_Authority" title="North East Combined Authority">North East</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">1 April 1974</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gateshead" title="Gateshead">Gateshead</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administrative HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_Civic_Centre" title="Gateshead Civic Centre">Civic Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gateshead" title="Gateshead">Gateshead</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Council_leadership_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Council_leadership-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Gateshead Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Executive_arrangements" title="Executive arrangements">Executive</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Executive_arrangements#Leader_and_cabinet" title="Executive arrangements">Leader and cabinet</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Political_make-up_of_local_councils_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom">Control</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Executive_arrangements#Leader_and_cabinet" title="Executive arrangements">Leader</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Martin Gannon (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Kath McCartney</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MPs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>3 MPs</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Mark Ferguson (politician)">Mark Ferguson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Kate_Osborne" title="Kate Osborne">Kate Osborne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Liz_Twist" title="Liz Twist">Liz Twist</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">L</a>) </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">55 sq mi (142 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">168th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)<sup id="cite_ref-popstats_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-popstats-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">197,722</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">99th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">3,600/sq mi (1,389/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 93.5% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 2.5% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.2% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.1% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.6% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 50.8% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 40.1% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 2.1% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.5% <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England" title="History of the Jews in England">Judaism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_England" title="Hinduism in England">Hinduism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_England" title="Buddhism in England">Buddhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Sikhism_in_England" title="Sikhism in England">Sikhism</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 4.5% not stated </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+0">UTC+0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode areas</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code"><a href="/wiki/NE_postcode_area" title="NE postcode area">NE</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/0191" title="0191">0191</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:GB" title="ISO 3166-2:GB">GB-GAT</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/GSS_coding_system" title="GSS coding system">GSS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">E08000037</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gateshead.gov.uk">gateshead<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan borough</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">metropolitan county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear" title="Tyne and Wear">Tyne and Wear</a>, England. It includes <a href="/wiki/Gateshead" title="Gateshead">Gateshead</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rowlands_Gill" title="Rowlands Gill">Rowlands Gill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whickham" title="Whickham">Whickham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blaydon" title="Blaydon">Blaydon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryton,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Ryton, Tyne and Wear">Ryton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Felling_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Felling (UK)">Felling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birtley,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Birtley, Tyne and Wear">Birtley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pelaw" title="Pelaw">Pelaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dunston,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Dunston, Tyne and Wear">Dunston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Low_Fell" title="Low Fell">Low Fell</a>. The borough forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Tyneside" title="Tyneside">Tyneside</a> <a href="/wiki/Conurbation" title="Conurbation">conurbation</a>, centred on <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>. At the 2021 census, the borough had a population of 196,154. </p><p>It is bordered by the local authority areas of <a href="/wiki/City_of_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/County_Durham_(district)" title="County Durham (district)">County Durham</a> to the south, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Sunderland" title="City of Sunderland">Sunderland</a> to the south-east, and <a href="/wiki/South_Tyneside" title="South Tyneside">South Tyneside</a> to the east. The council is a member of the <a href="/wiki/North_East_Combined_Authority" title="North East Combined Authority">North East Combined Authority</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town of Gateshead was an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_borough" title="Ancient borough">ancient borough</a>, having been granted a charter in 1164 from <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Pudsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Hugh Pudsey">Hugh Pudsey</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Durham" title="Bishop of Durham">Bishop of Durham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The borough's functions were relatively limited until 1836, when it was made a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporations_Act_1835" title="Municipal Corporations Act 1835">Municipal Corporations Act 1835</a>, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When elected county councils were created in 1889, Gateshead was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services, and so it was made a <a href="/wiki/County_borough" title="County borough">county borough</a>, independent from the new <a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Council" title="Durham County Council">Durham County Council</a>, whilst remaining part of the <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_counties_of_England#Geographical_counties_1889–1974" title="Ceremonial counties of England">geographical county</a> of <a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">Durham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The modern borough of Gateshead was created on 1 April 1974 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>, as one of five <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">metropolitan boroughs</a> within the new county of Tyne and Wear. The borough covered the whole area of five former districts and part of a sixth, which were all abolished at the same time:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blaydon" title="Blaydon">Blaydon</a> <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">Urban District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester-le-Street_Rural_District" title="Chester-le-Street Rural District">Chester-le-Street Rural District</a> (parishes of <a href="/wiki/Birtley,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Birtley, Tyne and Wear">Birtley</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Lamesley" title="Lamesley">Lamesley</a> only)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felling,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Felling, Tyne and Wear">Felling</a> Urban District</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gateshead" title="Gateshead">Gateshead</a> <a href="/wiki/County_Borough" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough">County Borough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryton,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Ryton, Tyne and Wear">Ryton</a> Urban District</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whickham" title="Whickham">Whickham</a> Urban District</li></ul> <p>Aside from Gateshead, the other districts had all been lower-tier district authorities subordinate to Durham County Council prior to the 1974 reforms.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1974 until 1986 the borough council was a lower-tier district authority, with <a href="/wiki/Tyne_and_Wear_County_Council" title="Tyne and Wear County Council">Tyne and Wear County Council</a> providing county-level services. The county council was abolished in 1986, since when the borough council has provided both district-level and county-level services, as the old county borough of Gateshead had done prior to 1974. Some functions are provided across Tyne and Wear by joint committees with the other districts. The county of Tyne and Wear continues to exist as a <a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_county" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceremonial county">ceremonial county</a> for the purposes of lieutenancy, but has had no administrative functions since 1986.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Gateshead Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png/225px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png/300px-Coat_of_arms_of_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1407" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gateshead_Council_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/Gateshead_Council_logo.svg/150px-Gateshead_Council_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/Gateshead_Council_logo.svg/225px-Gateshead_Council_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2f/Gateshead_Council_logo.svg/300px-Gateshead_Council_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="84" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_borough" title="Metropolitan borough">Metropolitan borough</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mayors_in_England" title="Mayors in England">Mayor</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Kathleen McCartney, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 17 May 2024<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Martin Gannon, <br /><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <br />since 20 May 2016 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Sheena Ramsey <br />since February 2017<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">66 councillors</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gateshead_Council_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Gateshead_Council_2024.svg/250px-Gateshead_Council_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Gateshead_Council_2024.svg/375px-Gateshead_Council_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Gateshead_Council_2024.svg/500px-Gateshead_Council_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <dl><dt>Administration (48)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (48)</span></dd> <dt>Opposition (18)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (18)</span></dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">First-past-the-post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election">2 May 2024</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 May 2026</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gateshead_Council_building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Gateshead_Council_building.jpg/220px-Gateshead_Council_building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Gateshead_Council_building.jpg/330px-Gateshead_Council_building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Gateshead_Council_building.jpg/440px-Gateshead_Council_building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Gateshead_Civic_Centre" title="Gateshead Civic Centre">Civic Centre</a>, Regent Street, Gateshead, NE8<span class="nowrap"> </span>1HH</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gateshead.gov.uk">www<wbr />.gateshead<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Since 1986, Gateshead Council has provided both <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan district">district-level</a> and <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_county" title="Metropolitan county">county-level</a> functions, with some services being provided through joint arrangements with the other Tyne and Wear councils. In 2024 a <a href="/wiki/Combined_authorities_and_combined_county_authorities" title="Combined authorities and combined county authorities">combined authority</a> was established covering Gateshead, <a href="/wiki/County_Durham_(district)" title="County Durham (district)">County Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Tyneside" title="North Tyneside">North Tyneside</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Tyneside" title="South Tyneside">South Tyneside</a> and <a href="/wiki/City_of_Sunderland" title="City of Sunderland">Sunderland</a>, called the <a href="/wiki/North_East_Mayoral_Combined_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="North East Mayoral Combined Authority">North East Mayoral Combined Authority</a>. It is chaired by the directly elected <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_the_North_East" title="Mayor of the North East">Mayor of the North East</a> and oversees the delivery of certain strategic functions across the area.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-:0_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is one <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> in the borough at Lamesley, which forms an additional tier of local government for its area; the rest of the borough is <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Birtley was also a civil parish with a town council until it was abolished in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council has been under <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> majority control since the modern borough's creation in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1974–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Gateshead. Political leadership is instead provided by the <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leader of the council</a>. The leaders since 2002 have been:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>Mick Henry<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">2002</td> <td align="right">20 May 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Martin Gannon</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">20 May 2016</td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition">Composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2024_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election" title="2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election">2024 election</a> the composition of the council was:<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="center">48 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a></td> <td align="center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">66 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The next election is due in May 2026. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_elections" title="Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council elections">Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council elections</a></div> <p>Since the last boundary changes in 2004 the council has comprised 66 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> representing 22 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">wards</a>, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The wards are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birtley,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Birtley, Tyne and Wear">Birtley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaydon" title="Blaydon">Blaydon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bridges,_Tyne_and_Wear&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bridges, Tyne and Wear (page does not exist)">Bridges</a> (Gateshead town centre)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopwell" title="Chopwell">Chopwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rowlands_Gill" title="Rowlands Gill">Rowlands Gill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chowdene" title="Chowdene">Chowdene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crawcrook" title="Crawcrook">Crawcrook</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenside,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Greenside, Tyne and Wear">Greenside</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clara_Vale" title="Clara Vale">Clara Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deckham" title="Deckham">Deckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunston,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Dunston, Tyne and Wear">Dunston</a> and Teams</li> <li>Dunston Hill and <a href="/wiki/Whickham" title="Whickham">Whickham East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felling,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Felling, Tyne and Wear">Felling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heworth,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Heworth, Tyne and Wear">Heworth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Fell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High Fell (page does not exist)">High Fell</a> (includes <a href="/wiki/Sheriff_Hill" title="Sheriff Hill">Sheriff Hill</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamesley" title="Lamesley">Lamesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leam_Lane_Estate" title="Leam Lane Estate">Leam Lane Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lobley_Hill" title="Lobley Hill">Lobley Hill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bensham" title="Bensham">Bensham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low_Fell" title="Low Fell">Low Fell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelaw" title="Pelaw">Pelaw</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heworth,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Heworth, Tyne and Wear">Heworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryton,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Ryton, Tyne and Wear">Ryton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crookhill" title="Crookhill">Crookhill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stella,_Gateshead" title="Stella, Gateshead">Stella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Saltwell">Saltwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wardley,_Gateshead" title="Wardley, Gateshead">Wardley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leam_Lane" class="mw-redirect" title="Leam Lane">Leam Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whickham" title="Whickham">Whickham</a> North</li> <li>Whickham South and <a href="/wiki/Sunniside,_Gateshead" title="Sunniside, Gateshead">Sunniside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windy_Nook" title="Windy Nook">Windy Nook</a> and Whitehills</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winlaton" title="Winlaton">Winlaton</a> and <a href="/wiki/High_Spen" title="High Spen">High Spen</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premises">Premises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council is based at the <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_Civic_Centre" title="Gateshead Civic Centre">Civic Centre</a> on Regent Street, which was purpose-built for the council and was completed in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-eh_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eh-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ancien_H%C3%B4tel_Ville_Gateshead_5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ancien_H%C3%B4tel_Ville_Gateshead_5.jpg/220px-Ancien_H%C3%B4tel_Ville_Gateshead_5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ancien_H%C3%B4tel_Ville_Gateshead_5.jpg/330px-Ancien_H%C3%B4tel_Ville_Gateshead_5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Ancien_H%C3%B4tel_Ville_Gateshead_5.jpg/440px-Ancien_H%C3%B4tel_Ville_Gateshead_5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Gateshead" title="Old Town Hall, Gateshead">Old Town Hall</a>: Council's headquarters 1870–1987</figcaption></figure> <p>Prior to 1987 the council had been based at the <a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Gateshead" title="Old Town Hall, Gateshead">Town Hall</a> on West Street, which had been completed in 1870 for the old Gateshead Borough Council.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_constituencies">Parliamentary constituencies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Parliamentary constituencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Politics of the United Kingdom">national government</a> the borough contains four parliamentary constituencies, <a href="/wiki/Blaydon_and_Consett_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blaydon and Consett (UK Parliament constituency)">Blaydon and Consett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_Central_and_Whickham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Gateshead Central and Whickham (UK Parliament constituency)">Gateshead Central and Whickham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jarrow_and_Gateshead_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Jarrow and Gateshead East (UK Parliament constituency)">Jarrow and Gateshead East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington_and_Gateshead_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Washington and Gateshead South (UK Parliament constituency)">Washington and Gateshead South</a>. The Gateshead Central and Whickham constituency is the only one wholly in Gateshead. Its MP, first elected in 2024, is <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ferguson_(politician)" title="Mark Ferguson (politician)">Mark Ferguson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a>). The Blaydon and Consett constituency covers the west of the borough and Birtley to the south, and has been represented since 2017 by <a href="/wiki/Liz_Twist" title="Liz Twist">Liz Twist</a>, also for Labour. The Jarrow and Gateshead East constituency takes in the very eastern tip of the borough, including <a href="/wiki/Pelaw" title="Pelaw">Pelaw</a>. It is represented by <a href="/wiki/Kate_Osborne" title="Kate Osborne">Kate Osborne</a> (Labour). The Washington and Gateshead South constituency is represented by <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Hodgson" title="Sharon Hodgson">Sharon Hodgson</a> (Labour). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_conferences">Political conferences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Political conferences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gateshead has hosted two major political conferences. The first of these was Labour's spring conference, ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a> also held a conference at the <a href="/wiki/The_Glasshouse,_Gateshead" title="The Glasshouse, Gateshead">Sage Gateshead</a> in March 2008. The Conservatives do not have any councillors in Gateshead and at the time only had one MP in the whole of the north east region. That conference was seen as an attempt to connect to voters in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Gateshead" title="List of schools in Gateshead">List of schools in Gateshead</a></div> <p>Gateshead has a number of schools across the borough at both primary and secondary level. Results are well above average, with a number of outstanding schools.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gateshead has amongst the best primary and secondary schools in the country overall.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A range of schools are present in Gateshead, including <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Roman Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>, <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a>, and non-religious <a href="/wiki/State-funded_schools_(England)" title="State-funded schools (England)">state schools</a>. There is one <a href="/wiki/Independent_school_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent school (UK)">independent school</a> in the borough, Chase school in <a href="/wiki/Whickham" title="Whickham">Whickham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further independent schools can be found in Newcastle, Sunderland, and Tynedale. </p><p>Gateshead town itself has a <a href="/wiki/Further_education" title="Further education">further education</a> college, <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_College" title="Gateshead College">Gateshead College</a>, and a leading Jewish <a href="/wiki/Higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education">higher education</a> institution, <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Teachers%27_Training_College,_Gateshead" title="Jewish Teachers' Training College, Gateshead">Beth Midrash Lemoroth</a> — Jewish Teachers Training College. <sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Environment">Environment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gateshead has a variety of landscapes, urban and industrial areas include the town itself, Whickham and Blaydon in the west, with more semi-rural and rural locations in the west including Ryton and Rowlands Gill. Overall though, it is a fairly green area with over half of the borough being <a href="/wiki/Green_belt" title="Green belt">green belt</a> or <a href="/wiki/Countryside" class="mw-redirect" title="Countryside">countryside</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of this is located away from built up <a href="/wiki/Tyneside" title="Tyneside">Tyneside</a> to the south of the borough into Derwentside/Chester-le-Street and to the west into Tynedale. </p><p>In total, there are over twenty countryside sites in the borough, from ancient meadows and woodland to local nature reserves.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable features of Gateshead's countryside include Ryton Willows, found at Old Ryton Village on the banks of the Tyne at Ryton. Ryton Willows is 43 hectares of locally rare grassland and ponds located near to an affluent village with <a href="/wiki/Georgian_era" title="Georgian era">Georgian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian</a> houses. Because of this it is a <a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Derwent Valley, in the south/south west of the borough, offers panoramic views and pleasant walks. It was in the Derwent Valley, near Rowlands Gill, that the Northern Kites Project re-introduced <a href="/wiki/Red_kites" class="mw-redirect" title="Red kites">red kites</a>. This was part of a national project to introduce the birds, that were once so commonplace across the country, back into the wild. This scheme has proven to be a success, with birds being spotted across the west of the borough, from Crawcrook to Rowlands Gill itself.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The borough also contains one <a href="/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty" class="mw-redirect" title="National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty">National Trust</a> site, the expansive <a href="/wiki/Gibside" title="Gibside">Gibside</a> estate near Rowlands Gill, containing a <a href="/wiki/Stately_home" class="mw-redirect" title="Stately home">stately home</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">chapel</a>, parts of its grounds have also been given SSSI status.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even in the more urban areas of the borough, in Gateshead itself and to the east, efforts have been made to maintain green spaces and wildlife sites. One such project is Bill Quay Community Farm, east of the borough. Offering a rural experience within an urban setting, it provides an important educational tool for local schools.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2001">2001 census</a> stated that the borough's predominant religion was 80.25% <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a>. Other statistics found 10.94% of <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">no religion</a>, 6.94 unstated, 0.82% <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> and 0.60% <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2011">2011 census</a>, stated that the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead was 67.0% Christian, 0.9% Muslim, 1.5% Jewish, 23.9% were not religious and 5.7% of the population refused to state their religion.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area was once dependent on <a href="/wiki/Heavy_industry" title="Heavy industry">heavy industry</a> such as steel making in the Derwent Valley and coal mining (across the borough). <a href="/wiki/Shipbuilding" title="Shipbuilding">Shipbuilding</a> on the Tyne was also a major source of employment. However, with the decline of these industries, Gateshead has attempted to re-invent itself. Although there are significant areas of deprivation in the borough, particularly in the centre and east, a number of towns and villages in the borough are popular with commuters and professionals who are employed in the <a href="/wiki/Service_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Service industry">service industry</a> and well paid areas of the <a href="/wiki/Secondary_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Secondary sector">secondary sector</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a> (which remains a major source of employment). Such commuter areas include Ryton, Rowlands Gill, Whickham and Low Fell. The borough is host to <a href="/wiki/Tyne_Yard" title="Tyne Yard">Tyne Yard</a>, a major rail freight yard serving the North East. </p><p>Gateshead Quayside, once dominated by industry, has benefited from significant investment and <a href="/wiki/Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a> in the past decade.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (September 2021)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is now home to the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Centre_for_Contemporary_Art" title="Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art">Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sage_Gateshead" class="mw-redirect" title="Sage Gateshead">Sage Gateshead</a>. </p><p>The area is also an important retail hub, with the largest shopping centre in the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, and second largest in Europe as a whole, the <a href="/wiki/MetroCentre_(shopping_centre)" title="MetroCentre (shopping centre)">MetroCentre</a>, situated adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1</a> trunk road. Further retail, and a significant number of engineering companies are located in the <a href="/wiki/Team_Valley" title="Team Valley">Team Valley</a> Trading Estate, which at one time was the largest industrial estate in Europe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2009)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_culture">Arts and culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Arts and culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gateshead is home to the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Centre_for_Contemporary_Art" title="Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art">Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sage_Gateshead" class="mw-redirect" title="Sage Gateshead">Sage Gateshead</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Gormley" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony Gormley">Anthony Gormley</a> structure, the <i><a href="/wiki/Angel_of_the_North" title="Angel of the North">Angel of the North</a></i> (the largest free standing sculpture in the United Kingdom) is in Gateshead. This puts Gateshead at the forefront of the <a href="/wiki/Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Arts">arts</a> both regionally and nationally.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Shipley_Art_Gallery" title="Shipley Art Gallery">Shipley Art Gallery</a>, housing outstanding collections of contemporary craft, studio ceramics, paintings and decorative art, is managed by <a href="/wiki/Tyne_%26_Wear_Archives_%26_Museums" title="Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums">Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums</a> on behalf of Gateshead Council. Gateshead is a library authority and within its Central Library is a large venue facility called the Caedmon Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gateshead has an <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> team, <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_F.C." title="Gateshead F.C.">Gateshead F.C.</a>, who play in the English <a href="/wiki/National_League_(division)" title="National League (division)">National League</a>. They play at the <a href="/wiki/Gateshead_International_Stadium" title="Gateshead International Stadium">Gateshead International Stadium</a>, which also hosts <a href="/wiki/Athletics_(sport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Athletics (sport)">athletics</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_the_Borough">Freedom of the Borough</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Freedom of the Borough"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following people have received the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the Borough</a> of Gateshead:<sup id="cite_ref-auto_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2019</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(triple_jumper)" title="Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)">Jonathan Edwards</a>: 24 November 2000.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Foster" title="Brendan Foster">Brendan Foster</a>: 20 November 2004.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Neville_(newsreader)" title="Mike Neville (newsreader)">Mike Neville</a>: 12 October 2006.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Quin" title="Joyce Quin">Baroness Quin of Gateshead</a>: 12 October 2006.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Burlison" title="Tom Burlison">Lord Burlison of Rowlands Gill</a> : 12 October 2006.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Moncur" title="Bobby Moncur">Robert Moncur</a>: 22 January 2009.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Almond" title="David Almond">David Almond</a>: 10 February 2011.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Clelland" title="David Clelland">David Clelland</a>: 10 February 2011.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hall_(English_businessman)" title="John Hall (English businessman)">Sir John Hall</a>: 10 February 2011.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professor" title="Professor">Professor</a> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Younger_(engineer)" title="Paul Younger (engineer)">Paul Younger</a>: 8 November 2011.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antony_Gormley" title="Antony Gormley">Sir Antony Gormley</a>: 24 July 2012.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_J._Smith_(architect)" title="Alan J. Smith (architect)">Alan J. Smith</a>: 24 July 2012.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Miller_(athlete)" title="Stephen Miller (athlete)">Stephen Miller</a>: 25 June 2013.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Halfpenny" title="Jill Halfpenny">Jill Halfpenny</a>: 7 November 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Puttnam" title="David Puttnam">Lord Puttnam</a>: 26 March 2015.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Olusoga" title="David Olusoga">David Olusoga</a>: 4 December 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawson_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawson-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Mick Henry: 4 December 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawson_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawson-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In addition, freedom was granted to <a href="/wiki/Tyne_Electrical_Engineers" title="Tyne Electrical Engineers">72 Engineer Regiment</a> on 9 July 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arms">Arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd>Granted 16 August 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Crest</dt> <dd>Issuant from the mural crown Azure the circular blade of a plough Proper dimidiating a annulet embattled on the outer edge Or containing two fusils conjoined palewise Sable.</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd>Or a chief Azure overall five pallets counterchanged.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>On the dexter side a horse Sable unguled and maned Or supporting a length of tail Argent and on the sinister side a male griffin Sable armed and membered Or holding in the sinister forepaw a thunderbolt Or.</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd>In Unity Progress</dd> <dt>Badge</dt> <dd>A roundel quarterly Or and Azure in chief issuing from the fess a man's head and neck all Proper in base issuing from the fess a portcullis with chains counterchanged.</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan_Borough_of_Gateshead&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Council_leadership-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Council_leadership_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output 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0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/305/Your-council-and-elections">"Your council and elections"</a>. <i>Gateshead Council</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Gateshead+Council&rft.atitle=Your+council+and+elections&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gateshead.gov.uk%2Farticle%2F305%2FYour-council-and-elections&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMetropolitan+Borough+of+Gateshead" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland/mid2022/mye22final.xlsx">"Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Office_for_National_Statistics" title="Office for National Statistics">Office for National Statistics</a></i>. 26 March 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="Houghton-le-Spring">Houghton-le-Spring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarrow" title="Jarrow">Jarrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killingworth" title="Killingworth">Killingworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longbenton" title="Longbenton">Longbenton</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Shields" title="North Shields">North Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryton,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Ryton, Tyne and Wear">Ryton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Shields" title="South Shields">South Shields</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sunderland" title="Sunderland">Sunderland</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tynemouth" title="Tynemouth">Tynemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wallsend" title="Wallsend">Wallsend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_Tyne_%26_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, Tyne & Wear">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whickham" title="Whickham">Whickham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitley_Bay" title="Whitley Bay">Whitley Bay</a><br /><i>See also:</i> <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="List of civil parishes in Tyne and Wear">List of civil parishes in Tyne and Wear</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Tyne_and_Wear" title="List of museums in Tyne and Wear">Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Parliamentary constituencies in Tyne and Wear">Parliamentary constituencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Tyne_and_Wear" title="List of people from Tyne and Wear">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Tyne_and_Wear" title="List of places in Tyne and Wear">Places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tyne_and_Wear_settlements_by_population" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Tyne and Wear settlements by population">Population of major settlements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Tyne_and_Wear" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear">SSSIs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Places_in_Tyne_and_Wear" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Gateshead" title="Gateshead">Gateshead</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bensham" title="Bensham">Bensham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Quay" title="Bill Quay">Bill Quay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birtley,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Birtley, Tyne and Wear">Birtley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaydon" title="Blaydon">Blaydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carr_Hill" title="Carr Hill">Carr Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopwell" title="Chopwell">Chopwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chowdene" title="Chowdene">Chowdene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deckham" title="Deckham">Deckham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunston,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Dunston, Tyne and Wear">Dunston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felling,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Felling, Tyne and Wear">Felling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kibblesworth" title="Kibblesworth">Kibblesworth</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Windy_Nook" title="Windy Nook">Windy Nook</a></li> <li>Whitehills Estate</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Newcastle upon Tyne">City of <br />Newcastle <br />upon Tyne</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Gosforth" title="Gosforth">Gosforth</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur%27s_Hill" title="Arthur's Hill">Arthurs Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battlefield,_Newcastle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battlefield, Newcastle (page does not exist)">Battlefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benwell_and_Scotswood" title="Benwell and Scotswood">Benwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Callerton" title="Black Callerton">Black Callerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blakelaw" title="Blakelaw">Blakelaw</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blucher,_Newcastle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blucher, Newcastle (page does not exist)">Blucher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenkley" title="Brenkley">Brenkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Village" title="Brunswick Village">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byker" title="Byker">Byker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_House_Estate" title="Chapel House Estate">Chapel House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne_City_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle upon Tyne City Centre">City Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cochrane_Park" title="Cochrane Park">Cochrane Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cowgate,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Cowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne">Cowgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coxlodge" title="Coxlodge">Coxlodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dene,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Dene, 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title="Hazlerigg">Hazlerigg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaton,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne">Heaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaton,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne">High Heaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesmond" title="Jesmond">Jesmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenton,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne">Kenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingston_Park" title="Kingston Park">Kingston Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lemington" title="Lemington">Lemington</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manors,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manors, Newcastle upon Tyne (page does not exist)">Manors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburn" title="Newburn">Newburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Kenton" title="North Kenton">North Kenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouseburn" title="Ouseburn">Ouseburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parklands,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Parklands, Newcastle upon Tyne">Parklands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandyford,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Sandyford, Newcastle upon Tyne">Sandyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benwell_and_Scotswood" title="Benwell and Scotswood">Scotswood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shieldfield" title="Shieldfield">Shieldfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slatyford" title="Slatyford">Slatyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosforth" title="Gosforth">South Gosforth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spital_Tongues" title="Spital Tongues">Spital Tongues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throckley" title="Throckley">Throckley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walbottle" title="Walbottle">Walbottle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walkergate" title="Walkergate">Walkergate</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walkerville,_Newcastle_upon_Tyne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walkerville, Newcastle upon Tyne (page does not 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Shields">North Shields</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wallsend" title="Wallsend">Wallsend</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Whitley_Bay" title="Whitley Bay">Whitley Bay</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Backworth" title="Backworth">Backworth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beaumont_Park,_Tyne_and_Wear&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beaumont Park, Tyne and Wear (page does not exist)">Beaumont Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Benton, Tyne and Wear">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burradon,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Burradon, Tyne and Wear">Burradon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cullercoats" title="Cullercoats">Cullercoats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earsdon" title="Earsdon">Earsdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forest_Hall" title="Forest Hall">Forest Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howdon" title="Howdon">Howdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killingworth" title="Killingworth">Killingworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longbenton" title="Longbenton">Longbenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkseaton" title="Monkseaton">Monkseaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murton,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Murton, Tyne and Wear">Murton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="New York, Tyne and Wear">New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Park,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Northumberland Park, Tyne and Wear">Northumberland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Preston, Tyne and Wear">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaton_Burn" title="Seaton Burn">Seaton Burn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiremoor" title="Shiremoor">Shiremoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Island,_Tyne_and_Wear" class="mw-redirect" title="St Mary's Island, Tyne and Wear">St Mary's Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tynemouth" title="Tynemouth">Tynemouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellfield" title="Wellfield">Wellfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitley_Lodge" title="Whitley Lodge">Whitley 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