Newcastle will have six new councillors after the results of the September 14 local government election were finalised.
New lord mayor Ross Kerridge will be joined by his running mates Peter Gittins in ward one and Mark Brooker in ward three.
The Greens have increased their representation on council to three with two new faces - Joel Pringle in ward two and Sinead Francis-Coan in ward three.
Labor has a new councillor with Paige Johnson being elected in ward two.
The new councillors will join ward one Labor incumbent Declan Clausen and returning Greens councillor Charlotte McCabe, Liberal returnee Jenny Barrie in ward two, former Labor lord mayor Nuatali Nelmes in ward three and all re-elected ward four representatives Elizabeth Adamczyk and Deahnna Richardson of Labor and Liberal Callum Pull.
The Newcastle Greens are celebrating their highest number of elected councillors since the 2004 election.
"The Greens have along history in Newcastle, and that continues with a fresh and bigger team after this election," new Greens councillor Joel Pringle said.
"The Greens momentum was on display this election - we improved our performance in every ward and picked up an extra councillor. The voters have made their intentions clear."
"We are looking forward to getting straight to work on the issues that matter to community like housing, climate and open governance," new Greens councillor Sinead Francis-Coan said.
"We're coming into this term with a sense of purpose and as a unified team of three in the make-up of the new-look council."
Despite suffering falls in its primary vote, Labor polled first in each of the four wards and has the largest representation on council.
"We are an experienced team, offering a combined 31 years of local government service, and a track record of delivery," Labor councillor Declan Clausen said.
"We welcome councillor Paige Johnson to our team, a strong advocate for her community and our city's first openly trans woman elected to public office.
"Newcastle has elected an overwhelmingly progressive council. Over this new term, we are committed to working with the representatives from other parties to continue to deliver in the interests of our community."
Independent newcomers Peter Gittins and Mark Brooker said they were delighted and honoured to be elected.
"As a proud Novocastrian I am committed to bringing positive and meaningful change to our wonderful city in line with the policy platform that Dr Kerridge and his team took to the electorate," Mr Gittins said.
"I look forward to being a new independent voice for my community on council," Mr Brooker said.
Liberal returnee Callum Pull said he and Jenny Barrie were "deeply honoured" to be re-elected.
"The Newcastle Liberals achieved one of our best ever results - we've had a swing to us on the mayoralty and in every ward," he said.
"With a new council comes new opportunities and in the next term we will continue to fight for the issues that matter and work diligently with the newly elected council to deliver the good governance our city deserves."
Lake Macquarie will have four new councillors, and will be without a one-party majority with Labor's David Belcher missing out on re-election in west ward.
He will be replaced by independent newcomer Anthony Swinsburg.
Mr Swinsburg said he campaigned on independence, pragmatic decision-making and meaningful engagement between council and the community.
"So the community should expect to see the start of a two-way conversation on issues that matter to residents," he said.
"A core focus will be infrastructure - supporting the needs of existing suburbs, seeking solutions to fix current challenges across the ward and future-proofing our city for future growth."
Labor's Stacey Radcliffe, Liberal Matt Schultz and Lake Mac Independents' Michael Hannah will be the new representatives of east ward.
They will join incumbent Labor east ward councillor Christine Buckley, returning north ward councillors Colin Grigg of Lake Mac Independents, Liberal Jack Antcliff and Labor's Brian Adamthwaite and Keara Conroy.
Lake Mac Independents' Kate Warner will return to west ward alongside Labor's Madeline Bishop and long-term Liberal councillor Jason Pauling.
Port Stephens will have five Labor representatives including the mayor, one Liberal councillor and four independents.
Outgoing Dungog mayor John Connors has missed out on re-election as a councillor.
Cessnock will have six councillors from the same independent group including the mayor, six Labor councillors and one independent.
Cessnock council general manager Ken Liddell welcomed the elected councillors.
"Congratulations to all the elected councillors and new mayor Daniel Watton. I look forward to the positive community outcomes we can achieve together," Mr Liddell said.
Singleton's first female popularly-elected mayor Sue Moore has been returned to the top job for a third consecutive term.
Cr Moore will be joined by six independents, two Labor councillors and a Libertarian.
Maitland will have a majority of Penfold independents, four Labor councillors, a Liberal and an independent.
The Central Coast will have five Labor councillors, three Liberal councillors and seven independents.
