Voters are going to the polls in Tyne and Wear on Thursday in 2023’s local elections.
Dozens of council seats across the region are up for grabs in what promises to be an intriguing day. All five of the Tyne and Wear councils have elections this year, with a third of the local authority seats being contested in each of Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead, North Tyneside, and South Tyneside.
Northumberland and County Durham hold ‘all out’ local elections once every four years and are next due to do so in 2025, so have no elections on May 4 – aside from a by-election in Chester-le-Street. Not all councils will be counting and announcing their results at the same time, so we’ve put together a guide of when to expect declarations in your area.
