A second seat in one of Newcastle most hotly-contested election battlegrounds will be up for grabs in May.
Voters in the swing ward of North Jesmond will elect two councillors at May’s local elections, after one of the area’s representatives stood down. Labour councillor Stella Postlethwaite has resigned her post with immediate effect, having held the seat for almost seven years.
In a resignation letter last week, she said it was an “incredible privilege and a role I will never forget” to have served as a councillor since 2016. She is stepping down to “concentrate on building a career as a solicitor”, as she is soon to complete a law qualification.
