Newcastle Independents

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Newcastle Independents
Leader Tracey Mitchell
Founded14 February 2011 (2011-02-14)
RegisteredPP05 [1]
Headquarters Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne [1]
Ideology Localism
Councillors
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Website
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Newcastle Independents, formerly known as Newcastle First, is a localist political party [1] based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Initially established as the Newcastle upon Tyne Community First Party, the party was registered with the Electoral Commission in February 2011 and fielded its first candidates in May 2011 and won its first council seat in 2019 with two more elected in 2021. The party changed its name to Newcastle Independents in 2019. [1] As of May 2023, the party has three councillors elected to Newcastle City Council. [2]

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Electoral performance

Newcastle Independents stood for election under the registered description of It's Time to Put Newcastle First from 2011 to 2019 with some candidates standing under the registered description of Local Community Candidate in 2018 and 2019.

In 2019, the party won its first council seat, with Ian Donaldson [3] [4] being elected in Callerton & Throckley Ward [5] and the party coming second in both Lemington [6] and Denton & Westerhope Wards. [7]

On 6 May 2021, two more candidates were elected to Newcastle City Council.

In May 2023, Newcastle Independents lost Callerton and Throckley ward but gained two seats in Lemington and Denton and Westerhope. The party now has a total of three councillors following the resignation of one Councillor in late 2023.

Local campaigns

Newcastle Independents has led a number of campaigns including:

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  3. ↑ Holland, Daniel (4 May 2019). "Meet the man promising political change from the 'same old'". Evening Chronicle . Newcastle upon Tyne: Reach . Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Councillor Ian Donaldson". Newcastle City Council . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Holland, Daniel (3 May 2019). "Newcastle First make election history as Labour sees vote drop". The Northern Echo . Darlington: Newsquest. ISSN   2043-0442 . Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Election results for Lemington". Newcastle City Council . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Election results for Denton and Westerhope". Newcastle City Council . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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