Councillors and committees

Find your local Councillor, view contact information, surgery details and more.

The Cabinet provides political leadership and direction across the whole range of council services and considers all policy issues.

View details of committees within Gateshead Council and their structure.

The calendar of upcoming council meetings.

Search for agendas, minutes and reports from committee meetings.

Councillor Eileen McMaster is the Mayor of Gateshead for 2023-24.

Key decisions that are planned to be made over the next three months.

Decisions taken by the Council's decision making bodies or by council officers.

Find out how the council operates, how decisions are made and the implementation of procedures.

View council meeting updates. See details of meetings which have been scheduled or held, view the publication of agendas and more.

Due to a temporary technical issue we are unable to add committee papers and agendas in the usual location. See committee papers for w/c 20 January 2025.