| Election Name: | 2010 Newcastle City Council election |
| Country: | Tyne and Wear |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party Colour: | Labour |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Newcastle City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Newcastle City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Election Date: | 6 May 2010 |
| Leader1: | David Falkner |
| Leaders Seat1: | Fawdon |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 49 |
| 1Data1: | 34 |
| Leader2: | Nick Forbes |
| Leaders Seat2: | Westgate |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 29 |
| Swing2: | ! |
| 1Data2: | 42 |
| Seats For Election: | 27 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 40 |
| Seats Before1: | 48 |
| Seats Before2: | 28 |
| Party3: | Independent (politician) |
| Last Election3: | 0 |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Swing3: | 0 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Seats After1: | 42 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | 0 |
| Seats After2: | 34 |
| Leader3: | N/A |
| Leaders Seat3: | N/A |
The 2010 Newcastle City Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England. The elections took place on the same day as other council elections in England and Wales and the general election.
Following the last set of local elections held in 2008, two members of the Liberal Democrats resigned and sat as independents.[1] The Liberal Democrats also gained one seat from Labour in a by-election.
There were 27 of the 78 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in the Denton ward. The result saw the Labour Party gain six seats from the Liberal Democrats.
| After 2008 election | Before 2010 election | After 2010 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| 49 | 48 | 42 | ||||||
| 29 | 28 | 34 | ||||||
| 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||