| Election Name: | 2019 Newcastle City Council election |
| Country: | Tyne and Wear |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Newcastle City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Newcastle City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | 27 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 40 |
| Election Date: | 2 May 2019 |
| Leader1: | Nick Forbes |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 56 seats, 49.4% |
| Seats Before1: | 56 |
| Seats1: | 17 |
| Seats After1: | 54 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Leader2: | Anita Lower |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 19 seats, 23.7% |
| Seats Before2: | 19 |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seats After2: | 20 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Leader4: | Jason Smith |
| Party4: | Newcastle Independents |
| Last Election4: | 0 seats, 2.4% |
| Seats Before4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 1 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Leader5: | N/A |
| Party5: | Independent politicians |
| Last Election5: | 3 seats, 2.0% |
| Seats Before5: | 3 |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Nick Forbes |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Nick Forbes |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Arthur's Hill |
| Leaders Seat2: | Castle |
| Popular Vote2: | 15,513 |
| Percentage2: | 23.3% |
| Swing2: | 0.4% |
| Swing1: | 11% |
| Popular Vote1: | 25,559 |
| Percentage1: | 39.2% |
| Popular Vote4: | 3,401 |
| Percentage4: | 6.8% |
| Swing4: | 4.4% |
| Popular Vote5: | 4,128 |
| Percentage5: | 6.2% |
| Swing5: | 0.5% |
One third of the seats — 26 out of the 78 — were up for election, being the seats of the councillors who finished third in each individual ward at the all-out elections in 2018, with an additional seat up in the Monument ward following the resignation of a Labour councillor.[3]
The ruling Labour group lost two seats, holding their majority by returning 17 members to the council. The Newcastle Independents, a localist party, gained their first ever seat on the council whilst the Liberal Democrats gained the Ouseburn ward.
Following the election, Nick Forbes returned as leader of the council. Forbes had earlier in the year sought selection as the Labour candidate for the newly created North of Tyne mayoralty, but lost out to Monument councillor Jamie Driscoll.[4]
The council remained under Labour majority control.
Labour lost two seats. The ward of Callerton and Throckley was lost to the Newcastle Independents, with Ian Donaldson becoming their first ever councillor.[5] The Ouseburn ward was lost to Gareth Kane of the Liberal Democrats.
The Chapel ward saw incumbent independent councillor Olga Shorton lose to Sandra Davison, an independent challenger. Shorton and her husband had attempted to form a "Chapel Independents" political group on the council, which was criticised by fellow independent Chapel councillor Marc Donnelly.[6]
The Conservatives failed to pick up a seat on the council, having last won a seat in 1995.
The Green Party had a strong showing, doubling their share of the total votes to 8.9%, taking over 20% of the vote in Heaton, Monument and South Jesmond.
This would be the last election that UKIP would stand at in Newcastle, with the party standing no candidates in the city in subsequent council or parliamentary elections.