| Election Name: | 2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Country: | Tyne and Wear |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2022 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Seats For Election: | 22 of 66 seats to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 34 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2023 |
| Turnout: | 48,707 (34.2%) |
| Leader1: | Martin Gannon |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 51 seats, 49.9% |
| Seats Before1: | 51 |
| Seats1: | 15 |
| Seats After1: | 49 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Popular Vote1: | 24,456 |
| Percentage1: | 50.3% |
| Swing1: | 0.4% |
| Leader2: | Ron Beadle |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 15 seats, 24.5% |
| Seats Before2: | 15 |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seats After2: | 17 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 13,363 |
| Percentage2: | 27.5% |
| Swing2: | 3.0% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Martin Gannon |
| Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| After Election: | Martin Gannon |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[1] One third of the council was elected.[2] One candidate was elected from each of the council's 22 wards.[3]
In the 2022 election, the Labour Party retained a supermajority of seats.[4]
Labour retained its majority on the council, although lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats.[5]
The results for each ward were as follows:[6] [7] [8] [9]