Constitutional Committee

Attendance (12 councillors)

Councillor	Party	Ward	Status
Alexander Hay	Labour Party	Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall	Present
Barry Phillipson	Labour Party	Lemington	Present
George Pattison	Labour Party	Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall	Present
Jane Byrne	Independent	Monument	Present
Karen Kilgour	Labour Party	West Fenham	Present
Lara Ellis	Labour Party	Heaton	Present
Marion Williams	East End and Associates Independent Group	Blakelaw	Present
Peter Lovatt	Liberal Democrat	Fawdon and West Gosforth	Present
Wendy Taylor	Liberal Democrat	Dene and South Gosforth	Present
Adam Mitchell	Newcastle Independents	Denton and Westerhope	Expected
Colin Ferguson	Liberal Democrat	Gosforth	Absent
Rob Higgins	Labour Party	Benwell and Scotswood	Absent

Data last updated: 23 February 2026