Welcome to the Gateshead Liberal Democrats website. Our team of Councillors represent wards across Gateshead, and our members actively work for residents across the borough.
Our website includes information to help you get involved in community issues and access useful services such as reporting fly-tipping and responding to planning applications. You will also find contact details for each Councillor and updates about what we are doing for you!
Get in touch if you need help with an issue, have an idea to improve Gateshead, or want to get involved. We are always delighted to meet with residents.
Contact us at hello@gatesheadlibdems.org.uk
A Lib Dem Council would empower residents to have a real say over issues that matter. In the meantime we speak up for people who all too often feel let down. Gateshead charges the highest levels of Council Tax for band D properties of any metropolitan borough in the country but residents feel that it is out of touch and unresponsive. That has to change!
Councillor Ron Beadle
Did you know that Labour's Gateshead Central and Whickham candidate lives in London? According to the published address' for candidates, the Labour candidate lives in Chipping Barnet 235 miles away from Gateshead. RON BEADLE LIVES IN GATESHEAD!
Gateshead Council debate on the Liberal Democrat motion, calling to ensure Gateshead Football Club has a 10 year tenancy at Gateshead Stadium which the Council are looking to transfer to another management. The motion was rejected by Labour.
Rishi Sunak has called for a General Election, Labour and the Tories think this is a two horse race, let’s put the old horses back in the stable. Send a message to Westminster and vote Liberal Democrat on the 4th July.
Gateshead Councillors will be asked to give Gateshead Football Club a secure 10 year tenancy at Gateshead International Stadium.
New figures analysing sewage dumped in Council areas have revealed that sewage was dumped into waterways in Gateshead for 15,977 hours in 2023.
The levels of recorded mumps cases in Gateshead per 100,000 sits at nearly three times the level of the whole of England and Wales, according to a council report.
Following the UK's hottest summer on record, escalating heatwaves and severe droughts have triggered catastrophic blazes across the country, damaging delicate ecosystems and destroying homes.
The Liberal Democrats will continue to stand in solidarity with trans and non-binary communities, defending equal rights, personal dignity and safety for all.
The Liberal Democrats are taking a stand to hold tech companies accountable, equip the police with the right powers, and build a digital world where women and girls can live safely and without fear.
