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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council · Tyne and Wear

Gateshead councillors

The 66 councillors on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, of every party, and where each stands on the Green Party's "Zionism is Racism" motion. 2 have endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism.

Reform UK 38Labour 12Liberal Democrat 12Green 3Independent 1

The Green councillors on Gateshead, and where they stand

Email the councillors of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council

Ask the councillors of other parties to endorse the campaign, and the Green councillors to sign the pledge. Email everyone still to ask, one party, or one person with the Email button beside their name. It opens in your own email app, and you can change every word.

Already endorsed, so not emailed: Cllr Shaun Edge and Cllr James Wright. There is no need to ask them again.

Wards 22

Questions and answers

Who are the councillors on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council?

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council has 66 councillors: 38 Reform UK, 12 Labour, 12 Liberal Democrat, 3 Green Party and 1 Independent. Each is listed on this page, ward by ward, with a page of their own saying where they stand on the Green Party's "Zionism is Racism" motion.

Which councillors on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council have endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism?

Cllr Shaun Edge (Labour) and Cllr James Wright (Reform UK) have put their name to it: "Zionism is not racism. I call on the Green Party to reverse its "Zionism is Racism" motion."

Did any Green councillors on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council back the "Zionism is Racism" motion?

None of the 3 Green councillors on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council is named in the party's printed lists of the motion's supporters.

How many wards does Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council have?

22: Birtley North and Lamesley, Birtley South, Blaydon, Bridges, Chopwell and Rowlands Gill, Chowdene, Crawcrook and Greenside, Deckham, Dunston Hill and Whickham East, Dunston, Teams and Riverside, Felling, High Fell, Lobley Hill and Bensham, Low Fell, Pelaw, Heworth and Bill Quay, Ryton, Crookhill and Stella, Saltwell, Wardley and Leam Lane, Whickham North and Swalwell, Whickham South and Sunniside, Windy Nook and Whitehills and Winlaton and High Spen. Each has a page listing its councillors.

How can I email the councillors on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council?

Use "Email the councillors of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council" on this page: write to everyone still to ask, one party's councillors, or one councillor, from your own email app. Councillors who have already endorsed the campaign are left out, as there is no need to ask them again.

What is the Green Party's "Zionism is Racism" motion?

On 4 October 2026 the Green Party of England and Wales passed a motion declaring that "Zionism is racism". It brands as racism the belief, held by around nine in ten British Jews, that the Jewish people have the right to a homeland of their own, and binds the party to treat that belief "as any other form of racism". Councillors and MPs of every other party are being asked to say, in public, that Zionism is not racism.

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