Lord Mayor & councillors
Newcastle has 13 councillors: a Lord Mayor elected directly by voters, plus three councillors for each of the four wards. Below is who currently holds office, with links to their official profiles and the election results.
New to these terms? Read them in plain English
- How the mayor is chosen
- Either elected directly by voters, or chosen by the councillors.
- Ward
- A subdivision of a council area that elects its own councillors.
- Local Government Area (LGA)
- The official area a council governs.
- NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC)
- Runs council elections and publishes the official results.
- Lord Mayor
- Gavin Morris (Independent)Elected at the 2026 Lord Mayoral by-election (effective May 2026), after the previous Lord Mayor resigned.
- Deputy Lord Mayor
- Cr Charlotte McCabe (Greens)Ward 1.
- Councillors
- 13 total — directly-elected Lord Mayor + 12 ward councillors
- Wards
- Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 3 and Ward 4 (3 councillors each)
Your representatives
Gavin Morris
Lord Mayor · Independent
Charlotte McCabe
Deputy Lord Mayor / Councillor · Ward 1 · Greens
Declan Clausen
Councillor · Ward 1 · Labor
Peter Gittins
Councillor · Ward 1 · Independent
Paige Johnson
Councillor · Ward 2 · Labor
Jenny Barrie
Councillor · Ward 2 · Liberal
Joel Pringle
Councillor · Ward 2 · Greens
Peta Winney-Baartz
Councillor · Ward 3 · Labor
Mark Brooker
Councillor · Ward 3 · Independent
Siobhan Isherwood
Councillor · Ward 3 · Greens
Elizabeth Adamczyk
Councillor · Ward 4 · Labor
Callum Pull
Councillor · Ward 4 · Liberal
Deahnna Richardson
Councillor · Ward 4 · Labor
Want to raise something? Contacting your ward councillor or the mayor is one of the most direct ways to be heard between elections.
We list who's in office and link to their official profiles and the election results; we don't characterise anyone's politics. Most party labels are those each councillor was elected under in September 2024 (NSW Electoral Commission), but some have changed since: Lord Mayor Gavin Morris won the 2026 by-election after the previous Lord Mayor resigned, and the two Ward 3 councillors shown (Cr Winney-Baartz and Cr Isherwood) are casual-vacancy replacements whose labels come from the council's current official page rather than the 2024 ballot. A council's makeup can change between elections, so the council's official page has the most current list.
Sources — check it yourself
Figures are current as at the dates shown and may change — always confirm with the linked source. See the notice at the bottom of the page for full details and how to report a correction.