Newcastle City Council aim to get more students voting
Electoral services officers from Newcastle Council were at Newcastle University talking to students about the importance of registering to vote, reports Thomas Goodall
Category Archives: Politics
Vote Jesmond 2017: Labour comes out on top in JesmondLocal poll
Our unscientific poll of voters in Jesmond Dene this past weekend charts a course to victory for the Labour Party, Morgan Ayre writes
Vote Jesmond 2017: UKIP candidate
Despite repeated requests, UKIP candidate Tony Sanderson declined to participate in our series of profiles
Vote Jesmond 2017: Green Party candidate
Continuing our five days of profiles, James Vesty meets Green candidate, Alistair Ford
Vote Jesmond 2017: Liberal Democrat Party candidate
Ahead of the general election on June 8th, JesmondLocal will be profiling each of the five candidates standing for election in the Newcastle East parliamentary seat. Continuing our five days of profiles, Morgan Ayre meets Lib Dem candidate, Wendy Taylor
Vote Jesmond 2017: Conservative Party candidate
In the first of our election profiles, Morgan Ayre meets the Conservatives’ Newcastle East parliamentary candidate, Simon Kitchen
Jesmond shares its views on the upcoming general election
JesmondLocal took to the streets of Jesmond to ask its residents two questions about the upcoming General Election on June 8th
Operation Oak criticised in Labour leaflet
The night time noise initiative funded by Jesmond’s wards is called “a bad deal for residents” by Labour councillors in Ouseburn, Beth Steele reports
More than 1,000 sanctions levied on Jesmond-based students since 2014
£27,000-worth of fines have been given to students, data seen by JesmondLocal show
North Jesmond ward meeting – replay!
Catch all the action from this evening’s ward meeting with our live-blog