Government
Newcastle is governed using the leader and cabinet system, and the executive is Labour, as they have 45 councillors against the Liberal Democrat's 32. No other parties hold seats on the city's council, however there is 1 independent Councillor.
For the purposes of City Council elections, Newcastle is divided into 26 electoral wards.
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“Liberty is the air that we Americans breathe. Our Government is based on the belief that a people can be both strong and free. That civilized men need no restraint but that imposed by themselves against the abuse of freedom.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“I thought it a pity that some poor student did not live there, to profit by all that light, since he would not rob the mariner.... Think of fifteen Argand lamps to read the newspaper by! Government oil!—light enough, perchance, to read the Constitution by! I thought that he should read nothing less than his Bible by that lamp.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It doesn’t matter who you vote for, the government always gets in.”
—Graffiti. London (1970s)