Newcastle City Council election, 1996
Elections to the City Council were held in May 1996. The Conservative Party was wiped out, the Liberal Democrats remained the Opposition and Labour slightly increased their majority.
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Labour | 60 | 63 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lib Dems | 11 | 13 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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