Gateshead

John McElroy
Declared Interests
Substitute

Malcolm Brain
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Newcastle

Joyce McCarty
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North Tyneside

Carl Johnson
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John Harrison
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Substitute

Muriel Green
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Northumberland
Vice Chair

Glen Sanderson
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South Tyneside

Mark Walsh
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Sunderland
Substitute

Graeme Miller
Cllr Miller was appointed Leader of the Council in May 2018. He was first elected to the council in 2006 to represent Washington South ward where he is also school governor. Since 2020, Cllr Miller has served as Chair of the North East Combined Authority.
Before becoming Leader, Cllr Miller was the Cabinet’s portfolio holder for Health, Housing and Adult Services. Cllr Miller is particularly passionate about mental health as the basis for good overall health and wellbeing and he is a Health and Mental Health Champion for the city. He is a member of City Hospitals Sunderland Foundation Trust’s Council of Governors and Chair of Age UK Sunderland. He also represents the council and city on a number of bodies and organisations including the North East Combined Authority Leadership Board and North East Local Enterprise Partnership.
As Leader, Cllr Miller’s focus is continuing to work in partnership on the city’s economic regeneration, building on progress in relation to housing and infrastructure development and skills and employment opportunities.