Candidate list confirmed for Newcastle by-election after Reform resignation

NewsNorth East NewsPoliticsVoters will head to the polls later this month15:44, 03 Aug 2026A by-election has been triggered in Newcastle(Image: Newcastle Chronicle)The candidate list for the upcoming Newcastle City Council by-election has been confirmed ahead of polling day. Voters in the Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn ward will head to the polls on August 27 after newly elected Reform councillor Amy Hunter stepped down just two months after she was elected.‌Reform UK said that her health, personal and work commitments had “changed abruptly” and that she was no longer able to give the role “the time and energy it demands”. The party had won all three seats in the outer west ward.‌Nominations for the election have now closed, with the deadline passing on Friday, July 31 at 4pm. The list o