Key information
Role: Leader of Newcastle City Council
Memberships: Cabinet
Council: Newcastle upon Tyne
Page last updated 04-10-2024
Councillor Kilgour was appointed as Leader of Newcastle City Council on 2 October 2024. She was first elected to Newcastle City Council in May 2014 as one of three ward Members for the West Fenham Ward and elected as Deputy Leader in May 2021.
She is married with two boys and lives in Kenton.
Read more about Karen Kilgour on the Newcastle City Council website