Gateshead council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 22 wards · 24 seats contested

Most seats
19
Labour Party
Seats contested
24
across 22 wards
Turnout
37.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 19 +2 25,633 46.7% +2.2
Liberal Democrats 5 +0 11,261 20.5% -6.4
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 12,344 22.5% +11.8
Green Party 0 +0 4,830 8.8% +0.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 288 0.5% —
Independent 0 +0 213 0.4% +0.2
Workers Party of Britain 0 +0 200 0.4% —
Save Us Now 0 +0 90 0.2% -0.7
Reform UK 0 +0 71 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 24
Conservative and Unionist Party 24
Labour Party 24
Green Party 22
Liberal Democrats 22
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 4
Save Us Now 3
Independent 2
Reform UK 1
Workers Party of Britain 1

A party standing a full slate could field 24 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Birtley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hazel Weatherley Elected 977 53.2% +15.0
Labour Party Catherine Mary Davison Elected 898 48.9% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Thomas Elliott 764 41.6% +25.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Joseph Ronald Callanan 496 27.0% +19.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Herdman 366 19.9% —
Green Party Jonathan Paul Taylor 169 9.2% —
Majority134
Turnout—
Registered electors6,158
Ballots cast (estimated)1,835

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Blaydon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephen Christopher Ronchetti Elected 1,165 51.8% -3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Mary Wilson 642 28.5% +17.3
Green Party Simon David Murray Easton 290 12.9% -6.2
Liberal Democrats Amelia Louise Ord 139 6.2% -1.2
Majority523
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors7,178
Ballots cast2,250

Labour Party hold

Bridges

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Eagle Elected 916 55.0% -6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Backley 357 21.4% +6.0
Green Party Nicholas Rush-Cooper 237 14.2% —
Liberal Democrats Gareth Cooper 138 8.3% -15.0
Majority559
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors6,116
Ballots cast1,665

Labour Party hold

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dave Bradford Elected 1,464 53.5% +4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian David Derrick 672 24.5% +14.9
Green Party David Mark Castleton 275 10.0% -2.6
Workers Party of Britain Andrew Metcalfe 200 7.3% —
Liberal Democrats Jean Margaret Callender 115 4.2% -5.1
Majority792
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors6,767
Ballots cast2,739

Labour Party hold

Chowdene

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John McElroy Elected 1,254 52.4% +5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party David William Potts 597 25.0% +12.5
Liberal Democrats Dawn Elizabeth Welsh 298 12.5% -7.0
Green Party Thomas Frederick Newell 167 7.0% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Marika Smith 68 2.8% —
Majority657
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors6,742
Ballots cast2,391

Labour Party hold

Crawcrook and Greenside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kathleen McCartney Elected 1,241 42.6% +1.1
Green Party Diane Cadman 920 31.6% +5.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Anthony Coxon 654 22.5% +12.6
Liberal Democrats David Graham Randall 81 2.8% -4.4
Majority321
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors7,017
Ballots cast2,911

Labour Party hold

Deckham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Leigh Kirton Elected 1,036 54.5% -3.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Josh Alan Knotts 516 27.2% +13.3
Liberal Democrats Norman Spours 169 8.9% -2.9
Green Party Gary Rutherford Brooks 94 4.9% -11.7
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Norman Hall 68 3.6% —
Majority520
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors6,409
Ballots cast1,900

Labour Party hold

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter James Maughan Elected 1,325 48.3% -4.4
Labour Party Lee-Ann Moir 843 30.7% +0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jak Hocking 376 13.7% +9.0
Green Party Isabel Mary Blanchflower 153 5.6% -1.8
Save Us Now Graham Steele 31 1.1% -4.0
Majority482
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors6,672
Ballots cast2,744

Liberal Democrats hold

Dunston and Teams

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Brenda Clelland Elected 1,118 61.7% +3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan-Lee Guthrie 388 21.4% +10.8
Green Party Andy Blanchflower 137 7.6% -7.8
Liberal Democrats Beth Gordon 116 6.4% -1.9
Save Us Now Susan Hall 41 2.3% -4.9
Majority730
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors6,294
Ballots cast1,811

Labour Party hold

Felling

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sonya Dickie Elected 871 57.2% -6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Crompton Jackson 354 23.2% +10.4
Liberal Democrats David Gilson Fawcett 178 11.7% -11.4
Green Party Neil Campbell Grant 115 7.6% —
Majority517
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors5,686
Ballots cast1,523

Labour Party hold

High Fell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jill Green Elected 861 49.9% -6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Francis Thomas Athey 390 22.6% +9.8
Independent Thomas Karl Holder 189 10.9% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Elaine Brunskill 102 5.9% —
Liberal Democrats Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway 81 4.7% -7.4
Green Party Gabriel Rubinstein 70 4.1% —
Independent Andrew Frederick Marshall 24 1.4% —
Majority471
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors6,072
Ballots cast1,727

Labour Party hold

Lamesley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Judith Turner Elected 1,218 59.8% +7.0
Labour Party Jane McCoid Elected 1,040 51.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sheila Everatt 811 39.8% +18.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ali Reza Akbari Pargam 504 24.7% —
Green Party Ashleigh Taylor McLean 276 13.5% —
Liberal Democrats Daniel James Clarke 225 11.0% +0.8
Majority229
Turnout—
Registered electors7,323
Ballots cast (estimated)2,037

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Lobley Hill and Bensham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Catherine Donovan Elected 1,295 56.3% +7.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Janice Marina Hutchinson 605 26.3% +12.8
Green Party Andy Redfern 211 9.2% -5.5
Liberal Democrats Lynda Duggan 177 7.7% -9.9
Majority690
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors6,959
Ballots cast2,300

Labour Party hold

Low Fell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Daniel Stephen Duggan Elected 1,730 50.8% -7.1
Labour Party Calvin Kenneth Joseph Lawson 1,166 34.3% +7.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Sterling 312 9.2% +3.0
Green Party Mark Andrew Gorman 186 5.5% -4.0
Majority564
Turnout49.0%
Registered electors6,987
Ballots cast3,404

Liberal Democrats hold

Pelaw and Heworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ian Patterson Elected 1,392 56.0% +4.5
Labour Party Vinnie Humphries 744 29.9% -0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party John Gardiner 176 7.1% +4.5
Green Party Nicholas Boldrini 166 6.7% +1.3
Majority648
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors6,478
Ballots cast2,485

Liberal Democrats hold

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Christopher William Buckley Elected 1,547 53.5% +4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Lucinda Jane Wilson 545 18.8% +11.6
Liberal Democrats Julie Helen Rose Maughan 339 11.7% -5.7
Green Party Andrew Mason 334 11.5% +5.0
Reform UK Stephen Osborne 71 2.5% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ros Cooper 50 1.7% —
Majority1,002
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors6,909
Ballots cast2,894

Labour Party hold

Saltwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Denise Marianne Robson Elected 877 43.7% -7.4
Liberal Democrats Leanne May Brand 590 29.4% +16.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Bond 320 16.0% -3.4
Green Party Rachel Mary Cabral 185 9.2% -7.7
Save Us Now Craig Edward Gallagher 18 0.9% —
Majority287
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors6,174
Ballots cast2,006

Labour Party hold

Wardley and Leam Lane

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Linda Green Elected 1,266 59.4% +5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party John Robert McNeil 590 27.7% +17.7
Liberal Democrats Amanda Renee Wintcher 136 6.4% -7.3
Green Party John Michael Aspinall 131 6.1% —
Majority676
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors6,022
Ballots cast2,133

Labour Party hold

Whickham North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sonya Hawkins Elected 1,464 56.6% -13.8
Labour Party Jeff Bowe 574 22.2% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party John Callanan 448 17.3% +10.3
Green Party Tom Jamieson 92 3.6% —
Majority890
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors6,260
Ballots cast2,586

Liberal Democrats hold

Whickham South and Sunniside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Mohammed Elected 1,471 49.0% -24.0
Labour Party Pamela Marie Burns 699 23.3% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Perry Wilson 656 21.8% +13.0
Green Party Bryony Lynam Taylor 170 5.7% —
Majority772
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors6,573
Ballots cast3,005

Liberal Democrats hold

Windy Nook and Whitehills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rachel Louise Hart Elected 1,199 54.6% -3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Kyle Lambert Murray 601 27.4% +14.4
Liberal Democrats Susan Walker 220 10.0% -4.3
Green Party Ruth Christina Grant 160 7.3% -7.0
Majority598
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors7,049
Ballots cast2,197

Labour Party hold

Winlaton and High Spen

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Julie Simpson Elected 1,364 49.6% -4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis Ormston 968 35.2% +16.7
Green Party Paul Martin McNally 292 10.6% -8.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Hawkins 113 4.1% -4.0
Majority396
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors6,788
Ballots cast2,749

Labour Party hold

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