Gateshead council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 22 wards · 22 seats contested

Most seats
17
Labour Party
Seats contested
22
across 22 wards
Turnout
36.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 17 -2 24,759 49.6% +2.9
Liberal Democrats 5 +0 12,305 24.7% +4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 8,306 16.6% -5.8
Green Party 0 +0 4,104 8.2% -0.6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 315 0.6% +0.1
Save Us Now 0 +0 63 0.1% -0.0
Independent 0 +0 60 0.1% -0.3

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 22
Conservative and Unionist Party 22
Labour Party 22
Liberal Democrats 22
Green Party 17
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 4
Save Us Now 2
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 22 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

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Weatherley Elected 984 46.4% -6.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Thomas Elliott 906 42.8% +1.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Herdman 229 10.8% -16.2
Majority78
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,119

Labour Party hold

Blaydon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lee-Ann Moir Elected 1,087 52.5% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Mary Wilson 589 28.4% -0.1
Green Party Ruth Marie Ashford 230 11.1% -1.8
Liberal Democrats Kamil Tankiewicz 149 7.2% +1.0
Majority498
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,112
Ballots cast2,072

Labour Party hold

Bridges

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Angela Douglas Elected 1,013 65.9% +10.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Backley 271 17.6% -3.8
Liberal Democrats Gareth Cooper 253 16.5% +8.2
Majority742
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,537

Labour Party hold

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lynne Caffrey Elected 1,648 61.6% +8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian David Derrick 520 19.4% -5.1
Green Party John Michael Aspinall 311 11.6% +1.6
Liberal Democrats Jean Margaret Callender 190 7.1% +2.9
Majority1,128
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors6,693
Ballots cast2,676

Labour Party hold

Chowdene

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Maureen Goldsworthy Elected 1,248 55.1% +2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party David William Potts 463 20.4% -4.5
Liberal Democrats Norman Spours 314 13.9% +1.4
Green Party Thomas Frederick Newell 175 7.7% +0.7
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Marika Smith 66 2.9% +0.1
Majority785
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,266

Labour Party hold

Crawcrook and Greenside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hugh Kelly Elected 1,324 45.3% +2.7
Green Party Jack Philipson 913 31.2% -0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Anthony Coxon 502 17.2% -5.3
Liberal Democrats Oliver Christopher Martin William Jones-Lyons 177 6.1% +3.3
Majority411
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors7,090
Ballots cast2,922

Labour Party hold

Deckham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Martin Gannon Elected 1,165 59.6% +5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Josh Alan Knotts 332 17.0% -10.2
Green Party Gary Rutherford Brooks 200 10.2% +5.3
Liberal Democrats Matthew Robert Jordison 173 8.8% -0.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Norman Hall 75 3.8% +0.3
Majority833
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors6,317
Ballots cast1,956

Labour Party hold

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Amelia Louise Ord Elected 1,232 48.6% +0.4
Labour Party Andrew Dylan Moir 809 31.9% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Jak Hocking 286 11.3% -2.4
Green Party Isabel Mary Blanchflower 157 6.2% +0.6
Save Us Now Graham Steele 46 1.8% +0.7
Majority423
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors6,587
Ballots cast2,533

Liberal Democrats hold

Dunston and Teams

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dot Burnett Elected 1,057 61.5% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan-Lee Guthrie 303 17.6% -3.8
Green Party Andy Blanchflower 207 12.0% +4.5
Liberal Democrats Beth Gordon 151 8.8% +2.4
Majority754
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,718

Labour Party hold

Felling

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bill Dick Elected 932 59.3% +2.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Crompton Jackson 263 16.7% -6.5
Liberal Democrats David Gilson Fawcett 236 15.0% +3.3
Green Party Neil Campbell Grant 138 8.8% +1.2
Majority669
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors5,556
Ballots cast1,572

Labour Party hold

High Fell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Judith Francesca Therese Gibson Elected 991 58.1% +8.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Karl Holder 284 16.7% +12.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Francis Thomas Athey 245 14.4% -8.2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Elaine Brunskill 117 6.9% +1.0
Green Party Gabriel Rubinstein 68 4.0% -0.1
Majority707
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,705

Labour Party hold

Lamesley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jane McCoid Elected 1,340 57.8% -2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Sheila Everatt 605 26.1% -13.7
Liberal Democrats Daniel James Clarke 203 8.8% -2.3
Green Party Ashleigh Taylor McLean 169 7.3% -6.3
Majority735
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,317

Labour Party hold

Lobley Hill and Bensham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin Michael Dodds Elected 1,274 58.9% +2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party John Gardiner 395 18.3% -8.1
Liberal Democrats Jamie Rickelton 247 11.4% +3.7
Green Party Andy Redfern 234 10.8% +1.6
Majority879
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors6,871
Ballots cast2,164

Labour Party hold

Low Fell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dawn Elizabeth Welsh Elected 1,549 48.2% -2.7
Labour Party Calvin Kenneth Joseph Lawson 1,179 36.6% +2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Sterling 262 8.1% -1.0
Green Party Mark Andrew Gorman 217 6.7% +1.3
Majority370
Turnout47.0%
Registered electors6,882
Ballots cast3,217

Liberal Democrats hold

Pelaw and Heworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Amanda Renee Wintcher Elected 1,255 52.0% -4.0
Labour Party Anne Adelaide Wheeler 995 41.3% +11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Ali Reza Akbari Pargam 149 6.2% -0.9
Majority260
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors6,438
Ballots cast2,412

Liberal Democrats hold

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Freda Geddes Elected 1,650 59.4% +6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Louise Beatrice Prince 452 16.3% -2.5
Green Party Andrew Mason 336 12.1% +0.6
Liberal Democrats Lynda Duggan 267 9.6% -2.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ros Cooper 57 2.1% +0.3
Majority1,198
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors6,872
Ballots cast2,776

Labour Party hold

Saltwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Frederick Adams Elected 984 48.4% +4.7
Liberal Democrats Leanne May Brand 771 37.9% +8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Ableson 191 9.4% -6.6
Independent Rachel Mary Cabral 60 3.0% —
Save Us Now Craig Edward Gallagher 17 0.8% -0.1
Majority213
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors6,050
Ballots cast2,032

Labour Party hold

Wardley and Leam Lane

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sharron Louise Potts Elected 1,275 61.9% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party John Robert McNeil 395 19.2% -8.5
Liberal Democrats Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway 203 9.8% +3.5
Green Party Alan Kevin Price 188 9.1% +3.0
Majority880
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,061

Labour Party hold

Whickham North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter Thomas Craig Elected 1,510 60.9% +4.3
Labour Party Jeff Bowe 707 28.5% +6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party John Callanan 255 10.3% -7.0
Majority803
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors6,183
Ballots cast2,479

Liberal Democrats hold

Whickham South and Sunniside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Marilynn Ord Elected 1,770 59.9% +10.9
Labour Party Michael Alan Hall 695 23.5% +0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Perry Wilson 346 11.7% -10.1
Green Party Helen McDonald 136 4.6% -1.1
Majority1,075
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors6,567
Ballots cast2,955

Liberal Democrats hold

Windy Nook and Whitehills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tom Graham Elected 1,259 58.4% +3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Kyle Lambert Murray 430 19.9% -7.4
Liberal Democrats Susan Walker 315 14.6% +4.6
Green Party Ruth Christina Grant 137 6.4% -0.9
Majority829
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors6,976
Ballots cast2,156

Labour Party hold

Winlaton and High Spen

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pamela Marie Burns Elected 1,143 42.2% -7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis Ormston 823 30.4% -4.8
Green Party Paul Martin McNally 288 10.6% +0.0
Liberal Democrats David Graham Randall 150 5.5% +1.4
Majority320
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors6,781
Ballots cast2,709

Labour Party hold

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