Gateshead council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 22 wards · 22 seats contested

Most seats
16
Labour Party
Seats contested
22
across 22 wards
Turnout
34.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 16 +1 24,765 49.9% -0.3
Liberal Democrats 6 -1 12,812 25.8% -1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 5,761 11.6% -0.9
Green Party 0 +0 4,848 9.8% +2.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 557 1.1% -0.2
Independent 0 +0 412 0.8% +0.3
Reform UK 0 +0 303 0.6% +0.3
Save Us Now 0 +0 83 0.2% +0.0
The North East Party 0 +0 82 0.2% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 04/05/2023. 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 18
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 5
Independent 2
Reform UK 1
Save Us Now 1
The North East Party 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 +/−
Liberal Democrats Joe William Kenneth Sowerby Elected 892 43.0% -13.4
Labour Party Hazel Weatherley 887 42.8% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Joseph Ronald Callanan 170 8.2% +0.4
Independent Michelle Mabel Hepburn 125 6.0% —
Majority5
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors6,212
Ballots cast2,074

Liberal Democrats hold

Blaydon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephen Christopher Ronchetti Elected 1,275 60.8% -4.8
Conservative and Unionist Party John Michael McConnell 297 14.2% +3.2
Liberal Democrats Joanne Stanton 211 10.1% -7.6
Green Party Ralf Russow 207 9.9% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Tom Allen 108 5.1% -0.7
Majority978
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,174
Ballots cast2,098

Labour Party hold

Bridges

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Eagle Elected 871 49.0% -9.0
Green Party Rachel Mary Cabral 581 32.7% +18.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Edward Bohill 191 10.7% -5.2
Liberal Democrats Gareth Cooper 136 7.6% -3.7
Majority290
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors5,851
Ballots cast1,779

Labour Party hold

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jamie Joe Park Elected 1,916 70.9% +4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexander Robert Telford 419 15.5% -0.4
Liberal Democrats Jean Margaret Callender 368 13.6% +1.1
Majority1,497
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors6,788
Ballots cast2,703

Labour Party hold

Chowdene

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John McElroy Elected 1,110 50.4% -7.0
Liberal Democrats Catherine Mary Knell 366 16.6% +3.0
Reform UK Damian Heslop 303 13.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David William Potts 215 9.8% -9.1
Green Party Thomas Frederick Newell 127 5.8% +0.3
The North East Party Emile Persaud 82 3.7% —
Majority744
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors6,549
Ballots cast2,203

Labour Party hold

Crawcrook and Greenside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kathleen McCartney Elected 1,520 54.3% +6.4
Green Party Pat Chanse 589 21.1% -14.4
Independent Doug Musgrove 287 10.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Mary Wilson 273 9.8% -1.4
Liberal Democrats Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway 128 4.6% -0.6
Majority931
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors7,136
Ballots cast2,797

Labour Party hold

Deckham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Leigh Kirton Elected 1,079 53.5% -3.0
Green Party Gary Rutherford Brooks 308 15.3% +5.1
Liberal Democrats Steven Hawkins 255 12.6% +1.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Josh Alan Knotts 247 12.3% +0.7
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Norman Hall 127 6.3% +3.6
Majority771
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors6,393
Ballots cast2,016

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter James Maughan Elected 1,184 48.7% -2.7
Labour Party Andrew Dylan Moir 753 31.0% +2.3
Green Party Mary Blanchflower 235 9.7% +1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Jak Hocking 174 7.2% -0.9
Save Us Now Graham Steele 83 3.4% +0.3
Majority431
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors6,664
Ballots cast2,429

Liberal Democrats hold

Dunston and Teams

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Brenda Clelland Elected 1,057 61.4% +0.7
Green Party Andy Blanchflower 295 17.1% —
Liberal Democrats Alexander Walls 197 11.4% -9.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Mojgan Safaralinejad 173 10.0% -7.7
Majority762
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors5,978
Ballots cast1,722

Labour Party hold

Felling

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sonya Dickie Elected 937 62.6% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Crompton Jackson 199 13.3% -4.2
Green Party Ashleigh Taylor McLean 190 12.7% +2.5
Liberal Democrats Shakun Beadle 171 11.4% +2.0
Majority738
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors5,689
Ballots cast1,497

Labour Party hold

High Fell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Barry Robert Turnbull Elected 896 56.6% -15.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Francis Thomas Athey 214 13.5% +3.8
Liberal Democrats Leonard Bell 187 11.8% +1.8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Elaine Brunskill 164 10.4% +3.1
Green Party Joe Painter 122 7.7% —
Majority682
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors6,018
Ballots cast1,583

Labour Party hold

Lamesley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Judith Turner Elected 1,447 63.1% +0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Herdman 444 19.4% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Janice Wharton 393 17.1% +7.3
Majority1,003
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors7,301
Ballots cast2,294

Labour Party hold

Lobley Hill and Bensham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Catherine Donovan Elected 1,274 58.1% -1.3
Green Party Andy Redfern 319 14.5% +2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party John Gardiner 305 13.9% -1.6
Liberal Democrats Catherine Mulvie 296 13.5% +0.8
Majority955
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors6,978
Ballots cast2,194

Labour Party hold

Low Fell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Daniel Stephen Duggan Elected 1,749 53.1% -5.7
Labour Party Robert Lee Waugh 954 29.0% +2.3
Green Party Neil Campbell Grant 323 9.8% +0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Sterling 187 5.7% +1.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Sam Morden 82 2.5% —
Majority795
Turnout48.0%
Registered electors6,871
Ballots cast3,295

Liberal Democrats hold

Pelaw and Heworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ian Patterson Elected 1,290 55.5% +2.9
Labour Party Jennifer Reay 765 32.9% -4.8
Green Party Nicholas Boldrini 208 8.9% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Ali Reza Akbari Pargam 63 2.7% -0.6
Majority525
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors6,396
Ballots cast2,326

Liberal Democrats hold

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Christopher William Buckley Elected 1,315 45.2% -12.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Paul Kelly 830 28.5% +20.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Anthony Coxon 392 13.5% +2.9
Green Party Andrew Mason 296 10.2% -1.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ros Cooper 76 2.6% +0.8
Majority485
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors7,146
Ballots cast2,909

Labour Party hold

Saltwell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Denise Marianne Robson Elected 1,131 52.2% +10.0
Liberal Democrats Jamie Rickelton 689 31.8% -13.3
Green Party Ravi Cabral 197 9.1% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Ableson 150 6.9% +0.8
Majority442
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors6,358
Ballots cast2,167

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Wardley and Leam Lane

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jill Green Elected 1,290 66.6% +0.7
Liberal Democrats David Graham Randall 345 17.8% +0.0
Conservative and Unionist Party John Robert McNeil 302 15.6% -0.1
Majority945
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors5,877
Ballots cast1,937

Labour Party hold

Whickham North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sonya Hawkins Elected 1,331 57.9% -6.0
Labour Party Jeff Bowe 614 26.7% -0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party John Callanan 204 8.9% +0.5
Green Party Diane Cadman 149 6.5% —
Majority717
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors6,166
Ballots cast2,298

Liberal Democrats hold

Whickham South and Sunniside

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Mohammed Elected 1,238 44.8% -19.3
Labour Party David Robert Lowes 1,102 39.9% +16.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Perry Wilson 282 10.2% +0.6
Green Party James Richard Standaloft 143 5.2% —
Majority136
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors6,511
Ballots cast2,765

Liberal Democrats hold

Windy Nook and Whitehills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rachel Louise Hart Elected 1,137 55.7% -6.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Walker 361 17.7% +4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Kyle Lambert Murray 352 17.3% -0.6
Green Party Ruth Christina Grant 190 9.3% +2.4
Majority776
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors6,933
Ballots cast2,040

Labour Party hold

Winlaton and High Spen

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Julie Simpson Elected 1,435 57.2% -0.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jordan-Lee Guthrie 508 20.3% -5.3
Green Party Paul Martin McNally 369 14.7% +2.9
Liberal Democrats Lynda Duggan 195 7.8% +2.8
Majority927
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors6,846
Ballots cast2,507

Labour Party hold

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