Newcastle upon Tyne council election, 2016

05/05/2016 · 26 wards · 26 seats contested

Most seats
18
Labour Party
Seats contested
26
across 26 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 18 — 33,272 44.5% —
Liberal Democrats 7 — 17,015 22.8% —
Independent 1 — 2,888 3.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 — 9,893 13.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 — 6,708 9.0% —
Green Party 0 — 3,530 4.7% —
Newcastle Independents 0 — 1,289 1.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 — 100 0.1% —
Communist Party of Britain 0 — 23 0.0% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 26
Conservative and Unionist Party 26
Labour Party 26
Liberal Democrats 26
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 26
Green Party 24
Newcastle Independents 5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 3
Communist Party of Britain 1
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 26 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.

Benwell and Scotswood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rob Higgins Elected 1,664 52.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mark Bickerton 1,041 32.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Neville Douthwaite Armstrong 223 7.0% —
Liberal Democrats Helen Laverick 127 4.0% —
Green Party Lee Irving 123 3.9% —
Majority623
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,178

Blakelaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Stockdale Elected 1,846 63.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ritchie Lane 470 16.1% —
Liberal Democrats Bill Schardt 267 9.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Gerard Langley 221 7.6% —
Green Party Brendan Derham 117 4.0% —
Majority1,376
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,921

Byker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party George Alfred Allison Elected 1,611 66.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) David Robinson-Young 470 19.4% —
Green Party Nick Morphet 126 5.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Donald Robinson 120 4.9% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Nelson 100 4.1% —
Majority1,141
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,427

Castle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ian Graham Elected 1,702 43.8% —
Labour Party Jacqui Turner 1,230 31.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Timothy Thomas Marron 490 12.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Toward 342 8.8% —
Green Party Andrew Thorp 120 3.1% —
Majority472
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,884

Dene

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Wendy Barbara Taylor Elected 1,906 54.0% —
Labour Party Sheila Claire Spencer 975 27.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) David Muat 275 7.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Monckton 244 6.9% —
Green Party Tab Bailey 132 3.7% —
Majority931
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,532

Denton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dan Greenhough Elected 1,301 44.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Brian David Moore 697 23.9% —
Newcastle Independents Sarah Jane Armstrong 333 11.4% —
Liberal Democrats Colin Thomas Daglish 289 9.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Henry Birkmyre 234 8.0% —
Green Party Spinoza Pitman 60 2.1% —
Majority604
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,914

East Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dominic Mark Raymont Elected 1,591 44.3% —
Labour Party Gareth James Hughes 1,167 32.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alison Wake 421 11.7% —
Green Party Frances Hinton 248 6.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Peter John Dunne 142 4.0% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Nick Fray 19 0.5% —
Majority424
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,588

Elswick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ann Veronica Schofield Elected 1,778 71.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mark Page 421 16.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ron Toward 131 5.3% —
Liberal Democrats James Peter Kenyon 87 3.5% —
Green Party Tay Pitman 70 2.8% —
Majority1,357
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,487

Fawdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Brenda Hindmarsh Elected 1,808 57.0% —
Labour Party Clare Penny-Evans 877 27.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Alexis Fernandes 231 7.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Axford 171 5.4% —
Green Party Michael James Gardner 86 2.7% —
Majority931
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,173

Fenham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Marion Elizabeth Talbot Elected 1,623 56.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Christopher Thomas Ballantyne 626 21.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kenneth Wake 274 9.5% —
Liberal Democrats Christine Morrissey 260 9.1% —
Green Party Andrew Arthur Stark 88 3.1% —
Majority997
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,871

Kenton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jane Louise Streather Elected 1,498 55.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Penelope Stansfield 576 21.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Bernard Bell 363 13.4% —
Liberal Democrats Tracy Connell 174 6.4% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Oisin Gourley 62 2.3% —
Green Party Ian Kilgour Christie 40 1.5% —
Majority922
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,713

Lemington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kim McGuinness Elected 1,212 44.9% —
Liberal Democrats P.J. Morrissey 490 18.1% —
Newcastle Independents Jason Smith 408 15.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mike Adie 402 14.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alison Robinson 158 5.8% —
Green Party Ross Anthony Spray 31 1.1% —
Majority722
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,701

Newburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steve Fairlie Elected 1,398 51.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) James Douglas Robertson 586 21.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Brewster 280 10.2% —
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Hunter 269 9.8% —
Newcastle Independents John Alan Gordon 205 7.5% —
Majority812
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,738

North Heaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Doreen Huddart Elected 1,686 45.9% —
Labour Party Nora Maebh Casey 1,356 36.9% —
Green Party Joe Herbert 230 6.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Elisabeth Margery Edmundson 218 5.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Bartle 182 5.0% —
Majority330
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,672

North Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stella Postlethwaite Elected 942 44.1% —
Liberal Democrats Gerard Francis Keating 764 35.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Duncan Crute 209 9.8% —
Green Party Shehla Naqvi 161 7.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Mark Barton Lewis 62 2.9% —
Majority178
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,138

Ouseburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paula Holland Elected 1,062 48.8% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howse 693 31.9% —
Green Party Sarah Kate O'Hare 181 8.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Joe Todd 134 6.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marian Julie Kyte 86 4.0% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Matthew Wilson-Boddy 19 0.9% —
Majority369
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,175

Parklands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen Elected 1,936 53.9% —
Labour Party Shumel Rahman 701 19.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Karen Jewers 559 15.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John William James Atkinson 211 5.9% —
Green Party Sandy Irvine 186 5.2% —
Majority1,235
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,593

South Heaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John-Paul Stephenson Elected 1,327 58.6% —
Green Party Andrew Gray 575 25.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Max Elliott Peacock 156 6.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Boam 106 4.7% —
Liberal Democrats Catherine Smith 99 4.4% —
Majority752
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,263

South Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Felicity Ann Mendelson Elected 928 53.0% —
Liberal Democrats Thomas David George Woodwark 276 15.8% —
Green Party Matt Busby 207 11.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Thomas McPherson 207 11.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) James Lee Askwith 133 7.6% —
Majority652
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,751

Walker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Leslie Wood Elected 1,738 68.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Tony Sanderson 512 20.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joan Atkin 118 4.6% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Boyle 108 4.3% —
Green Party David Michael James Tooby 65 2.6% —
Majority1,226
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,541

Walkergate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephen Laird Wood Elected 1,565 54.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ray Hardy 768 26.5% —
Liberal Democrats David Haydn Besag 322 11.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marian McWilliams 149 5.2% —
Green Party Liam Christie 66 2.3% —
Communist Party of Britain Martin Levy 23 0.8% —
Majority797
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,893

West Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Nick Cott Elected 1,653 43.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Kyte 1,187 31.4% —
Labour Party Oskar Andrew Avery 681 18.0% —
Green Party Alistair Christian Ford 155 4.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Paul Coulthard 104 2.8% —
Majority466
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,780

Westerhope

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Marc Donnelly Elected 2,888 74.1% —
Labour Party Syed Ullah 381 9.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) David James Monkhouse 253 6.5% —
Newcastle Independents Ernie Shorton 224 5.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jackie McNally 117 3.0% —
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 33 0.8% —
Majority2,507
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,896

Westgate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Nick Forbes Elected 1,155 68.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Anne Taylor 185 11.0% —
Green Party Cliff Brown 154 9.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Forster 124 7.4% —
Liberal Democrats Barbara Down 62 3.7% —
Majority970
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,680

Wingrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Irim Ali Elected 1,684 69.0% —
Green Party John Pearson 245 10.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lyle Robert Darwin 233 9.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Joseph Levy 200 8.2% —
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Farsi 80 3.3% —
Majority1,439
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,442

Woolsington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sharon Pattison Elected 1,572 56.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ian McKinnell 530 19.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julian Toward 249 9.0% —
Liberal Democrats Ian Laverick 233 8.4% —
Newcastle Independents Olga Shorton 119 4.3% —
Green Party Sarah Elizabeth Norris 64 2.3% —
Majority1,042
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,767

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