Newcastle upon Tyne council election, 2019

02/05/2019 · 26 wards · 27 seats contested

Most seats
17
Labour Party
Seats contested
27
across 26 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 17 -39 25,559 38.4% -10.0
Liberal Democrats 8 -11 15,513 23.3% -0.9
Independent 1 -2 4,128 6.2% +0.4
Newcastle Independents 1 +1 3,401 5.1% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 7,926 11.9% -1.5
Green Party 0 +0 5,912 8.9% +4.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 3,891 5.8% +4.9
Socialist Alternative 0 +0 238 0.4% —
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 24 0.0% +0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 27
Conservative and Unionist Party 27
Labour and Co-operative Party 27
Liberal Democrats 27
Green Party 20
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 9
Independent 7
Newcastle Independents 7
Communist Party of Britain 1
Socialist Alternative 1

A party standing a full slate could field 27 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.

Arthur's Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Joanne Kingsland Elected 995 70.0% -15.1
Green Party Shehla Naqvi 141 9.9% -3.5
Newcastle Independents Adam Lee Mitchell 122 8.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luigi Robert Murton 105 7.4% -0.0
Liberal Democrats Bill Shepherd 59 4.1% -0.1
Majority854
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,422

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Benwell & Scotswood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jeremy Beecham Elected 1,281 50.5% -21.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ernest Neil Thornton 437 17.2% +6.0
Newcastle Independents Jason Smith 326 12.9% +1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Liam Adam Bones 233 9.2% -6.5
Liberal Democrats Hans Christian lb Andersen 133 5.2% -0.9
Green Party Tom Adams 126 5.0% -1.9
Majority844
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,536

Labour Party hold

Blakelaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Linda Hobson Elected 910 51.0% -15.8
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Tony Sanderson 373 20.9% —
Liberal Democrats Bill Schardt 220 12.3% -5.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Gerry Langley 168 9.4% -8.8
Green Party Rachel Dunfield 113 6.3% -4.8
Majority537
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,784

Labour Party hold

Byker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nick Kemp Elected 1,109 54.7% -24.5
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Neil Ruston 339 16.7% +6.6
Independent Jacqui Gilchrist 200 9.9% -0.3
Green Party Nick Hartley 194 9.6% -2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Towle 103 5.1% -5.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Anthony Psallidas 83 4.1% -2.6
Majority770
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,028

Labour Party hold

Callerton & Throckley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Newcastle Independents Ian Donaldson Elected 787 34.1% +18.2
Labour Party Marion Williams 676 29.3% -24.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Lyle Darwin 361 15.6% -15.2
Green Party Idwal Thomas John 270 11.7% —
Liberal Democrats Aleisha Stansfield 215 9.3% +0.3
Majority111
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,309

Newcastle Independents gain from Labour Party

Castle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ali Avaei Elected 1,085 34.1% -14.9
Labour Party Gordana Vasic Franklin 945 29.7% -1.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Toward 394 12.4% -4.9
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Tim Marron 331 10.4% —
Independent Rachel Elizabeth Locke 237 7.5% -5.0
Green Party Andrew Thorp 189 5.9% -2.5
Majority140
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,181

Liberal Democrats hold

Chapel

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Sandra Denise Davison Elected 2,320 64.9% -29.3
Labour Party Bill Purvis 494 13.8% -1.4
Independent Olga Shorton 393 11.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Beryl Condra 301 8.4% -4.5
Liberal Democrats Judith Lesley Steen 69 1.9% -7.7
Majority1,826
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,577

Independent hold

Dene & South Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Henry Peter Gallagher Elected 1,639 44.9% -11.8
Labour Party Nick Arnold 1,023 28.0% -8.3
Green Party Anna Kirsten Foster 497 13.6% +1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason Richard Birt 278 7.6% -2.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) David Muat 217 5.9% +3.4
Majority616
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,654

Liberal Democrats hold

Denton & Westerhope

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Simon Barnes Elected 1,028 36.4% -10.6
Newcastle Independents Tracey Ann Mitchell 908 32.1% -4.4
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ian McKinnell 376 13.3% +4.5
Independent Brian David Moore 240 8.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Leanne Conway-Wilcox 190 6.7% -4.1
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Ann Slesenger 85 3.0% -6.9
Majority120
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,827

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Elswick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Habib Rahman Elected 1,585 72.0% -10.3
Green Party Peter John Stuart Thomson 248 11.3% -0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Hamilton Birkmyre 206 9.4% -0.9
Liberal Democrats David Alan Faulkner 161 7.3% +1.5
Majority1,337
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,200

Labour Party hold

Fawdon & West Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter John Lovatt Elected 1,615 58.3% -3.4
Labour Party Adam Walker 619 22.4% -8.6
Green Party Sandy Irvine 270 9.8% +0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Axford 265 9.6% -2.9
Majority996
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,769

Liberal Democrats hold

Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Thomas David George Woodwark Elected 1,591 40.7% -4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Kyte 1,029 26.3% -3.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Craig Dawson 779 19.9% -6.7
Green Party Alistair Christian Ford 514 13.1% -0.2
Majority562
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,913

Liberal Democrats hold

Heaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John-Paul Stephenson Elected 1,314 46.3% -6.0
Green Party Andrew Gray 787 27.7% -5.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Boyle 502 17.7% -5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party John Grierson Dobie 237 8.3% +2.0
Majority527
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,840

Labour Party hold

Kenton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Anya Durrant Elected 1,112 48.5% -14.4
Liberal Democrats Rob Austin 557 24.3% +5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Alison Wake 386 16.8% -1.7
Socialist Alternative Oisin Gourley 238 10.4% —
Majority555
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,293

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jacqui Robinson Elected 1,180 56.2% -8.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Scott Jewitt 614 29.3% +7.7
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 304 14.5% -6.2
Majority566
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,098

Labour Party hold

Lemington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kyle Webster Elected 944 41.6% -20.1
Newcastle Independents John Alan Gordon 844 37.2% +7.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Bernard Bell 239 10.5% -3.1
Green Party Rick Dunfield 122 5.4% -2.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Petrie 120 5.3% -1.5
Majority100
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,269

Labour Party hold

Manor Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Matthew Folker Elected 1,665 57.0% -0.3
Labour Party Charlie Gray 964 33.0% -3.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul John Dyer 293 10.0% +0.4
Majority701
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,922

Liberal Democrats hold

Monument 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Theresa Cairns Elected 663 58.5% -12.5
Labour Party Shumel Rahman Elected 485 42.8% —
Green Party Cliff Brown 371 32.7% +12.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Mark Fleetwood 232 20.5% +9.4
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani 188 16.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Callum Dawes 178 15.7% -0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Dewi Brett Roberts 152 13.4% —
Majority114
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,134

Labour Party hold

North Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gerard Francis Keating Elected 1,018 50.1% +7.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Alexander Geoffrey Hay 577 28.4% -18.9
Green Party Tony Waterston 267 13.1% -0.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Kitty Lau 169 8.3% -6.2
Majority441
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,031

Liberal Democrats hold

Ouseburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gareth Kane Elected 1,012 49.7% +2.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Stephen Powers 765 37.6% -14.7
Green Party Alistair Bonnett 194 9.5% -4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason Stephen Carr 65 3.2% -1.9
Majority247
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,036

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Parklands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Christine Morrissey Elected 1,602 38.9% -10.6
Conservative and Unionist Party John David Watts 771 18.7% -5.0
Labour Party Laura Catherine Repton 660 16.0% -8.4
Independent John Hall 512 12.4% -7.8
Green Party James Paul Milne 347 8.4% -2.5
Independent John Andrew Urquhart 226 5.5% —
Majority831
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,118

Liberal Democrats hold

South Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lesley Storey Elected 679 36.9% -23.6
Green Party Clare Andrews 489 26.6% +9.0
Liberal Democrats Deborah Elizabeth Burns 360 19.6% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Donald Macgilp 286 15.6% -1.7
Communist Party of Britain Martin Levy 24 1.3% -0.9
Majority190
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,838

Labour Party hold

Walker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Margaret Wood Elected 1,083 53.5% -31.1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Glen Bolton 650 32.1% +20.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Joan Atkin 150 7.4% -5.1
Liberal Democrats Adrin Patrick Neatrour 143 7.1% +0.9
Majority433
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,026

Labour Party hold

Walkergate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Frew Elected 1,229 44.3% -23.7
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ian Farrelly 690 24.9% +11.6
Liberal Democrats Deborah Gallagher 417 15.0% -5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Bulman 263 9.5% -4.6
Green Party Daryl Hughes 175 6.3% -2.5
Majority539
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,774

Labour Party hold

West Fenham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sylvia Copley Elected 1,008 44.1% -23.0
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John Thomas Richardson 478 20.9% +6.9
Green Party Tay Pitman 256 11.2% +2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Kenneth Wake 228 10.0% -6.2
Newcastle Independents Sarah Jane Armstrong 183 8.0% -4.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Joyce Dicken 131 5.7% -5.4
Majority530
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,284

Labour Party hold

Wingrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rebecca Louise Shatwell Elected 1,452 56.0% -18.9
Green Party John Pearson 342 13.2% +1.0
Liberal Democrats Kami Kundi 307 11.8% -1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Lauren Daisy Sykes 262 10.1% -3.5
Newcastle Independents Joseph Ayo Eldridge 231 8.9% —
Majority1,110
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,594

Labour Party hold

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