Newcastle upon Tyne council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 26 wards · 27 seats contested

Most seats
19
Labour Party
Seats contested
27
across 26 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 19 +1 31,264 44.1% +5.0
Liberal Democrats 7 +1 16,556 23.4% +3.9
Independent 1 -1 3,434 4.8% -2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 9,552 13.5% -4.1
Green Party 0 +0 5,525 7.8% -1.3
Newcastle Independents 0 -2 4,062 5.7% -1.1
Northern Independence Party 0 +0 227 0.3% —
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 66 0.1% -0.0
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 0 +0 65 0.1% —
The North East Party 0 +0 56 0.1% -0.0
Reform UK 0 +0 28 0.0% -0.2

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 27
Conservative and Unionist Party 27
Labour Party 27
Liberal Democrats 27
Green Party 22
Newcastle Independents 7
Northern Independence Party 2
Communist Party of Britain 1
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 1
Independent 1
Reform UK 1
The North East Party 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 Party Abdul Samad Elected 915 67.3% -0.2
Green Party Tom Registe 152 11.2% +3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Maggie Birkmyre 126 9.3% -3.0
Newcastle Independents Joseph Ayo Eldridge 122 9.0% +1.8
Liberal Democrats Tahir Siddique 44 3.2% -0.6
Majority763
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,359

Labour Party hold

Benwell & Scotswood 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hazel Stephenson Elected 1,687 65.7% +8.0
Labour Party Susan Jane Anthony Elected 1,492 58.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Connor John Shotton 640 24.9% -1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Kenneth Wake 444 17.3% —
Newcastle Independents John Alan Gordon 295 11.5% +3.2
Green Party Tony Roberts 251 9.8% +6.0
Liberal Democrats Hans Christian lb Andersen 172 6.7% +3.4
Liberal Democrats Richard James Scholfield 154 6.0% —
Majority852
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,568

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Blakelaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Juna Sathian Elected 1,227 59.9% +11.1
Newcastle Independents Annie Hunter 479 23.4% +1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Bernard Bell 267 13.0% -6.5
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani 75 3.7% +0.0
Majority748
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,048

Labour Party hold

Byker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephen Sheraton Elected 1,241 65.0% +5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Tulip 286 15.0% -7.8
Green Party Phill James 274 14.4% -0.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Anthony Psallidas 108 5.7% +0.2
Majority955
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,909

Labour Party hold

Callerton & Throckley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Steve Fairlie Elected 1,159 44.6% +0.8
Newcastle Independents Sarah Jane Armstrong 579 22.3% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party John Grierson Dobie 498 19.2% +0.1
Green Party Idwal Thomas John 248 9.5% -1.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Morris 115 4.4% +0.8
Majority580
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,599

Labour Party hold

Castle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Thom Campion Elected 1,866 53.1% +10.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Vince Thomas Barry-Stanners 963 27.4% +2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party John David Watts 433 12.3% -9.0
Green Party Andrew Thorp 186 5.3% -2.8
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Jeanette Holmes 65 1.9% —
Majority903
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,513

Liberal Democrats hold

Chapel

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Marc Donnelly Elected 3,434 85.7% +15.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Oskar Andrew Avery 310 7.7% -7.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Walter Forster 169 4.2% -12.1
Green Party James Paul Milne 50 1.2% -1.6
Liberal Democrats Judith Lesley Steen 42 1.0% -1.2
Majority3,124
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,005

Independent hold

Dene & South Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Wendy Barbara Taylor Elected 2,020 54.8% +9.7
Labour Party Nick Arnold 1,074 29.1% -0.7
Green Party Alistair Christian Ford 316 8.6% -4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Gerry Langley 275 7.5% -4.6
Majority946
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,685

Liberal Democrats hold

Denton & Westerhope

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Dan Greenhough Elected 1,384 47.6% +14.1
Newcastle Independents Adam Lee Mitchell 1,132 38.9% -7.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexis Fernandes 289 9.9% -5.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Joyce Dicken 104 3.6% +1.2
Majority252
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,909

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Newcastle Independents

Elswick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Miriam Kudakwashe Mafemba Elected 1,411 70.4% +4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Saamiya Malik 243 12.1% -5.9
Green Party Peter John Stuart Thomson 212 10.6% +0.9
Liberal Democrats David Alan Faulkner 137 6.8% +0.5
Majority1,168
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,003

Labour Party hold

Fawdon & West Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Brenda Hindmarsh Elected 1,684 55.8% +6.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Michael Graham Bell 771 25.5% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Axford 356 11.8% -6.5
Green Party Roger Graham Whittaker 209 6.9% +0.6
Majority913
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,020

Liberal Democrats hold

Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Colin Peter Ferguson Elected 1,588 38.8% +4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Doc Anand 1,256 30.7% +3.8
Labour Party Milo Jasper Barnett 894 21.9% -1.9
Green Party Frances Hinton 296 7.2% -2.9
The North East Party Brian David Moore 56 1.4% —
Majority332
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,090

Liberal Democrats hold

Heaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Lara Blanche Ellis Elected 1,642 55.9% +6.8
Green Party Andrew Gray 545 18.5% -1.7
Liberal Democrats Fiona Punchard 477 16.2% -2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Dr. Mel Bishop 209 7.1% -1.9
Communist Party of Britain Steve Handford 66 2.2% -0.8
Majority1,097
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,939

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Kenton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ged Bell Elected 1,553 62.7% +9.6
Liberal Democrats Rob Austin 469 18.9% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Iain Paterson Adams 454 18.3% -3.3
Majority1,084
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,476

Labour Party hold

Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party George Pattison Elected 1,428 66.3% +16.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Leanne Conway-Wilcox 505 23.4% -9.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 221 10.3% +5.4
Majority923
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,154

Labour Party hold

Lemington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Barry Phillipson Elected 1,207 47.4% +13.8
Newcastle Independents Joanne Nix 1,019 40.0% -8.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Zak Mudie 181 7.1% -6.3
Green Party Kat Brennan 77 3.0% +0.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Petrie 64 2.5% +0.6
Majority188
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,548

Labour Party gain from Newcastle Independents

Manor Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Doreen Huddart Elected 1,586 52.1% -1.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Stephen John Barry-Stanners 930 30.5% +5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Callum Dawes 292 9.6% -2.3
Green Party Mike Rabley 237 7.8% -0.2
Majority656
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,045

Liberal Democrats hold

Monument

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Jane Byrne Elected 839 65.3% +9.9
Green Party Ian Appleby 205 16.0% -0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party William Luke John Hayes 121 9.4% -9.6
Liberal Democrats David Partington 120 9.3% +0.4
Majority634
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,285

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

North Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Stella Postlethwaite Elected 885 43.2% +4.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Browne 845 41.3% +5.1
Green Party Shehla Naqvi 151 7.4% -7.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Whelan-Harvey 138 6.7% -4.3
Reform UK Dom Eiben 28 1.4% —
Majority40
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,047

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Ouseburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mike Cookson Elected 856 44.2% +2.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Paula Holland 831 42.9% -1.2
Green Party Nick Hartley 198 10.2% +0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Wang-Evans 52 2.7% -1.6
Majority25
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,937

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Parklands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Robin Ashby Elected 2,085 49.3% +7.5
Labour Party Christopher John Bartlett 825 19.5% +3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Peter Burnett 508 12.0% -6.4
Newcastle Independents John Hall 436 10.3% -4.1
Green Party Audrey MacNaughton 371 8.8% -0.8
Majority1,260
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,225

Liberal Democrats hold

South Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Laura Elizabeth Cummings Elected 1,078 59.2% +10.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Thomas Clark 265 14.6% -3.6
Green Party Tim Dowson 241 13.2% -2.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Appleby 236 13.0% +1.3
Majority813
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,820

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Walker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Stokel-Walker Elected 1,380 71.8% +5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Marie Summersby 290 15.1% -7.7
Green Party Tom Whatson 130 6.8% +2.7
Liberal Democrats Bill Shepherd 123 6.4% +2.7
Majority1,090
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,923

Labour Party hold

Walkergate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephen Laird Wood Elected 1,668 60.6% +8.9
Liberal Democrats Deborah Gallagher 482 17.5% +2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Oxborough 438 15.9% -5.7
Green Party Doug Paterson 163 5.9% +0.7
Majority1,186
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,751

Labour Party hold

West Fenham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Karen Louise Kilgour Elected 923 31.4% -2.8
Liberal Democrats P.J. Morrissey 725 24.6% +3.5
Green Party Tay Pitman 681 23.1% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Raja Khan 552 18.8% +3.7
Northern Independence Party Andrew Ehala 61 2.1% —
Majority198
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,942

Labour Party hold

Wingrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Joyce McCarty Elected 1,547 62.7% +1.4
Green Party John Pearson 332 13.5% -5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Shabs Mohammed 265 10.7% -3.6
Northern Independence Party David Ian Stewart 166 6.7% —
Liberal Democrats Kami Kundi 158 6.4% +1.1
Majority1,215
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,468

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

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