Newcastle upon Tyne council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 26 wards · 27 seats contested

Most seats
14
Labour Party
Seats contested
27
across 26 wards
Turnout
27.2%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 14 -5 27,688 41.7% -2.4
Liberal Democrats 10 +3 18,417 27.8% +4.4
Newcastle Independents 2 +2 3,139 4.7% -1.0
Independent 1 +0 2,766 4.2% -0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 7,661 11.5% -1.9
Green Party 0 +0 6,233 9.4% +1.6
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 0 +0 235 0.4% +0.3
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 85 0.1% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 71 0.1% —
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 65 0.1% +0.0

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. 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
Green Party 27
Labour and Co-operative Party 27
Liberal Democrats 27
Newcastle Independents 4
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance 2
Communist Party of Britain 1
Independent 1
Social Democratic Party 1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 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 833 69.6% +2.3
Green Party Katie Fletcher 208 17.4% +6.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Fahim Habibi 107 8.9% -0.3
Liberal Democrats Tahir Siddique 58 4.8% +1.6
Majority625
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors5,128
Ballots cast1,196

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Benwell & Scotswood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Susan Jane Anthony Elected 1,636 65.2% -0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Jamie Luke Kelly 475 18.9% -6.0
Liberal Democrats Hans Christian lb Andersen 217 8.6% +1.9
Green Party Lee Irving 189 7.5% -2.2
Majority1,161
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors8,079
Ballots cast2,510

Labour Party hold

Blakelaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Linda Hobson Elected 1,069 59.9% -0.1
Newcastle Independents Sarah Jane Armstrong 295 16.5% -6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Lucy Howie 224 12.5% -0.5
Liberal Democrats Bill Shepherd 121 6.8% +3.1
Green Party Jessica Whitaker 82 4.6% —
Majority774
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors6,852
Ballots cast1,786

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Byker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nick Kemp Elected 885 49.4% +2.5
Green Party Nick Hartley 675 37.7% +7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Jamie Hampton 127 7.1% -1.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Ridyard 105 5.9% -9.0
Majority210
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,792

Labour Party hold

Callerton & Throckley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Adam Walker Elected 1,080 41.7% -2.9
Newcastle Independents John Alan Gordon 541 20.9% -1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party John Grierson Dobie 481 18.6% -0.6
Green Party Idwal Thomas John 319 12.3% +2.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Morris 169 6.5% +2.1
Majority539
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,590

Labour Party hold

Castle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ali Avaei Elected 1,369 43.2% -9.9
Labour and Co-operative Party Andrew Herridge 1,175 37.1% +9.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Thomas Clark 406 12.8% +0.5
Green Party Andrew Thorp 220 6.9% +1.6
Majority194
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,170

Liberal Democrats hold

Chapel

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Margaret Donnelly Elected 2,766 78.8% -6.9
Labour and Co-operative Party Milo Jasper Barnett 419 11.9% +4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Walter Forster 203 5.8% +1.6
Green Party James Paul Milne 62 1.8% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Judith Lesley Steen 60 1.7% +0.7
Majority2,347
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,510

Independent hold

Dene & South Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Henry Peter Gallagher Elected 1,659 48.2% -6.6
Labour Party Christopher John Bartlett 1,221 35.5% +6.3
Green Party Robert Laurence Taylor 298 8.7% +0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Gerry Langley 262 7.6% +0.2
Majority438
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,440

Liberal Democrats hold

Denton & Westerhope

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Newcastle Independents Adam Lee Mitchell Elected 1,226 45.4% +6.5
Labour Party Bill Purvis 1,093 40.5% -7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexis Fernandes 187 6.9% -3.0
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Joyce Dicken 109 4.0% +0.5
Green Party Cécile Léonie Renaud-Glorieux 83 3.1% —
Majority133
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,698

Newcastle Independents gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Elswick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Habib Rahman Elected 1,383 72.4% +2.0
Green Party Peter John Stuart Thomson 271 14.2% +3.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Saamiya Malik 181 9.5% -2.7
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani 90 4.7% -2.1
Majority1,112
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors7,635
Ballots cast1,909

Labour Party hold

Fawdon & West Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter John Lovatt Elected 1,673 58.5% +2.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Ava Rowell 688 24.1% -1.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Axford 295 10.3% -1.5
Green Party Roger Graham Whittaker 204 7.1% +0.2
Majority985
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,860

Liberal Democrats hold

Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Thomas David George Woodwark Elected 1,565 39.0% +0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Doc Anand 1,334 33.3% +2.5
Labour Party Nick Arnold 875 21.8% -0.0
Green Party Anna Kirsten Foster 237 5.9% -1.3
Majority231
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,011

Liberal Democrats hold

Heaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mehrban Sadiq Elected 1,384 49.0% -6.9
Green Party Andrew Gray 625 22.1% +3.6
Liberal Democrats Tom Appleby 595 21.1% +4.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Shah Yaseen Ali 156 5.5% -1.6
Communist Party of Britain Steve Handford 65 2.3% +0.1
Majority759
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,825

Labour Party hold

Kenton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Paula Maines Elected 1,337 55.3% -7.4
Liberal Democrats Rob Austin 562 23.3% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Zak Mudie 270 11.2% -7.2
Green Party Adam Jackson 185 7.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Nick Fray 71 2.9% —
Majority775
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors7,313
Ballots cast2,417

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jacqui Robinson Elected 1,377 66.8% +0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Jamie Setch 321 15.6% -7.9
Liberal Democrats Aidan John King 249 12.1% +1.8
Green Party Tristan Gilet 113 5.5% —
Majority1,056
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,060

Labour Party hold

Lemington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Newcastle Independents Joanne Nix Elected 1,077 45.9% +5.9
Labour and Co-operative Party Stephen John Barry-Stanners 918 39.1% -8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Joel Bland 195 8.3% +1.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Petrie 80 3.4% +0.9
Green Party Hilda Margaret Frost 76 3.2% +0.2
Majority159
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,346

Newcastle Independents gain from Labour Party

Manor Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Deborah Elizabeth Burns Elected 1,573 53.6% +1.5
Labour Party Carly Walker-Dawson 859 29.3% -1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Beth Spurr 260 8.9% -0.7
Green Party Mike Rabley 242 8.2% +0.5
Majority714
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,934

Liberal Democrats hold

Monument

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Theresa Cairns Elected 751 63.3% -2.0
Green Party James Alexander Vesty 205 17.3% +1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Whelan-Harvey 133 11.2% +1.8
Liberal Democrats David Partington 102 8.6% -0.7
Majority546
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors5,029
Ballots cast1,186

Labour Party hold

North Jesmond 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gerard Francis Keating Elected 1,322 63.8% +22.5
Liberal Democrats Philip Browne Elected 1,276 61.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Oskar Andrew Avery 567 27.4% -15.9
Labour and Co-operative Party Michael Graham Bell 512 24.7% —
Green Party Shehla Naqvi 179 8.6% +1.3
Green Party Tim Dowson 135 6.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Callum Dawes 79 3.8% -2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Gemma Brown 73 3.5% —
Majority709
Turnout—
Registered electors4,433
Ballots cast (estimated)2,072

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour and Co-operative Party · Liberal Democrats gain

Ouseburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gareth Kane Elected 931 49.7% +5.5
Labour Party Asad Ullah Syed 705 37.7% -5.2
Green Party Phill James 187 10.0% -0.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Marie Summersby 49 2.6% -0.1
Majority226
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,872

Liberal Democrats hold

Parklands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Christine Morrissey Elected 2,143 54.2% +4.9
Labour Party Matthew William Hill 895 22.6% +3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Peter Burnett 536 13.6% +1.5
Green Party Audrey MacNaughton 378 9.6% +0.8
Majority1,248
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,952

Liberal Democrats hold

South Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lesley Storey Elected 828 45.5% -13.7
Liberal Democrats Fiona Punchard 476 26.2% +13.2
Green Party Alistair Christian Ford 250 13.8% +0.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Elias Al Dahan 179 9.8% -4.7
Social Democratic Party Martin Evison 85 4.7% —
Majority352
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,818

Labour Party hold

Walker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Margaret Wood Elected 1,224 70.3% -1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Walker 229 13.2% -1.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Anthony Psallidas 100 5.7% -0.6
Green Party Tom Whatson 95 5.5% -1.3
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Steve Fish 92 5.3% —
Majority995
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,740

Labour Party hold

Walkergate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Frew Elected 1,571 59.6% -1.1
Liberal Democrats Deborah Gallagher 433 16.4% -1.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Oxborough 331 12.5% -3.4
Green Party Doug Paterson 160 6.1% +0.1
For Future's Sake - Freedom Alliance Julie Fish 143 5.4% —
Majority1,138
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,638

Labour Party hold

West Fenham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Morrissey P.J. Elected 1,200 45.3% +20.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Sylvia Copley 883 33.3% +2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Raja Khan 329 12.4% -6.3
Green Party Tay Pitman 237 8.9% -14.2
Majority317
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,649

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Wingrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Rebecca Louise Shatwell Elected 1,520 67.3% +4.7
Green Party John Pearson 318 14.1% +0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Jarred Alan Aragorn Riley 239 10.6% -0.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 180 8.0% +1.6
Majority1,202
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,257

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

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