Newcastle upon Tyne council election, 2024

02/05/2024 · 26 wards · 27 seats contested

Most seats
15
Labour Party
Seats contested
27
across 26 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 15 +1 29,576 40.6% -1.1
Liberal Democrats 7 -3 18,091 24.8% -2.9
Green Party 2 +2 10,399 14.3% +4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 1 +1 7,681 10.5% -1.0
Independent 1 +0 4,705 6.5% +2.3
Newcastle Independents 1 -1 2,032 2.8% -1.9
The North East Party 0 +0 160 0.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 78 0.1% +0.0
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 71 0.1% -0.0
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 52 0.1% -0.1

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 27
Conservative and Unionist Party 27
Labour and Co-operative Party 27
Liberal Democrats 27
Green Party 26
Independent 5
Newcastle Independents 2
Communist Party of Britain 1
Social Democratic Party 1
The North East 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 Stephen Powers Elected 819 50.5% -19.2
Independent Rowshon Uddin 396 24.4% —
Green Party Alistair Christian Ford 223 13.7% -3.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Maria Manco 113 7.0% -2.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Thomas Howden 71 4.4% -0.5
Majority423
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,622

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Benwell & Scotswood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rob Higgins Elected 1,659 61.2% -4.0
Independent David Charles McGovern 412 15.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ronald Patrick Thompson 278 10.2% -8.7
Green Party Lee Irving 226 8.3% +0.8
Liberal Democrats Hans Christian lb Andersen 138 5.1% -3.6
Majority1,247
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,713

Labour Party hold

Blakelaw

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Marion Williams Elected 1,215 63.7% +3.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Lian-Hoare 261 13.7% +1.1
Green Party James Paul Milne 243 12.7% +8.2
Liberal Democrats Bill Shepherd 188 9.9% +3.1
Majority954
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,907

Labour Party hold

Byker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Nick Hartley Elected 1,291 56.8% +19.2
Labour Party Carly Walker-Dawson 808 35.6% -13.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Jamie Hampton 115 5.1% -2.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Ridyard 57 2.5% -3.3
Majority483
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,271

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Callerton & Throckley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Linda Isabel Wright Elected 1,535 50.8% +9.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexis Fernandes 775 25.6% +7.1
Green Party Idwal Thomas John 475 15.7% +3.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Morris 239 7.9% +1.4
Majority760
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,024

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Castle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Andrew Herridge Elected 1,509 40.3% +3.2
Liberal Democrats Jamie Robinson 1,422 37.9% -5.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Andrew Burnett 463 12.4% -0.5
Green Party Andrew Thorp 354 9.4% +2.5
Majority87
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,748

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Chapel

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Lawrence Hunter Elected 2,401 70.5% -8.3
Labour Party Bill Purvis 588 17.3% +5.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Walter Forster 240 7.1% +1.3
Liberal Democrats Judith Lesley Steen 100 2.9% +1.2
Green Party Philip Hedley Brookes 75 2.2% +0.4
Majority1,813
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,404

Independent hold

Dene & South Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Karen Lesley Robinson Elected 1,699 46.2% -2.0
Labour Party Hilary Franks 1,181 32.1% -3.3
Green Party Laurence Taylor 509 13.9% +5.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Gerry Langley 285 7.8% +0.1
Majority518
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,674

Liberal Democrats hold

Denton & Westerhope

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Newcastle Independents Tracey Ann Mitchell Elected 1,232 45.7% +0.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Vince Thomas Barry-Stanners 1,112 41.2% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Luke 166 6.2% -0.8
Green Party William Whitaker 102 3.8% +0.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Joyce Dicken 86 3.2% -0.9
Majority120
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,698

Newcastle Independents hold

Elswick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Khaled Musharraf Elected 1,190 45.4% +31.2
Labour Party Nicu Ion 1,083 41.3% -31.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Horgan Davison 231 8.8% -0.7
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani 117 4.5% -0.3
Majority107
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,621

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Fawdon & West Gosforth 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats John Hall Elected 1,604 61.0% +2.5
Liberal Democrats Rob Austin Elected 1,530 58.2% —
Labour Party Gordana Vasic Franklin 684 26.0% +2.0
Labour Party Asad Ullah Syed 625 23.8% —
Green Party Roger Graham Whittaker 395 15.0% +7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Maria Piazza 223 8.5% -1.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex McMullen 200 7.6% —
Majority846
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,630

Liberal Democrats gain · Liberal Democrats hold

Gosforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Doc Anand Elected 1,399 33.7% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Tahir Siddique 1,288 31.0% -8.0
Labour and Co-operative Party Michael Graham Bell 952 22.9% +1.1
Green Party Frances Hinton 350 8.4% +2.5
The North East Party Brian David Moore 160 3.9% —
Majority111
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,149

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Heaton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Clare Penny-Evans Elected 1,543 44.5% -4.5
Green Party Andrew Gray 671 19.4% -2.8
Independent Chandni Chopra 525 15.1% —
Liberal Democrats Tom Appleby 494 14.3% -6.8
Conservative and Unionist Party John Grierson Dobie 162 4.7% -0.8
Communist Party of Britain Steve Handford 71 2.0% -0.3
Majority872
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,466

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Kenton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephen Lambert Elected 1,647 65.3% +10.0
Liberal Democrats Craig Michael Austin 332 13.2% -10.1
Green Party Adam Jackson 274 10.9% +3.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Zak Mudie 192 7.6% -3.6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Nick Fray 78 3.1% +0.2
Majority1,315
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,523

Labour Party hold

Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alexander Geoffrey Hay Elected 1,364 65.0% -1.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Amy Leigh Laverick 345 16.4% +0.9
Liberal Democrats David Partington 243 11.6% -0.5
Green Party Tahir Mahmood 147 7.0% +1.5
Majority1,019
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,099

Labour Party hold

Lemington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Stephen John Barry-Stanners Elected 1,018 45.1% +6.0
Newcastle Independents Zoey Danielle Saul 800 35.5% -10.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Donalson 196 8.7% +0.4
Liberal Democrats Tracy Connell 122 5.4% +2.0
Green Party Pat McGee 119 5.3% +2.0
Majority218
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,255

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Newcastle Independents

Manor Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Greg Stone Elected 1,816 56.4% +2.8
Labour Party Bradley Leigh Aird 836 26.0% -3.3
Green Party Mike Rabley 405 12.6% +4.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Antonio Manco 161 5.0% -3.9
Majority980
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,218

Liberal Democrats hold

Monument

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Nabeela Ali Elected 804 56.9% -6.4
Green Party Jessica Whitaker 343 24.3% +7.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Sanderson 141 10.0% -1.2
Liberal Democrats Craig Alexander Dodd 125 8.8% +0.2
Majority461
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,413

Labour Party hold

North Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats James Coles Elected 995 48.1% -15.7
Labour and Co-operative Party Killian McCartney 683 33.0% +5.7
Green Party Shehla Naqvi 262 12.7% +4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Callum Dawes 127 6.1% +2.3
Majority312
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,067

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Ouseburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Alistair Stuart Chisholm Elected 1,054 48.4% +10.7
Liberal Democrats Fiona Punchard 762 35.0% -14.7
Green Party Gabriella Leavitt 318 14.6% +4.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Marie Summersby 44 2.0% -0.6
Majority292
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,178

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Parklands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen Elected 2,207 53.0% -1.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Christopher John Bartlett 999 24.0% +1.4
Green Party Audrey MacNaughton 548 13.2% +3.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Peter Burnett 409 9.8% -3.7
Majority1,208
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,163

Liberal Democrats hold

South Jesmond

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Milo Jasper Barnett Elected 900 42.1% -3.4
Liberal Democrats Aidan John King 548 25.6% -0.5
Green Party Sarah Peters 454 21.2% +7.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Jennifer Georgina Mills 183 8.6% -1.3
Social Democratic Party Martin Evison 52 2.4% -2.2
Majority352
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,137

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Walker

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Leslie Wood Elected 1,257 69.8% -0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Walker 232 12.9% -0.3
Green Party Matt Williams 169 9.4% +3.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Anthony Psallidas 143 7.9% +2.2
Majority1,025
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,801

Labour Party hold

Walkergate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Maureen Beatrice Lowson Elected 1,582 58.6% -1.0
Green Party Margaret Montgomery 471 17.4% +11.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Oxborough 324 12.0% -0.5
Liberal Democrats Matt Osbourn 323 12.0% -4.5
Majority1,111
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,700

Labour Party hold

West Fenham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mark Mitchell Elected 1,250 46.9% +1.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Ian Tokell 908 34.0% +0.7
Green Party Tim Dowson 317 11.9% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Syed Ahmed 193 7.2% -5.2
Majority342
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,668

Liberal Democrats hold

Wingrove

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Irim Ali Elected 1,211 39.5% -27.8
Independent Younes Mohammed 971 31.7% —
Green Party John Pearson 468 15.3% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Jarred Alan Aragorn Riley 223 7.3% -3.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 192 6.3% -1.7
Majority240
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,065

Labour Party hold

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