Newcastle City Council elections

Newcastle City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of the Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 78 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.[1]

Political control

From 1889 to 1974 Newcastle was a county borough, independent of any county council.[2] Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in 1986 and Newcastle became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[3][4]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973–2004
	Liberal Democrats	2004–2011
	Labour	2011–present

Leadership

The role of Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne is largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1959 have been:[5]

County Borough

Councillor		From	To
T. Dan Smith	Labour	1959	1965
Frank Butterfield	Labour	1965	1966
Arthur Grey	Conservative	1967	1972
John Cox	Conservative	1972	1974

Metropolitan Borough

Councillor		From	To
Tom Collins	Labour	1974	1977
Jeremy Beecham	Labour	1977	1994
Tony Flynn	Labour	1994	2004
Peter Arnold	Liberal Democrats	2004	2006
John Shipley	Liberal Democrats	2006	1 Sep 2010
David Faulkner	Liberal Democrats	1 Sep 2010	25 May 2011
Nick Forbes	Labour	25 May 2011	8 May 2022
Nick Kemp	Labour	25 May 2022

Council elections

1998 Newcastle City Council election
1999 Newcastle City Council election
2000 Newcastle City Council election
2002 Newcastle City Council election
2003 Newcastle City Council election
2004 Newcastle City Council election (whole council elected after boundary changes took place)[6]
2006 Newcastle City Council election
2007 Newcastle City Council election
2008 Newcastle City Council election
2010 Newcastle City Council election
2011 Newcastle City Council election
2012 Newcastle City Council election
2014 Newcastle City Council election
2015 Newcastle City Council election
2016 Newcastle City Council election
2018 Newcastle City Council election (whole council to be elected after boundaries changes)
2019 Newcastle City Council election
2021 Newcastle City Council election
2022 Newcastle City Council election
2023 Newcastle City Council election

City result maps

2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Newburn By-Election 7 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Isobel Wright	920	76.9
	Conservative	Alistair Stewart Hind	275	23.1
Majority			645	53.8
Turnout			1,195
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolsington By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lilian Mary Kennedy	2,630	68.1	-7.2
	Conservative	Colin Forster	657	17.0	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Ernest Walker	576	14.9	+1.9
Majority			1,973	51.1
Turnout			3,863	65.8
	Labour hold		Swing

South Gosforth By-Election 12 June 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas David George Woodwark	1,474	43.7	-15.0
	Conservative	Marie Summersby	1,096	32.5	+1.3
	Labour	Susan Jane MacDonald Stirling	800	23.7	+13.6
Majority			378	11.2
Turnout			3,370
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West City By-Election 2 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen James	468	81.5	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip George Lower	74	12.9	+5.9
	Conservative	Timothy David Troman	32	5.6	-3.2
Majority			394	68.6
Turnout			574	10.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Heaton By-Election 20 November 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Wappat	564	52.9	-10.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Peter Middleton	211	19.8	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Neil John Bradbury	158	14.8	+4.5
	Green	Christopher Patrick Hayday	84	7.9	+1.9
	Communist	Martin Richard Levy	50	4.7	+4.7
Majority			353	33.1
Turnout			1,067	11.5
	Labour hold		Swing

1998-2002

Dene By-Election 16 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Martin Stone	1,961	58.1	+2.6
	Labour	John Lawrence Young	1,061	31.4	+0.6
	Conservative	Alice Gingell	353	10.5	-3.2
Majority			900	26.7
Turnout			3,375	29.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Byker By-Election 4 March 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Pike	366	56.8	-18.8
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas James Thompson	206	32.0	+13.1
	Green	Pamela Jane Woolner	37	5.7	+5.7
	Conservative	Jeremy Peter Middleton	35	5.4	-0.1
Majority			160	24.8
Turnout			644	9.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Scotswood By-Election 14 October 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Stephenson	490	66.9	-16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Anne Reilly	180	24.6	+16.0
	Conservative	Peter Lumley	62	8.5	+0.4
Majority			310	42.3
Turnout			732	14.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Jesmond By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Dicken	2,496	46.0	+6.5
	Labour	Fiona Karen Clarke	1,659	30.5	-1.3
	Conservative	Jonjo McNamara	1,116	20.5	-1.5
	Independent	Marie Summersby	160	2.9	+2.9
Majority			837	15.5
Turnout			5,431
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Walkergate By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Stokel-Walker	2,672	58.3	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Belinda Knowles	1,606	35.0	-4.7
	Conservative	Keith Gilfillan	306	6.7	+0.6
Majority			1,066	23.3
Turnout			4,584
	Labour hold		Swing

2002-2006

Benwell By-Election 18 July 2002[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric Mackinlay	700	55.8	-3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Moore	383	30.5	+13.6
	Conservative	Carolyn Smith	136	10.8	+0.0
	Green	Jesus Miguel-Garcia	36	2.9	-1.4
Majority			317	25.3
Turnout			1,255	24.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Walker By-Election 4 September 2003[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Stokel-Walker	1,440	62.1	-12.3
	BNP	Jonathan Keys	395	17.1	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	John McLennan	370	16.0	-0.4
	Conservative	Joseph Prince	112	4.8	-1.7
Majority			1,045	45.0
Turnout			2,317	47.7
	Labour hold		Swing

2006-2010

Lemington By-Election 30 November 2006[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Hunter	1,180	46.7	-9.3
	Labour	Ruth Robson	815	32.2	-11.8
	BNP	Kenneth Booth	383	15.2	+15.2
	Conservative	Jason Smith	147	5.8	+5.8
Majority			365	14.5
Turnout			2,525	34.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Wingrove delayed Election 14 June 2007 (2)[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nigel Todd	1,051
	Liberal Democrats	Ayaz Siddique	948
	Labour	Alyson Hampshire	908
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Wilkinson	869
	Green	Jenny Pearson	186
	Green	John Pearson	183
	Conservative	Neil Archibald	173
	Conservative	Alexander Le Vey	140
	BNP	Viv Browne	81
	BNP	Graham Hodgson	80
Turnout			4,619	31.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fenham By-Election 29 January 2009[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mitzi Emery	1,049	33.9	-11.8
	Labour	Helen McStravick	1,025	33.1	-3.3
	BNP	Ken Booth	836	27.0	+18.0
	Conservative	Sarah Armstrong	186	6.0	-2.9
Majority			24	0.8
Turnout			3,096	39.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

2010-2014

Ouseburn By-Election 15 November 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Powers	714	47.6%	+11.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Nelson	665	44.3%	-6.3%
	Newcastle First	Ian Fraser	73	4.9%	+4.9%
	Conservative	Joshua Chew	49	3.3%	-0.7%
Majority			49	3.3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle By-Election 25 April 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Lower	1,165	43.7%%	-6.2%
	Labour	Ben Riley	1,043	39.2%	+4.7%
	Newcastle First	John Gordon	215	8.1%	+0.1%
	Conservative	Jennifer Nixon	194	7.3%	-0.3%
	TUSC	Rory Jobe	48	1.8%	+1.8%
Majority			122	4.5%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Heaton By-Election 25 April 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Jones	798	61.2%	-8.2%
	Green	Andrew Grey	205	15.7%	+3.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Auld	114	8.7%	-0.5%
	TUSC	Paul Phillips	69	5.3%	+1.0%
	Conservative	Katie Bennett	52	4.0%	-0.7%
	Newcastle First	Timothy Gilks	44	3.4%	+3.4%
	Independent	Reg Sibley	22	1.7%	+1.7%
Majority			593
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkergate By-Election 6 June 2013[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Wood	1,080	44.0%	-24.1%
	UKIP	Lorraine Smith	668	27.2%	+27.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Brown	460	18.8%	-4.2%
	Independent	Davy Hicks	64	2.6%	+2.6%
	Newcastle First	Olga Shorton	61	2.5%	+2.5%
	Conservative	Marian McWilliams	54	2.2%	-3.1%
	Green	Martin Collins	30	1.2%	+1.2%
	TUSC	Bobbie Cranney	24	1.0%	+1.0%
	Independent	Reg Sibley	12	0.5%	+0.5%
Majority			412	16.8%
Turnout			2,453
	Labour hold		Swing

2014-2018

North Jesmond By-Election 28 August 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Keating	711	52.5%	+19.9%
	Labour	Peter Smith	320	23.6%	-7.3%
	Conservative	Duncan Crute	117	8.6%	-5.9%
	UKIP	Daniel Thompson	112	8.3%	+0.7%
	Green	Shehla Naqvi	94	6.9%	-7.6%
Majority			391	28.9%	13.6%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Blakelaw By-Election 15 September 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nora Casey	1,004	41.9%	-21.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Ciaran Morrissey	654	27.3%	+18.2%
	UKIP	Ritchie Lane	443	18.5%	+2.4%
	Conservative	James Langley	190	7.9%	+0.3%
	Green	Brendan Derham	105	4.4%	+0.4%
Majority			350	14.6%
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakelaw By-Election 24 November 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oskar Andrew Avery	892	44.9%	-25.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Ciaran Joseph Morrissey	784	39.4%	+21.4%
	Newcastle First	John Alan Gordon	164	8.2%	+8.2%
	Conservative	James Gerard Langley	148	7.4%	-4.0%
Majority			108	5.5%
	Labour hold		Swing

South Heaton By-Election 16 March 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Penny-Evans	768	46.8%	-5.4%
	Green	Andrew Gray	444	27.1%	+2.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Boyle	260	15.0%	+9.7%
	UKIP	Tony Sanderson	88	5.4%	-4.6%
	Conservative	Chris Murray	80	4.9%	+0.2%
Majority			329	19.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

2018-2022

Castle By-Election 9 September 2021[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Thom Campion	1,306	42.5
	Labour	Andrew Herridge	773	25.1
	Conservative	John Watts	657	21.4
	Green	Andrew Thorp	250	8.1
	North East	Brian Moore	89	2.9
Majority			533	17.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

"The Newcastle upon Tyne (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/1080, retrieved 14 August 2022
"Newcastle upon Tyne Municipal Borough / County Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
"Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
"Newcastle-Upon-Tyne". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"Council minutes". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
"Newcastle-Upon-Tyne council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"Boost for Labour in byelection". guardian.co.uk. London. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"BNP beat Lib Dems to second place". The Northern Echo. 5 September 2003. p. 1.
"Results - Lemington". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"Results - Wingrove". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"Results - Fenham". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Walkergate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
"Local Elections Archive Project — Castle Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

By-election results

External links

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[1] "The Newcastle upon Tyne (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/1080, retrieved 14 August 2022

[2] "Newcastle upon Tyne Municipal Borough / County Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[3] "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[change-4] "Newcastle-Upon-Tyne". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[5] "Council minutes". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[gain-6] "Newcastle-Upon-Tyne council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[boost-7] "Boost for Labour in byelection". guardian.co.uk. London. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

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[lemington-9] "Results - Lemington". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[wingrove-10] "Results - Wingrove". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[fenham-11] "Results - Fenham". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2010.

[12] "Local Elections Archive Project — Walkergate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Castle Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

Council elections in Tyne and Wear
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North of Tyne mayor	2019
Tyne and Wear CC	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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