2019 Newcastle City Council election

The 2019 Newcastle City Council elections took place on 2 May 2019,[1][2] on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

2019 Newcastle City Council election

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27 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nick Forbes Anita Lower
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Arthur's Hill Castle
Last election 56 seats, 49.4% 19 seats, 23.7%
Seats before 56 19
Seats won 17 8
Seats after 54 20
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 25,559 15,513
Percentage 39.2% 23.3%
Swing Decrease11% Decrease0.4%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Jason Smith N/A
Party Newcastle Ind. Independents
Last election 0 seats, 2.4% 3 seats, 2.0%
Seats before 0 3
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 1 3
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 3,401 4,128
Percentage 6.8% 6.2%
Swing Increase4.4% Increase0.5%

Winner of each seat at the 2019 Newcastle City Council election

Council control before election

Nick Forbes
Labour

Council control after election

Nick Forbes
Labour

One third of the seats — 26 out of the 78 — were up for election, being the seats of the councillors who finished third in each individual ward at the all-out elections in 2018, with an additional seat up in the Monument ward following the resignation of a Labour councillor.[3]

The ruling Labour group lost two seats, holding their majority by returning 17 members to the council. The Newcastle Independents, a localist party, gained their first ever seat on the council whilst the Liberal Democrats gained the Ouseburn ward.

Following the election, Nick Forbes returned as leader of the council. Forbes had earlier in the year sought selection as the Labour candidate for the newly created North of Tyne mayoralty, but lost out to Monument councillor Jamie Driscoll.[4]

Election Result

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The council remained under Labour majority control.

Labour lost two seats. The ward of Callerton and Throckley was lost to the Newcastle Independents, with Ian Donaldson becoming their first ever councillor.[5] The Ouseburn ward was lost to Gareth Kane of the Liberal Democrats.

The Chapel ward saw incumbent independent councillor Olga Shorton lose to Sandra Davison, an independent challenger. Shorton and her husband had attempted to form a "Chapel Independents" political group on the council, which was criticised by fellow independent Chapel councillor Marc Donnelly.[6]

The Conservatives failed to pick up a seat on the council, having last won a seat in 1995.

The Green Party had a strong showing, doubling their share of the total votes to 8.9%, taking over 20% of the vote in Heaton, Monument and South Jesmond.

This would be the last election that UKIP would stand at in Newcastle, with the party standing no candidates in the city in subsequent council or parliamentary elections.

2019 Newcastle City Council election[7]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 17   2 63.0 37 54 69.2 25,559 38.4 -11.0
  Liberal Democrats 8  2 29.6 12 20 25.6 15,513 23.3 -0.4
  Independent 1   3.7 2 3 3.8 4,128 6.2 +0.5
  Newcastle Ind. 1   1 3.7 0 1 1.3 3,401 6.8 +4.4
  Conservative 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 7,926 11.9 -1.2
  Green 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 5,912 8.9 +4.6
  UKIP 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 3,891 5.9 +4.9
  Socialist Alternative 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 238 0.4 New
  Communist 0   0.0 0 0 0.0 24 0.1 +0.1

Ward Results

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Arthur's Hill

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Arthur's Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Joanne Kingsland 995 70.0 −5.5
Green Shahla Naqvi 141 9.9 −2.4
Newcastle Ind. Adam Mitchell 122 7.4 New
Conservative Luigi Murton 105 7.4 +0.6
Liberal Democrats William Shepherd 59 4.1 +1.0
Majority 854 60.1
Turnout 1,422 29.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Benwell and Scotswood

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Benwell and Scotswood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeremy Beecham 1,281 50.5 −11.4
UKIP Ernest Thornton 437 17.2 +7.1
Newcastle Ind. Jason Smith 326 12.9 +2.8
Conservative Liam Bones 233 9.2 −4.9
Liberal Democrats Hans-Christian Anderson 133 5.2 −0.4
Green Tom Adams 126 5.0 −1.2
Majority 844 33.3
Turnout 2,536 33.0
Labour hold Swing

Blakelaw

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Blakelaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Hobson 910 51.0 −8.4
UKIP Tony Sanderson 373 20.9 New
Liberal Democrats Bill Schardt 220 12.3 −3.6
Conservative Gerry Langley 168 9.4 −7.1
Green Rachel Dunfield 113 6.3 −3.8
Majority 537 30.1
Turnout 1,784 27.7
Labour hold Swing

Byker

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Byker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nick Kemp 1,109 54.7 −8.3
UKIP Neil Ruston 339 16.7 +7.8
Independent Jacqui Gilchrist 200 9.9 +0.9
Green Nick Hartley 194 9.6 −1.3
Conservative Tom Towle 103 5.1 −3.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Psallidas 83 4.1 −1.8
Majority 770 38.0
Turnout 2,028 31.5
Labour hold Swing

Callerton and Throckley

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Callerton and Throckley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Newcastle Ind. Ian Donaldson 787 34.1 +18.2
Labour Marion Williams 676 29.3 −15.1
Conservative Lyle Darwin 361 15.6 −15.3
Green Idwal John 270 11.7 −8.0
Liberal Democrats Aleisha Stansfield 270 11.7 +2.7
Majority 111 4.8
Turnout 2,309 33.4
Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour Swing

Castle

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Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ali Avaei 1,085 34.1 −0.5
Labour Gordana Vasic Franklin 945 29.7 +1.7
Conservative Mary Toward 394 12.4 −2.0
UKIP Tim Marron 331 10.4 New
Independent Rachel Locke 237 7.5 −3.9
Green Andrew Thorp 189 5.9 −1.8
Majority 140 4.4
Turnout 3,181 36.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chapel

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Chapel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sandra Davison 2,320 64.9 New
Labour Bill Purvis 494 13.8 +0.4
Independent Olga Shorton 393 11.0 −43.8
Conservative Beryl Condra 301 8.4 −3.0
Liberal Democrats Judith Steen 69 1.9 −6.6
Majority 1,826 51.0
Turnout 3,577 48.1
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Dene and South Gosforth

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Dene and South Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Gallagher 1,639 44.9 −1.9
Labour Nick Arnold 1,023 28.0 −6.5
Green Anna Foster 497 13.6 +2.2
Conservative Jason Birt 278 7.6 +0.5
UKIP David Muat 217 5.9 +3.5
Majority 616 16.9
Turnout 3,654 49.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Denton and Westerhope

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Denton and Westerhope
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Simon Barnes 1,028 36.4 −2.5
Newcastle Ind. Tracey Mitchell 908 32.1 −1.4
UKIP Ian McKinnell 376 13.3 +5.2
Independent Brian Moore 240 8.5 New
Conservative Leanne Conway-Wilcox 190 6.7 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Jackie Slesenger 85 3.0 −6.1
Majority 120 4.2
Turnout 2,827 33.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elswick

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Elswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Habib Rahman 1,585 72.0 +3.4
Green Peter Thomson 248 11.3 +1.1
Conservative Margaret Birkmyre 206 9.4 +0.4
Liberal Democrats David Faulkner 161 7.3 +2.2
Majority 1,337 60.8
Turnout 2,200 32.7
Labour hold Swing

Fawdon and West Gosforth

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Fawdon and West Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Lovatt 1,615 58.3 +7.8
Labour Adam Walker 619 22.4 −6.5
Green Sandy Irvine 270 9.8 +1.4
Conservative Steve Axford 265 9.6 −2.0
Majority 996 36.0
Turnout 2,769 38.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Gosforth

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Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Woodwark 1,591 40.7 +4.2
Conservative Steve Kyte 1,029 26.3 −2.5
Labour Craig Dawson 779 19.9 −5.7
Green Alistair Ford 514 13.1 +0.2
Majority 562 14.4
Turnout 3,913 51.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heaton

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Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John-Paul Stephenson 1,314 46.3 +3.9
Green Andrew Gray 787 27.7 −4.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Boyle 502 17.7 −4.4
Conservative John Dobie 237 8.3 +2.3
Majority 527 18.6
Turnout 2,840 41.3
Labour hold Swing

Kenton

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Kenton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anya Durrant 1,112 48.5 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Austin 557 24.3 +7.6
Conservative Alison Wake 386 16.8 +0.2
Socialist Alternative Oisin Gourley 238 10.4 +5.0
Majority 555 24.2
Turnout 2,293 31.6
Labour hold Swing

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

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Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqui Robinson 1,180 56.2 +1.6
Conservative Scott Jewitt 614 29.3 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 304 14.5 −4.2
Majority 566 27.0
Turnout 2,098 30.8
Labour hold Swing

Lemington

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Lemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kyle Webster 944 41.6 −9.9
Newcastle Ind. John Gordon 844 37.2 +11.9
Conservative Simon Bell 239 10.5 −1.7
Green Rick Dunfield 122 5.4 −1.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Petrie 120 5.3 +0.6
Majority 100 4.4
Turnout 2,269 31.9
Labour hold Swing

Manor Park

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Manor Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Folker 1,665 57.0 +7.0
Labour Charlie Gray 964 33.0 −1.5
Conservative Paul Dyer 293 10.0 +1.0
Majority 701 24.0
Turnout 2,922 41.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Monument

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Monument (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Theresa Cairns 663 51.2 −11.9
Labour Shumel Rahman 485 37.4 −23.3
Green Cliff Brown 371 28.6 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Fleetwood 232 17.9 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani 188 14.5 +4.9
Conservative Stephen Dawes 178 13.7 −1.2
Conservative Dewi Roberts 152 11.7 −3.1
Majority 272.5 21.0
Turnout 1,296 29.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

North Jesmond

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North Jesmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gerard Keating 1,018 50.1 +9.4
Labour Co-op Alex Hay 577 28.4 −8.5
Green Tony Waterston 267 13.1 +0.1
Conservative Kitty Lau 169 8.3 −5.7
Majority 441 21.7
Turnout 2,031 45.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ouseburn

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Ouseburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Kane 1,012 49.7 +3.4
Labour Co-op Stephen Powers 765 37.6 −9.3
Green Alistair Bonnett 194 9.5 −4.5
Conservative Jason Carr 65 3.2 −1.8
Majority 247 12.1
Turnout 2,036 44.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op Swing

Parklands

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Parklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Morrissey 1,602 38.9 +1.0
Conservative John Watts 771 18.7 −3.6
Labour Laura Repton 660 16.0 −6.9
Independent John Hall 512 12.4 −0.7
Green James Milne 347 8.4 −1.9
Independent John Urquhart 226 5.5 New
Majority 831 20.2
Turnout 4,118 47.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Jesmond

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South Jesmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Storey 679 36.9 −12.6
Green Clare Andrews 489 26.6 +9.8
Liberal Democrats Deborah Burns 360 19.6 +5.8
Conservative Ian Macgilp 286 15.6 −0.8
Communist Martin Levy 24 1.3 −0.8
Majority 190 10.3
Turnout 1,838 39.6
Labour hold Swing

Walker

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Walker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Wood 1,083 53.5 −10.1
UKIP Glen Bolton 650 32.1 +22.5
Conservative Joan Atkin 150 7.4 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Adrin Neatrour 143 7.1 +1.8
Majority 433 21.4
Turnout 2,026 29.2
Labour hold Swing

Walkergate

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Walkergate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Frew 1,229 44.3 −8.7
UKIP Ian Farrelly 690 24.9 +13.3
Liberal Democrats Deborah Gallagher 417 15.0 −3.3
Conservative Andrew Bulman 263 9.5 −2.8
Green Daryl Hughes 175 6.3 −1.4
Majority 539 19.4
Turnout 2,774 33.6
Labour hold Swing

West Fenham

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West Fenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sylvia Copley 1,008 44.1 −14.1
UKIP John Richardson 478 20.9 +8.3
Green Tay Pitman 256 11.2 +3.2
Conservative Ken Wake 228 10.0 −0.5
Newcastle Ind. Sarah Armstrong 183 8.0 −3.0
Liberal Democrats Libby Dicken 131 5.7 −4.3
Majority 530 23.2
Turnout 2,284 32.6
Labour hold Swing

Wingrove

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Wingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebecca Shatwell 1,452 56.0 −1.1
Green John Pearson 342 13.2 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Kami Kundi 307 11.8 −0.2
Conservative Lauren Sykes 262 10.1 −2.2
Newcastle Ind. Joseph Eldridge 231 8.9 New
Majority 1,110 42.8
Turnout 2,594 37.3
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Election results by Wards,2 May 2019". www.newcastle.gov.uk. 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Newcastle upon Tyne". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Two Labour Newcastle councillors resign after less than a year in office - Chronicle Live". www.chroniclelive.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Labour candidate for North of Tyne Mayor election unveiled - Chronicle Live". www.chroniclelive.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Who are Newcastle First? Meet the man promising a change for city politics after historic win - Chronicle Live". www.chroniclelive.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Councillors subjected to 'destructive' social media abuse in feud between Newcastle's independents - Chronicle Live". www.chroniclelive.co.uk. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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