2019 Newcastle City Council election
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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.
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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
editThe 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] | ||||||||||
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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
editArthur's Hill
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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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