2019 Newcastle City Council election
2 May 2019
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nick Forbes Anita Lower
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independents
Last election 45 19 3
Seats won 43 20 3
Seat change Decrease2 Increase1 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Jason Smith James Bartle
Party Newcastle Ind. Conservative Green
Last election 0 0 0
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase1 Steady Steady

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

Ward results

Arthur's Hill

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
Turnout 1,422 29.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Benwell and Scotswood

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
Turnout 2,536 33.0
Labour hold Swing

Blakelaw

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
Turnout 1,784 27.7
Labour hold Swing

Byker

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
Turnout 2,028 31.5
Labour hold Swing

Callerton and Throckley

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
Turnout 2,309 33.4
Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour Swing

Castle

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
Turnout 3,181 36.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chapel

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
Turnout 3,577 48.1
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Dene and South Gosforth

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
Turnout 3,654 49.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Denton and Westerhope

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
Turnout 2,827 33.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elswick

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
Turnout 2,200 32.7
Labour hold Swing

Fawdon and West Gosforth

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
Turnout 2,769 38.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Gosforth

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
Turnout 3,913 51.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heaton

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
Turnout 2,840 41.3
Labour hold Swing

Kenton

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
Turnout 2,293 31.6
Labour hold Swing

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

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
Turnout 2,098 30.8
Labour hold Swing

Lemington

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
Turnout 2,269 31.9
Labour hold Swing

Manor Park

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
Turnout 2,922 41.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Monument

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
Turnout 1,296 29.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

North Jesmond

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
Turnout 2,031 45.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ouseburn

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
Turnout 2,036 44.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op Swing

Parklands

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

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
Turnout 1,838 39.6
Labour hold Swing

Walker

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
Turnout 2,026 29.2
Labour hold Swing

Walkergate

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
Turnout 2,774 33.6
Labour hold Swing

West Fenham

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
Turnout 2,284 32.6
Labour hold Swing

Wingrove

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
Turnout 2,594 37.3
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Election results by Wards,2 May 2019". www.newcastle.gov.uk. 2 May 2019.
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