2019 Newcastle City Council election

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[edit]

Arthur's Hill[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

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