2016 Newcastle City Council election

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2016 Newcastle City Council election
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  2015 5 May 2016 2018  

26 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council
40 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Leader Nick Forbes Anita LowerN/A
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seatWestgateCastleChapel
Last election53 seats, 45.0%22 seats, 17.8%3 seats, 2.3%
Seats before53223
Seats won1871
Seats after55203
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Popular vote33,27217,0152,888
Percentage44.5%22.8%3.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.5%Increase2.svg5%Increase2.svg1.6%

Newcastle upon Tyne UK ward map 2016.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2016 Newcastle City Council election

Leader before election

Nick Forbes
Labour

Leader after election

Nick Forbes
Labour

The 2016 Newcastle City Council Council elections took place on 5 May 2016 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England. The elections took place on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Despite the election, it was mathematically impossible for the Labour Party to lose control of the council given that only a third of seats are up for election. However, a number of key wards were in the spotlight.

Target wards for parties

The Labour Party sought to expand its representation throughout of the seat, capitalising on gains made in 2015 in areas such as North Jesmond. In 2015, Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes said he wanted to make Newcastle a 'Liberal Democrat-free zone’. Despite this however, many seats won the party in 2015 were held by the Liberal Democrats in 2016 including Fawdon, North Heaton and Castle. [1]

Seats up for election during this cycle were last up for election during 2012. A number of high-profile councillors were up for re-election including current council leader Nick Forbes.

The official opposition to Labour, the Liberal Democrats aimed to hold as much as possible throughout the city, especially in the Castle, West Gosforth and Fawdon wards following heavy losses over the past five years. The party lost control of additional two seats in 2016, in the Ouseburn and North Jesmond wards, losing heavily to the Labour Party

The Green Party again targeted South Heaton, where the candidate Andrew Gray came second to Labour's John-Paul Stephenson, who won with 59% of the vote.

The Conservatives targeted the West Gosforth ward where in 2015, candidate Steve Kyte was only 17 votes short of winning. However, in 2016, the LibDems again held on to the seat.

Following a relatively strong showing in many seats in 2015, UKIP targeted seats in the East of the city such as Byker and Walker. Despite this, in 2016, no UKIP councillors were elected to Newcastle City Council.

Overall Results

Newcastle City Council election, 2016
PartySeatsPopular vote
WonNot upTotal±VotesPercentage
  Labour 183755+23327245%
  Liberal Democrats 71320-21701523%
 Independent123028884%
  UKIP 0000989313%
  Conservative 000067769%
  Green 000037835%
 Newcastle First000015782%
  TUSC 0000100<1%
  Communist 000023<1%
Total265278075328
Turnout

Wards

Local elections 2016: Benwell and Scotswood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rob Higgins1,66452%-19.9%
UKIP Mark Bickerton1,04133%+33%
Conservative Neville Armstrong2237%-0.3%
Liberal Democrats Helen Laverick1274%-1.5%
Green Lee Irving1234%+4%
Majority62319%-36%
Turnout 3178
Local elections 2016: Blakelaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Stockdale184663%-7.5%
UKIP Ritchie Lane47016%+16.0%
Liberal Democrats Bill Schardt2679%-13.3%
Conservative James Gerard Langley2218%+0.8%
Green Brendan Derham1174%+4.0%
Majority1,37647%-1.3%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Byker
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Alfred Allison161166%-11.9%
UKIP David Tilley Robinson-Young47019%+19.0%
Green Nick Morphet1265%+5.0%
Conservative Donald Robinson1205%-0.4%
Liberal Democrats Mark Nelson1004%-1.8%
Majority1,14147.0%-19.9%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Graham170244%-5.9%
Labour Jacqui Turner123032%+24.0%
UKIP Timothy Thomas Marron49013%+13.0%
Conservative Mary Toward3429%+1.4%
Green Andrew Jonathan Thorp1203%+3.0%
Majority47212%-3.4%
Turnout
Local elections 2015: Dene
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Barbara Taylor190654%-4.9%
Labour Sheila Claire Spencer97528%-1.2%
UKIP David Muat2758%+8.0%
Conservative Tim Monckton2447%-4.9%
Green Tab Bailey1324%+4%
Majority93126%-4.7%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Denton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dan Greenhough130145%-12.7%
UKIP Brian David Moore69724%+24.0%
Newcastle_Independents Sarah Jane Armstrong33311%-6.2%
Liberal Democrats Colin Thomas Dalgish28910%-5.6%
Conservative Alan Henry Birkmyre2348%_1.8%
Green Spinoza Pitman602%+2.0%
Majority60421%-19.5%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: East Gosforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dominic Mark Raymont159144%+1.0%
Labour Gareth James Hughes116733%-1.8%
Conservative Alison Wake42112%+1.8%
Green Frances Christine Hinton2487%-5.0%
UKIP Peter John Dunne1424%+4.0%
TUSC Nicolas Alan Fray191%+1.0%
Majority42411%+2.2%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Elswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Veronica Schofield177871%-8.0%
UKIP Mark Page42117%+17.0%
Conservative Ronald Toward1315%-0.5%
Liberal Democrats James Peter Kenyon873%-3.0%
Green Taymar Gem Pitman703%+3.0%
Majority1,35754%69.4%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Fawdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Axford1715%
Green Michael James Gardner863%
Labour Clare Penny-Evans87728%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Hindmarsh180857%
UKIP Alexis Fernandes2317%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Fenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Wake27410%
Green Andrew Arthur Stark883%
Labour Marion Elizabeth Talbot162357%
Liberal Democrats Christine Morrissey2609%
UKIP Christopher Ballantyne62622%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Kenton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Bell36313%
Green Ian Kilgour Christie401%
Labour Jane Louise Streather149855%
Liberal Democrats Tracy Connell1746%
UKIP Penelope Stansfield57621%
TUSC Oisin Patrick Gourley622%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Lemington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alison Robinson1586%
Green Ross Anthony Spray311%
Labour Kim McGuinness121245%
Liberal Democrats PJ Morrissey49018%
UKIP Mike Adie40215%
Newcastle_Independents Jason Smith40815%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Newburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Brewster28010%
Labour Steve Fairlie139851%
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Hunter26910%
UKIP James Douglas Robertson58621%
Newcastle_Independents John Alan Gordon2057%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: North Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Robert Bartle1825%
Green Joe Herbert2306%
Labour Nora Maebh Casey135637%
Liberal Democrats Doreen Huddart168646%
UKIP Elisabeth Margery Edmundson2186%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: North Jesmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Duncan Carlyle Crute20910%
Green Shehla Khatoon Naqvi1618%
Labour Stella Rogers Postlethwaite94244%
Liberal Democrats Gerard Francis Keating76436%
UKIP Mark Barton Lewis623%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Ouseburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marian Julie Kyte864%
Green Sarah Kate O'Hare1818%
Labour Paula Holland106249%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howse69332%
UKIP Joseph Todd1346%
TUSC Mathew Wilson-Boddy191%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Parklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Karen Jewers55916%
Green Sandy Irvine1865%
Labour Shumel Rahman70120%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen193654%
UKIP John Atkinson2116%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: South Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John-Paul Stephenson132759%
Green Andrew John Plevins Gray57525%
UKIP Max Elliott Peacock1567%
Conservative Samuel Boam1065%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Smith994%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: South Jesmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Felicity Ann Mendelson92853%
Liberal Democrats Tom Woodwark27616%
Conservative Matthew Thomas McPherson20712%
Green Matt Busby20712%
UKIP James Lee Askwith1338%
Majority65237%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Walker
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joan Atkin1185%
Green David Michael James Tooby653%
Labour David Leslie Wood173868%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Peter Boyle1084%
UKIP Tony Sanderson51220%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Walkergate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marian McWilliams1495%
Green Liam Christie662%
Labour Stephen Laird Woods156554%
Liberal Democrats David Haydn Besag32211%
UKIP Raymond Hardy76827%
Communist Martin Richard Levy231%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: West Gosforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Cott165344%-4.6%
Conservative Steve Kyte118731%+12.7%
Labour Oskar Andrew Avery68118%-4.8%
Green Alistair Christian Ford1554%-4.3%
UKIP Paul Coulthard1043%+3.0%
Majority46613%-10.8%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Westerhope
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Marc James Donnelly288874%+20.9%
Labour Syed Ullah38110%-12.5%
Newcastle FirstErnie Shorton2246%-16.0%
UKIP David James Monkhouse2536%+6.0%
Conservative Jacqueline Mary McNally1173%+0.6%
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen331%+1%
Majority2,50764%+33.4%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Westgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Forster1247%
Green Cliff Brown1549%
Labour Nick Forbes 115569%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Jane Down624%
UKIP Anne Taylor18511%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Wingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lyle Robert Darwin23310%
Green John Stephen David Pearson24510%
Labour Irim Ali168469%
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Farsi803%
UKIP Joseph Levy2008%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Woolsington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julian Toward2499%
Green Sarah Elizabeth Norris642%
Labour Sharon Ann Pattison157257%
Liberal Democrats Ian Laverick2338%
UKIP Ian McKinnell53019%
Newcastle_Independents Olga Shorton1194%
Majority
Turnout

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