2019 Newcastle City Council election

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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 partySecond party
 
Leader Nick Forbes Anita Lower
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatArthur's HillCastle
Last election56 seats, 49.4%19 seats, 23.7%
Seats before5619
Seats won178
Seats after5420
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote25,55915,513
Percentage39.2%23.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg11.0%Decrease2.svg0.4%
 Third partyFourth party
 
LeaderJason SmithN/A
Party Newcastle Ind. Independents
Last election0 seats, 2.4%3 seats, 2.0%
Seats before03
Seats won11
Seats after13
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote3,4014,128
Percentage6.8%6.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.4%Increase2.svg0.5%
Newcastle upon Tyne UK local election 2019 map.svg
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

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.

Contents

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

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]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 17Decrease2.svg 263.0375469.225,55938.4-11.0
  Liberal Democrats 8Increase2.svg 229.6122025.615,51323.3-0.4
  Independent 1Steady2.svg3.7233.84,1286.2+0.5
  Newcastle Ind. 1Increase2.svg 13.7011.33,4016.8+4.4
  Conservative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.07,92611.9-1.2
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.05,9128.9+4.6
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03,8915.9+4.9
  Socialist Alternative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02380.4New
  Communist 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0240.1+0.1

Ward Results

Arthur's Hill

Arthur's Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Joanne Kingsland 995 70.0 −5.5
Green Shahla Naqvi1419.9−2.4
Newcastle Ind. Adam Mitchell1227.4New
Conservative Luigi Murton1057.4+0.6
Liberal Democrats William Shepherd594.1+1.0
Majority 85460.1
Turnout 1,42229.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Benwell and Scotswood

Benwell and Scotswood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Beecham 1,281 50.5 −11.4
UKIP Ernest Thornton43717.2+7.1
Newcastle Ind. Jason Smith32612.9+2.8
Conservative Liam Bones2339.2−4.9
Liberal Democrats Hans-Christian Anderson1335.2−0.4
Green Tom Adams1265.0−1.2
Majority 84433.3
Turnout 2,53633.0
Labour hold Swing

Blakelaw

Blakelaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Hobson 910 51.0 −8.4
UKIP Tony Sanderson37320.9New
Liberal Democrats Bill Schardt22012.3−3.6
Conservative Gerry Langley1689.4−7.1
Green Rachel Dunfield1136.3−3.8
Majority 53730.1
Turnout 1,78427.7
Labour hold Swing

Byker

Byker
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nick Kemp 1,109 54.7 −8.3
UKIP Neil Ruston33916.7+7.8
Independent Jacqui Gilchrist2009.9+0.9
Green Nick Hartley1949.6−1.3
Conservative Tom Towle1035.1−3.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Psallidas834.1−1.8
Majority 77038.0
Turnout 2,02831.5
Labour hold Swing

Callerton and Throckley

Callerton and Throckley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Newcastle Ind. Ian Donaldson 787 34.1 +18.2
Labour Marion Williams67629.3−15.1
Conservative Lyle Darwin36115.6−15.3
Green Idwal John27011.7−8.0
Liberal Democrats Aleisha Stansfield27011.7+2.7
Majority 1114.8
Turnout 2,30933.4
Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour Swing

Castle

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ali Avaei 1,085 34.1 −0.5
Labour Gordana Vasic Franklin94529.7+1.7
Conservative Mary Toward39412.4−2.0
UKIP Tim Marron33110.4New
Independent Rachel Locke2377.5−3.9
Green Andrew Thorp1895.9−1.8
Majority 1404.4
Turnout 3,18136.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chapel

Chapel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sandra Davison 2,320 64.9 New
Labour Bill Purvis49413.8+0.4
Independent Olga Shorton39311.0−43.8
Conservative Beryl Condra3018.4−3.0
Liberal Democrats Judith Steen691.9−6.6
Majority 1,82651.0
Turnout 3,57748.1
Independent gain from Independent Swing

Dene and South Gosforth

Dene and South Gosforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Henry Gallagher 1,639 44.9 −1.9
Labour Nick Arnold1,02328.0−6.5
Green Anna Foster49713.6+2.2
Conservative Jason Birt2787.6+0.5
UKIP David Muat2175.9+3.5
Majority 61616.9
Turnout 3,65449.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Denton and Westerhope

Denton and Westerhope
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Simon Barnes 1,028 36.4 −2.5
Newcastle Ind. Tracey Mitchell90832.1−1.4
UKIP Ian McKinnell37613.3+5.2
Independent Brian Moore2408.5New
Conservative Leanne Conway-Wilcox1906.7−3.3
Liberal Democrats Jackie Slesenger853.0−6.1
Majority 1204.2
Turnout 2,82733.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Elswick

Elswick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Habib Rahman 1,585 72.0 +3.4
Green Peter Thomson24811.3+1.1
Conservative Margaret Birkmyre2069.4+0.4
Liberal Democrats David Faulkner1617.3+2.2
Majority 1,33760.8
Turnout 2,20032.7
Labour hold Swing

Fawdon and West Gosforth

Fawdon and West Gosforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Lovatt 1,615 58.3 +7.8
Labour Adam Walker61922.4−6.5
Green Sandy Irvine2709.8+1.4
Conservative Steve Axford2659.6−2.0
Majority 99636.0
Turnout 2,76938.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Gosforth

Gosforth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Woodwark 1,591 40.7 +4.2
Conservative Steve Kyte1,02926.3−2.5
Labour Craig Dawson77919.9−5.7
Green Alistair Ford51413.1+0.2
Majority 56214.4
Turnout 3,91351.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heaton

Heaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John-Paul Stephenson 1,314 46.3 +3.9
Green Andrew Gray78727.7−4.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Boyle50217.7−4.4
Conservative John Dobie2378.3+2.3
Majority 52718.6
Turnout 2,84041.3
Labour hold Swing

Kenton

Kenton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anya Durrant 1,112 48.5 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Austin55724.3+7.6
Conservative Alison Wake38616.8+0.2
Socialist Alternative Oisin Gourley23810.4+5.0
Majority 55524.2
Turnout 2,29331.6
Labour hold Swing

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqui Robinson 1,180 56.2 +1.6
Conservative Scott Jewitt61429.3+9.9
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen30414.5−4.2
Majority 56627.0
Turnout 2,09830.8
Labour hold Swing

Lemington

Lemington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kyle Webster 944 41.6 −9.9
Newcastle Ind. John Gordon84437.2+11.9
Conservative Simon Bell23910.5−1.7
Green Rick Dunfield1225.4−1.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Petrie1205.3+0.6
Majority 1004.4
Turnout 2,26931.9
Labour hold Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Matthew Folker 1,665 57.0 +7.0
Labour Charlie Gray96433.0−1.5
Conservative Paul Dyer29310.0+1.0
Majority 70124.0
Turnout 2,92241.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Monument

Monument (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Theresa Cairns 663 51.2 −11.9
Labour Shumel Rahman 485 37.4 −23.3
Green Cliff Brown37128.6+9.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Fleetwood23217.9+7.5
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani18814.5+4.9
Conservative Stephen Dawes17813.7−1.2
Conservative Dewi Roberts15211.7−3.1
Majority 272.521.0
Turnout 1,29629.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

North Jesmond

North Jesmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerard Keating 1,018 50.1 +9.4
Labour Co-op Alex Hay57728.4−8.5
Green Tony Waterston26713.1+0.1
Conservative Kitty Lau1698.3−5.7
Majority 44121.7
Turnout 2,03145.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ouseburn

Ouseburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Kane 1,012 49.7 +3.4
Labour Co-op Stephen Powers76537.6−9.3
Green Alistair Bonnett1949.5−4.5
Conservative Jason Carr653.2−1.8
Majority 24712.1
Turnout 2,03644.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op Swing

Parklands

Parklands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Morrissey 1,602 38.9 +1.0
Conservative John Watts77118.7−3.6
Labour Laura Repton66016.0−6.9
Independent John Hall51212.4−0.7
Green James Milne3478.4−1.9
Independent John Urquhart2265.5New
Majority 83120.2
Turnout 4,11847.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Jesmond

South Jesmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lesley Storey 679 36.9 −12.6
Green Clare Andrews48926.6+9.8
Liberal Democrats Deborah Burns36019.6+5.8
Conservative Ian Macgilp28615.6−0.8
Communist Martin Levy241.3−0.8
Majority 19010.3
Turnout 1,83839.6
Labour hold Swing

Walker

Walker
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Wood 1,083 53.5 −10.1
UKIP Glen Bolton65032.1+22.5
Conservative Joan Atkin1507.4−3.3
Liberal Democrats Adrin Neatrour1437.1+1.8
Majority 43321.4
Turnout 2,02629.2
Labour hold Swing

Walkergate

Walkergate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Frew 1,229 44.3 −8.7
UKIP Ian Farrelly69024.9+13.3
Liberal Democrats Deborah Gallagher41715.0−3.3
Conservative Andrew Bulman2639.5−2.8
Green Daryl Hughes1756.3−1.4
Majority 53919.4
Turnout 2,77433.6
Labour hold Swing

West Fenham

West Fenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sylvia Copley 1,008 44.1 −14.1
UKIP John Richardson47820.9+8.3
Green Tay Pitman25611.2+3.2
Conservative Ken Wake22810.0−0.5
Newcastle Ind. Sarah Armstrong1838.0−3.0
Liberal Democrats Libby Dicken1315.7−4.3
Majority 53023.2
Turnout 2,28432.6
Labour hold Swing

Wingrove

Wingrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rebecca Shatwell 1,452 56.0 −1.1
Green John Pearson34213.2+5.1
Liberal Democrats Kami Kundi30711.8−0.2
Conservative Lauren Sykes26210.1−2.2
Newcastle Ind. Joseph Eldridge2318.9New
Majority 1,11042.8
Turnout 2,59437.3
Labour hold Swing

References

  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.
  7. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2019 - Newcastle upon Tyne". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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