2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

Last updated May 21, 2024

The 2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England on the same day as other local elections.^[1] One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards (Birtley and Lamesley) electing two councillors.^[2]

Results

2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	19		79.2	33	52	78.8	25,633	46.8	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	5		20.8	8	13	19.7	11,261	20.6	6.2
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.5	213	0.4	0.2
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	12,324	22.5	11.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,693	8.6	0.1
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	288	0.5	New
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	200	0.4	New
	Save Us Now	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	90	0.2	-0.7
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	71	0.1	New

Ward results

Birtley

Birtley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hazel Weatherley	977	53.2	+14.9%
	Labour	Catherine Davidson	898	49.0	+10.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Elliott	764	41.6	+25.5%
	Conservative	Joseph Callanan	476	26.0	+20.6%
	Conservative	Richard Herdman	366	20.0	+12.6%
	Green	Jonathon Taylor	169	9.2	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blaydon

Blaydon^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Ronchetti	1,165	52.1	-3.5%
	Conservative	Susan Wilson	642	28.7	+17.4%
	Green	Simon Easton	290	13.0	-6.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Amelia Ord	139	6.2	-1.2%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridges

Bridges^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Eagle	916	55.6	-5.7%
	Conservative	Martin Backley	357	21.7	+6.3%
	Green	Nicholas Rush-Cooper	237	14.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Cooper	138	8.4	-14.9%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Bradford	1,464	53.7	+4.8%
	Conservative	Brian Derrick	672	24.7	+15.1%
	Green	David Castleton	275	10.1	-2.5%
	Workers Party	Andrew Metcalfe	200	7.3	New
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Callender	115	4.2	-5.1%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Chowdene

Chowdene^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McElroy	1,254	52.6	+5.3%
	Conservative	David Potts	597	25.0	+12.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Welsh	298	12.5	-6.9%
	Green	Thomas Newell	167	7.0	New
	TUSC	Marika Smith	68	2.9	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Crawcrook and Greenside

Crawcrook and Greenside^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathleen McCartney	1,241	42.9	+1.4%
	Green	Diane Cadman	920	31.8	+6.0%
	Conservative	Christopher Coxon	654	22.6	+12.8%
	Liberal Democrats	David Randall	81	2.8	-4.4%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Deckham

Deckham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leigh Kirton	1,036	55.0	-2.8%
	Conservative	Josh Knotts	516	27.4	+13.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Spours	169	9.0	-2.8%
	Green	Gary Brooks	94	5.0	-11.6%
	TUSC	Norman Hall	68	3.6	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Dunston and Teams

Dunston and Teams^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Clelland	1,118	62.1	+3.5%
	Conservative	Jordan-Lee Guthrie	388	21.6	+11.0%
	Green	Andy Banchflower	137	7.6	-7.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Beth Gordon	116	6.4	-1.9%
	Save Us Now	Susan Hall	41	2.3	-4.8%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

Dunston Hill and Whickham East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Maughan	1,325	48.6	-4.1%
	Labour	Lee-Ann Moir	843	30.9	+0.8%
	Conservative	Jak Hocking	376	13.8	+9.1%
	Green	Isabel Banchflower	153	5.6	-1.7%
	Save Us Now	Graham Steele	31	1.1	-4.1%
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Felling

Felling^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sonya Dickie	871	57.4	-6.7%
	Conservative	Peter Jackson	354	23.3	+10.5%
	Liberal Democrats	David Fawcett	178	11.7	-11.4%
	Green	Neil Grant	115	7.6	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

High Fell

High Fell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Green	861	50.1	-6.3%
	Conservative	Francis Athey	390	22.7	+10.0%
	Independent	Thomas Holder	189	11.0	New
	TUSC	Elaine Brunskill	102	5.9	-3.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Robinson Stanaway	81	4.7	-7.4%
	Green	Gabriel Rubinstein	70	4.1	New
	Independent	Andrew Marshall	24	1.4	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Lamesley

Lamesley^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Turner	1,218	59.8	+7.0%
	Labour	Jane McCoid	1,040	51.0	-1.8%
	Conservative	Sheila Everatt	811	39.8	+18.7%
	Conservative	Ali Pargam	504	24.8	+3.7%
	Green	Ashleigh McLean	276	13.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Clarke	225	11.0	+0.8%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lobley Hill and Bensham

Lobley Hill and Bensham^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Donovan	1,295	56.6	+7.6%
	Conservative	Janice Hutchinson	605	26.4	+12.9%
	Green	Andy Redfern	211	9.2	-5.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Duggan	177	7.7	-9.8%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Fell

Low Fell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Duggan	1,730	51.0	-6.9%
	Labour	Calvin Lawson	1,166	34.4	+8.0%
	Conservative	Paul Sterling	312	9.2	+3.0%
	Green	Mark Gorman	186	5.5	-4.0%
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pelaw and Heworth

Pelaw and Heworth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Patterson	1,392	56.2	+4.7%
	Labour	Vinnie Humphries	744	30.0	-0.6%
	Conservative	John Gardiner	176	7.1	+4.5%
	Green	Nick Boldrini	166	6.7	+1.4%
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ryton Crookhill and Stella

Ryton Crookhill and Stella^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Buckley	1,547	53.6	+4.4%
	Conservative	Lucinda Wilson	545	18.9	+11.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Maughan	339	11.7	-5.7%
	Green	Andrew Mason	334	11.6	+5.1%
	Reform UK	Stephen Osborne	71	2.5	New
	TUSC	Ros Cooper	50	1.7	-0.2%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Saltwell

Saltwell^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Robson	877	44.1	-7.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Leanne Brand	590	29.6	+17.0%
	Conservative	Alan Bond	320	16.1	-3.2%
	Green	Rachel Cabral	185	9.3	-7.7%
	Save Us Now	Craig Gallagher	18	0.9	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Wardley and Leam Lane

Wardley and Leam Lane^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Green	1,266	59.6	+5.7%
	Conservative	John McNeil	590	27.8	+17.9%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Wintcher	136	6.4	-7.3%
	Green	John Aspinall	131	6.2	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Whickham North

Whickham North^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sonya Hawkins	1,464	56.8	-13.6%
	Labour	Jeff Bowe	574	22.3	-0.2%
	Conservative	John Callanan	448	17.4	+10.3%
	Green	Tom Jamieson	92	3.6	New
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whickham South and Sunniside

Whickham South and Sunniside^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Mohammed	1,471	49.1	-23.8%
	Labour	Pamela Burns	699	23.3	+5.1%
	Conservative	Perry Wilson	656	21.9	+13.1%
	Green	Bryony Taylor	170	5.7	New
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Windy Nook and Whitehills

Windy Nook and Whitehills^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Mullen	1,199	55.0	-3.4%
	Conservative	Kyle Murray	601	27.6	+14.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Walker	220	10.1	-4.2%
	Green	Christina Grant	160	7.3	-7.0%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Winlaton and High Spen

Winlaton and High Spen^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Simpson	1,364	49.8	-4.3%
	Conservative	Lewis Ormston	968	35.4	+16.8%
	Green	Paul McNally	292	10.7	-8.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Hawkins	113	4.1	-4.0%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Related Research Articles

The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It includes Gateshead, Rowlands Gill, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Felling, Birtley, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell. The borough forms part of the Tyneside conurbation, centred on Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2021 census, the borough had a population of 196,154.

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.

Northumberland County Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Northumberland in North East England. Since 2009 it has been a unitary authority, having also taken over district-level functions when the county's districts were abolished.

Durham County Council is the local authority which governs the non-metropolitan county of County Durham in North East England. Since 2009 it has been a unitary authority, having taken over district-level functions when the county's districts were abolished. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county of County Durham, which additionally includes Darlington, Hartlepool and the parts of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees. The county council has its headquarters at County Hall in Durham.

North Tyneside Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is one of five such councils in Tyne and Wear, and one of 36 in England. It provides the majority of local government services in North Tyneside.

The 2016 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The 2018 Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Stockport Council is elected in thirds, which means that in each three member local ward, one councillor is elected every year, except every four years which is classed as a fallow year. The last fallow year was 2017, when no local government elections took place in the borough. Those councillors elected in 2018 will serve a four-year term, expiring in 2022. The election in Edgeley & Cheadle Heath was deferred, owing to the death of the Conservative candidate, until 24 May 2018.

The 2018 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The 2019 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

The 2021 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards Almondbury electing two councillors. In November 2020, 3 Labour Councillors resigned in protest over the handling of the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn. This resulted in Labour losing overall control of Kirklees Council.

The 2021 Bury Metropolitan Borough Council election took place in 2021 to elect members of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election, with a total of 69 candidates standing.

The 2021 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election.

The 2021 Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards electing two councillors.

The 2021 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. One third of the seats, one in each of the twenty three-member wards, were up for election, with three wards electing two councillors.

The 2021 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Rochdale Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election.

The 2021 Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in England. It coincided with other local elections across the United Kingdom. One-third of the seats were up for election, with three wards electing two councillors.

The 2022 Coventry City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 18 out of 54 — on Coventry City Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

The 2022 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors — 22 out of 66 — on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

The 2022 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third—20 out of 60—of councillors on Oldham Council was elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

The 2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day.

References

↑ "NOTICE OF ELECTION Gateshead" (PDF). Gateshead.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
↑ Soden, Herbert (14 April 2021). "Full list of candidates standing in Gateshead Council local elections 2021". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "NOTICE OF POLL Gateshead" (PDF). Gateshead.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "NOTICE OF ELECTION Gateshead" (PDF). Gateshead.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[2] Soden, Herbert (14 April 2021). "Full list of candidates standing in Gateshead Council local elections 2021". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[wards-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "NOTICE OF POLL Gateshead" (PDF). Gateshead.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e Council elections in Tyne and Wear
Gateshead	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Newcastle	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
North Tyneside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Tyneside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Sunderland	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Mayor of the North East	2024
Tyne and Wear CC	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
North of Tyne mayor	2019 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (2019 ←) 2021 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2022)
Mayors of multiple LAs	Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Greater Manchester Liverpool City Region London Tees Valley West Midlands West of England West Yorkshire
Mayors of single LAs	Bristol Doncaster Liverpool Salford North Tyneside
County councils	Cambridgeshire Derbyshire Devon East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire West Sussex Worcestershire
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Buckinghamshire City of London Cornwall Derby Durham Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Isle of Wight Isles of Scilly Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Northamptonshire Northumberland Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Swindon Thurrock Warrington West Northamptonshire Wiltshire Wokingham
District councils	Adur Amber Valley Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Crawley Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Harlow Hart Hastings Havant Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor St Albans Stevenage Stroud Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Oxfordshire Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing
Other elections	Hartlepool by-election London Assembly Police and crime commissioners (North Yorkshire by-election) Scottish Parliament Senedd/Welsh Parliament