2021 Newcastle City Council election

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Map showing the results of the 2021 Newcastle City Council election

The 2021 Newcastle City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Newcastle City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. [1] One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards (Byker and Chapel) electing two councillors. [2]

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Results

2021 Newcastle City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 18Decrease2.svg 264.3345266.731,47139.2+0.9
  Liberal Democrats 6Steady2.svg21.4142025.615,67319.5-3.9
  Independent 2Steady2.svg7.1133.85,6287.0+0.8
  Newcastle Ind. 2Increase2.svg 27.1133.85,4986.8+1.7
  Conservative 0Steady2.svg0.0000.014,16417.6+5.7
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.07,3239.1+0.2
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02320.3New
  For Britain 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01290.2New
  Communist 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0990.1+0.1
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0850.1New
  North East 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0720.1-0.3

Ward results

Arthur's Hill

Arthur's Hill [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Powers 1,031 67.6 -2.4
Conservative Maggie Birkmyre18812.3+4.9
Green Shehla Naqvi1238.1-1.8
Newcastle Ind. Joseph Eldridge1107.2-0.2
Liberal Democrats Tahir Siddique583.8-0.3
TUSC Daniel Gilmore161.0New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Benwell and Scotswood

Benwell and Scotswood [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rob Higgins 1,799 57.7 +7.2
Conservative Connor Shotton83726.9+17.7
Newcastle Ind. John Gordon2598.3-4.5
Green Tony Roberts1173.8-1.2
Liberal Democrats Hans Andersen1043.3-1.9
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Blakelaw

Blakelaw [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marion Williams 1,051 48.8 -2.2
Newcastle Ind. Annie Hunter47422.0New
Conservative Liam Kinchley42019.5+10.1
Green Alistair Ford1306.0-0.3
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani783.6-8.7
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Byker

Byker [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Veronica Dunn 1,175 59.4 +4.7
Labour Stephen Sheraton 1,170 59.2 +4.5
Conservative John Watts45022.8+17.7
Conservative Richard Tulip40620.5+15.4
Green Nick Hartley29715.0+5.4
Green Phillip James26413.4+3.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Psallidas1075.4+1.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Schofield864.4+0.3
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Callerton and Throckley

Callerton and Throckley [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Wright 1,292 43.8 +14.5
Newcastle Ind. Adam Mitchell66722.6-11.5
Conservative John Dobie56119.0+3.4
Green Idwal John32210.9-0.8
Liberal Democrats Aleisha Stansfield1083.7-8.0
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Castle

Castle [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Helen Laverick 1,522 41.1 +7.0
Labour Andrew Herridge1,02627.7-2.0
Conservative Elizabeth Yewdall73119.7+7.3
Independent Rachel Locke2306.2-1.3
Green Andrew Thorp1975.3-0.6
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chapel

Chapel [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lawrence Hunter 2,631 70.0 +5.1
Independent Graham Middleton 2,566 68.3 +3.4
Conservative Andrew Burnett61516.4+8.0
Labour Jamie Dickinson55514.8+1.0
Labour Sam Grist44111.7-2.1
Conservative Ian Forster43911.7+3.3
Green James Milne1072.8New
Liberal Democrats Judith Steen832.2+0.3
Liberal Democrats David Partington822.2+0.3
Turnout
Independent hold
Independent hold

Dene and South Gosforth

Dene and South Gosforth [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Robinson 1,777 45.1 +0.2
Labour Nick Arnold1,17729.9+1.9
Green Anna Foster50912.9-0.7
Conservative Gerry Langley47512.1+4.5
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Denton and Westerhope

Denton and Westerhope [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Newcastle Ind. Tracey Mitchell 1,493 46.5 +14.4
Labour Arlene Ainsley1,07533.4-3.0
Conservative Simon Bell49815.5+8.8
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Dicken752.3-0.7
Green Tom Registe732.3New
Majority41813.0
Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour Swing

Elswick

Elswick [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nicu Ion 1,599 66.0 -6.0
Conservative Saamiya Malik43618.0+8.6
Green Peter Thomson2349.7-1.6
Liberal Democrats David Faulkner1536.3-1.0
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Fawdon and West Gosforth

Fawdon and West Gosforth [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Cott 1,648 49.6 -8.7
Labour Gordana Vasic Franklin85625.8+3.4
Conservative Stephen Axford60818.3+8.7
Green Roger Whittaker2116.3-3.5
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Gosforth

Gosforth [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Hall 1,473 34.5 -6.2
Conservative Anandavardhan Anand1,15026.9+0.6
Labour Isra Mohammed1,01623.8+3.9
Green Frances Hinton43410.2-2.9
Independent James Sheerin2014.7New
Majority3237.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Heaton

Heaton [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare Penny-Evans 1,592 49.1 +2.8
Green Andrew Gray65820.3-7.4
Liberal Democrats Fiona Punchard60218.6+0.9
Conservative Hamish John2949.1+0.8
Communist Steve Handford993.1New
Majority93428.8
Labour hold Swing

Kenton

Kenton [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Lambert 1,461 53.1 +4.6
Conservative Alison Wake59521.6+4.8
Liberal Democrats Robert Austin40314.7-9.6
Green Joanna Jenkinson2218.0New
TUSC Oisin Gourley692.5-7.9
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Hay 1,239 49.8 -6.4
Conservative Leanne Conway-Wilcox81532.7+3.4
Newcastle Ind. Rochelle Monte2178.7New
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen1214.9-9.6
Green Mark Copsey983.9New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Lemington

Lemington [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Newcastle Ind. Jason Smith 1,442 48.5 +11.3
Labour Lu Thompson99733.5-8.1
Conservative Alexis Fernandes40013.4+2.9
Green Jess Maiden792.7-2.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Petrie561.9-3.4
Majority44515.0
Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Greg Stone 1,849 53.7 -3.3
Labour Co-op Stephen Stanners86025.0-8.0
Conservative Stephen Dawes41111.9+1.9
Green Mike Rabley2748.0New
Reform UK Barry Fowler521.5New
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Monument

Monument [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shumel Rahman 802 55.3 +17.9
Conservative William Hayes27519.0+5.3
Green Dana Abi Ghanem24316.8-11.8
Liberal Democrats Thom Campion1298.9-9.0
Majority
Labour hold Swing

North Jesmond

North Jesmond [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tanya Prestwell 850 38.4 +10.0
Liberal Democrats Deborah Burns80036.1-14.0
Green Robert Taylor31914.4+1.3
Conservative Melissa-Jane Pearson24511.1+2.7
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Ouseburn

Ouseburn [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Alistair Chisholm 952 44.1 +6.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howse89941.6-8.1
Green Daryl Hughes21610.0+0.5
Conservative Alexander Wang-Evans924.3+1.1
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Parklands

Parklands [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen 1,927 41.9 +3.0
Conservative Stephen Yewdall84818.4-0.3
Labour Abdul Samad72515.8-0.2
Newcastle Ind. John Hall66314.4+2.0
Green Audrey Macnaughton4399.5+1.1
Turnout 4,60250.1+2.3
Majority107923.4+3.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Jesmond

South Jesmond [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlie Gray 1,062 49.2 +12.3
Conservative Olly Scargill39318.2+2.6
Green Tim Downson34415.9-10.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Appleby25211.7-7.9
North East Brian Moore723.3New
Reform UK Martin Evison361.7New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Walker

Walker [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Wood 1,461 66.0 +12.5
Conservative Marie Marron50422.8+15.4
Green Rakesh Prashara904.1New
Liberal Democrats William Shepherd813.7-3.4
For Britain Tim Marron773.5New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Walkergate

Walkergate [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Lowson 1,608 51.7 +7.4
Conservative Stephen Oxborough67321.7+12.2
Liberal Democrats Deborah Gallagher47015.1+0.1
Green Jess Hamer1615.2-1.1
Reform UK Michael Harrigan1444.6New
For Britain Sharon Young521.7New
Majority93530.0
Labour hold Swing

West Fenham

West Fenham [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ian Tokell 947 34.2 -9.9
Green Tay Pitman64723.3+12.1
Liberal Democrats PJ Morrissey58721.2+15.5
Conservative Kenneth Wake41915.1+5.1
Newcastle Ind. Sarah Armstrong1736.2-1.8
Majority30010.9
Labour hold Swing

Wingrove

Wingrove [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Irim Ali 1,652 61.3 +5.3
Green John Pearson51619.1+5.9
Conservative Shabs Mohammed38614.3+4.2
Liberal Democrats Kami Kundi1435.3-6.5
Majority1,13642.2
Labour hold Swing

By-elections

Castle

Castle: 9 September 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thom Campion 1,306 42.5 +1.4
Labour Andrew Herridge77325.1-2.6
Conservative John Watts65721.4+1.7
Green Andrew Thorp2508.1+2.8
North East Brian Moore892.9New
Majority53317.4
Turnout 3,07531.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +2.0

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