Local Election Results 2002
Newcastle upon Tyne
One-third of council up for election.
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By-elections for Newcastle upon Tyne (may be incomplete): 18th July 2002 (Benwell)
— 4th September 2003 (Walker)
— 30th November 2006 (Lemington)
— 29th January 2009 (Fenham)
— 15th November 2012 (Ouseburn)
— 25th April 2013 (Castle; South Heaton)
— 6th June 2013 (Walkergate)
— 28th August 2014 (North Jesmond)
— 15th September 2016 (Blakelaw)
— 24th November 2016 (Blakelaw)
— 16th March 2017 (South Heaton)
— 9th September 2021 (Castle)
— 2nd March 2023 (Byker)
— 12th September 2024 (North Jesmond)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
Labour |
27993 |
44.2% |
18 |
Liberal Democrat |
22728 |
35.9% |
8 |
Conservative |
9857 |
15.6% |
0 |
Green Party |
1707 |
2.7% |
0 |
Independent |
503 |
0.8% |
0 |
Socialist Alternative |
303 |
0.5% |
0 |
Socialist Alliance |
117 |
0.2% |
0 |
Socialist Labour Party |
87 |
0.1% |
0 |
Communist Party of Britain |
31 |
0.0% |
0 |
Jeremy Beecham |
Lab |
920 |
58.8% |
James Cook |
C |
312 |
19.9% |
Gareth Cooper |
LD |
264 |
16.9% |
Anna Ashworth |
Grn |
68 |
4.3% |
Gerard Keating |
LD |
1542 |
55.1% |
Edward Mottram |
Lab |
1100 |
39.3% |
Keith Gilfillan |
C |
157 |
5.6% |
Nicholas Kemp |
Lab |
963 |
57.5% |
Bill Hopwood |
SocAlt |
303 |
18.1% |
Thomas Thompson |
LD |
301 |
18.0% |
Alice Gingell |
C |
108 |
6.4% |
Ian Graham |
LD |
1924 |
58.0% |
James Lamb |
Lab |
699 |
21.1% |
Carolyn Smith |
C |
693 |
20.9% |
Robert Renton |
LD |
2793 |
60.5% |
Kevin Graham |
Lab |
1075 |
23.3% |
Heather Chambers |
C |
575 |
12.5% |
Christopher Hayday |
Grn |
170 |
3.7% |
Mary Carr |
Lab |
1527 |
55.0% |
Ian Proud |
LD |
1001 |
36.1% |
Ann Wake |
C |
246 |
8.9% |
Sajawal Khan |
Lab |
882 |
62.4% |
Maureen Easton |
C |
324 |
22.9% |
Abdul Latif |
LD |
207 |
14.6% |
Keith Taylor |
Lab |
1609 |
62.4% |
Jacqueline Slesenger |
LD |
592 |
23.0% |
Peter Lumley |
C |
347 |
13.5% |
Yunus Bakhsh |
SocAll |
31 |
1.2% |
George Johnson |
Lab |
1507 |
60.3% |
Florence Kirkby |
C |
519 |
20.8% |
Matthew Colquhoun |
LD |
388 |
15.5% |
Michael Kneafsey |
Grn |
86 |
3.4% |
Nicholas Cott |
LD |
2353 |
67.6% |
Helen Jackson |
Lab |
629 |
18.1% |
Alan Birkmyre |
C |
388 |
11.1% |
Geoffrey Parkin |
Grn |
111 |
3.2% |
Doreen Huddart |
LD |
1173 |
43.2% |
Donald Price |
Lab |
1011 |
37.2% |
Andrew Gray |
Grn |
223 |
8.2% |
Scott Smith |
C |
221 |
8.1% |
Blanch Carpenter |
SocLab |
87 |
3.2% |
Libby Dicken |
LD |
1605 |
54.1% |
Fiona Clarke |
Lab |
864 |
29.1% |
John Catto |
C |
495 |
16.7% |
Stephen Lambert |
Lab |
1223 |
42.3% |
Jon-Jo Macnamara |
C |
1082 |
37.4% |
Anne Young |
LD |
589 |
20.4% |
Barry Phillipson |
Lab |
1223 |
61.7% |
Shirley Mansfield |
LD |
434 |
21.9% |
Enid McQueen |
C |
324 |
16.4% |
Terence Telford |
Lab |
1176 |
75.9% |
Annie Gravell |
LD |
224 |
14.5% |
Katy Higham |
C |
101 |
6.5% |
Matthew Holborow |
Grn |
48 |
3.1% |
Peter Wilson |
Lab |
843 |
54.2% |
Graham Soult |
LD |
257 |
16.5% |
Mary Toward |
C |
255 |
16.4% |
Peter Hilton |
Grn |
113 |
7.3% |
Julie Fowler |
SocAll |
86 |
5.5% |
Anne Whittaker |
Lab |
1424 |
67.2% |
John Mansfield |
LD |
404 |
19.1% |
Helen Hodges |
C |
291 |
13.7% |
Stephen Psallidas |
LD |
1448 |
51.7% |
Sheila Spencer |
Lab |
994 |
35.5% |
David Shepherdson |
Grn |
189 |
6.7% |
Claire Nelson |
C |
171 |
6.1% |
Hazel Stephenson |
Lab |
760 |
60.4% |
Brian Moore |
LD |
400 |
31.8% |
Muriel Pratt |
C |
99 |
7.9% |
Michael Cookson |
LD |
1854 |
54.0% |
Mike Summersby |
Ind |
503 |
14.6% |
Eric Mackinlay |
Lab |
470 |
13.7% |
Elizabeth Bessman |
C |
420 |
12.2% |
Sandy Irvine |
Grn |
187 |
5.4% |
George Douglas |
Lab |
1075 |
77.5% |
William Gravell |
LD |
203 |
14.6% |
Nicola McCabe |
C |
78 |
5.6% |
Martin Levy |
Comm |
31 |
2.2% |
Margaret Wood |
Lab |
1351 |
47.3% |
Peter Boyes |
LD |
1307 |
45.8% |
Matthew Biles |
C |
120 |
4.2% |
Philip Percival |
Grn |
78 |
2.7% |
Doreen James |
Lab |
788 |
62.7% |
Jesus Miguel-Garcia |
Grn |
219 |
17.4% |
David Besag |
LD |
158 |
12.6% |
Margaret Kelly |
C |
91 |
7.2% |
June Angus |
Lab |
1800 |
45.8% |
Timothy Troman |
C |
1521 |
38.7% |
Robert Walker |
LD |
609 |
15.5% |
John Farrell |
Lab |
1050 |
50.3% |
Tonia Simpson |
LD |
421 |
20.2% |
Kenneth Wake |
C |
401 |
19.2% |
Michael Duckett |
Grn |
215 |
10.3% |
Lilian Kennedy |
Lab |
1030 |
56.4% |
Stephen Scott |
C |
518 |
28.4% |
Philip Lower |
LD |
277 |
15.2% |
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