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Local Election Results 2002

Newcastle upon Tyne

One-third of council up for election.

Other results for Newcastle upon Tyne: 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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)

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Consolidated results — Newcastle upon Tyne 2002

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

Benwell

Jeremy Beecham Lab 920 58.8%
James Cook C 312 19.9%
Gareth Cooper LD 264 16.9%
Anna Ashworth Grn 68 4.3%

Blakelaw

Gerard Keating LD 1542 55.1%
Edward Mottram Lab 1100 39.3%
Keith Gilfillan C 157 5.6%

Byker

Nicholas Kemp Lab 963 57.5%
Bill Hopwood SocAlt 303 18.1%
Thomas Thompson LD 301 18.0%
Alice Gingell C 108 6.4%

Castle

Ian Graham LD 1924 58.0%
James Lamb Lab 699 21.1%
Carolyn Smith C 693 20.9%

Dene

Robert Renton LD 2793 60.5%
Kevin Graham Lab 1075 23.3%
Heather Chambers C 575 12.5%
Christopher Hayday Grn 170 3.7%

Denton

Mary Carr Lab 1527 55.0%
Ian Proud LD 1001 36.1%
Ann Wake C 246 8.9%

Elswick

Sajawal Khan Lab 882 62.4%
Maureen Easton C 324 22.9%
Abdul Latif LD 207 14.6%

Fawdon

Keith Taylor Lab 1609 62.4%
Jacqueline Slesenger LD 592 23.0%
Peter Lumley C 347 13.5%
Yunus Bakhsh SocAll 31 1.2%

Fenham

George Johnson Lab 1507 60.3%
Florence Kirkby C 519 20.8%
Matthew Colquhoun LD 388 15.5%
Michael Kneafsey Grn 86 3.4%

Grange

Nicholas Cott LD 2353 67.6%
Helen Jackson Lab 629 18.1%
Alan Birkmyre C 388 11.1%
Geoffrey Parkin Grn 111 3.2%

Heaton

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%

Jesmond

Libby Dicken LD 1605 54.1%
Fiona Clarke Lab 864 29.1%
John Catto C 495 16.7%

Kenton

Stephen Lambert Lab 1223 42.3%
Jon-Jo Macnamara C 1082 37.4%
Anne Young LD 589 20.4%

Lemington

Barry Phillipson Lab 1223 61.7%
Shirley Mansfield LD 434 21.9%
Enid McQueen C 324 16.4%

Monkchester

Terence Telford Lab 1176 75.9%
Annie Gravell LD 224 14.5%
Katy Higham C 101 6.5%
Matthew Holborow Grn 48 3.1%

Moorside

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%

Newburn

Anne Whittaker Lab 1424 67.2%
John Mansfield LD 404 19.1%
Helen Hodges C 291 13.7%

Sandyford

Stephen Psallidas LD 1448 51.7%
Sheila Spencer Lab 994 35.5%
David Shepherdson Grn 189 6.7%
Claire Nelson C 171 6.1%

Scotswood

Hazel Stephenson Lab 760 60.4%
Brian Moore LD 400 31.8%
Muriel Pratt C 99 7.9%

South Gosforth

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%

Walker

George Douglas Lab 1075 77.5%
William Gravell LD 203 14.6%
Nicola McCabe C 78 5.6%
Martin Levy Comm 31 2.2%

Walkergate

Margaret Wood Lab 1351 47.3%
Peter Boyes LD 1307 45.8%
Matthew Biles C 120 4.2%
Philip Percival Grn 78 2.7%

West City

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%

Westerhope

June Angus Lab 1800 45.8%
Timothy Troman C 1521 38.7%
Robert Walker LD 609 15.5%

Wingrove

John Farrell Lab 1050 50.3%
Tonia Simpson LD 421 20.2%
Kenneth Wake C 401 19.2%
Michael Duckett Grn 215 10.3%

Woolsington

Lilian Kennedy Lab 1030 56.4%
Stephen Scott C 518 28.4%
Philip Lower LD 277 15.2%

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