Local Election Results 2003
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)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
36019 |
42.8% |
16 |
| Liberal Democrat |
30496 |
36.2% |
11 |
| Conservative |
12125 |
14.4% |
0 |
| Independent |
2149 |
2.6% |
0 |
| Green Party |
1320 |
1.6% |
0 |
| National Front |
814 |
1.0% |
0 |
| British National Party |
634 |
0.8% |
0 |
| Socialist Alternative |
435 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
144 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Communist Party of Britain |
60 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Eric Mackinlay |
Lab |
1117 |
47.1% |
| Alexander Rutherford |
LD |
678 |
28.6% |
| Jonathan Keys |
BNP |
357 |
15.0% |
| Roisin Bevan |
C |
222 |
9.4% |
| Charles Schardt |
LD |
1853 |
48.2% |
| Edward Mottram |
Lab |
1639 |
42.7% |
| Chris Kelly |
C |
350 |
9.1% |
| George Allison |
Lab |
1415 |
61.6% |
| Thomas Thompson |
LD |
360 |
15.7% |
| Bill Hopwood |
SocAlt |
357 |
15.5% |
| Alice Gingell |
C |
166 |
7.2% |
| David Down |
LD |
2244 |
59.8% |
| Sydney Ramsey |
LD |
2189 |
|
| Kevin Graham |
Lab |
769 |
20.5% |
| Keith Gilfillan |
C |
740 |
19.7% |
| Sandra Gilfillan |
C |
692 |
|
| George Pattison |
Lab |
640 |
|
| Gregory Stone |
LD |
3369 |
58.2% |
| Raymond Stobbs |
Lab |
1241 |
21.4% |
| Heather Chambers |
C |
877 |
15.2% |
| Chris Hayday |
Grn |
299 |
5.2% |
| Ian Proud |
LD |
1810 |
48.0% |
| Michael Lynch |
Lab |
1642 |
43.5% |
| Ann Wake |
C |
321 |
8.5% |
| Peter Thomson |
Lab |
1033 |
55.7% |
| Abdul Latif |
LD |
482 |
26.0% |
| Ronald Toward |
C |
341 |
18.4% |
| James Laing |
Lab |
1850 |
56.7% |
| Marguerite Rook |
LD |
1006 |
30.8% |
| Peter Lumley |
C |
405 |
12.4% |
| Terence Cooney |
Lab |
1828 |
48.7% |
| Robert Ewart |
Ind |
1337 |
35.7% |
| Florence Kirkby |
C |
585 |
15.6% |
| Jacqueline Slesenger |
LD |
3238 |
66.9% |
| David Cook |
Lab |
918 |
19.0% |
| Alan Birkmyre |
C |
684 |
14.1% |
| Caroline Persson |
LD |
1405 |
44.4% |
| Geraldine Ormonde |
Lab |
1168 |
36.9% |
| Andrew Gray |
Grn |
339 |
10.7% |
| Elizabeth Bessman |
C |
250 |
7.9% |
| Christopher Boyle |
LD |
1604 |
47.6% |
| Joanne Kingsland |
Lab |
1271 |
37.7% |
| John Catto |
C |
494 |
14.7% |
| Margaret Carter |
Lab |
1574 |
42.9% |
| Jon Macnamara |
C |
1430 |
38.9% |
| Anne Young |
LD |
669 |
18.2% |
| John Gordon |
Lab |
1877 |
57.7% |
| Shirley Mansfield |
LD |
655 |
20.1% |
| Paul Foster |
NF |
369 |
11.4% |
| Enid McQueen |
C |
350 |
10.8% |
| Paul Brown |
Lab |
1720 |
74.8% |
| Annie Gravell |
LD |
404 |
17.6% |
| John Gough |
C |
174 |
7.6% |
| Geoffrey O'Brien |
Lab |
1096 |
49.2% |
| Graham Soult |
LD |
437 |
19.6% |
| Mary Toward |
C |
352 |
15.8% |
| Peter Hilton |
Grn |
200 |
9.0% |
| Julie Fowler |
SocAll |
144 |
6.5% |
| Danny Marshall |
Lab |
1001 |
41.0% |
| John Mansfield |
LD |
674 |
27.6% |
| Kenneth Booth |
NF |
445 |
18.2% |
| Helen Hodges |
C |
320 |
13.1% |
| Gareth Cooper |
LD |
1887 |
58.0% |
| Sally Young |
Lab |
1133 |
34.8% |
| Claire Nelson |
C |
232 |
7.1% |
| Robert Higgins |
Lab |
1162 |
62.2% |
| Brian Moore |
LD |
419 |
22.4% |
| William Curtis |
BNP |
151 |
8.1% |
| Julian Toward |
C |
137 |
7.3% |
| Peter Arnold |
LD |
2125 |
51.7% |
| Mike Summersby |
Ind |
730 |
17.8% |
| Siobhan O'Brien |
Lab |
611 |
14.9% |
| Carolyn Smith |
C |
393 |
9.6% |
| Alexander Irvine |
Grn |
250 |
6.1% |
| John Cunningham |
Lab |
1632 |
74.4% |
| William Gravell |
LD |
360 |
16.4% |
| Joseph Prince |
C |
142 |
6.5% |
| Martin Levy |
Comm |
60 |
2.7% |
| Peter Allen |
LD |
2115 |
50.2% |
| John Stokel-Walker |
Lab |
1951 |
46.4% |
| Georgina Pickford |
C |
143 |
3.4% |
| John O'Shea |
Lab |
1113 |
63.9% |
| David Besag |
LD |
234 |
13.4% |
| Leonard McCourt |
BNP |
126 |
7.2% |
| Emma Harrington |
C |
109 |
6.3% |
| Bryan Allen |
Ind |
82 |
4.7% |
| Catherine Collins |
SocAlt |
78 |
4.5% |
| Brian Hunter |
Lab |
2500 |
46.0% |
| Timothy Troman |
C |
1963 |
36.1% |
| Matthew Colquhoun |
LD |
971 |
17.9% |
| John Marshall |
Lab |
1240 |
43.2% |
| Richard Morl |
LD |
945 |
32.9% |
| Kenneth Wake |
C |
451 |
15.7% |
| Anna Ashworth |
Grn |
232 |
8.1% |
| Alan Bell |
Lab |
1518 |
59.2% |
| Robert Jackman |
LD |
552 |
21.5% |
| Kate Higham |
C |
494 |
19.3% |
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