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Local Election Results 2008

Newcastle upon Tyne

FEP = Free England Party
Left = Left List

Other results for Newcastle upon Tyne: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 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 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Liberal Democrat 32903 45.8% 19
Labour 22855 31.8% 9
Conservative 9666 13.5% 0
British National Party 4035 5.6% 0
Green Party 1107 1.5% 0
Independent 685 1.0% 0
Free England Party 367 0.5% 0
UK Independence Party 135 0.2% 0
Communist Party of Britain 31 0.0% 0
Left List 27 0.0% 0

Benwell and Scotswood

Robert Higgins Lab 1441 48.1%
Kelvin Gardiner LD 612 20.4%
Glen Watson BNP 429 14.3%
Neil Archibald C 366 12.2%
Laurence Ellacott Grn 145 4.8%

Blakelaw

Gerard Keating LD 1396 49.6%
Antoine Tinnion Lab 855 30.4%
Margaret Johnson C 295 10.5%
Mick Roche BNP 270 9.6%

Byker

George Allison Lab 1258 56.5%
Annie Gravell LD 377 16.9%
Steve Shears BNP 285 12.8%
Alice Gingell C 208 9.3%
Allen Divall Ind 97 4.4%

Castle

Ian Graham LD 1869 59.9%
Jennifer du Cane C 771 24.7%
Ash Nehmet Lab 481 15.4%

Dene

Wendy Taylor LD 1908 62.6%
Heather Chambers C 613 20.1%
Yvonne Bell Lab 525 17.2%

Denton

Peter Arnold LD 1707 49.7%
Helen McStravick Lab 882 25.7%
Jon Aydon C 374 10.9%
Bill Curry BNP 337 9.8%
Ian Proud UKIP 135 3.9%

East Gosforth

Peter Leggott LD 1892 62.6%
Alan Birkmyre C 630 20.8%
Bialu Ngituka Lab 502 16.6%

Elswick

Doreen James Lab 933 38.2%
Ken Booth BNP 657 26.9%
Amjad Aslam Ind 339 13.9%
Andrew McQuillin LD 309 12.6%
Ron Toward C 179 7.3%
Dean Huggins Left 27 1.1%

Fawdon

Brenda Hindmarsh LD 1770 60.0%
Catherine McKinnell Lab 620 21.0%
Martin Thomson FEP 367 12.4%
Stephen Warrick C 194 6.6%

Fenham [LD gain from Lab]

Colin Dalglish LD 1491 45.7%
George Johnson Lab 1188 36.4%
Shaun Russell BNP 295 9.0%
Denis Flaherty C 290 8.9%

Kenton

Margaret Carter Lab 1371 52.9%
David Turner LD 752 29.0%
Barney Baber C 471 18.2%

Lemington [LD gain from Lab]

Liz Langfield LD 1280 42.9%
Barry Phillipson Lab 1131 37.9%
Graham Hodgson BNP 325 10.9%
Sarah Armstrong C 248 8.3%

Newburn [LD gain from Lab]

Mike Curthoys LD 1353 43.0%
Anne Whittaker Lab 1223 38.9%
Sheila Gregory BNP 333 10.6%
Maureen Smith C 236 7.5%

North Heaton

Doreen Huddart LD 1693 55.3%
David Denholm Lab 688 22.5%
James Langley C 398 13.0%
Chris Hayday Grn 281 9.2%

North Jesmond (2)

Peter Breakey LD 1013 54.2%
Catherine Pagan LD 944
Fiona Clarke Lab 486 26.0%
Sophie White Lab 397
Ben Fletcher C 371 19.8%
Rosie Fletcher C 340

Ouseburn

Stephen Psallidas LD 814 51.1%
Patrick Clarke Lab 451 28.3%
Dave Shepherdson Grn 181 11.4%
Emma Carr C 146 9.2%

Parklands (2)

John Shipley LD 2255 62.5%
David Down LD 1984
Mark Laing C 693 19.2%
Pam Doyle C 621
Susan Pearson Lab 409 11.3%
Gordon Macfarlane Lab 329
Andrea Bell Ind 249 6.9%

South Heaton [Lab gain from LD]

Christopher Bartlett Lab 948 46.1%
Henry Gallagher LD 813 39.5%
Andrew Gray Grn 190 9.2%
Kenneth Wake C 107 5.2%

South Jesmond

Chris Boyle LD 946 54.7%
Barry Flux C 430 24.9%
Tom Hardwick Lab 354 20.5%

Walker

David Wood Lab 1444 57.4%
Michael Burn LD 496 19.7%
John Mitchell BNP 274 10.9%
Marian McWilliams C 172 6.8%
Anna Heyman Grn 97 3.9%
Martin Levy Comm 31 1.2%

Walkergate

Peter Allen LD 1596 55.5%
Maureen Lowson Lab 809 28.1%
David Tullin BNP 278 9.7%
Stephen Lowrey C 195 6.8%

West Gosforth

Nick Cott LD 2084 62.2%
Neville Armstrong C 840 25.1%
Howard Elcock Lab 428 12.8%

Westerhope

Marc Donnelly LD 2085 53.5%
Brian Hunter Lab 847 21.7%
Jason Smith C 652 16.7%
Daniel Thorlby BNP 311 8.0%

Westgate

Nick Forbes Lab 938 64.7%
James Kenyon LD 305 21.0%
Charlotte Ball C 206 14.2%

Wingrove [Lab gain from LD]

Irim Ali Lab 1120 43.2%
Jaz Siddique LD 962 37.1%
Dominic Llewellyn C 300 11.6%
John Pearson Grn 213 8.2%

Woolsington [Lab gain from LD]

Sharon Pattison Lab 1523 48.0%
Bill Thorkildsen LD 1125 35.5%
Colin Forster C 281 8.9%
Gary Fawcett BNP 241 7.6%

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