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Local Election Results 2011

Newcastle upon Tyne

Note:— The election in Byker ward was postponed due to the death of a candidate, and the election in Westerhope ward was abandoned due to the death of a candidate on polling day.

Comm = Communist Party of Britain
NuTCFP = Newcastle upon Tyne Community First Party (standing as "It's Time to Put Newcastle First")

Other results for Newcastle upon Tyne: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 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 2011

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 40540 50.7% 21
Liberal Democrat 23914 29.9% 6
Conservative 8877 11.1% 0
British National Party 2050 2.6% 0
Green Party 1681 2.1% 0
Newcastle upon Tyne Community First Party 1619 2.0% 0
Independent 1266 1.6% 0
Communist Party of Britain 22 0.0% 0

Benwell and Scotswood

Hazel Stephenson Lab 2202 68.5%
Doug Graham BNP 356 11.1%
Neville Armstrong C 332 10.3%
James Kenyon LD 323 10.1%

Blakelaw [Lab gain from LD]

Sue Pearson Lab 1940 59.3%
Philip Lower LD 1088 33.2%
James Langley C 246 7.5%

Byker [Postponed poll, death of candidate Alice Gingell (C); held 16th June 2011]

Veronica Dunn Lab 1206 72.6%
Ken Booth BNP 144 8.7%
Tracy Connell LD 102 6.1%
Alan Mattinson Ind 78 4.7%
James Bartle C 76 4.6%
Angela McKenna NuTCFP 55 3.3%

Castle

Ian Laverick LD 1548 45.7%
Craig Johnson Lab 1367 40.3%
Kenneth Wake C 476 14.0%

Dene

Bob Renton LD 1713 48.5%
Ian Rossiter Lab 1307 37.0%
Heather Chambers C 511 14.5%

Denton [Lab gain from LD]

Simon Bird Lab 2005 55.0%
PJ Morrissey LD 1034 28.4%
Alan McKenna NuTCFP 387 10.6%
Alan Mirkmyre C 221 6.1%

East Gosforth

Henry Gallagher LD 1542 41.0%
Ed Derrick Lab 1322 35.1%
Martin Sharman C 496 13.2%
Frances Hinton Grn 403 10.7%

Elswick (2) [Death of Doreen James]

Dipu Ahad Lab 1742 66.0%
Ann Schofield Lab 1604
Denny Gallagher BNP 301 11.4%
Imran Adil C 289 10.9%
Neil Mooney BNP 204
Hannah Claytor LD 166 6.3%
James O'Sullivan C 159
James Alder NuTCFP 143 5.4%
Matthew Folker LD 123

Fawdon [Lab gain from LD]

Antione Tinnion Lab 1439 44.5%
Ron Clark LD 1302 40.3%
Anita Cooper BNP 261 8.1%
Tim Gilks C 229 7.1%

Fenham

Matthew Myers Lab 1773 50.2%
Mitzi Emery LD 890 25.2%
Urfan Hussain C 385 10.9%
Ken Booth BNP 357 10.1%
John Gordon NuTCFP 129 3.7%

Kenton

Stephen Lambert Lab 2084 70.7%
Peter Thompson LD 449 15.2%
Greg Peer C 416 14.1%

Lemington [Lab gain from LD]

Barry Phillipson Lab 1859 55.1%
Lawrence Hunter LD 1026 30.4%
Paul Kennet BNP 178 5.3%
Hugo Wiseman C 157 4.7%
Wendy Thackray NuTCFP 153 4.5%

Newburn [Lab gain from LD]

Hilary Franks Lab 1823 53.1%
Mike Lynch LD 1078 31.4%
Sarah Balston C 260 7.6%
Bill Curry BNP 148 4.3%
Olga Shorton NuTCFP 121 3.5%

North Heaton [Lab gain from LD]

Michael Johnson Lab 1728 46.8%
Karen Robinson LD 1554 42.1%
James Bartle C 409 11.1%

North Jesmond

Peter Andras LD 870 37.3%
Rebecca Earnshaw Lab 770 33.0%
William Holloway C 419 18.0%
Tim Dowson Grn 273 11.7%

Ouseburn [Lab gain from LD]

Ian Preston Lab 1110 49.9%
Gareth Cooper LD 932 41.9%
Emma Carr C 182 8.2%

Parklands

David Down LD 2098 54.0%
Sheila Spencer Lab 964 24.8%
Kami Kundi C 521 13.4%
Andrea Bell Ind 305 7.8%

South Heaton

Henri Murison Lab 1908 71.7%
Mark Nelson LD 311 11.7%
Andrew Gray Grn 293 11.0%
Katie Bennet C 150 5.6%

South Jesmond [Lab gain from LD]

David Hardman Lab 854 39.3%
Bob Walker LD 697 32.1%
Kevin O'Neill C 357 16.4%
Tony Waterston Grn 266 12.2%

Walker

Margaret Wood Lab 2189 79.4%
Kelly Scott LD 176 6.4%
John Mitchell BNP 144 5.2%
Joan Atkin C 128 4.6%
Ernie Shorton NuTCFP 99 3.6%
Martin Levy Comm 22 0.8%

Walkergate [Lab gain from LD]

David Denholm Lab 1682 49.7%
Pauline Allen LD 1580 46.7%
Marian McWilliams C 119 3.5%

West Gosforth

Jackie Slesenger LD 1824 45.7%
Margaret Murning Lab 1001 25.1%
Karen Jewers C 892 22.3%
Sandy Irvine Grn 276 6.9%

Westerhope [Poll abandoned due to death of candidate Neil Hamilton (LD) on polling day; rerun 16th June; Lab gain from LD]

Linda Hobson Lab 1106 33.2%
Pat Hillicks Ind 883 26.5%
Ernie Shorton NuTCFP 532 16.0%
PJ Morrissey LD 492 14.8%
William Holloway C 240 7.2%
Anita Cooper BNP 81 2.4%

Westgate

Joanne Kingsland Lab 1342 73.6%
Rachel Auld LD 278 15.2%
Thomas Cheney C 203 11.1%

Wingrove

Nigel Todd Lab 1753 58.8%
Mehrban Sadiq C 673 22.6%
Clare Schofield LD 303 10.2%
John Pearson Grn 170 5.7%
Russ Rickerby BNP 80 2.7%

Woolsington

Kevin Graham Lab 2064 66.8%
Susan Long LD 538 17.4%
Colin Forster C 490 15.8%

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