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Local Election Results 2012

Newcastle upon Tyne

One-third of council up for election.

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 2011 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 2012

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 34202 51.2% 16
Liberal Democrat 18464 27.7% 10
Conservative 5082 7.6% 0
Newcastle upon Tyne Community First Party 4619 6.9% 0
Independent 2254 3.4% 1
Green Party 1726 2.6% 0
British National Party 246 0.4% 0
Communist Party of Britain 102 0.2% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 74 0.1% 0

Benwell and Scotswood

Rob Higgins Lab 1959 71.1%
Margaret McKenna NuTCFP 444 16.1%
Gregg Peers C 201 7.3%
Lutz Lemmer LD 151 5.5%

Blakelaw [Lab gain from LD]

David Stockdale Lab 1948 70.5%
Colin Dalglish LD 615 22.3%
Oliver Kaer C 199 7.2%

Byker

George Allison Lab 1594 77.9%
Angela McKenna NuTCFP 225 11.0%
Peter Thompson LD 118 5.8%
Donald Robinson C 110 5.4%

Castle

Ian Graham LD 1432 49.9%
Shane Smith Lab 991 34.5%
Malcolm Smith NuTCFP 229 8.0%
Katie Bennett C 217 7.6%

Dene (2) [Resignation of Sharon Bailey]

Wendy Taylor LD 1744 58.9%
Karen Robinson LD 1521
Ian Rossiter Lab 865 29.2%
Yvonne Bell Lab 820
Heather Chambers C 354 11.9%
Kenneth Wake C 246

Denton [Lab gain from LD]

Michael Burke Lab 1757 57.7%
Alan McKenna NuTCFP 525 17.2%
Kevin Brown LD 475 15.6%
Alan Birkmyre C 188 6.2%
Bill Curry BNP 99 3.3%

East Gosforth

Peter Leggott LD 1308 43.0%
Ed Derrick Lab 1059 34.8%
Frances Hinton Grn 364 12.0%
Timothy Gilks C 310 10.2%

Elswick

Ann Schofield Lab 1666 79.0%
Olga Shorton NuTCFP 203 9.6%
Matthew Folker LD 126 6.0%
Ron Toward C 115 5.5%

Fawdon

Brenda Hindmarsh LD 1488 50.6%
Bill Dodds Lab 1144 38.9%
Anita Cooper BNP 147 5.0%
Marie Brown C 84 2.9%
Maureen Smith NuTCFP 76 2.6%

Fenham [Lab gain from LD]

Marion Talbot Lab 1735 59.8%
P J Morrissey LD 643 22.2%
Ian Fraser NuTCFP 361 12.4%
Jaqueline McNally C 163 5.6%

Kenton

Jane Streather Lab 1723 72.0%
Tracy Connell LD 364 15.2%
Gerry Langley C 305 12.8%

Lemington [Lab gain from LD]

Louise Sutcliffe Lab 1227 45.6%
Lawrence Hunter LD 694 25.8%
Jason Smith NuTCFP 684 25.4%
Matthew Windle C 85 3.2%

Newburn [Lab gain from LD]

Steve Fairlee Lab 1481 54.8%
Mike Curthoys LD 426 15.8%
John Gordon NuTCFP 407 15.1%
Idwal John Ind 246 9.1%
Mary Toward C 144 5.3%

North Heaton

Doreen Huddart LD 1582 48.9%
Denise Jones Lab 1262 39.0%
Mike Rabley Grn 226 7.0%
Laura Dobie C 166 5.1%

North Jesmond

Peter Breakey LD 978 56.5%
David Hickling Lab 523 30.2%
James Bartle C 229 13.2%

Ouseburn

Stephen Psallidas LD 908 50.6%
Norman Slater Lab 643 35.9%
Alastair Bonnett Grn 170 9.5%
Tom Grime C 72 4.0%

Parklands

Pauline Allen LD 1746 54.8%
Sheila Spencer Lab 780 24.5%
Neville Armstrong C 484 15.2%
Lynne Gee NuTCFP 177 5.6%

South Heaton

Christopher Bartlett Lab 1188 69.4%
Andrew Gray Grn 210 12.3%
Mark Nelson LD 158 9.2%
Joshua Lambkin C 81 4.7%
Paul Phillips TUSC 74 4.3%

South Jesmond [Lab gain from LD]

Felicity Mendelson Lab 788 46.9%
Christopher Boyle LD 502 29.9%
Tony Waterson Grn 210 12.5%
Jonjo MacNamara C 179 10.7%

Walker

David Wood Lab 1950 83.2%
Wendy Thackray NuTCFP 210 9.0%
Patrick Fancett LD 108 4.6%
Joan Atkin C 76 3.2%

Walkergate [Lab gain from LD]

Tania Armstrong Lab 1912 68.1%
David Besag LD 646 23.0%
Marian McWilliams C 149 5.3%
Martin Levy Comm 102 3.6%

West Gosforth

Nick Cott LD 1508 48.6%
Margaret Murning Lab 770 24.8%
Karen Jewers C 568 18.3%
Sandy Irvine Grn 257 8.3%

Westerhope [Ind gain from LD]

Marc Donnelly Ind 2008 53.1%
Matt Coyle Lab 853 22.5%
Ernie Shorton NuTCFP 831 22.0%
Kevin O'Neill C 92 2.4%

Westgate

Nick Forbes Lab 1109 81.3%
Thomas Cheney C 143 10.5%
Rachel Auld LD 112 8.2%

Wingrove

Irim Ali Lab 1535 70.3%
John Pearson Grn 289 13.2%
Joshua Chew C 180 8.2%
Claire Schofield LD 179 8.2%

Woolsington

Sharon Pattison Lab 1740 66.2%
Philip McArdle LD 453 17.2%
Marilyn Riseborough NuTCFP 247 9.4%
William Holloway C 188 7.2%

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