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Local Election Results 2015

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 2012 2014 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 2015

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 53683 44.4% 23
Liberal Democrat 21559 17.9% 4
Conservative 16504 13.7% 0
UK Independence Party 16017 13.3% 0
Green Party 7950 6.6% 0
Independent 2896 2.4% 1
Newcastle upon Tyne Community First Party 1785 1.5% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 381 0.3% 0

Benwell and Scotswood

Hazel Stephenson Lab 2773 57.8%
Michael Scott UKIP 1137 23.7%
Neville Armstrong C 508 10.6%
Lee Irving Grn 203 4.2%
Ronald Clark LD 178 3.7%

Blakelaw

Sue Pearson Lab 2549 55.4%
Daniel Percy UKIP 846 18.4%
James Langley C 532 11.6%
Bill Schardt LD 428 9.3%
Brendan Derham Grn 244 5.3%

Byker

Anne Dunn Lab 2373 59.9%
Raymond Hardy UKIP 804 20.3%
Donald Robinson C 329 8.3%
Cat Lyth Grn 225 5.7%
Mark Nelson LD 172 4.3%
Ryan Holmes TUSC 56 1.4%

Castle [Lab gain from LD]

Brian Hunter Lab 2200 36.4%
Philip Lower LD 1974 32.6%
Mary Toward C 990 16.4%
Tim Marron UKIP 886 14.6%

Dene

Bob Renton LD 2086 39.0%
Sheila Spencer Lab 1730 32.3%
James Bartle C 755 14.1%
Tony Sanderson UKIP 463 8.7%
Thomas Targett Grn 315 5.9%

Denton (2) [Resignation of Anna Round]

Simon Bird Lab 2306 45.1%
Melissa Davis Lab 1995
Will Solyom UKIP 995 19.5%
Colin Daglish LD 673 13.2%
Alan Birkmyre C 670 13.1%
Colin Forster C 499
Jason Smith NuTCFP 467 9.1%
Helen Laverick LD 380

East Gosforth

Henry Gallagher LD 1951 36.0%
Ed Derrick Lab 1733 31.9%
Alison Wake C 935 17.2%
Joe Herbert Grn 537 9.9%
Tony Coxall UKIP 214 3.9%
Nicolas Fray TUSC 55 1.0%

Elswick

Dipu Ahad Lab 2644 68.2%
David Muat UKIP 623 16.1%
Ronald Toward C 240 6.2%
Jacob Strauss Grn 170 4.4%
Judith Fourie LD 143 3.7%
Olga Shorton NuTCFP 58 1.5%

Fawdon

Antoine Tinnion Lab 1919 42.6%
Tracy Connell LD 1409 31.3%
Alexis Fernandes UKIP 637 14.2%
Steve Axford C 365 8.1%
Liam Christie Grn 170 3.8%

Fenham

Ian Tokell Lab 2506 52.4%
Peter Gray UKIP 1025 21.4%
Kenneth Wake C 632 13.2%
PJ Morrissey LD 407 8.5%
Jess Poyner Grn 212 4.4%

Kenton

Stephen Lambert Lab 2647 58.6%
Penelope Stansfield UKIP 678 15.0%
Simon Bell C 646 14.3%
Barbara Down LD 286 6.3%
Helena Rohfing Grn 190 4.2%
Oisin Gourley TUSC 70 1.5%

Lemington (2) [Resignation of Louise Sutcliffe]

Barry Phillipson Lab 2158 45.1%
Kim McGuinness Lab 2052
Mike Adie UKIP 1042 21.8%
Lawrence Hunter LD 672 14.0%
Emmett McNally C 501 10.5%
Sarah Armstrong NuTCFP 414 8.6%
Kieran McNally C 414
Ian Laverick LD 298

Newburn

Hilary Franks Lab 2024 45.5%
James Robertson UKIP 908 20.4%
Dorothy Wonnacott C 505 11.4%
James Kenyon LD 321 7.2%
Idwal John Ind 232 5.2%
Claire Henly Grn 157 3.5%
John Gordon NuTCFP 154 3.5%
Jennifer Nixon Ind 146 3.3%

North Heaton

Mick Bowman Lab 1926 37.0%
Christine Morrissey LD 1869 35.9%
Heather Chambers C 502 9.6%
Chris Hayday Grn 468 9.0%
Elisabeth Edmunson UKIP 397 7.6%
Lizi Gray TUSC 49 0.9%

North Jesmond [Lab gain from LD]

Dan Perry Lab 1501 33.6%
Gerard Keating LD 1312 29.3%
Matthew Sinclair C 925 20.7%
Shehla Naqvi Grn 549 12.3%
Joseph Levy UKIP 129 2.9%
Michael Charlton Ind 57 1.3%

Ouseburn

Stephen Powers Lab 1802 43.0%
Stephen Howse LD 906 21.6%
Cameron Christian Grn 722 17.2%
Toby Millar C 457 10.9%
David Robinson-Young UKIP 258 6.2%
Matt Wilson-Boddy TUSC 44 1.1%

Parklands

David Down LD 2477 42.9%
Shumel Rahman Lab 1376 23.8%
Karen Jewers C 1237 21.4%
John Atkinson UKIP 400 6.9%
Alistair Ford Grn 283 4.9%

South Heaton

Denise Jones Lab 1987 48.5%
Andrew Gray Grn 1163 28.4%
Tim Monckton C 350 8.5%
Catherine Smith LD 274 6.7%
James Askwith UKIP 267 6.5%
Paul Phillips TUSC 59 1.4%

South Jesmond

Kerry Allibhai Lab 1522 39.9%
Sam Lee C 758 19.8%
Robert Magowan Grn 676 17.7%
Tom Woodwark LD 617 16.2%
Norman Douglas UKIP 198 5.2%
Geoff Stokle TUSC 48 1.3%

Walker

Margaret Wood Lab 2573 65.8%
Glen Bolton UKIP 829 21.2%
Joan Atkin C 251 6.4%
Christopher Boyle LD 133 3.4%
Josh Adams Grn 126 3.2%

Walkergate

David Denholm Lab 2410 53.3%
Joseph Todd UKIP 968 21.4%
David Besag LD 537 11.9%
Marian McWilliams C 450 10.0%
Thomas Rhodes Grn 155 3.4%

West Gosforth

Jackie Slesenger LD 1821 32.2%
Steve Kyte C 1804 31.9%
Oskar Avery Lab 1318 23.3%
Sandy Irvine Grn 441 7.8%
Daniel Thompson UKIP 269 4.8%

Westerhope [Ind gain from Lab]

Pat Hillicks Ind 2443 44.6%
Syed Ullah Lab 1124 20.5%
Stewart Jackson UKIP 643 11.7%
Ernie Shorton NuTCFP 585 10.7%
Jacqueline McNally C 450 8.2%
Colin Steen LD 140 2.6%
David Tooby Grn 73 1.3%
William Jobes Ind 18 0.3%

Westgate

Joanne Kingsland Lab 1771 59.4%
Robert Moore C 499 16.7%
Cliff Brown Grn 254 8.5%
Shawkat al-Baghdadi UKIP 239 8.0%
Rachel Cullen LD 217 7.3%

Wingrove

Nigel Todd Lab 2527 62.5%
William Kinghorn C 540 13.3%
John Pearson Grn 485 12.0%
Christopher Ballantyne UKIP 278 6.9%
Mohammed Farsi LD 215 5.3%

Woolsington

Jacqui Robinson Lab 2284 51.7%
Paul Armstrong UKIP 884 20.0%
Julian Toward C 673 15.2%
Philip McArdle LD 341 7.7%
Tab Bailey Grn 132 3.0%
Alan McKenna NuTCFP 107 2.4%

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