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Local Election Results 2016

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 2015 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 2016

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 33272 44.5% 18
Liberal Democrat 17015 22.8% 7
UK Independence Party 9893 13.2% 0
Conservative 6708 9.0% 0
Green Party 3530 4.7% 0
Independent 2888 3.9% 1
Newcastle upon Tyne Community First Party 1289 1.7% 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 100 0.1% 0
Communist Party of Britain 23 0.0% 0

Benwell and Scotswood

Rob Higgins Lab 1664 52.4%
Mark Bickerton UKIP 1041 32.8%
Neville Armstrong C 223 7.0%
Helen Laverick LD 127 4.0%
Lee Irving Grn 123 3.9%

Blakelaw

David Stockdale Lab 1846 63.2%
Ritchie Lane UKIP 470 16.1%
Bill Schardt LD 267 9.1%
James Langley C 221 7.6%
Brendan Derham Grn 117 4.0%

Byker

George Allison Lab 1611 66.4%
David Robinson-Young UKIP 470 19.4%
Nick Morphet Grn 126 5.2%
Donald Robinson C 120 4.9%
Mark Nelson LD 100 4.1%

Castle

Ian Graham LD 1702 43.8%
Jacqui Turner Lab 1230 31.7%
Timothy Marron UKIP 490 12.6%
Mary Toward C 342 8.8%
Andrew Thorp Grn 120 3.1%

Dene

Wendy Taylor LD 1906 54.0%
Sheila Spencer Lab 975 27.6%
David Muat UKIP 275 7.8%
Tim Monckton C 244 6.9%
Tab Bailey Grn 132 3.7%

Denton

Dan Greenhough Lab 1301 44.6%
Brian Moore UKIP 697 23.9%
Sarah Armstrong NuTCFP 333 11.4%
Colin Daglish LD 289 9.9%
Alan Birkmyre C 234 8.0%
Spinoza Pitman Grn 60 2.1%

East Gosforth

Dominic Raymont LD 1591 44.3%
Gareth Hughes Lab 1167 32.5%
Alison Wake C 421 11.7%
Frances Hinton Grn 248 6.9%
Peter Dunne UKIP 142 4.0%
Nicholas Fray TUSC 19 0.5%

Elswick

Ann Schofield Lab 1778 71.5%
Mark Page UKIP 421 16.9%
Ron Toward C 131 5.3%
James Kenyon LD 87 3.5%
Taymar Pitman Grn 70 2.8%

Fawdon

Brenda Hindmarsh LD 1808 57.0%
Clare Penny-Evans Lab 877 27.6%
Alexis Fernandes UKIP 231 7.3%
Steve Axford C 171 5.4%
Michael Gardner Grn 86 2.7%

Fenham

Marion Talbot Lab 1623 56.5%
Christopher Ballantyne UKIP 626 21.8%
Kenneth Wake C 274 9.5%
Christine Morrissey LD 260 9.1%
Andrew Stark Grn 88 3.1%

Kenton

Jane Streather Lab 1498 55.2%
Penelope Stansfield UKIP 576 21.2%
Simon Bell C 363 13.4%
Tracy Connell LD 174 6.4%
Oisin Gourley TUSC 62 2.3%
Ian Christie Grn 40 1.5%

Lemington

Kim McGuinness Lab 1212 44.9%
PJ Morrissey LD 490 18.1%
Jason Smith NuTCFP 408 15.1%
Mike Adie UKIP 402 14.9%
Alison Robinson C 158 5.8%
Ross Spray Grn 31 1.1%

Newburn

Steve Fairlie Lab 1398 51.1%
James Robertson UKIP 586 21.4%
Christopher Brewster C 280 10.2%
Lawrence Hunter LD 269 9.8%
John Gordon NuTCFP 205 7.5%

North Heaton

Doreen Huddart LD 1686 45.9%
Nora Casey Lab 1356 36.9%
Joe Herbert Grn 230 6.3%
Elisabeth Edmundson UKIP 218 5.9%
James Bartle C 182 5.0%

North Jesmond [Lab gain from LD]

Stella Postlethwaite Lab 942 44.1%
Gerard Keating LD 764 35.7%
Duncan Crute C 209 9.8%
Shehla Naqvi Grn 161 7.5%
Mark Lewis UKIP 62 2.9%

Ouseburn [Lab gain from LD]

Paula Holland Lab 1062 48.8%
Stephen Howse LD 693 31.9%
Sarah O'Hare Grn 181 8.3%
Joseph Todd UKIP 134 6.2%
Marian Kyte C 86 4.0%
Matthew Wilson-Boddy TUSC 19 0.9%

Parklands

Pauline Allen LD 1936 53.9%
Shumel Rahman Lab 701 19.5%
Karen Jewers C 559 15.6%
John Atkinson UKIP 211 5.9%
Sandy Irvine Grn 186 5.2%

South Heaton

John-Paul Stephenson Lab 1327 58.6%
Andrew Gray Grn 575 25.4%
Max Peacock UKIP 156 6.9%
Samuel Boam C 106 4.7%
Catherine Smith LD 99 4.4%

South Jesmond

Felicity Mendelson Lab 928 53.0%
Tom Woodwark LD 276 15.8%
Matt Busby Grn 207 11.8%
Matthew McPherson C 207 11.8%
James Askwith UKIP 133 7.6%

Walker

David Wood Lab 1738 68.4%
Tony Sanderson UKIP 512 20.1%
Joan Atkin C 118 4.6%
Christopher Boyle LD 108 4.3%
David Tooby Grn 65 2.6%

Walkergate

Stephen Wood Lab 1565 54.1%
Ray Hardy UKIP 768 26.5%
David Besag LD 322 11.1%
Marian McWilliams C 149 5.2%
Liam Christie Grn 66 2.3%
Martin Levy Comm 23 0.8%

West Gosforth

Nick Cott LD 1653 43.7%
Steve Kyte C 1187 31.4%
Oskar Avery Lab 681 18.0%
Alistair Ford Grn 155 4.1%
Paul Coulthard UKIP 104 2.8%

Westerhope

Marc Donnelly Ind 2888 74.1%
Syed Ullah Lab 381 9.8%
David Monkhouse UKIP 253 6.5%
Ernie Shorton NuTCFP 224 5.7%
Jacqueline McNally C 117 3.0%
Colin Steen LD 33 0.8%

Westgate

Nick Forbes Lab 1155 68.8%
Anne Taylor UKIP 185 11.0%
Cliff Brown Grn 154 9.2%
Colin Forster C 124 7.4%
Barbara Down LD 62 3.7%

Wingrove

Irim Ali Lab 1684 69.0%
John Pearson Grn 245 10.0%
Lyle Darwin C 233 9.5%
Joseph Levy UKIP 200 8.2%
Mohammad Farsi LD 80 3.3%

Woolsington

Sharon Pattison Lab 1572 56.8%
Ian McKinnel UKIP 530 19.2%
Julian Toward C 249 9.0%
Ian Laverick LD 233 8.4%
Olga Shorton NuTCFP 119 4.3%
Sarah Norris Grn 64 2.3%

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