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Benwell and Scotswood Ward — Newcastle upon Tyne

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This ward was abolished or subjected to boundary changes in 2018.

5th May 2016

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%

7th May 2015

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%

22nd May 2014

Jeremy Beecham Lab 1502 53.7%
Elisabeth Edmundson UKIP 823 29.4%
Neville Armstrong C 219 7.8%
Ken Booth BritDem 136 4.9%
Ronald Clark LD 117 4.2%

3rd May 2012

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

5th May 2011

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

6th May 2010

Jeremy Beecham Lab 2390 54.8%
Alice McIlveen LD 886 20.3%
Edythe Clayton C 556 12.7%
Doug Graham BNP 533 12.2%

1st May 2008

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%

3rd May 2007

Hazel Stephenson Lab 1648 54.4%
Catherine Pagan LD 465 15.3%
Maureen Smith C 450 14.8%
John Keys BNP 319 10.5%
Laurence Ellacott Grn 149 4.9%

4th May 2006

Sir Jeremy Beecham Lab 1695 51.4%
John Mansfield LD 879 26.7%
Jonathan Keys BNP 516 15.7%
Laurence Ellacot Grn 206 6.3%

10th June 2004 (3 seats)

Rob Higgins Lab 1811 52.3%
Hazel Stephenson Lab 1760
Sir Jeremy Beecham Lab 1730
Victor Rushton LD 631 18.2%
Paul Wakefield LD 625
Jonathan Keys BNP 536 15.5%
Abdul Latif LD 531
Margaret Fleeting C 486 14.0%
Stephen Kyte C 441
Philippa Wallis C 405

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