Newcastle City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Newcastle City Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of the Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 78 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.[1]
Council elections
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By-election results
1994-1998
Newburn By-Election 7 November 1996 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Linda Isobel Wright | 920 | 76.9 | |
| Conservative | Alistair Stewart Hind | 275 | 23.1 | |
Majority | 645 | 53.8 | |
Turnout | 1,195 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Woolsington By-Election 1 May 1997 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lilian Mary Kennedy | 2,630 | 68.1 | -7.2 |
| Conservative | Colin Forster | 657 | 17.0 | +5.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Ernest Walker | 576 | 14.9 | +1.9 |
Majority | 1,973 | 51.1 | |
Turnout | 3,863 | 65.8 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
South Gosforth By-Election 12 June 1997 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas David George Woodwark | 1,474 | 43.7 | -15.0 |
| Conservative | Marie Summersby | 1,096 | 32.5 | +1.3 |
| Labour | Susan Jane MacDonald Stirling | 800 | 23.7 | +13.6 |
Majority | 378 | 11.2 | |
Turnout | 3,370 | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
West City By-Election 2 October 1997 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Doreen James | 468 | 81.5 | +2.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Phillip George Lower | 74 | 12.9 | +5.9 |
| Conservative | Timothy David Troman | 32 | 5.6 | -3.2 |
Majority | 394 | 68.6 | |
Turnout | 574 | 10.3 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Heaton By-Election 20 November 1997 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Colin Wappat | 564 | 52.9 | -10.7 |
| Conservative | Jeremy Peter Middleton | 211 | 19.8 | +6.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil John Bradbury | 158 | 14.8 | +4.5 |
| Green | Christopher Patrick Hayday | 84 | 7.9 | +1.9 |
| Communist | Martin Richard Levy | 50 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
Majority | 353 | 33.1 | |
Turnout | 1,067 | 11.5 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
1998-2002
Dene By-Election 16 July 1998 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Gregory Martin Stone | 1,961 | 58.1 | +2.6 |
| Labour | John Lawrence Young | 1,061 | 31.4 | +0.6 |
| Conservative | Alice Gingell | 353 | 10.5 | -3.2 |
Majority | 900 | 26.7 | |
Turnout | 3,375 | 29.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Byker By-Election 4 March 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Michelle Pike | 366 | 56.8 | -18.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas James Thompson | 206 | 32.0 | +13.1 |
| Green | Pamela Jane Woolner | 37 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| Conservative | Jeremy Peter Middleton | 35 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
Majority | 160 | 24.8 | |
Turnout | 644 | 9.7 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Scotswood By-Election 14 October 1999 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Hazel Stephenson | 490 | 66.9 | -16.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Anne Reilly | 180 | 24.6 | +16.0 |
| Conservative | Peter Lumley | 62 | 8.5 | +0.4 |
Majority | 310 | 42.3 | |
Turnout | 732 | 14.9 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Jesmond By-Election 7 June 2001 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Dicken | 2,496 | 46.0 | +6.5 |
| Labour | Fiona Karen Clarke | 1,659 | 30.5 | -1.3 |
| Conservative | Jonjo McNamara | 1,116 | 20.5 | -1.5 |
| Independent | Marie Summersby | 160 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
Majority | 837 | 15.5 | |
Turnout | 5,431 | | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Walkergate By-Election 7 June 2001 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Stokel-Walker | 2,672 | 58.3 | +4.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Belinda Knowles | 1,606 | 35.0 | -4.7 |
| Conservative | Keith Gilfillan | 306 | 6.7 | +0.6 |
Majority | 1,066 | 23.3 | |
Turnout | 4,584 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
2002-2006
Benwell By-Election 18 July 2002[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Eric Mackinlay | 700 | 55.8 | -3.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian Moore | 383 | 30.5 | +13.6 |
| Conservative | Carolyn Smith | 136 | 10.8 | +0.0 |
| Green | Jesus Miguel-Garcia | 36 | 2.9 | -1.4 |
Majority | 317 | 25.3 | |
Turnout | 1,255 | 24.3 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Walker By-Election 4 September 2003[4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Stokel-Walker | 1,440 | 62.1 | -12.3 |
| BNP | Jonathan Keys | 395 | 17.1 | +17.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | John McLennan | 370 | 16.0 | -0.4 |
| Conservative | Joseph Prince | 112 | 4.8 | -1.7 |
Majority | 1,045 | 45.0 | |
Turnout | 2,317 | 47.7 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
2006-2010
Lemington By-Election 30 November 2006[5] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Hunter | 1,180 | 46.7 | -9.3 |
| Labour | Ruth Robson | 815 | 32.2 | -11.8 |
| BNP | Kenneth Booth | 383 | 15.2 | +15.2 |
| Conservative | Jason Smith | 147 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
Majority | 365 | 14.5 | |
Turnout | 2,525 | 34.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Wingrove delayed Election 14 June 2007 (2)[6] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Nigel Todd | 1,051 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ayaz Siddique | 948 | | |
| Labour | Alyson Hampshire | 908 | | |
| Liberal Democrats | Deborah Wilkinson | 869 | | |
| Green | Jenny Pearson | 186 | | |
| Green | John Pearson | 183 | | |
| Conservative | Neil Archibald | 173 | | |
| Conservative | Alexander Le Vey | 140 | | |
| BNP | Viv Browne | 81 | | |
| BNP | Graham Hodgson | 80 | | |
Turnout | 4,619 | 31.2 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Fenham By-Election 29 January 2009[7] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Mitzi Emery | 1,049 | 33.9 | -11.8 |
| Labour | Helen McStravick | 1,025 | 33.1 | -3.3 |
| BNP | Ken Booth | 836 | 27.0 | +18.0 |
| Conservative | Sarah Armstrong | 186 | 6.0 | -2.9 |
Majority | 24 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 3,096 | 39.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
2010-2014
Ouseburn By-Election 15 November 2012 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Powers | 714 | 47.6% | +11.7% |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Nelson | 665 | 44.3% | -6.3% |
| Newcastle First | Ian Fraser | 73 | 4.9% | +4.9% |
| Conservative | Joshua Chew | 49 | 3.3% | -0.7% |
Majority | 49 | 3.3% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Castle By-Election 25 April 2013 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Phillip Lower | 1,165 | 43.7%% | -6.2% |
| Labour | Ben Riley | 1,043 | 39.2% | +4.7% |
| Newcastle First | John Gordon | 215 | 8.1% | +0.1% |
| Conservative | Jennifer Nixon | 194 | 7.3% | -0.3% |
| TUSC | Rory Jobe | 48 | 1.8% | +1.8% |
Majority | 122 | 4.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
South Heaton By-Election 25 April 2013 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Denise Jones | 798 | 61.2% | -8.2% |
| Green | Andrew Grey | 205 | 15.7% | +3.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Auld | 114 | 8.7% | -0.5% |
| TUSC | Paul Phillips | 69 | 5.3% | +1.0% |
| Conservative | Katie Bennett | 52 | 4.0% | -0.7% |
| Newcastle First | Timothy Gilks | 44 | 3.4% | +3.4% |
| Independent | Reg Sibley | 22 | 1.7% | +1.7% |
Majority | 593 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Walkergate By-Election 6 June 2013[8] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Wood | 1,080 | 44.0% | -24.1% |
| UKIP | Lorraine Smith | 668 | 27.2% | +27.2% |
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Brown | 460 | 18.8% | -4.2% |
| Independent | Davy Hicks | 64 | 2.6% | +2.6% |
| Newcastle First | Olga Shorton | 61 | 2.5% | +2.5% |
| Conservative | Marian McWilliams | 54 | 2.2% | -3.1% |
| Green | Martin Collins | 30 | 1.2% | +1.2% |
| TUSC | Bobbie Cranney | 24 | 1.0% | +1.0% |
| Independent | Reg Sibley | 12 | 0.5% | +0.5% |
Majority | 412 | 16.8% | |
Turnout | 2,453 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
2014-2018
North Jesmond By-Election 28 August 2014 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Gerry Keating | 711 | 52.5% | +19.9% |
| Labour | Peter Smith | 320 | 23.6% | -7.3% |
| Conservative | Duncan Crute | 117 | 8.6% | -5.9% |
| UKIP | Daniel Thompson | 112 | 8.3% | +0.7% |
| Green | Shehla Naqvi | 94 | 6.9% | -7.6% |
Majority | 391 | 28.9% | 13.6% |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Blakelaw By-Election 15 September 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Nora Casey | 1,004 | 41.9% | -21.3% |
| Liberal Democrats | Ciaran Morrissey | 654 | 27.3% | +18.2% |
| UKIP | Ritchie Lane | 443 | 18.5% | +2.4% |
| Conservative | James Langley | 190 | 7.9% | +0.3% |
| Green | Brendan Derham | 105 | 4.4% | +0.4% |
Majority | 350 | 14.6% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Blakelaw By-Election 24 November 2016 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Oskar Andrew Avery | 892 | 44.9% | -25.7% |
| Liberal Democrats | Ciaran Joseph Morrissey | 784 | 39.4% | +21.4% |
| Newcastle First | John Alan Gordon | 164 | 8.2% | +8.2% |
| Conservative | James Gerard Langley | 148 | 7.4% | -4.0% |
Majority | 108 | 5.5% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
South Heaton By-Election 16 March 2017 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Clare Penny-Evans | 768 | 46.8% | -5.4% |
| Green | Andrew Gray | 444 | 27.1% | +2.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Boyle | 260 | 15.0% | +9.7% |
| UKIP | Tony Sanderson | 88 | 5.4% | -4.6% |
| Conservative | Chris Murray | 80 | 4.9% | +0.2% |
Majority | 329 | 19.7% | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
2018-2022
Castle By-Election 9 September 2021[9] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Thom Campion | 1,306 | 42.5 | |
| Labour | Andrew Herridge | 773 | 25.1 | |
| Conservative | John Watts | 657 | 21.4 | |
| Green | Andrew Thorp | 250 | 8.1 | |
| North East | Brian Moore | 89 | 2.9 | |
Majority | 533 | 17.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
2022-2026
Byker By-Election 2 March 2023[10] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Hayder Qureshi | 591 | 46.9 | -18.1 |
| Green | Nick Hartley | 375 | 29.7 | +15.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Ridyard | 188 | 14.9 | +9.2 |
| Conservative | Aaron Whelan Harvey | 107 | 8.5 | -6.5 |
Majority | 216 | 17.1 | |
Turnout | 1,261 | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "The Newcastle upon Tyne (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/1080, retrieved 14 August 2022
- ^ "Newcastle-Upon-Tyne council". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ^ "Boost for Labour in byelection". guardian.co.uk. London. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ^ "BNP beat Lib Dems to second place". The Northern Echo. 5 September 2003. p. 1.
- ^ "Results - Lemington". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ^ "Results - Wingrove". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ^ "Results - Fenham". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Walkergate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Castle Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Byker Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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