2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
22 of 66 seats to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council; 34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	48,707 (34.2%)
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election; Martin Gannon; Labour	Leader after election ; Martin Gannon; Labour

The 2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.^[1] One third of the council was elected.^[2] One candidate was elected from each of the council's 22 wards.^[3]

Background

In the 2022 election, the Labour Party retained a supermajority of seats.^[4]

Labour retained its majority on the council, although lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats.^[5]

Summary

Election result

2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	15	2	68.2	34	49	74.2	24,456	50.3	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	7	2	31.8	10	17	25.8	13,363	27.5	+3.0
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	6,079	12.5	–4.0
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,654	7.5	–0.7
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	547	1.1	+0.5
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	281	0.6	+0.5
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	135	0.3	N/A
	Save Us Now	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	75	0.2	+0.1

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows:^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

Birtley

Birtley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Thomas Elliott	1,224	56.6	+13.8
	Labour	Catherine Mary Davison	768	35.5	−10.9
	Conservative	Joseph Ronald Callanhan	169	7.8	−3.0
Majority			456	21.1	N/A
Turnout			2171	35.4	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Blaydon

Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Alfred Brain	1,312	65.6	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Hawkins	353	17.6	+10.3
	Conservative	Edward Bohill	219	10.9	−17.8
	TUSC	Tom Allen	117	5.8	+5.8
Majority			959	48.0	+23.8
Turnout			2001	28.2	+0.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridges

Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Goldsworthy	904	58.2	−7.7
	Conservative	Martin Backley	248	16.0	−1.6
	Green	Andy Blanchflower	223	14.4	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Cooper	177	11.4	−5.1
Majority			656	42.2
Turnout			1561	27.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael McNestry	1,681	66.8	+5.1
	Conservative	Louise Beatrice Prince	402	16.0	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Margaret Callender	316	12.6	+5.5
	TUSC	Tony Dodds	118	4.7	+4.7
Majority			1279	50.8	+8.6
Turnout			2535	38.0	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Chowdene

Chowdene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Wood	1,245	57.6	+2.5
	Conservative	David William Potts	408	18.9	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Peter Kenyon	295	13.7	−0.2
	Green	Thomas Frederick Newell	118	5.5	−2.2
	TUSC	Mark Robertson	95	4.4	+1.5
Majority			837	38.7	+4.0
Turnout			2169	33.2	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Crawcrook and Greenside

Crawcrook and Greenside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathryn Alexandra Henderson	1,374	48.1	+2.7
	Green	Jack Philipson	1,017	35.6	+4.3
	Conservative	Christopher Anthony Coxon	319	11.2	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Christopher Martin William Jones-Lyons	147	5.1	−1.0
Majority			357	7.5	−6.6
Turnout			2867	40.1	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Deckham

Deckham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernadette Teresa Oliphant	1,075	56.7	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Gilson Fawcett	220	11.6	+2.7
	Conservative	Josh Alan Knotts	220	11.6	−5.5
	Green	Gary Rutherford Brooks	194	10.2	−0.1
	Reform UK	Robert Keith Kelly	135	7.1	+7.1
	TUSC	Norman Hall	52	2.7	−1.2
Majority			855	45.1	+2.3
Turnout			1903	30.4	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Dunston and Teams

Dunston and Teams
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Robert Haley	996	61.0	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Forster Walls	345	21.1	+12.3
	Conservative	Jordan-Lee Guthrie	291	17.8	+0.2
Majority			651	39.9	−4.0
Turnout			1641	27.5	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

Dunston Hill and Whickham East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Anderson	1,250	51.7	+3.0
	Labour	Andrew Dylan Moir	698	26.9	−5.1
	Green	Isabel Mary Blanchflower	201	8.3	+2.1
	Conservative	Jak Hocking	195	8.1	−3.2
	Save Us Now	Graham Steele	75	3.1	+1.3
Majority			552	24.8	+8.1
Turnout			2429	37.0	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Felling

Felling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Joseph Kasfikis	916	62.9	+3.5
	Conservative	Peter Crompton Jackson	255	17.5	+0.7
	Green	Ashleigh Taylor McLean	149	10.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Waqas	137	9.4	−5.6
Majority			1457	45.4	+2.8
Turnout			1457	26.1	−2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

High Fell

High Fell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathryn Dorothea Walker	1,519	72.9	+14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Len Bell	210	10.1	−6.6
	Conservative	Francis Thomas Athey	204	9.8	−4.6
	TUSC	Elaine Brunskill	152	7.3	+0.4
Majority			1309	62.8	+21.4
Turnout			2094	35.2	+6.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Lamesley

Lamesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheila Gallagher	1,382	62.7	+4.9
	Conservative	Richard Herdman	419	19.0	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway	219	9.9	+1.1
	Green	Neil Campbell Grant	184	8.3	+1.0
Majority			963	43.7	+12.0
Turnout			2219	30.9	−1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Lobley Hill and Bensham

Lobley Hill and Bensham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen McMaster	1,282	59.6	+0.3
	Conservative	John Rogan Gardiner	336	15.6	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Rickelton	274	12.7	+1.2
	Green	Andy Redfern	258	12.0	+1.1
Majority			946	44.0	−0.9
Turnout			2161	31.4	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Fell

Low Fell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Beadle	1,836	59.0	+10.7
	Labour	Vincent Edward James Humphries	833	26.8	−10.0
	Green	Mark Andrew Gorman	297	9.5	+2.7
	Conservative	Paul Sterling	146	4.7	−3.5
Majority			1003	32.2
Turnout			3124	45.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pelaw and Heworth

Pelaw and Heworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Paul Diston	1,202	52.7	+0.4
	Labour	Heather Rhoda Maddison	862	37.8	−3.7
	Green	Nicholas Boldrini	139	6.1	+6.1
	Conservative	Ali Reza Akbari Pargam	76	3.3	−2.9
Majority			340	14.9	+4.1
Turnout			2285	35.6	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Geddes	1,545	57.4	−2.3
	Green	Andrew Mason	315	11.7	−0.5
	Conservative	Susan Mary Wilson	286	10.6	−5.8
	Independent	Doug Musgrove	281	10.4	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Ann Duggan	215	8.0	−1.7
	TUSC	Ros Cooper	48	1.8	−0.3
Majority			1230	45.7	+2.4
Turnout			2699	39.1	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Saltwell

Saltwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leanne May Brand	900	45.2	+7.1
	Labour	Robert Lee Waugh	842	42.3	−6.3
	Green	Gabriel Rubinstein	124	6.2	+3.2
	Conservative	Robert Ableson	123	6.2	−3.2
Majority			58	2.9	N/A
Turnout			1996	32.4	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Wardley and Leam Lane

Wardley and Leam Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Stuart Green	1,251	66.3	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Robert Jordison	338	17.9	+8.1
	Conservative	John Robert McNeil	298	15.8	−3.4
Majority			913	48.4	+5.7
Turnout			1898	32.2	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Whickham North

Whickham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher James Ord	1,497	63.9	+2.8
	Labour	Jeff Bowe	647	27.6	−1.0
	Conservative	John Callanhan	197	8.4	−1.9
Majority			850	36.3	+3.8
Turnout			2341	38.0	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whickham South and Sunniside

Whickham South and Sunniside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Charles Wallace	1,829	64.3	+4.2
	Labour	Sam Daniel Grist	662	23.3	−0.3
	Conservative	Perry Wilson	273	9.6	−2.1
	TUSC	Joel Jackson Byers	82	2.9	+2.9
Majority			1167	41.0	−4.5
Turnout			2855	43.9	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Windy Nook and Whitehills

Windy Nook and Whitehills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Turnbull	1,221	62.2	+3.4
	Conservative	Kyle Lambert Murray	353	18.0	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Walker	253	12.9	−1.8
	Green	Ruth Christina Grant	137	7.0	+0.6
Majority			868	44.2	+5.5
Turnout			1976	28.6	−2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Winlaton and High Spen

Winlaton and High Spen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maria Theresa Hall	1,441	57.5	+4.1
	Conservative	Lewis Ormston	642	25.6	−4.8
	Green	Paul Martin McNally	298	11.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Graham Randall	126	5.0	−0.5
Majority			799	31.9	+8.9
Turnout			2516	36.7	−3.2
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections 2023: Focus on North East England". BBC News. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ Sheldrick, Tom (14 April 2023). "Local elections: What to watch out for in the North East council elections on 4 May". ITV News.
^ "Elections get underway in Gateshead". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ Soden, Herbert (14 April 2021). "Gateshead Council 2021 local election results in full". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ Shakespeare, Austen (5 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: Labour loses two seats in Gateshead in wards with leisure centres under threat". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ "Local election candidates 2023". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
^ Holland, Daniel (4 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: All the results from Gateshead Council - how every candidate scored". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ "Local election results 2023". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^ "Gateshead election result". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[1] "Local elections 2023: Focus on North East England". BBC News. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[2] Sheldrick, Tom (14 April 2023). "Local elections: What to watch out for in the North East council elections on 4 May". ITV News.

[3] "Elections get underway in Gateshead". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[4] Soden, Herbert (14 April 2021). "Gateshead Council 2021 local election results in full". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[5] Shakespeare, Austen (5 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: Labour loses two seats in Gateshead in wards with leisure centres under threat". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[6] "Local election candidates 2023". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

[7] Holland, Daniel (4 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: All the results from Gateshead Council - how every candidate scored". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[8] "Local election results 2023". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

[9] "Gateshead election result". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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