2016 Newcastle City Council election

2016 Newcastle City Council election
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26 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nick Forbes Anita Lower N/A
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seat Westgate Castle Chapel
Last election 53 seats, 45.0% 22 seats, 17.8% 3 seats, 2.3%
Seats before 53 22 3
Seats won 18 7 1
Seats after 55 20 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease2 Steady
Popular vote 33,272 17,015 2,888
Percentage 44.5% 22.8% 3.9%
Swing Decrease0.5% Increase5% Increase1.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2016 Newcastle City Council election
Leader before election

Nick Forbes
Labour

Leader after election

Nick Forbes
Labour

The 2016 Newcastle City Council Council elections took place on 5 May 2016 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England. The elections took place on the same day as other local elections.

Despite the election, it was mathematically impossible for the Labour Party to lose control of the council given that only a third of seats are up for election. However, a number of key wards were in the spotlight.

Target wards for parties

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The Labour Party sought to expand its representation throughout of the seat, capitalising on gains made in 2015 in areas such as North Jesmond. In 2015, Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes said he wanted to make Newcastle a 'Liberal Democrat-free zone’. Despite this however, many seats won the party in 2015 were held by the Liberal Democrats in 2016 including Fawdon, North Heaton and Castle.[1]

Seats up for election during this cycle were last up for election during 2012. A number of high-profile councillors were up for re-election including current council leader Nick Forbes.

The official opposition to Labour, the Liberal Democrats aimed to hold as much as possible throughout the city, especially in the Castle, West Gosforth and Fawdon wards following heavy losses over the past five years. The party lost control of additional two seats in 2016, in the Ouseburn and North Jesmond wards, losing heavily to the Labour Party

The Green Party again targeted South Heaton, where the candidate Andrew Gray came second to Labour's John-Paul Stephenson, who won with 59% of the vote.

The Conservatives targeted the West Gosforth ward where in 2015, candidate Steve Kyte was only 17 votes short of winning. However, in 2016, the LibDems again held on to the seat.

Following a relatively strong showing in many seats in 2015, UKIP targeted seats in the East of the city such as Byker and Walker. Despite this, in 2016, no UKIP councillors were elected to Newcastle City Council.

Overall Results

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Newcastle City Council election, 2016
Party Seats Popular vote
Won Not up Total ± Votes Percentage
  Labour 18 37 55 +2 33272 45%
  Liberal Democrats 7 13 20 -2 17015 23%
  Independent 1 2 3 0 2888 4%
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 9893 13%
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 6776 9%
  Green 0 0 0 0 3783 5%
  Newcastle First 0 0 0 0 1578 2%
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 100 <1%
  Communist 0 0 0 0 23 <1%
Total 26 52 78 0 75328 –
Turnout

Wards

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Local elections 2016: Benwell and Scotswood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Higgins 1,664 52% −19.9%
UKIP Mark Bickerton 1,041 33% +33%
Conservative Neville Armstrong 223 7% −0.3%
Liberal Democrats Helen Laverick 127 4% −1.5%
Green Lee Irving 123 4% +4%
Majority 623 19% −36%
Turnout 3178
Local elections 2016: Blakelaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Stockdale 1846 63% −7.5%
UKIP Ritchie Lane 470 16% +16.0%
Liberal Democrats Bill Schardt 267 9% −13.3%
Conservative James Gerard Langley 221 8% +0.8%
Green Brendan Derham 117 4% +4.0%
Majority 1,376 47% −1.3%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Byker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Alfred Allison 1611 66% −11.9%
UKIP David Tilley Robinson-Young 470 19% +19.0%
Green Nick Morphet 126 5% +5.0%
Conservative Donald Robinson 120 5% −0.4%
Liberal Democrats Mark Nelson 100 4% −1.8%
Majority 1,141 47.0% −19.9%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Graham 1702 44% −5.9%
Labour Jacqui Turner 1230 32% +24.0%
UKIP Timothy Thomas Marron 490 13% +13.0%
Conservative Mary Toward 342 9% +1.4%
Green Andrew Jonathan Thorp 120 3% +3.0%
Majority 472 12% −3.4%
Turnout
Local elections 2015: Dene
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Barbara Taylor 1906 54% −4.9%
Labour Sheila Claire Spencer 975 28% −1.2%
UKIP David Muat 275 8% +8.0%
Conservative Tim Monckton 244 7% −4.9%
Green Tab Bailey 132 4% +4%
Majority 931 26% −4.7%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Denton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dan Greenhough 1301 45% −12.7%
UKIP Brian David Moore 697 24% +24.0%
Newcastle_Independents Sarah Jane Armstrong 333 11% −6.2%
Liberal Democrats Colin Thomas Dalgish 289 10% −5.6%
Conservative Alan Henry Birkmyre 234 8% _1.8%
Green Spinoza Pitman 60 2% +2.0%
Majority 604 21% −19.5%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: East Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dominic Mark Raymont 1591 44% +1.0%
Labour Gareth James Hughes 1167 33% −1.8%
Conservative Alison Wake 421 12% +1.8%
Green Frances Christine Hinton 248 7% −5.0%
UKIP Peter John Dunne 142 4% +4.0%
TUSC Nicolas Alan Fray 19 1% +1.0%
Majority 424 11% +2.2%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Elswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Veronica Schofield 1778 71% −8.0%
UKIP Mark Page 421 17% +17.0%
Conservative Ronald Toward 131 5% −0.5%
Liberal Democrats James Peter Kenyon 87 3% −3.0%
Green Taymar Gem Pitman 70 3% +3.0%
Majority 1,357 54% 69.4%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Fawdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Axford 171 5%
Green Michael James Gardner 86 3%
Labour Clare Penny-Evans 877 28%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Hindmarsh 1808 57%
UKIP Alexis Fernandes 231 7%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Fenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Wake 274 10%
Green Andrew Arthur Stark 88 3%
Labour Marion Elizabeth Talbot 1623 57%
Liberal Democrats Christine Morrissey 260 9%
UKIP Christopher Ballantyne 626 22%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Kenton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Bell 363 13%
Green Ian Kilgour Christie 40 1%
Labour Jane Louise Streather 1498 55%
Liberal Democrats Tracy Connell 174 6%
UKIP Penelope Stansfield 576 21%
TUSC Oisin Patrick Gourley 62 2%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Lemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Robinson 158 6%
Green Ross Anthony Spray 31 1%
Labour Kim McGuinness 1212 45%
Liberal Democrats PJ Morrissey 490 18%
UKIP Mike Adie 402 15%
Newcastle_Independents Jason Smith 408 15%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Newburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Brewster 280 10%
Labour Steve Fairlie 1398 51%
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Hunter 269 10%
UKIP James Douglas Robertson 586 21%
Newcastle_Independents John Alan Gordon 205 7%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: North Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Robert Bartle 182 5%
Green Joe Herbert 230 6%
Labour Nora Maebh Casey 1356 37%
Liberal Democrats Doreen Huddart 1686 46%
UKIP Elisabeth Margery Edmundson 218 6%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: North Jesmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Duncan Carlyle Crute 209 10%
Green Shehla Khatoon Naqvi 161 8%
Labour Stella Rogers Postlethwaite 942 44%
Liberal Democrats Gerard Francis Keating 764 36%
UKIP Mark Barton Lewis 62 3%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Ouseburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marian Julie Kyte 86 4%
Green Sarah Kate O'Hare 181 8%
Labour Paula Holland 1062 49%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Howse 693 32%
UKIP Joseph Todd 134 6%
TUSC Mathew Wilson-Boddy 19 1%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Parklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Jewers 559 16%
Green Sandy Irvine 186 5%
Labour Shumel Rahman 701 20%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen 1936 54%
UKIP John Atkinson 211 6%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: South Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John-Paul Stephenson 1327 59%
Green Andrew John Plevins Gray 575 25%
UKIP Max Elliott Peacock 156 7%
Conservative Samuel Boam 106 5%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Smith 99 4%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: South Jesmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Felicity Ann Mendelson 928 53%
Liberal Democrats Tom Woodwark 276 16%
Conservative Matthew Thomas McPherson 207 12%
Green Matt Busby 207 12%
UKIP James Lee Askwith 133 8%
Majority 652 37%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Walker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joan Atkin 118 5%
Green David Michael James Tooby 65 3%
Labour David Leslie Wood 1738 68%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Peter Boyle 108 4%
UKIP Tony Sanderson 512 20%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Walkergate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Marian McWilliams 149 5%
Green Liam Christie 66 2%
Labour Stephen Laird Woods 1565 54%
Liberal Democrats David Haydn Besag 322 11%
UKIP Raymond Hardy 768 27%
Communist Martin Richard Levy 23 1%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: West Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nick Cott 1653 44% −4.6%
Conservative Steve Kyte 1187 31% +12.7%
Labour Oskar Andrew Avery 681 18% −4.8%
Green Alistair Christian Ford 155 4% −4.3%
UKIP Paul Coulthard 104 3% +3.0%
Majority 466 13% −10.8%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Westerhope
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Marc James Donnelly 2888 74% +20.9%
Labour Syed Ullah 381 10% −12.5%
Newcastle First Ernie Shorton 224 6% −16.0%
UKIP David James Monkhouse 253 6% +6.0%
Conservative Jacqueline Mary McNally 117 3% +0.6%
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 33 1% +1%
Majority 2,507 64% +33.4%
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Westgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Forster 124 7%
Green Cliff Brown 154 9%
Labour Nick Forbes 1155 69%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Jane Down 62 4%
UKIP Anne Taylor 185 11%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Wingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lyle Robert Darwin 233 10%
Green John Stephen David Pearson 245 10%
Labour Irim Ali 1684 69%
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Farsi 80 3%
UKIP Joseph Levy 200 8%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Woolsington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Toward 249 9%
Green Sarah Elizabeth Norris 64 2%
Labour Sharon Ann Pattison 1572 57%
Liberal Democrats Ian Laverick 233 8%
UKIP Ian McKinnell 530 19%
Newcastle_Independents Olga Shorton 119 4%
Majority
Turnout
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References

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  1. ^ Proctor, Kate (17 April 2015). "Local elections 2015: Newcastle City Council leader vows to make city a 'Lib Dem-free zone'". ChronicleLive.
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