2021 Newcastle City Council election

2021 Newcastle City Council election

6 May 2021
28 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Nick Forbes Nick Cott Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Arthur's Hill Fawdon & West Gosforth Last election 54 seats, 38.4% 20 seats, 23.4% Seats before 54 20 Seats won 18 6 Seats after 52 20 Seat change 2 Popular vote 31,471 15,673 Percentage 39.2% 19.5 Swing 0.9% 3.9%   Third party Fourth party   Leader N/A Jason Smith Party Independent Newcastle Ind. Last election 3 seats, 6.2% 1 seats, 5.1% Seats before 3 1 Seats won 2 2 Seats after 3 3 Seat change 2 Popular vote 5,628 5,498 Percentage 7.0% 6.8% Swing 0.8% 1.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2021 Newcastle City Council election
Council control before election Nick Forbes Labour Council control after election Nick Forbes Labour

The 2021 Newcastle City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Newcastle City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.^[1]

One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards (Byker and Chapel) electing two councillors in by-elections.^[2]

In the previous council election in 2019, the Labour Party maintained it's control of the council, holding 54 seats after the election. There were twenty Liberal Democrat councillors, three independent councillors and one Newcastle Independent councillor.

Background

History

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Newcastle was a district of the Tyne and Wear metropolitan county.^[3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The North of Tyne Combined Authority was created in 2018 and began electing the mayor of the North of Tyne from 2019, which was given strategic powers covering a region covering some of the same area as the former Tyne and Wear metropolitan county, as well as Northumberland.^[4]

Since its creation, Newcastle has variously been under Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative control. The Liberal Democrats held a majority of seats on the council from 2004 until 2011, when Labour gained enough seats to control the council. Nick Forbes became leader of the council. Labour continued to gain seats until the 2019 election, when the party lost two seats but continued to have an overall majority.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries for Newcastle ahead of the 2018 election, meaning that the 2018 elections were all-out, with all councillors being elected before returning to electing by thirds. Candidates up for re-election in 2021 are those who came second in each ward in 2018.

Results

2021 Newcastle City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	18	2	64.3	34	52	66.7	31,471	39.2	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	6		21.4	14	20	25.6	15,673	19.5	-3.9
	Independent	2		7.1	1	3	3.8	5,628	7.0	+0.8
	Newcastle Ind.	2	2	7.1	1	3	3.8	5,498	6.8	+1.7
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	14,164	17.6	+5.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	7,323	9.1	+0.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	232	0.3	New
	For Britain	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	129	0.2	New
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	99	0.1	+0.1
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	85	0.1	New
	North East	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	72	0.1	-0.3

Ward results

Arthur's Hill

Arthur's Hill^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Powers	1,031	67.6	−2.4
	Conservative	Maggie Birkmyre	188	12.3	+4.9
	Green	Shehla Naqvi	123	8.1	−1.8
	Newcastle Ind.	Joseph Eldridge	110	7.2	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tahir Siddique	58	3.8	−0.3
	TUSC	Daniel Gilmore	16	1.0	New
Majority			843	55.2
Turnout			1,526	27.5
Registered electors			5,541
	Labour hold		Swing

Benwell and Scotswood

Benwell and Scotswood^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Higgins	1,799	57.7	+7.2
	Conservative	Connor Shotton	837	26.9	+17.7
	Newcastle Ind.	John Gordon	259	8.3	−4.5
	Green	Tony Roberts	117	3.8	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hans Andersen	104	3.3	−1.9
Majority			962	30.9
Turnout			3,116	38.5
Registered electors			8,101
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakelaw

Blakelaw^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marion Williams	1,051	48.8	−2.2
	Newcastle Ind.	Annie Hunter	474	22.0	New
	Conservative	Liam Kinchley	420	19.5	+10.1
	Green	Alistair Ford	130	6.0	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Hamed Aghajani	78	3.6	−8.7
Majority			577	26.8
Turnout			2153	31.0
Registered electors			6,939
	Labour hold		Swing

Byker

Byker^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Dunn	1,175	59.4	+4.7
	Labour	Stephen Sheraton	1,170	59.2	+4.5
	Conservative	John Watts	450	22.8	+17.7
	Conservative	Richard Tulip	406	20.5	+15.4
	Green	Nick Hartley	297	15.0	+5.4
	Green	Phillip James	264	13.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Psallidas	107	5.4	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Schofield	86	4.4	+0.3
Majority			725	36.7
Majority			764	38.6
Turnout			1,977	28.3
Registered electors			6,983
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Callerton and Throckley

Callerton and Throckley^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Wright	1,292	43.8	+14.5
	Newcastle Ind.	Adam Mitchell	667	22.6	−11.5
	Conservative	John Dobie	561	19.0	+3.4
	Green	Idwal John	322	10.9	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Aleisha Stansfield	108	3.7	−8.0
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Castle^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Laverick	1,522	41.1	+7.0
	Labour	Andrew Herridge	1,026	27.7	−2.0
	Conservative	Elizabeth Yewdall	731	19.7	+7.3
	Independent	Rachel Locke	230	6.2	−1.3
	Green	Andrew Thorp	197	5.3	−0.6
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chapel

Chapel^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lawrence Hunter	2,631	70.0	+5.1
	Independent	Graham Middleton	2,566	68.3	+3.4
	Conservative	Andrew Burnett	615	16.4	+8.0
	Labour	Jamie Dickinson	555	14.8	+1.0
	Labour	Sam Grist	441	11.7	−2.1
	Conservative	Ian Forster	439	11.7	+3.3
	Green	James Milne	107	2.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Steen	83	2.2	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Partington	82	2.2	+0.3
Turnout
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Dene and South Gosforth

Dene and South Gosforth^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Robinson	1,777	45.1	+0.2
	Labour	Nick Arnold	1,177	29.9	+1.9
	Green	Anna Foster	509	12.9	−0.7
	Conservative	Gerry Langley	475	12.1	+4.5
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Denton and Westerhope

Denton and Westerhope^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Newcastle Ind.	Tracey Mitchell	1,493	46.5	+14.4
	Labour	Arlene Ainsley	1,075	33.4	−3.0
	Conservative	Simon Bell	498	15.5	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Dicken	75	2.3	−0.7
	Green	Tom Registe	73	2.3	New
Majority			418	13.0
	Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Elswick

Elswick^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicu Ion	1,599	66.0	−6.0
	Conservative	Saamiya Malik	436	18.0	+8.6
	Green	Peter Thomson	234	9.7	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Faulkner	153	6.3	−1.0
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Fawdon and West Gosforth

Fawdon and West Gosforth^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cott	1,648	49.6	−8.7
	Labour	Gordana Vasic Franklin	856	25.8	+3.4
	Conservative	Stephen Axford	608	18.3	+8.7
	Green	Roger Whittaker	211	6.3	−3.5
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gosforth

Gosforth^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Hall	1,473	34.5	−6.2
	Conservative	Anandavardhan Anand	1,150	26.9	+0.6
	Labour	Isra Mohammed	1,016	23.8	+3.9
	Green	Frances Hinton	434	10.2	−2.9
	Independent	James Sheerin	201	4.7	New
Majority			323	7.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Heaton

Heaton^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clare Penny-Evans	1,592	49.1	+2.8
	Green	Andrew Gray	658	20.3	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Punchard	602	18.6	+0.9
	Conservative	Hamish John	294	9.1	+0.8
	Communist	Steve Handford	99	3.1	New
Majority			934	28.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Kenton

Kenton^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Lambert	1,461	53.1	+4.6
	Conservative	Alison Wake	595	21.6	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Austin	403	14.7	−9.6
	Green	Joanna Jenkinson	221	8.0	New
	TUSC	Oisin Gourley	69	2.5	−7.9
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexander Hay	1,239	49.8	−6.4
	Conservative	Leanne Conway-Wilcox	815	32.7	+3.4
	Newcastle Ind.	Rochelle Monte	217	8.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Steen	121	4.9	−9.6
	Green	Mark Copsey	98	3.9	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Lemington

Lemington^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Newcastle Ind.	Jason Smith	1,442	48.5	+11.3
	Labour	Lu Thompson	997	33.5	−8.1
	Conservative	Alexis Fernandes	400	13.4	+2.9
	Green	Jess Maiden	79	2.7	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Petrie	56	1.9	−3.4
Majority			445	15.0
	Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Stone	1,849	53.7	−3.3
	Labour Co-op	Stephen Stanners	860	25.0	−8.0
	Conservative	Stephen Dawes	411	11.9	+1.9
	Green	Mike Rabley	274	8.0	New
	Reform UK	Barry Fowler	52	1.5	New
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Monument

Monument^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shumel Rahman	802	55.3	+17.9
	Conservative	William Hayes	275	19.0	+5.3
	Green	Dana Abi Ghanem	243	16.8	−11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Thom Campion	129	8.9	−9.0
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

North Jesmond

North Jesmond^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tanya Prestwell	850	38.4	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Burns	800	36.1	−14.0
	Green	Robert Taylor	319	14.4	+1.3
	Conservative	Melissa-Jane Pearson	245	11.1	+2.7
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Ouseburn

Ouseburn^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alistair Chisholm	952	44.1	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Howse	899	41.6	−8.1
	Green	Daryl Hughes	216	10.0	+0.5
	Conservative	Alexander Wang-Evans	92	4.3	+1.1
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Parklands

Parklands^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Allen	1,927	41.9	+3.0
	Conservative	Stephen Yewdall	848	18.4	−0.3
	Labour	Abdul Samad	725	15.8	−0.2
	Newcastle Ind.	John Hall	663	14.4	+2.0
	Green	Audrey Macnaughton	439	9.5	+1.1
Turnout			4,602	50.1	+2.3
Majority			1079	23.4	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Jesmond

South Jesmond^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Gray	1,062	49.2	+12.3
	Conservative	Olly Scargill	393	18.2	+2.6
	Green	Tim Downson	344	15.9	−10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Appleby	252	11.7	−7.9
	North East	Brian Moore	72	3.3	New
	Reform UK	Martin Evison	36	1.7	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Walker

Walker^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Wood	1,461	66.0	+12.5
	Conservative	Marie Marron	504	22.8	+15.4
	Green	Rakesh Prashara	90	4.1	New
	Liberal Democrats	William Shepherd	81	3.7	−3.4
	For Britain	Tim Marron	77	3.5	New
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkergate

Walkergate^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Lowson	1,608	51.7	+7.4
	Conservative	Stephen Oxborough	673	21.7	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Gallagher	470	15.1	+0.1
	Green	Jess Hamer	161	5.2	−1.1
	Reform UK	Michael Harrigan	144	4.6	New
	For Britain	Sharon Young	52	1.7	New
Majority			935	30.0
	Labour hold		Swing

West Fenham

West Fenham^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ian Tokell	947	34.2	−9.9
	Green	Tay Pitman	647	23.3	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	PJ Morrissey	587	21.2	+15.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Wake	419	15.1	+5.1
	Newcastle Ind.	Sarah Armstrong	173	6.2	−1.8
Majority			300	10.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Wingrove

Wingrove^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irim Ali	1,652	61.3	+5.3
	Green	John Pearson	516	19.1	+5.9
	Conservative	Shabs Mohammed	386	14.3	+4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kami Kundi	143	5.3	−6.5
Majority			1,136	42.2
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections

Castle

Castle: 9 September 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thom Campion	1,306	42.5	+1.4
	Labour	Andrew Herridge	773	25.1	−2.6
	Conservative	John Watts	657	21.4	+1.7
	Green	Andrew Thorp	250	8.1	+2.8
	North East	Brian Moore	89	2.9	New
Majority			533	17.4
Turnout			3,075	31.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+2.0

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