2023 Newcastle City Council election

2023 Newcastle City Council election
27 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council; 40 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Newcastle City Council election
Leader before election; Nick Kemp; Labour	Leader after election ; Nick Kemp; Labour

The 2023 Newcastle City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Newcastle City Council in Tyne & Wear, England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Labour retained its majority on the council.^[3]^[4]

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

2023 Newcastle City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	14	3	51.9	34	48	61.5	27,688	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	10	2	37.0	13	23	29.5	18,417	27.8
	Newcastle Ind.	2	1	7.4	2	4	5.1	3,139	4.7
	Independent	1		3.7	2	3	3.8	2,766	4.2
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	7,651	11.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	6,025	9.1
	Freedom Alliance	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	235	0.4
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	85	0.1
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	71	0.1
	Communist	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	65	0.1

Ward results[edit]

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Newcastle City Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.^[5]

Arthur's Hill[edit]

Arthur's Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Joanne Kingsland*	833	69.1	-0.9
	Green	Katie Fletcher	208	17.2	+7.3
	Conservative	Fahim Habibi	107	8.9	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tahir Siddique	58	4.8	+0.7
Majority			625	51.9
Turnout			1,206
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Benwell and Scotswood[edit]

Benwell and Scotswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Anthony*	1,636	65.0	+14.5
	Conservative	Jamie Kelly	475	18.9	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hans Christian Anderson	217	8.6	+3.4
	Green	Lee Irving	189	7.5	+2.5
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakelaw[edit]

Blakelaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Linda Hobson*	1,069	59.7	+8.7
	Newcastle Ind.	Sarah Armstrong	295	16.5	New
	Conservative	Lucy Howie	224	12.5	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Shepherd	121	6.8	-5.6
	Green	Jessica Whitaker	82	4.6	-1.8
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Byker[edit]

Byker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nicholas Kemp*	885	49.4	-5.3
	Green	Nick Hartley	675	37.7	+28.1
	Conservative	Jamie Hampton	127	7.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ridyard	105	5.9	+1.8
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Callerton and Throckley[edit]

Callerton and Throckley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Walker	1,080	41.7	+12.4
	Newcastle Ind.	John Gordon	541	20.9	-13.2
	Conservative	John Dobie	481	18.6	+2.9
	Green	Idwal John	319	12.3	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Morris	169	6.5	-2.8
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Newcastle Ind.		Swing

Castle[edit]

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ali Avaei*	1,369	43.2	+9.1
	Labour Co-op	Andrew Herridge	1,175	37.1	+7.4
	Conservative	Joshua Clark	406	12.8	+0.4
	Green	Andrew Thorp	220	6.9	+1.0
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chapel[edit]

Chapel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Donnelly	2,766	78.8	+5.9
	Labour Co-op	Milo Jasper Barnett	419	11.9	-3.6
	Conservative	Ian Forster	203	5.8	-3.7
	Green	James Milne	62	1.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Steen	60	1.7	-0.5
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Independent hold		Swing

Dene and South Gosforth[edit]

Dene and South Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Gallagher*	1,659	48.2	+3.4
	Labour	Christopher Bartlett	1,221	35.5	+7.5
	Green	Robert Taylor	298	8.7	-4.9
	Conservative	Gerry Langley	262	7.6	0
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Denton and Westerhope[edit]

Denton and Westerhope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Newcastle Ind.	Adam Mitchell	1,226	45.4	+13.3
	Labour	Bill Purvis	1,093	40.5	+4.1
	Conservative	Alexis Fernandes	187	6.9	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Libby Dicken	109	4.0	+1.0
	Green	Cécile Renaud-Glorieux	83	3.1	New
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Elswick[edit]

Elswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Habib Rahman*	1,383	71.8	-0.2
	Green	Peter Thomson	271	14.1	+2.8
	Conservative	Saamiya Malik	181	9.4	0
	Liberal Democrats	Hamed Aghajani	90	4.7	-2.6
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Fawdon and West Gosforth[edit]

Fawdon and West Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Lovatt*	1,673	58.5	+0.2
	Labour Co-op	Ava Rowell	688	24.1	+1.7
	Conservative	Stephen Axford	295	10.3	+0.7
	Green	Roger Whittaker	204	7.1	-2.6
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Gosforth[edit]

Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Woodwark*	1,565	39.0	-1.6
	Conservative	Doc Anand	1,334	33.3	+7.0
	Labour	Nick Arnold	875	21.8	+1.9
	Green	Anna Foster	237	5.9	-7.2
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Heaton[edit]

Heaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mehrban Sadiq	1,384	49.0	+2.7
	Green	Andrew Gray	625	22.1	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Appleby	595	21.1	+3.4
	Conservative	Shah Ali	156	5.5	-2.8
	Communist	Steve Handford	65	2.3	New
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Kenton[edit]

Kenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Paula Maines	1,337	55.1	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Austin	562	23.2	-1.1
	Conservative	Zak Mudie	270	11.1	-5.7
	Green	Adam Jackson	185	7.6	New
	TUSC	Nicholas Fray	71	2.9	-7.5
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall[edit]

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Robinson*	1,377	66.8	+10.6
	Conservative	Jamie Setch	321	15.6	-13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Aidan King	249	12.1	-2.4
	Green	Tristan Gilet	113	5.5	New
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Lemington[edit]

Lemington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Newcastle Ind.	Nix Joanne	1,077	45.9	+8.7
	Labour Co-op	Stephen Barry-Stanners	918	39.1	-2.5
	Conservative	Joel Bland	195	8.3	-2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Petrie	80	3.4	-1.9
	Green	Hilda Frost	76	3.2	-2.1
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour		Swing

Manor Park[edit]

Manor Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Burns	1,573	53.6	-3.4
	Labour	Carly Walker-Dawson	859	29.3	-3.7
	Conservative	Beth Spurr	260	8.9	-1.2
	Green	Michael Rabley	242	8.2	New
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Monument[edit]

Monument
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Teresa Cairns*	751	63.2	+17.3
	Green	James Vesty	205	17.0	-8.7
	Conservative	Aaron Whelan-Harvey	133	11.2	-1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Partington	102	8.6	-7.5
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

North Jesmond[edit]

North Jesmond (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Keating*	1,322	65.1	+23.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Browne	1,276	62.8	+21.5
	Labour Co-op	Oskar Avery	567	27.9	-15.3
	Labour Co-op	Michael Bell	512	25.2	-18.1
	Green	Shehla Naqvi	179	8.8	+1.4
	Green	Tim Dowson	135	6.6	-0.8
	Conservative	Stephen Dawes	79	3.9	-2.8
	Conservative	Genna Brown	73	3.6	-3.1
Majority
Turnout			2,032	47.6
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Ouseburn[edit]

Ouseburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Kane*	931	49.7	±0.0
	Labour	Asad Syed	705	37.7	+0.1
	Green	Phill James	187	10.0	+0.5
	Conservative	Marie Summersby	49	2.6	-0.6
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Parklands[edit]

Parklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Morrissey*	2,143	54.2	+13.1
	Labour	Matthew Hill	895	22.6	+5.7
	Conservative	Andrew Burnett	536	13.6	-6.2
	Green	Audrey MacNaughton	378	9.6	+0.6
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Jesmond[edit]

South Jesmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Storey*	828	45.5	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Punchard	476	26.2	+6.6
	Green	Alistair Ford	250	13.8	-12.9
	Conservative	Elias al Dahan	179	9.8	-5.7
	SDP	Martin Evison	85	4.7	+3.4
Majority
Turnout			1,818	36.5
Registered electors			4,975
	Labour hold		Swing

Walker[edit]

Walker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Wood*	1,224	70.3	+16.9
	Conservative	Alex Walker	229	13.2	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Psallidas	100	5.7	-1.3
	Green	Tom Whatson	95	5.5	New
	Freedom Alliance	Steve Fish	92	5.3	New
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkergate[edit]

Walkergate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Frew*	1,571	59.6	+15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Gallagher	433	16.4	+1.4
	Conservative	Stephen Oxborough	331	12.5	+3.0
	Green	Doug Paterson	160	6.1	-0.2
	Freedom Alliance	Julie Fish	143	5.4	New
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

West Fenham[edit]

West Fenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	P.J. Morrissey	1,200	45.3	+39.6
	Labour Co-op	Sylvia Copley*	883	33.3	-10.8
	Conservative	Raja Khan	329	12.4	+2.4
	Green	Tay Pitman	237	8.9	-2.3
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Wingrove[edit]

Wingrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Rebecca Shatwell*	1,520	67.3	+11.4
	Green	John Pearson	318	14.1	+0.9
	Conservative	Jarred Riley	229	10.6	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Steen	180	8.0	-3.9
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ "Find councillor". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Newcastle City Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ Holland, Daniel (5 May 2023). "Local Elections 2023: Newcastle City Council results in full - how every candidate scored". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "Local elections 2023: Labour hold Sunderland, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Newcastle City Council. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[1] "Find councillor". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 3 May 2023.

[2] "Notice of Election" (PDF). Newcastle City Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[3] Holland, Daniel (5 May 2023). "Local Elections 2023: Newcastle City Council results in full - how every candidate scored". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

[4] "Local elections 2023: Labour hold Sunderland, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

[5] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Newcastle City Council. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e Council elections in Tyne and Wear
Gateshead	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Newcastle	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
North Tyneside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
South Tyneside	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
Sunderland	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
North of Tyne mayor	2019
Tyne and Wear CC	1973 1977 1981 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes