The 2023 Newcastle City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in Tyne & Wear, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England and Wales.
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Newcastle City Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There were 27 of the 78 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in the North Jesmond ward. The result saw the Labour Party lose three seats with the Liberal Democrats and Newcastle Independents making gains. Labour retained its majority on the council.[2][3]
Background
editNewcastle is a strong council for the Labour Party. Labour controlled the council from its creation in 1973 until 2004, when the Liberal Democrats won a majority on the council.[4] Labour retook control in 2011,[5] and have maintained a majority at every subsequent election.
Until 2022, the Labour council was led by Nick Forbes, who was also the Leader of the Labour group of the Local Government Association. The election marked the end of the first year of Nick Kemp's leadership of Newcastle City Council and as leader of the Labour group.
The seats up for election in 2023 were last contested in 2019.
This was the first election for Colin Ferguson as leader of the Liberal Democrats group, who took over from Nick Cott, and Tracey Mitchell as leader of the Newcastle Independents,[6] who had taken over from Jason Smith.
Election Result
editDespite losing three seats, the council remained under Labour majority control. Labour made a net loss of three seats.
Five seats changed hands at this election. The Liberal Democrats gained seats in North Jesmond and West Fenham from Labour. The Newcastle Independents gained two seats from Labour, the Denton and Westerhope ward and the Lemington ward. Despite losing three seats elsewhere on the council, Labour took the seat of Callerton and Throckley from the Newcastle Independents.
Nick Kemp faced a challenge for the council leadership from fellow Labour councillor Ged Bell, who had. Bell had served as a councillor since 1996 and was a member of the council's cabinet under Nick Forbes.[7] This challenge was withdrawn, however, leaving Kemp to return unopposed as leader of the Labour group.
2023 Newcastle City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 14 | 3 | 51.9 | 34 | 48 | 61.5 | 27,688 | 41.9 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 10 | 2 | 37.0 | 13 | 23 | 29.5 | 18,417 | 27.8 | +4.4 | |
Newcastle Ind. | 2 | 1 | 7.4 | 2 | 4 | 5.1 | 3,139 | 4.7 | -1.0 | |
Independent | 1 | 3.7 | 2 | 3 | 3.8 | 2,766 | 4.2 | -0.7 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,651 | 11.6 | -1.9 | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6,025 | 9.1 | +1.3 | ||
Freedom Alliance | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 235 | 0.4 | +0.3 | ||
SDP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 | 0.1 | N/A | ||
Communist | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 65 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
Ward results
editThe 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.[8]
Arthur's Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 51.8 | 8.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,206 | 23.5 | 6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,128 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.1 |
Benwell and Scotswood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 1,161 | 46.1 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,517 | 31.2 | 1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,079 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.4 |
Blakelaw
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 774 | 43.2 | 13.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,791 | 26.1 | 1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,852 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.9 |
Byker
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 210 | 11.7 | 26.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,792 | 27.0 | 4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 6,644 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 16.7 |
Callerton and Throckley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 539 | 20.8 | 16.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,590 | 30.6 | 2.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,470 | ||||
Labour gain from Newcastle Ind. | Swing | 12.8 |
Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 194 | 6.1 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,170 | 29.5 | 7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 10,750 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.9 |
Chapel
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 2,347 | 66.9 | 15.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,510 | 46.8 | 1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 7,499 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | 4.8 |
Dene and South Gosforth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 438 | 12.7 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,440 | 46.9 | 3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,333 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.1 |
Denton and Westerhope
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 133 | 4.9 | 0.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,698 | 31.7 | 1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,504 | ||||
Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | 4.6 |
Elswick
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 1,112 | 57.8 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,925 | 25.2 | 7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,635 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.5 |
Fawdon and West Gosforth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 985 | 34.4 | 1.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,860 | 38.9 | 0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,351 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.8 |
Gosforth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 231 | 5.8 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,011 | 52.8 | 1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,596 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.3 |
Heaton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 759 | 26.9 | 8.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,825 | 39.4 | 1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,171 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.2 |
Kenton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 775 | 32.0 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,425 | 33.2 | 1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,313 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.9 |
Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 1,056 | 51.3 | 24.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,060 | 29.6 | 1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,957 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.2 |
Lemington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 159 | 6.8 | 2.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,346 | 33.0 | 1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 7,111 | ||||
Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | 5.6 |
Manor Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 714 | 24.3 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,934 | 41.2 | 0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 7,117 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.2 |
Monument
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 546 | 45.8 | 24.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,191 | 23.7 | 5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,029 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 13.0 |
North Jesmond
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 755 | 37.2 | 15.5 | ||
Majority | 764 | 37.6 | 35.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,032 | 47.6 | 2.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,032 | 47.6 | 12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 4,433 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 20.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 19.8 |
Ouseburn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 226 | 12.1 | Even | ||
Turnout | 1,872 | 37.6 | 6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 4,976 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.1 |
Parklands
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 1,248 | 31.6 | 11.4 | ||
Turnout | 3,952 | 44.8 | 3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,824 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.7 |
South Jesmond
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 352 | 19.4 | 9.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,818 | 36.5 | 3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 4,975 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.0 |
Walker
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 995 | 57.2 | 35.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,740 | 24.7 | 4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,039 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.6 |
Walkergate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 1,138 | 43.1 | 23.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,638 | 31.8 | 1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,293 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.1 |
West Fenham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 317 | 12.0 | 11.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,649 | 36.6 | 4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,229 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 25.2 |
Wingrove
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 1,202 | 53.3 | 10.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,257 | 31.4 | 5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 7,198 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.3 |
References
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