2018 Newcastle City Council election

The 2018 Newcastle City Council elections took place on 3 May 2018, on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

2018 Newcastle City Council election
3 May 2018
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
LD
Con
Leader Nick Forbes Anita Lower Gerry Langley
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since May 2007 May 2013
Leader's seat Arthur's Hill Castle Ran in Dene and South Gosforth (lost)
Last election 55 20 0
Seats won 56 19 0
Seat change 1 1 0
Popular vote 98,206 47,259 26,167
Percentage 49.4 23.7 14.1
Swing 5.3 1.2 4.1

For the first time since 2004, boundary changes occurred across Newcastle upon Tyne and the entire council was up for re-election. In June 2016, the Boundary Commission published draft proposals of potential new ward boundaries, with significant changes throughout the entirety of the city, though with some wards remaining the same.

The Conservative Party candidate for the Manor Park ward, Florence Kirkby, is 96 years old and is believed to be one of the oldest people to stand in the United Kingdom in an election.[1][2]

Result
Newcastle City Council election result, 2018
Party Candidates Votes
Stood Elected Gained Unseated Net % of total % No. Net %
  Labour 78 56 1 71.7 49.4 98,206 5.3
  Liberal Democrats 77 19 1 24.3 23.7 47,259 1.2
  Conservative 78 0 13.1 26,167 4.1
  Independent 13 3 3.8 7.0 14,103 5.0
  Green 28 0 4.3 8,726 0.7
  Its Time to Put Newcastle First 5 0 1.0 1,982 1.0
  UKIP 8 0 1.0 1,977 12.1
  TUSC 2 0 0.1 215
  Communist 1 0 0.0 38
  Totals 291 78 100 100 198,673 123,345

Council Composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
55 20 3
Labour LD Ind

After the election, the composition of the council is:

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56 19 3
Labour LD Ind

Ward Results

Arthur's Hill
Arthur's Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Nick Forbes 1,215 28.4
Labour Nigel Todd 1,203 28.1
Labour Joanne Kingsland 1,171 27.3
Green Taymar Gem Pitman 191 4.5
Conservative Luigi Robert Merton 106 2.5
Conservative Edward William Sheils 97 2.3
Conservative Chrystian Rengifo 79 1.8
TUSC Daniel Gilmore 77 1.8
Liberal Democrats Shirley Mansfield 60 1.4
Liberal Democrats William James Shephard 48 1.1
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 36 0.8
PartyVotes%
Labour3,58983.8
Conservative2826.6
Green1914.5
Liberal Democrat1443.4
TUSC771.8

Benwell and Scotswood
Benwell and Scotswood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Hazel Stephenson 1,742 24.0
Labour Rob Higgins 1,695 23.3
Labour Jeremy Hugh Beecham 1,668 22.9
Conservative Neville Douthwaite Armstong 379 5.2
Conservative Ben Audsley 356 4.9
Conservative David McPherson 335 4.6
It's Time to Put Newcastle First Adam Mitchell 272 3.7
UKIP Ernest Neil Thornton 271 3.7
Green Chris Hayday 167 2.3
Liberal Democrats Hans Christian Andersen 150 2.1
Liberal Democrats Judith Lesley Steen 119 1.6
Liberal Democrats John Charles Mansfield 115 1.6
PartyVotes%
Labour5,10570.2
Conservatives1,07014.7
Liberal Democrats3845.3
It's time to put Newcastle first2723.7
UKIP2713.7
Green1672.3

Blakelaw
Blakelaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Oskar Andrew Avery 1,118 22.3
Labour Nora Maebh Casey 1,108 22.1
Labour Linda Anne Hobson 1,098 21.9
Conservative Sarah Sewell 305 6.1
Liberal Democrats Bill Schardt 294 5.9
Conservative Sean Ian Mennim 259 5.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Graham 256 5.1
Conservative Amy-Jane Milburn 221 4.4
Green Rachel Sheila Dunfield 187 3.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Miles Badenoch Thompson 175 3.5
PartyVotes%
Labour3,32466.2
Conservative78515.6
Liberal Democrat72514.4
Green1873.7

Byker
Byker
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour George Alfred Allison 1,436 26.4
Labour Anne Veronica Dunn 1,297 23.8
Labour Nick Kemp 1,294 23.8
Green Nick Hartley 223 4.3
Conservative Julie Crump 185 3.4
Independent Jacqui Gilchrist 185 3.4
UKIP Joe Todd 183 3.4
Conservative Donald Robinson 171 3.1
Conservative Clifford Nigel Hedley 166 3.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Nelson 122 2.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Ellen Bernadette Walker 90 1.7
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani 87 1.6
PartyVotes%
Labour5,10574.0
Conservatives5349.8
Liberal Democrats3845.5
Green2334.3
Independent1853.4
UKIP1833.4

Callerton and Throckley
Callerton and Throckley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Steve Fairlie 1,245 17.9
Labour Linda Isabell Wright 1,224 17.7
Labour Marion Yvonne Williams 1,024 14.8
Conservative Lyle Darwin 712 10.3
Conservative Caitlin Elizabeth Jones 692 9.9
Conservative Emmett Toward McNally 607 8.8
Independent Idwal Thomas John 454 6.6
It's Time to Put Newcastle First William Joseph Jobes 367 5.3
Liberal Democrats James Peter Kenyon 208 3.0
Liberal Democrats Judith Ann Fourie 201 2.9
Liberal Democrats Margaret Maddison 187 2.7
PartyVotes%
Labour3,49350.5
Conservatives2,01129.1
Liberal Democrats5968.6
Independent4546.6
It's time to put Newcastle first3675.3

Castle
Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Anita Anne Lower 1,416 16.3
Liberal Democrats Aidan John King 1,118 12.9
Liberal Democrats Philip George Lower 1,093 12.6
Labour Gareth James Hughes 911 10.5
Labour Gordana Vasic Franklin 882 10.2
Labour Adam Walker 872 10.1
Conservative Jackie McNally 500 5.8
Conservative Christopher Parkin 490 5.7
Conservative Mary Toward 453 5.2
Independent Rachel Elizabeth Locke 359 4.1
Green Andrew Jonathan Thorp 244 2.8
Independent Brian David Moore 176 2.0
Independent James Moore 151 1.7
PartyVotes%
Liberal Democrats3,62741.9
Labour2,66530.8
Conservatives1,44316.6
Independent6867.9
Green Party2442.8

Chapel
Chapel
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Marc James Donnelly 3,599 31.4
Independent Ernie Shorton 2,580 22.5
Independent Olga Shorton 2,329 20.3
Labour Bill Purvis 580 5.1
Conservative Beryl Condra 495 4.3
Liberal Democrats Christine Morrissey 367 3.2
Labour Sean Peacock 359 3.1
Liberal Democrats PJ Morrissey 348 3.0
Conservative Duncan Carlyle Crute 301 2.6
Labour Abdul Samad 270 2.4
Conservative Steve Yewdall 234 2.0
PartyVotes%
Independent8,50874.2
Labour1,20910.5
Conservatives1,0309.0
Liberal Democrats7156.2

Dene and South Gosforth
Dene and South Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Wendy Barbara Taylor 2,075 18.9
Liberal Democrats Karen Lesley Robinson 1,875 17.1
Liberal Democrats Henry Peter Gallagher 1,800 16.4
Labour Nick Arnold 1,327 12.1
Labour Simon Barnes 1,267 11.5
Labour Co-op Michael Graham Bell 1,169 10.6
Green Joe Herbert 440 4.0
Conservative Heather Chambers 378 3.4
Conservative Gerry Langley 282 2.6
Conservative Jason Richard Birt 275 2.5
UKIP David Muat 93
PartyVotes%
Liberal Democrats5,75052.4
Labour3,76334.3
Conservatives9358.5
Green Party4404.0
UKIP930.8

Denton and Westerhope
Denton and Westerhope
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Brian Samuel Hunter 1,298 15.6
Labour Melissa Jade Sonia Davis 1,228 14.8
Labour Dan Greenhough 1,172 14.1
Local community candidate Tracey Ann Mitchell 1,010 12.2
Local community candidate Alan McKenna 971 11.7
Local community candidate Jason Smith 868 10.5
Conservative Alan Henry Birkmire 300 3.6
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ann Cross 273 3.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Thomas Daglish 251 3.0
Conservative Pam Howe 245 3.0
UKIP Ian McKinnell 244 2.9
Conservative William Thompson 188 2.3
Green Matthew Robert Benjamin James 133 1.6
Liberal Democrats Helen Laverick 118 1.4
PartyVotes%
Labour3,69844.6
Local Community Candidate2,84934.3
Conservative7338.8
Liberal Democrats6427.7
UKIP2442.9
Green Party1331.6

Elswick
Elswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ann Veronica Schofield 1,705 27.5
Labour Dipu Ahad 1,700 27.3
Labour Habib Rahman 1,622 26.1
Green Peter John Stuart Thomson 241 3.9
Conservative Margaret Hamilton Birkmire 213 3.1
Conservative Stephen Thomas Lowrey 206 3.3
Conservative Ronald Joseph Toward 171 2.6
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Joyce Dicken 120 1.9
Liberal Democrats David Alan Faulkner 120 1.9
Liberal Democrats Barbara Jane Down 112 1.8
PartyVotes%
Labour5,02780.1
Conservatives5909.5
Liberal Democrats3525.7
Green Party2413.9

Fawdon and West Gosforth
Fawdon and West Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Brenda Hindmarsh 1,880 21
Liberal Democrats Nick Cott 1,778 19
Liberal Democrats Peter John Lovatt 1,647 18
Labour Mick Bowman 943 10
Labour Anya Elizabeth Cook 936 10
Labour Shumel Rahman 866 9
Conservative Steve Axford 380 4
Green Sandy Irvine 274 3
Conservative Scott Currie Wakeman 239 3
Conservative William Stuart Price-Green 199 2

Gosforth
Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Colin Peter Ferguson 1,694 15
Liberal Democrats Philip Hall 1,605 14
Liberal Democrats Tom Woodwark 1,431 13
Conservative Steve Kyte 1,130 10
Conservative Marie Summersby 1,077 10
Conservative Alison Wake 1,044 9
Labour Hilary Franks 1,004 9
Labour Jane Louise Streather 999 9
Labour Stoica Ion 847 7
Green Alistair Christian Ford 504 4

Heaton
Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Lara Blanche Ellis 1,613 17
Labour Clare Penny-Evans 1,489 16
Labour John-Paul Stephenson 1,366 15
Green Andrew John Plevins Gray 1,030 11
Green Louise Claire Wilson 789 9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Peter Boyle 712 8
Green Chris Parker 656 7
Liberal Democrats Jason Lee Whalley 615 7
Liberal Democrats Matthew Jack Folker 548 6
Conservative Alex Collier 195 2
Conservative Jonathan-Fin Tuddenham 126 1
Conservative George Carter Lloyd 123 1

Kenton
Kenton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ged Bell 1,445 21
Labour Stephen Mark Lambert 1,443 21
Labour Anya Eleanor Durrant 1,386 20
Liberal Democrats Robert Thomas Austin 427 6
Conservative George Frost 426 6
Conservative Keith Ian Gilfillan 414 6
Liberal Democrats Rose Vianna Bunker 412 6
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Ann Slesenger 322 5
Conservative Thomas Frederick William Moody 315 5
Green Greg Rosenvinge 213 3
TUSC Oisin Patrick Gourley 138 2

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall
Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour George Pattison 1,387 22
Labour Sharon Ann Pattison 1,373 21
Labour Jacqui Robinson 1,300 20
Conservative Scott Jewitt 463 7
Liberal Democrats Ian Laverick 445 7
Liberal Democrats Ali Avaei 356 6
Liberal Democrats Kieran Oliver Robinson 352 5
UKIP Kim Kimberley-Blackstar 316 3
Conservative Ibbotson Ben Michael 305 5
Conservative Alexander Turner Proudlock 240 4

Lemington
Lemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour David Burford Cook 1,423 21
Labour Kim McGuinness 1,382 20
Labour Kyle Paul Webster 1,323 19
It's Time to Put Newcastle First Sarah Jane Armstrong 693 10
It's Time to Put Newcastle First John Alan Gordon 649 9
Conservative Michael Harvey Gilbert 314 5
Conservative Elizabeth Esther Yewdall 297 4
Conservative Ann Isabel Wake 283 4
Green Rick Dunfield 173 2
Liberal Democrats Ronald Denton Clark 156 2
Liberal Democrats Robert George Petrie 121 2
Liberal Democrats Adrin Patrick Neatrour 108 2

Manor Park
Manor Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Doreen Huddart 1,769 19
Liberal Democrats Gregory Martin Stone 1,707 18
Liberal Democrats Thomas Anthony Gordon 1,654 18
Labour Charlie Gray 1,141 12
Labour Alex Benson 1,071 12
Labour Sylvia Ann Copley 1,013 11
Conservative Paul John Dyer 297 3
Conservative Leanne Conway-Wilcox 230 2
Conservative Florence Mary Kirkby 227 2
Green Michael James Gardner 160 2

Monument
Monument
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jane Christina Byrne 839 24
Labour Rosie Hogg 793 22
Labour Jamie Driscoll 763 22
Green Cliff Brown 235 7
Conservative Samuel Bown 187 5
Conservative Elizabeth Sewell 186 5
Conservative Vivian Mary White 172 5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Anthony Psallidas 131 4
Liberal Democrats Robert Ernest Walker 121 3
Liberal Democrats Kamaljeet Singh Kundi 119 3

North Jesmond
North Jesmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Stella Rogers Postlethwaite 917 16
Labour Wendy Susanna Young 834 14
Liberal Democrats Gerry Keating 822 14
Labour Alexander Geoffrey Hay 746 13
Liberal Democrats David Haydn Besag 725 12
Liberal Democrats Crispin Melvill Welby 707 12
Conservative Kitty Lau 282 5
Conservative James Cowling 273 5
Green Shehla Khatoon Naqvi 262 5
Conservative James Robert Bartle 247 4

Ouseburn
Ouseburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paula Holland 1,024 17
Labour Alistair Stuart Chisholm 968 16
Labour Stephen Alan Powers 931 16
Liberal Democrats Gareth Kane 919 16
Liberal Democrats Ciaran Joseph Morrissey 705 12
Liberal Democrats Aleisha Naomi Stansfield 641 11
Green Rachel Holland 277 5
Green Ralph Dominic Pettingill 159 3
Conservative Jason Stephen Carr 100 2
Conservative Harry Richard Craggs 87 1
Conservative Nicholas Sundina 68 1
  • a Nicholas Sundin has been suspended by the Conservative Party and is under investigation due to a series of Islamophobic social media posts and offensive comments he has made about Hillsborough survivors. He will remain on the ballot as a Conservative candidate, but in effect is now an independent. He stood in a ward in Gateshead in 2015 for UKIP.[3]

Parklands
Parklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Robin Arthur John Ashby 2,057 16.5
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen 1,925 15.5
Liberal Democrats David Christopher Down 1,679 13.5
Labour Susan Pearson 1,014 8.1
Conservative Simon Bernard Bell 987 7.9
Independent John James Dockerty 840 6.7
Conservative Karen Jewers 792 6.4
Labour Louise Kathleen Sutcliffe 722 5.8
Labour Geoff O'Brien 715 5.7
Conservative John Grierson Dobie 688 5.5
Independent John Hall 581 4.7
Green Frances Christine Hinton 455 3.7

South Jesmond
South Jesmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Felicity Ann Mendelson 1,052 20
Labour Arlene Ainsley 994 19
Labour Judy Pearce 902 17
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Louise Logan 319 6
Green Clare Pauline Andrews 306 6
Conservative Ian Donald MacGilp 299 6
Conservative Christopher Luke Murray 292 6
Conservative Max Joseph Graham 284 5
Green Tony Waterston 272 5
Liberal Democrats Deborah Elizabeth Burns 251 5
Liberal Democrats Mark Keville 201 4
Communist Martin Richard Levy 38 1

Walker
Walker
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Douglas Stokel-Walker 1,556 28
Labour David Leslie Wood 1,379 25
Labour Margaret Wood 1,361 25
Conservative Joan Atkin 230 4
UKIP Tony Sanderson 206 4
Conservative Elle Clarke 189 3
Conservative Daniel Robert George Percy 186 3
Green Ed Laschet 141 3
Liberal Democrats Robert Lambert Renton 114 2
Liberal Democrats Joan Margaret Trinder 81 1
Liberal Democrats Susan Joyce Vernon 77 1

Walkergate
Walkergate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Stevie Wood 1,799 23
Labour Maureen Beatrice Lowson 1,739 22
Labour Paul Frew 1,606 20
Liberal Democrats Deborah Ann Gallagher 555 7
Conservative Charlie Terance Owen Jones 373 5
UKIP Ray Hardy 351 4
Conservative Lance Robson 347 4
Liberal Democrats Bill Signey 344 4
Conservative Joseph Stuart Teasdale 322 4
Liberal Democrats David Serge Slesenger 271 3
Green Alastair Bonnett 233 3

West Fenham
West Fenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Karen Louise Kilgour 1,496 22
Labour Ian Tokell 1,452 22
Labour Marion Elizabeth Talbot 1,448 22
Conservative Andrew Bulman 360 5
UKIP John Thomas Richardson 313 5
Conservative Joy Crute 311 5
It's Time to Put Newcastle First Ian Alfred Rose Fraser 273 4
Conservative Kenneth Wake 262 4
Liberal Democrats John Edward Thorley 248 4
Green Daryl Hughes 199 3
Liberal Democrats Lucy Mary Keating 180 3
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Kamruzzaman Milon 146 2

Wingrove
Wingrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Joyce McCarty 1,961 25
Labour Irim Ali 1,903 24
Labour Rebecca Shatwell 1,641 21
Conservative Harriet Beaty 355 5%
Liberal Democrats Philip McArdle 344 4%
Green Paula Blair 319 4%
Liberal Democrats Andrew McQuillin 312 4%
Conservative Neil Cameron 293 4%
Conservative Kieran McNally 288 4%
Green John Pearson 233 3%
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Farsi 207 3%

References
  1. "Woman, 96, is Newcastle council election candidate". BBC News. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. "96-year-old Tory candidate could become oldest councillor in the UK". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. Ian Johnson (27 April 2018). "Tory candidate suspended over tweets calling prophet Mohammed a 'paedophile'". Chronicle Live.
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