Newcastle City Council election, 2016

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Newcastle City Council election, 2016
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  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Nick Forbes Anita Lower
Party Labour Liberal Democrat Independent
Leader's seat Westgate Castle
Last election 53 22 3
Seats won 55 20 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease2 0
Popular vote 46% 23% 4%
Swing Decrease6% Decrease5% Increase3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Alexis Fernandes James Bartle Shehla NaqvI
Party UKIP Conservative Green
Last election 0 0 0
Seats won 0 0 0
Popular vote 13% 9% 5%
Swing Increase13% Increase1% Increase5%

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

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

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

Wards

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 Democrat 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 % ±%
Conservative James Gerard Langley 221 8%
Green Brendan Derham 117 4%
Labour David Stockdale 1846 63%
Liberal Democrat Bill Schardt 267 9%
UKIP Ritchie Lane 470 16%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Byker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Robinson 120 5%
Green Nick Morphet 126 5%
Labour George Alfred Allison 1611 66%
Liberal Democrat Mark Nelson 100 4%
UKIP David Tilley Robinson-Young 470 19%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mary Toward 342 9%
Green Andrew Jonathan Thorp 120 3%
Labour Jacqui Turner 1230 32%
Liberal Democrat Ian Graham 1702 44%
UKIP Timothy Thomas Marron 490 13%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2015: Dene
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Monckton 244 7%
Green Tab Bailey 132 4%
Labour Sheila Claire Spencer 975 28%
Liberal Democrat Wendy Barbara Taylor 1906 54%
UKIP David Muat 275 8%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Denton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Henry Birkmyre 234 8%
Green Spinoza Pitman 60 2%
Labour Dan Greenhough 1301 45%
Liberal Democrat Colin Thomas Dalgish 289 10%
UKIP Brian David Moore 697 24%
style="background-color: Template:Newcastle First/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Newcastle First|Template:Newcastle First/meta/shortname]] Sarah Jane Armstrong 333 11%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: East Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Wake 421 12%
Green Frances Christine Hinton 248 7%
Labour Gareth James Hughes 1167 33%
Liberal Democrat Dominic Mark Raymont 1591 44%
UKIP Peter John Dunne 142 4%
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts Nicolas Alan Fray 19 1%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Elswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronald Toward 131 5%
Green Taymar Gem Pitman 70 3%
Labour Ann Veronica Schofield 1778 71%
Liberal Democrat James Peter Kenyon 87 3%
UKIP Mark Page 421 17%
Majority
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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat Tracy Connell 174 6%
UKIP Penelope Stansfield 576 21%
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts 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 Democrat PJ Morrissey 490 18%
UKIP Mike Adie 402 15%
style="background-color: Template:Newcastle First/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Newcastle First|Template:Newcastle First/meta/shortname]] Jason Smith 408 15%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Newburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Brewster 280 10%
Labour Steve Fairlie 1398 51%
Liberal Democrat Lawrence Hunter 269 10%
UKIP James Douglas Robertson 586 21%
style="background-color: Template:Newcastle First/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Newcastle First|Template:Newcastle First/meta/shortname]] 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat Stephen Howse 693 32%
UKIP Joseph Todd 134 6%
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts 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 Democrat Pauline Allen 1936 54%
UKIP John Atkinson 211 6%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: South Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Boam 106 5%
Green Andrew John Plevins Gray 575 25%
Labour John-Paul Stephenson 1327 59%
Liberal Democrat Catherine Smith 99 4%
UKIP Max Elliott Peacock 156 7%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: South Jesmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Thomas McPherson 207 12%
Green Matt Busby 207 12%
Labour Felicity Ann Mendelson 928 53%
Liberal Democrat Tom Woodwark 276 16%
UKIP James Lee Askwith 133 8%
Majority
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 Democrat 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 Democrat 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 % ±%
Conservative Steve Kyte 1187 31%
Green Alistair Christian Ford 155 4%
Labour Oskar Andrew Avery 681 18%
Liberal Democrat Nick Cott 1653 44%
UKIP Paul Coulthard 104 3%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Westerhope
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacqueline Mary McNally 117 3%
Labour Syed Ullah 381 10%
Liberal Democrat Colin Steen 33 1%
UKIP David James Monkhouse 253 6%
Independent Marc James Donelly 2888 74%
style="background-color: Template:Newcastle First/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Newcastle First|Template:Newcastle First/meta/shortname]] Ernie Shorton 224 6%
Majority
Turnout
Local elections 2016: Westgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Colin Forster 124 7%
Green Cliff Brown 154 9%
Labour Nick Forbes 1155 69%
Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat Ian Laverick 233 8%
UKIP Ian McKinnell 530 19%
style="background-color: Template:Newcastle First/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Newcastle First|Template:Newcastle First/meta/shortname]] Olga Shorton 119 4%
Majority
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/local-elections-2015-newcastle-city-9057985

http://democracy.newcastle.gov.uk/mgElectionElectionAreaResults.aspx?EID=6&RPID=3367655 retrieved 23:32 10th May 2016

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