2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
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22 of 66 seats to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout48,707 (34.2%)
  First party Second party
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Leader Martin Gannon Ron Beadle
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 51 seats, 49.9% 15 seats, 24.5%
Seats before 51 15
Seats won 15 7
Seats after 49 17
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 24,456 13,363
Percentage 50.3% 27.5%
Swing Increase 0.4% Increase 3.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Martin Gannon
Labour

Leader after election

Martin Gannon
Labour

The 2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[1] One third of the council was elected.[2] One candidate was elected from each of the council's 22 wards.[3]

Background

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In the 2022 election, the Labour Party retained a supermajority of seats.[4]

Labour retained its majority on the council, although lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats.[5]

Summary

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Election result

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2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 15 Decrease 2 68.2 34 49 74.2 24,456 50.3 +0.4
  Liberal Democrats 7 Increase 2 31.8 10 17 25.8 13,363 27.5 +3.0
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 6,079 12.5 –4.0
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,654 7.5 –0.7
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 547 1.1 +0.5
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 281 0.6 +0.5
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 135 0.3 N/A
  Save Us Now 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 75 0.2 +0.1

Ward results

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The results for each ward were as follows:[6][7][8][9]

Birtley

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Birtley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Thomas Elliott 1,224 56.6 +13.8
Labour Catherine Mary Davison 768 35.5 −10.9
Conservative Joseph Ronald Callanhan 169 7.8 −3.0
Majority 456 21.1 N/A
Turnout 2171 35.4 +0.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Blaydon

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Blaydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Alfred Brain 1,312 65.6 +12.7
Liberal Democrats Steven Hawkins 353 17.6 +10.3
Conservative Edward Bohill 219 10.9 −17.8
TUSC Tom Allen 117 5.8 +5.8
Majority 959 48.0 +23.8
Turnout 2001 28.2 +0.9
Labour hold Swing

Bridges

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Bridges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Goldsworthy 904 58.2 −7.7
Conservative Martin Backley 248 16.0 −1.6
Green Andy Blanchflower 223 14.4 +14.4
Liberal Democrats Gareth Cooper 177 11.4 −5.1
Majority 656 42.2
Turnout 1561 27.5
Labour hold Swing

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

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Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael McNestry 1,681 66.8 +5.1
Conservative Louise Beatrice Prince 402 16.0 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Jean Margaret Callender 316 12.6 +5.5
TUSC Tony Dodds 118 4.7 +4.7
Majority 1279 50.8 +8.6
Turnout 2535 38.0 −2.0
Labour hold Swing

Chowdene

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Chowdene
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Wood 1,245 57.6 +2.5
Conservative David William Potts 408 18.9 −1.5
Liberal Democrats James Peter Kenyon 295 13.7 −0.2
Green Thomas Frederick Newell 118 5.5 −2.2
TUSC Mark Robertson 95 4.4 +1.5
Majority 837 38.7 +4.0
Turnout 2169 33.2 −1.1
Labour hold Swing

Crawcrook and Greenside

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Crawcrook and Greenside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathryn Alexandra Henderson 1,374 48.1 +2.7
Green Jack Philipson 1,017 35.6 +4.3
Conservative Christopher Anthony Coxon 319 11.2 −6.0
Liberal Democrats Oliver Christopher Martin William Jones-Lyons 147 5.1 −1.0
Majority 357 7.5 −6.6
Turnout 2867 40.1 −1.1
Labour hold Swing

Deckham

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Deckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernadette Teresa Oliphant 1,075 56.7 −3.2
Liberal Democrats David Gilson Fawcett 220 11.6 +2.7
Conservative Josh Alan Knotts 220 11.6 −5.5
Green Gary Rutherford Brooks 194 10.2 −0.1
Reform UK Robert Keith Kelly 135 7.1 +7.1
TUSC Norman Hall 52 2.7 −1.2
Majority 855 45.1 +2.3
Turnout 1903 30.4 +0.6
Labour hold Swing

Dunston and Teams

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Dunston and Teams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Robert Haley 996 61.0 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Alexander Forster Walls 345 21.1 +12.3
Conservative Jordan-Lee Guthrie 291 17.8 +0.2
Majority 651 39.9 −4.0
Turnout 1641 27.5 −0.6
Labour hold Swing

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

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Dunston Hill and Whickham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vicky Anderson 1,250 51.7 +3.0
Labour Andrew Dylan Moir 698 26.9 −5.1
Green Isabel Mary Blanchflower 201 8.3 +2.1
Conservative Jak Hocking 195 8.1 −3.2
Save Us Now Graham Steele 75 3.1 +1.3
Majority 552 24.8 +8.1
Turnout 2429 37.0 −1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Felling

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Felling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Joseph Kasfikis 916 62.9 +3.5
Conservative Peter Crompton Jackson 255 17.5 +0.7
Green Ashleigh Taylor McLean 149 10.2 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Waqas 137 9.4 −5.6
Majority 1457 45.4 +2.8
Turnout 1457 26.1 −2.2
Labour hold Swing

High Fell

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High Fell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathryn Dorothea Walker 1,519 72.9 +14.8
Liberal Democrats Len Bell 210 10.1 −6.6
Conservative Francis Thomas Athey 204 9.8 −4.6
TUSC Elaine Brunskill 152 7.3 +0.4
Majority 1309 62.8 +21.4
Turnout 2094 35.2 +6.8
Labour hold Swing

Lamesley

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Lamesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Gallagher 1,382 62.7 +4.9
Conservative Richard Herdman 419 19.0 −7.1
Liberal Democrats Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway 219 9.9 +1.1
Green Neil Campbell Grant 184 8.3 +1.0
Majority 963 43.7 +12.0
Turnout 2219 30.9 −1.3
Labour hold Swing

Lobley Hill and Bensham

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Lobley Hill and Bensham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eileen McMaster 1,282 59.6 +0.3
Conservative John Rogan Gardiner 336 15.6 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Jamie Rickelton 274 12.7 +1.2
Green Andy Redfern 258 12.0 +1.1
Majority 946 44.0 −0.9
Turnout 2161 31.4 −0.1
Labour hold Swing

Low Fell

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Low Fell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ron Beadle 1,836 59.0 +10.7
Labour Vincent Edward James Humphries 833 26.8 −10.0
Green Mark Andrew Gorman 297 9.5 +2.7
Conservative Paul Sterling 146 4.7 −3.5
Majority 1003 32.2
Turnout 3124 45.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pelaw and Heworth

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Pelaw and Heworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Paul Diston 1,202 52.7 +0.4
Labour Heather Rhoda Maddison 862 37.8 −3.7
Green Nicholas Boldrini 139 6.1 +6.1
Conservative Ali Reza Akbari Pargam 76 3.3 −2.9
Majority 340 14.9 +4.1
Turnout 2285 35.6 +1.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

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Ryton, Crookhill and Stella
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Geddes 1,545 57.4 −2.3
Green Andrew Mason 315 11.7 −0.5
Conservative Susan Mary Wilson 286 10.6 −5.8
Independent Doug Musgrove 281 10.4 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Lynda Ann Duggan 215 8.0 −1.7
TUSC Ros Cooper 48 1.8 −0.3
Majority 1230 45.7 +2.4
Turnout 2699 39.1 +1.3
Labour hold Swing

Saltwell

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Saltwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Leanne May Brand 900 45.2 +7.1
Labour Robert Lee Waugh 842 42.3 −6.3
Green Gabriel Rubinstein 124 6.2 +3.2
Conservative Robert Ableson 123 6.2 −3.2
Majority 58 2.9 N/A
Turnout 1996 32.4 −1.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Wardley and Leam Lane

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Wardley and Leam Lane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Stuart Green 1,251 66.3 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew Robert Jordison 338 17.9 +8.1
Conservative John Robert McNeil 298 15.8 −3.4
Majority 913 48.4 +5.7
Turnout 1898 32.2 −2.6
Labour hold Swing

Whickham North

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Whickham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher James Ord 1,497 63.9 +2.8
Labour Jeff Bowe 647 27.6 −1.0
Conservative John Callanhan 197 8.4 −1.9
Majority 850 36.3 +3.8
Turnout 2341 38.0 +2.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whickham South and Sunniside

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Whickham South and Sunniside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Charles Wallace 1,829 64.3 +4.2
Labour Sam Daniel Grist 662 23.3 −0.3
Conservative Perry Wilson 273 9.6 −2.1
TUSC Joel Jackson Byers 82 2.9 +2.9
Majority 1167 41.0 −4.5
Turnout 2855 43.9 −1.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Windy Nook and Whitehills

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Windy Nook and Whitehills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Turnbull 1,221 62.2 +3.4
Conservative Kyle Lambert Murray 353 18.0 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Susan Walker 253 12.9 −1.8
Green Ruth Christina Grant 137 7.0 +0.6
Majority 868 44.2 +5.5
Turnout 1976 28.6 −2.3
Labour hold Swing

Winlaton and High Spen

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Winlaton and High Spen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maria Theresa Hall 1,441 57.5 +4.1
Conservative Lewis Ormston 642 25.6 −4.8
Green Paul Martin McNally 298 11.9 +1.2
Liberal Democrats David Graham Randall 126 5.0 −0.5
Majority 799 31.9 +8.9
Turnout 2516 36.7 −3.2
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Local elections 2023: Focus on North East England". BBC News. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ^ Sheldrick, Tom (14 April 2023). "Local elections: What to watch out for in the North East council elections on 4 May". ITV News.
  3. ^ "Elections get underway in Gateshead". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  4. ^ Soden, Herbert (14 April 2021). "Gateshead Council 2021 local election results in full". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  5. ^ Shakespeare, Austen (5 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: Labour loses two seats in Gateshead in wards with leisure centres under threat". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Local election candidates 2023". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
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