Newcastle upon Tyne local elections
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One third of Newcastle upon Tyne Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
Labour 1973 - 2004
Liberal Democrat 2004 - present
[edit] Council elections
Newcastle upon Tyne Council election, 1998
Newcastle upon Tyne Council election, 1999
Newcastle upon Tyne Council election, 2000
Newcastle upon Tyne Council election, 2002
Newcastle upon Tyne Council election, 2003
Newcastle upon Tyne Council election, 2004
Newcastle upon Tyne Council election, 2006
Newcastle upon Tyne Council election, 2007
Newcastle upon Tyne Council election, 2008
[edit] By-election results
| Newburn By-Election 7 November 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Linda Isobel Wright | 920 | 76.9 | ||
| Conservative | Alistair Stewart Hind | 275 | 23.1 | ||
| Majority | 645 | 53.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,195 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Woolsington By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lilian Mary Kennedy | 2,630 | 68.1 | -7.2 | |
| Conservative | Colin Forster | 657 | 17.0 | +5.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Robert Ernest Walker | 576 | 14.9 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 1,973 | 51.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,863 | 65.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| South Gosforth By-Election 12 June 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Thomas David George Woodwark | 1,474 | 43.7 | -15.0 | |
| Conservative | Marie Summersby | 1,096 | 32.5 | +1.3 | |
| Labour | Susan Jane MacDonald Stirling | 800 | 23.7 | +13.6 | |
| Majority | 378 | 11.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3,370 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| West City By-Election 2 October 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Doreen James | 468 | 81.5 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Phillip George Lower | 74 | 12.9 | +5.9 | |
| Conservative | Timothy David Troman | 32 | 5.6 | -3.2 | |
| Majority | 394 | 68.6 | |||
| Turnout | 574 | 10.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Heaton By-Election 20 November 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Colin Wappat | 564 | 52.9 | -10.7 | |
| Conservative | Jeremy Peter Middleton | 211 | 19.8 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Neil John Bradbury | 158 | 14.8 | +4.5 | |
| Green | Christopher Patrick Hayday | 84 | 7.9 | +1.9 | |
| Communist | Martin Richard Levy | 50 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 353 | 33.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,067 | 11.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Dene By-Election 16 July 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Gregory Martin Stone | 1,961 | 58.1 | +2.6 | |
| Labour | John Lawrence Young | 1,061 | 31.4 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Alice Gingell | 353 | 10.5 | -3.2 | |
| Majority | 900 | 26.7 | |||
| Turnout | 3,375 | 29.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Byker By-Election 4 March 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michelle Pike | 366 | 56.8 | -18.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Thomas James Thompson | 206 | 32.0 | +13.1 | |
| Green | Pamela Jane Woolner | 37 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
| Conservative | Jeremy Peter Middleton | 35 | 5.4 | -0.1 | |
| Majority | 160 | 24.8 | |||
| Turnout | 644 | 9.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scotswood By-Election 14 October 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hazel Stephenson | 490 | 66.9 | -16.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Susan Anne Reilly | 180 | 24.6 | +16.0 | |
| Conservative | Peter Lumley | 62 | 8.5 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 310 | 42.3 | |||
| Turnout | 732 | 14.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Jesmond By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Dicken | 2,496 | 46.0 | +6.5 | |
| Labour | Fiona Karen Clarke | 1,659 | 30.5 | -1.3 | |
| Conservative | Jonjo McNamara | 1,116 | 20.5 | -1.5 | |
| Independent | Marie Summersby | 160 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 837 | 15.5 | |||
| Turnout | 5,431 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Walkergate By-Election 7 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Stokel-Walker | 2,672 | 58.3 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Belinda Jane Knowles | 1,606 | 35.0 | -4.7 | |
| Conservative | Keith Ian Gilfillan | 306 | 6.7 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 1,066 | 23.3 | |||
| Turnout | 4,584 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Benwell By-Election 18 July 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Eric Seton Mackinlay | 700 | 55.8 | -3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Brian David Moore | 383 | 30.5 | +13.6 | |
| Conservative | Carolyn Smith | 136 | 10.8 | +0.0 | |
| Green | Jesus Angel Miguel-Garcia | 36 | 2.9 | -1.4 | |
| Majority | 317 | 25.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,255 | 24.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Walker By-Election 4 September 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Stokel-Walker | 1,440 | 62.1 | -12.3 | |
| British National Party | Jonathan Keys | 395 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John McLennan | 370 | 16.0 | -0.4 | |
| Conservative | Joseph Prince | 112 | 4.8 | -1.7 | |
| Majority | 1,045 | 45.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,317 | 47.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Lemington By-Election 30 November 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Lawrence Hunter | 1,180 | 46.7 | -9.3 | |
| Labour | Ruth Robson | 815 | 32.2 | -11.8 | |
| British National Party | Kenneth Thomas Booth | 383 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
| Conservative | Jason Robert Lee Smith | 147 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
| Majority | 365 | 14.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,525 | 34.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
