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

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

Election result

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

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

Birtley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  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.
  7. ^ Holland, Daniel (4 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: All the results from Gateshead Council - how every candidate scored". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Local election results 2023". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Gateshead election result". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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