2016 Newcastle City Council election
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.
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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 | |||||||
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| Party | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
| Won | Not up | Total | ± | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Labour | 18 | 37 | 55 | +2 | 33272 | 45% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 13 | 20 | -2 | 17015 | 23% | |
| Independent | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2888 | 4% | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9893 | 13% | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6776 | 9% | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3783 | 5% | |
| Newcastle First | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1578 | 2% | |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | <1% | |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | <1% | |
| Total | 26 | 52 | 78 | 0 | 75328 | – | |
| Turnout | |||||||
Wards
| 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 Democrats | Helen Laverick | 127 | 4% | -1.5% | |
| Green | Lee Irving | 123 | 4% | +4% | |
| Majority | 623 | 19% | -36% | ||
| Turnout | 3178 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Stockdale | 1846 | 63% | -7.5% | |
| UKIP | Ritchie Lane | 470 | 16% | +16.0% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bill Schardt | 267 | 9% | -13.3% | |
| Conservative | James Gerard Langley | 221 | 8% | +0.8% | |
| Green | Brendan Derham | 117 | 4% | +4.0% | |
| Majority | 1,376 | 47% | -1.3% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | George Alfred Allison | 1611 | 66% | -11.9% | |
| UKIP | David Tilley Robinson-Young | 470 | 19% | +19.0% | |
| Green | Nick Morphet | 126 | 5% | +5.0% | |
| Conservative | Donald Robinson | 120 | 5% | -0.4% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Nelson | 100 | 4% | -1.8% | |
| Majority | 1,141 | 47.0% | -19.9% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Graham | 1702 | 44% | -5.9% | |
| Labour | Jacqui Turner | 1230 | 32% | +24.0% | |
| UKIP | Timothy Thomas Marron | 490 | 13% | +13.0% | |
| Conservative | Mary Toward | 342 | 9% | +1.4% | |
| Green | Andrew Jonathan Thorp | 120 | 3% | +3.0% | |
| Majority | 472 | 12% | -3.4% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy Barbara Taylor | 1906 | 54% | -4.9% | |
| Labour | Sheila Claire Spencer | 975 | 28% | -1.2% | |
| UKIP | David Muat | 275 | 8% | +8.0% | |
| Conservative | Tim Monckton | 244 | 7% | -4.9% | |
| Green | Tab Bailey | 132 | 4% | +4% | |
| Majority | 931 | 26% | -4.7% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Dan Greenhough | 1301 | 45% | -12.7% | |
| UKIP | Brian David Moore | 697 | 24% | +24.0% | |
| Newcastle Independents | Sarah Jane Armstrong | 333 | 11% | -6.2% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Thomas Dalgish | 289 | 10% | -5.6% | |
| Conservative | Alan Henry Birkmyre | 234 | 8% | _1.8% | |
| Green | Spinoza Pitman | 60 | 2% | +2.0% | |
| Majority | 604 | 21% | -19.5% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Dominic Mark Raymont | 1591 | 44% | +1.0% | |
| Labour | Gareth James Hughes | 1167 | 33% | -1.8% | |
| Conservative | Alison Wake | 421 | 12% | +1.8% | |
| Green | Frances Christine Hinton | 248 | 7% | -5.0% | |
| UKIP | Peter John Dunne | 142 | 4% | +4.0% | |
| Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts | Nicolas Alan Fray | 19 | 1% | +1.0% | |
| Majority | 424 | 11% | +2.2% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ann Veronica Schofield | 1778 | 71% | -8.0% | |
| UKIP | Mark Page | 421 | 17% | +17.0% | |
| Conservative | Ronald Toward | 131 | 5% | -0.5% | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Peter Kenyon | 87 | 3% | -3.0% | |
| Green | Taymar Gem Pitman | 70 | 3% | +3.0% | |
| Majority | 1,357 | 54% | 69.4% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Axford | 171 | 5% | ||
| Green | Michael James Gardner | 86 | 3% | ||
| Labour | Clare Penny-Evans | 877 | 28% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Brenda Hindmarsh | 1808 | 57% | ||
| UKIP | Alexis Fernandes | 231 | 7% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kenneth Wake | 274 | 10% | ||
| Green | Andrew Arthur Stark | 88 | 3% | ||
| Labour | Marion Elizabeth Talbot | 1623 | 57% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christine Morrissey | 260 | 9% | ||
| UKIP | Christopher Ballantyne | 626 | 22% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Simon Bell | 363 | 13% | ||
| Green | Ian Kilgour Christie | 40 | 1% | ||
| Labour | Jane Louise Streather | 1498 | 55% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tracy Connell | 174 | 6% | ||
| UKIP | Penelope Stansfield | 576 | 21% | ||
| Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts | Oisin Patrick Gourley | 62 | 2% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alison Robinson | 158 | 6% | ||
| Green | Ross Anthony Spray | 31 | 1% | ||
| Labour | Kim McGuinness | 1212 | 45% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | PJ Morrissey | 490 | 18% | ||
| UKIP | Mike Adie | 402 | 15% | ||
| Newcastle Independents | Jason Smith | 408 | 15% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christopher Brewster | 280 | 10% | ||
| Labour | Steve Fairlie | 1398 | 51% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Hunter | 269 | 10% | ||
| UKIP | James Douglas Robertson | 586 | 21% | ||
| Newcastle Independents | John Alan Gordon | 205 | 7% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Robert Bartle | 182 | 5% | ||
| Green | Joe Herbert | 230 | 6% | ||
| Labour | Nora Maebh Casey | 1356 | 37% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Doreen Huddart | 1686 | 46% | ||
| UKIP | Elisabeth Margery Edmundson | 218 | 6% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Duncan Carlyle Crute | 209 | 10% | ||
| Green | Shehla Khatoon Naqvi | 161 | 8% | ||
| Labour | Stella Rogers Postlethwaite | 942 | 44% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gerard Francis Keating | 764 | 36% | ||
| UKIP | Mark Barton Lewis | 62 | 3% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Marian Julie Kyte | 86 | 4% | ||
| Green | Sarah Kate O'Hare | 181 | 8% | ||
| Labour | Paula Holland | 1062 | 49% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Howse | 693 | 32% | ||
| UKIP | Joseph Todd | 134 | 6% | ||
| Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts | Mathew Wilson-Boddy | 19 | 1% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Karen Jewers | 559 | 16% | ||
| Green | Sandy Irvine | 186 | 5% | ||
| Labour | Shumel Rahman | 701 | 20% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pauline Allen | 1936 | 54% | ||
| UKIP | John Atkinson | 211 | 6% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John-Paul Stephenson | 1327 | 59% | ||
| Green | Andrew John Plevins Gray | 575 | 25% | ||
| UKIP | Max Elliott Peacock | 156 | 7% | ||
| Conservative | Samuel Boam | 106 | 5% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Smith | 99 | 4% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Felicity Ann Mendelson | 928 | 53% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Woodwark | 276 | 16% | ||
| Conservative | Matthew Thomas McPherson | 207 | 12% | ||
| Green | Matt Busby | 207 | 12% | ||
| UKIP | James Lee Askwith | 133 | 8% | ||
| Majority | 652 | 37% | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joan Atkin | 118 | 5% | ||
| Green | David Michael James Tooby | 65 | 3% | ||
| Labour | David Leslie Wood | 1738 | 68% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Peter Boyle | 108 | 4% | ||
| UKIP | Tony Sanderson | 512 | 20% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Marian McWilliams | 149 | 5% | ||
| Green | Liam Christie | 66 | 2% | ||
| Labour | Stephen Laird Woods | 1565 | 54% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Haydn Besag | 322 | 11% | ||
| UKIP | Raymond Hardy | 768 | 27% | ||
| Communist | Martin Richard Levy | 23 | 1% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Nick Cott | 1653 | 44% | -4.6% | |
| Conservative | Steve Kyte | 1187 | 31% | +12.7% | |
| Labour | Oskar Andrew Avery | 681 | 18% | -4.8% | |
| Green | Alistair Christian Ford | 155 | 4% | -4.3% | |
| UKIP | Paul Coulthard | 104 | 3% | +3.0% | |
| Majority | 466 | 13% | -10.8% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Marc James Donnelly | 2888 | 74% | +20.9% | |
| Labour | Syed Ullah | 381 | 10% | -12.5% | |
| Newcastle First | Ernie Shorton | 224 | 6% | -16.0% | |
| UKIP | David James Monkhouse | 253 | 6% | +6.0% | |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Mary McNally | 117 | 3% | +0.6% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Steen | 33 | 1% | +1% | |
| Majority | 2,507 | 64% | +33.4% | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Colin Forster | 124 | 7% | ||
| Green | Cliff Brown | 154 | 9% | ||
| Labour | Nick Forbes | 1155 | 69% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Barbara Jane Down | 62 | 4% | ||
| UKIP | Anne Taylor | 185 | 11% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lyle Robert Darwin | 233 | 10% | ||
| Green | John Stephen David Pearson | 245 | 10% | ||
| Labour | Irim Ali | 1684 | 69% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammad Farsi | 80 | 3% | ||
| UKIP | Joseph Levy | 200 | 8% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Julian Toward | 249 | 9% | ||
| Green | Sarah Elizabeth Norris | 64 | 2% | ||
| Labour | Sharon Ann Pattison | 1572 | 57% | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Laverick | 233 | 8% | ||
| UKIP | Ian McKinnell | 530 | 19% | ||
| Newcastle Independents | Olga Shorton | 119 | 4% | ||
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References
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