2024 Newcastle City Council election

2024 Newcastle City Council election
27 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council; 40 seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Leader; Nick Kemp; Labour	; ;

The 2024 Newcastle City Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 78 members of Newcastle City Council in Tyne and Wear will be elected, alongside a vacancy in Fawdon and West Gosforth ward.^[1]

Background edit

Newcastle is a strong council for the Labour Party. Labour controlled the council from its creation in 1973 until 2004, when the Liberal Democrats won a majority on the council.^[2] Labour retook control in 2011,^[3] and have maintained a majority at every subsequent election. In the previous election, Labour won 14 seats (down 3) with 41.9% of the vote, Liberal Democrats won 10 (up 2) with 27.8%, Newcastle Independents won 2 (up 1) with 4.7%, and independents won 1 with 4.2%.

The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after 3 years rather than the usual 4. In that election, Labour won 18 seats (down 2) with 39.2%, Liberal Democrats won 6 with 19.5%, independents won 2 with 7.0%, and Newcastle Independents won 2 (up 2) with 6.8%.

Previous council composition edit

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election^[4]			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	48		Labour	46		Labour
	Liberal Democrats	23		Liberal Democrats	22		Liberal Democrats
	Independent	3		Independent	5		Independent
	Newcastle Ind.	4		Newcastle Ind.	3		Newcastle Ind.

Changes:

November 2023: Jason Smith (Newcastle Independents) resigns; seat left vacant until 2024 election^[5]
January 2024: Habib Rahman leaves Labour to sit as an independent^[6]
March 2024: Brenda Hindmarsh (Liberal Democrats) resigns; seat left vacant until 2024 election^[1]
April 2024: Shumel Rahman leaves Labour to sit as an independent^[7]

Election result edit

2024 Newcastle City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour				31
	Liberal Democrats				15
	Independent				3
	Newcastle Ind.				2
	Communist				0
	Conservative				0
	Green				0
	North East				0
	SDP				0
	TUSC				0

Candidates edit

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Newcastle City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024.^[8] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Arthur's Hill edit

Arthur's Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Alistair Ford
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Howden
	Conservative	Maria Manco
	Labour Co-op	Stephen Powers*
	Independent	Rowshon Uddin
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Benwell & Scotswood edit

Benwell & Scotswood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Hans Andersen
	Labour	Rob Higgins*
	Green	Lee Irving
	Independent	David McGovern
	Conservative	Ronald Thompson
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Blakelaw edit

Blakelaw
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Lian-Hoare
	Green	James Milne
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Shepherd
	Labour	Marion Williams*
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Byker edit

Byker
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Jamie Hampton
	Green	Nick Hartley
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ridyard
	Labour	Carly Walker-Dawson
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Callerton & Throckley edit

Callerton & Throckley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Alexis Fernandes
	Green	Idwal John
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Morris
	Labour Co-op	Linda Wright*
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Castle edit

Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Daniel Burnett
	Labour Co-op	Andrew Herridge
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Robinson
	Green	Andrew Thorp
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Chapel edit

Chapel
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Philip Brookes
	Conservative	Ian Forster
	Independent	Lawrence Hunter*
	Labour	Bill Purvis
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Steen
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Dene & South Gosforth edit

Dene & South Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Hilary Franks
	Conservative	Gerry Langley
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Robinson*
	Green	Laurence Taylor
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Denton & Westerhope edit

Denton & Westerhope
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Vince Barry-Stanners
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Dicken
	Conservative	Jack Luke
	Newcastle Ind.	Tracey Mitchell*
	Green	William Whitaker
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Elswick edit

Elswick
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Hamed Aghajani
	Conservative	Tom Davison
	Labour	Nicu Ion*
	Green	Khaled Musharraf
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Fawdon & West Gosforth edit

Fawdon & West Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Austin
	Labour	Gordana Franklin
	Liberal Democrats	John Hall
	Conservative	Alexander McMullen
	Conservative	Maria Piazza
	Labour	Asad Syed
	Green	Roger Whittaker
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Gosforth edit

Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Doc Anand
	Labour Co-op	Michael Bell
	Green	Frances Hinton
	North East	Brian Moore
	Liberal Democrats	Tahir Siddique
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Heaton edit

Heaton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Appleby
	Independent	Chandni Chopra
	Conservative	John Dobie
	Green	Andrew Gray
	Communist	Steve Handford
	Labour Co-op	Clare Penny-Evans*
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Kenton edit

Kenton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Austin
	TUSC	Nick Fray
	Green	Adam Jackson
	Labour	Stephen Lambert*
	Conservative	Zak Mudie
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall edit

Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Alexander Hay*
	Conservative	Amy Laverick
	Green	Tahir Mahmood
	Liberal Democrats	David Partington
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Lemington edit

Lemington
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Stephen Barry-Stanners
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Connell
	Conservative	Jack Donalson
	Green	Pat McGee
	Newcastle Ind.	Zoey Saul
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Manor Park edit

Manor Park
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Bradley Aird
	Conservative	Antonio Manco
	Green	Mike Rabley
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Stone*
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Monument edit

Monument
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Nabeela Ali
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Dodd
	Conservative	Richard Sanderson
	Green	Jessica Whitaker
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

North Jesmond edit

North Jesmond
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	James Coles
	Conservative	Stephen Dawes
	Labour Co-op	Killian McCartney
	Green	Shehla Naqvi
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Ouseburn edit

Ouseburn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Alistair Chisholm*
	Green	Gabriella Leavitt
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Punchard
	Conservative	Marie Summersby
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Parklands edit

Parklands
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Allen*
	Labour Co-op	Christopher Bartlett
	Conservative	Andrew Burnett
	Green	Audrey MacNaughton
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

South Jesmond edit

South Jesmond
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour Co-op	Milo Barnett
	SDP	Martin Evison
	Liberal Democrats	Aidan King
	Conservative	Jennifer Mills
	Green	Sarah Peters
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Walker edit

Walker
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Psallidas
	Conservative	Alex Walker
	Green	Matt Williams
	Labour	David Wood*
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Walkergate edit

Walkergate
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Maureen Lowson*
	Green	Margaret Montgomery
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Osbourn
	Conservative	Stephen Oxborough
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

West Fenham edit

West Fenham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Syed Ahmed
	Green	Tim Dowson
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Mitchell
	Labour Co-op	Ian Tokell*
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Wingrove edit

Wingrove
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Irim Ali*
	Independent	Younes Mohammed
	Green	John Pearson
	Conservative	Jarred Riley
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Steen
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Newcastle councillor resigns with immediate effect | Newcastle City Council". Newcastle City Council. 20 March 2024.
^ "Newcastle City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^ "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - Newcastle upon Tyne". BBC News. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^ "Local Councillors". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^ McKegney, Andrew (29 November 2023). "Councillor resigns". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^ Holland, Daniel (26 January 2024). "Newcastle's first Muslim lord mayor quits Labour Party over 'culture of racism'". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^ Holland, Daniel (24 April 2024). "Newcastle Labour councillor quits party and claims he was 'victimised' over Palestine support". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ "May 2024 local elections - Election notices". Newcastle City Council. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[res-1] "Newcastle councillor resigns with immediate effect | Newcastle City Council". Newcastle City Council. 20 March 2024.

[2] "Newcastle City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[3] "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - Newcastle upon Tyne". BBC News. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[4] "Local Councillors". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[5] McKegney, Andrew (29 November 2023). "Councillor resigns". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[6] Holland, Daniel (26 January 2024). "Newcastle's first Muslim lord mayor quits Labour Party over 'culture of racism'". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

[7] Holland, Daniel (24 April 2024). "Newcastle Labour councillor quits party and claims he was 'victimised' over Palestine support". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

[8] "May 2024 local elections - Election notices". Newcastle City Council. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.

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