Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
As part of the wider 2014 United Kingdom local elections the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead has 22 of its 66 seats up for election under the common one-thirds system. All of these councillors will be elected for four year terms.
Overall results
| North Tyneside Council Election Result 2014 |
| Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
| |
Labour |
55 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
83.33% |
52.16% |
26,875 |
|
| |
Liberal Democrat |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
17.77% |
17.08% |
8,803 |
|
| |
UKIP |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16.63% |
8,738 |
|
| |
Conservative |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8.35% |
4,306 |
|
| |
Green |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.61% |
1,338 |
|
| |
Liberal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.86% |
962 |
|
| |
Independent |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.87% |
449 |
|
| |
People's Democratic Party |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.05% |
30 |
|
Elections by ward
Birtley
Blaydon
Bridges
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
| Chopwell and Rowlands Gill ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UKIP |
Dave Brothers |
718 |
25.2% |
|
|
Labour |
Lynn Caffrey |
1,701 |
60.0% |
|
|
Conservative |
Karl Gatiss |
254 |
8.9% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Amelia Louise Lowery |
167 |
5.9% |
|
| Majority |
989 |
|
|
| Turnout |
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|
|
Chowdene
Crawcrook and Greenside
Deckham
Dunston and Teams
| Dunston and Teams ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Green |
Andy Blanchflower |
104 |
5.8% |
|
|
Labour |
Pauline Dillon |
1,053 |
58.4% |
|
|
UKIP |
Paul Innerd |
468 |
26.0% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
David Lumsden |
51 |
2.8% |
|
|
Conservative |
Christopher James MacAllister |
127 |
7.0% |
|
| Majority |
585 |
|
|
| Turnout |
|
|
|
Dunston Hill and Whickham East
| Dunston Hill and Whickham East ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Green |
Mary Blanchflower |
108 |
3.8% |
|
|
Labour |
Alison Elizabeth Chatto |
1,046 |
37.1% |
|
|
Conservative |
Jak Hocking |
167 |
5.9% |
|
|
UKIP |
Dot Lynch |
527 |
18.7% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Kevin Philip McClurey |
968 |
34 |
34.4% |
| Majority |
78 |
|
|
| Turnout |
|
|
|
Felling
High Fell
Lamesley
Lobley Hill and Bensham
| Lobley Hill and Bensham ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Valerie Bond |
189 |
7.8% |
|
|
UKIP |
Jenny Colls-Kitchener |
704 |
29.2% |
|
|
Labour |
Kevin Michael Dodds |
1,182 |
48.9% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Dave G Fawcett |
181 |
7.5% |
|
|
Green |
Andy Redfern |
159 |
6.6% |
|
| Majority |
478 |
|
|
| Turnout |
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|
|
Low Fell
| Low Fell ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Susan Craig |
1,348 |
43.1% |
|
|
Labour |
Stephen Gibson |
997 |
31.9% |
|
|
People's Democratic Party |
Lee Robert Holmes |
30 |
1.0% |
|
|
Conservative |
Paul Sterling |
213 |
6.8% |
|
|
UKIP |
John Tennant |
538 |
17.2% |
|
| Majority |
997 |
|
|
| Turnout |
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|
|
Pelaw and Heworth
Ryton, Crookhill and Stella
| Ryton, Crookhill and Stella ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Jon Comb |
1,027 |
33.2% |
|
|
UKIP |
Alan Robert Craig |
671 |
21.7% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Christine Margaret McHatton |
1,158 |
37.4% |
|
|
Green |
Sarah McKeown |
149 |
4.8% |
|
|
Conservative |
Antoinette Margaret Sterling |
90 |
2.9% |
|
| Majority |
131 |
|
|
| Turnout |
|
|
|
Saltwell
Wardley and Leam Lane
| Wardley and leam lane ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
John Paul Diston |
134 |
6.1% |
|
|
Labour |
Peter James Mole |
1,429 |
65.0% |
|
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth Alexandrina Parker |
266 |
12.1% |
|
|
Green |
Stephen Watson |
370 |
16.8% |
|
| Majority |
1,059 |
|
|
| Turnout |
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|
|
Whickham North
Whickham South and Sunniside
| Whickham South and Sunniside ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
UKIP |
Mark Bell |
430 |
15.2% |
|
|
TUSC |
Joel Byers |
50 |
1.8% |
|
|
Labour |
Peter De-Vere |
619 |
21.9% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Marilynn Ord |
1,511 |
53.5% |
|
|
Conservative |
Edward Gardner Parker |
214 |
7.6% |
|
| Majority |
892 |
|
|
| Turnout |
|
|
|
Windy Nook and Whitehills
| Windy Nook and Whitehills ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Karen Therese Crozier |
105 |
4.5% |
|
|
Labour |
Thomas Graham |
1,364 |
58.9% |
|
|
TUSC |
Norman Hall |
67 |
2.9% |
|
|
UKIP |
Bill McCough |
634 |
27.4% |
|
|
Conservative |
Kyle Murray |
147 |
6.3% |
|
| Majority |
730 |
|
|
| Turnout |
|
|
|
Winlaton and High Spen
| Winlaton and High Spen ward 2014 |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Marilyn Charlton |
1,413 |
52.3% |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sandra McClurey |
139 |
5.1% |
|
|
Green |
Paul Martin Luke McNally |
129 |
4.8% |
|
|
Conservative |
Diana Maria Moore |
254 |
9.4% |
|
|
UKIP |
Ray Tolley |
769 |
28.4% |
|
| Majority |
644 |
|
|
| Turnout |
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|
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References
2. Statement of Nominations: http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/council/ElectoralServices/Statement-of-persons-Nominated-22-May-2014.pdf
3. Results: http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Council%20and%20Democracy/voting/results/Local-Election-Results-2014.aspx