Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011

Ward results

Birtley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neil Weatherly (incumbent)	1,629	66.3
	Liberal	Betty Gallon	563	22.9
	Conservative	Andrea Gatiss	264	10.7
Majority			1066	43.4
Voter turnout			%
	Labour hold

Blaydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kathryn Ferdinand (incumbent)	2,029	75.1
	Liberal Democrat	Kelly Todd	384	14.2
	Conservative	Mark Anthony Watson	287	10.6
Majority
Voter turnout			%
	Labour hold

Bridges
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Bob Goldsworthy	1,353	70.8
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Fawcett	293	15.3
	Conservative	John Gardiner	266	13.9
Majority
Voter turnout			%
	Labour hold

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael McNestry (incumbent)	2,384	71.5
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Callender	554	16.6
	Conservative	Karl Gatiss	396	11.9
Majority
Voter turnout			%
	Labour hold

Chowdene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Wood(incumbent)	2,236	72.2
	Conservative	John Callanan	580	18.7
	Liberal Democrat	Edna Graham	280	9.0
Majority
Voter turnout			%
	Labour hold

Crawcrook and Greenside
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	Labour hold

Deckham
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	Labour hold

Dunston and Teams
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	Labour hold

Dunston Hill and Whickham East
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	Labour hold

Felling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
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High Fell
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Rejected ballots
	Labour hold

Lamesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mary Kelly Foy	1,217	50.0
	Liberal	Andrew Colin Dixon	567	23.3
	Independent	Brian Weatherburn	454	18.6
	Conservative	Sheila Everatt	197	8.1
Majority			650	26.7%
Voter turnout			36.9%%
	Labour hold

Lobley Hill and Bensham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kevin Michael Dodds (incumbent)	996	39.4
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Craig	904	35.7
	BNP	George Bainbridge	272	10.8
	Independent	Margaret Duddin	181	7.2
	Conservative	Hazel Sarah Anderson	176	7.0
Majority			92	3.6%
Voter turnout			35.6%%
	Labour hold

Low Fell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Charles Jevon (incumbent)	1,867	61.7
	Labour	Joseph William Lisle	730	24.1
	Conservative	Paul Sterling	433	14.3
Majority			1,137	37.5%
Voter turnout			43.5%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Pelaw and Heworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway (incumbent)	1,467	59.4
	Labour	Jim McWilliams	870	35.2
	Conservative	Maureen Moor	133	5.4
Majority			597	24.2%
Voter turnout			38.0%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Margaret McHatton (incumbent)	1,714	64.5
	Labour	Brenda Clelland	763	28.7
	Conservative	Antoinette Margaret Sterling	179	6.7
Majority			951	35.8%
Voter turnout			42.6%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Saltwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joseph Mitchinson (incumbent)	1,089	55.8
	Liberal Democrat	Norman Spours	342	17.5
	Conservative	Edward Bohill	207	10.6
	BNP	Kenneth Hutton	168	8.6
	Independent	Joanne McLeod Smailes	146	7.5
Majority			747	38.3%
Voter turnout			31.5%%
	Labour hold

Wardley and Leam Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Peter James Mole (incumbent)	1,248	56.2
	Liberal Democrat	John Paul Diston	713	32.1
	Conservative	Karl Gatiss	258	11.6
Majority			535	24.1%
Voter turnout			35.7%%
	Labour hold

Whickham North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Thomas Craig (incumbent)	1,647	62.1
	Labour	Jennifer Anne Peace	788	29.7
	Conservative	Elaine Robertson	218	8.2
Majority			859	32.4%
Voter turnout			40.6%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Whickham South and Sunniside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Marilynn Ord (incumbent)	1,928	66.3
	Labour	Peter De-Vere	618	21.2
	Conservative	John Robertson	364	12.5
Majority			1,310	45.0%
Voter turnout			42.4%%
	Liberal Democrat hold

Windy Nook and Whitehills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Thomas Graham (incumbent)	1,430	58.7
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Walker	501	20.5
	BNP	Michael Cassidy	331	13.4
	Conservative	Eric Young	176	7.2
Majority			929	38.1%
Voter turnout			32.0%%
	Labour hold

Winlaton and High Spen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Graham	1,687	53.3
	Labour	Julie Simpson (incumbent)	1,292	40.8
	Conservative	Thomas Edward Button	186	5.9
Majority			395	12.5%
Voter turnout			45.9%%
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour

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