Newcastle City Council election, 2016

5 May 2016

	First party	Second party	Third party


Leader	Nick Forbes	Anita Lower
Party	Labour	Liberal Democrat	Independent
Leader's seat	Westgate	Castle
Last election	53	22	3
Popular vote	46%	18%	2%
Swing	5%	13.1%	0.2%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	James Bartle	Alexis Fernandes	Shehla NaqvI
Party	Conservative	UKIP	Green
Last election	0	0	0
Popular vote	14%	13%	6%
Swing	3.6%	13%	6%

The 2016 Newcastle City Council Council elections are due to take place on 5 May 2016 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England. The elections will take place on the same day as other local elections.

Despite the election, it is 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 will be in the spotlight.

Target wards for parties

The Labour Party will be seeking 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’.^[1]

Seats up for election during this cycle were last up for election during 2012. A number of high profile councillors are up for re-election including current council leader Nick Forbes.

The official opposition to Labour, the Liberal Democrats will aim 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 four seats during 2015, these being North Jesmond, Castle, North Heaton and Ouseburn.

The Green Party is targeting South Heaton, where the candidate Andrew Gray came second in 2015.

The Conservatives are actively targeting the West Gosforth ward where in 2015, candidate Steve Kyte was only 17 votes short of winning.

Following a relatively strong showing in many seats in 2015, UKIP are targeting seats in the East of the city such as Byker and Walker.

Overall Results

Newcastle City Council election, 2016
Party		Seats				Popular vote
Party		Won	Not up	Total	±	Votes	Percentage
	Conservative
	Green
	Independent
	Labour
	Liberal Democrats
	Newcastle First
	TUSC
	UKIP
Total							–
Turnout

Wards

Local elections 2016: Benwell and Scotswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green	Lee Irving
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Mark Bickerton
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Blakelaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Ritchie Lane
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Byker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	David Robinson-Young
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Tim Marron
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2015: Dene
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	David Muat
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Denton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Brian Moore
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: East Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Peter Dunne
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Elswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Mark Page
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Fawdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Axford
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Alexis Fernandes
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Fenham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Christopher Ballantyne
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Kenton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Penny Stansfield
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Lemington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Mike Adie
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Newburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	James Robertson
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: North Heaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bartle
	Green
	Labour	Nora Casey
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Elisabeth Edmundson
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: North Jesmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Crute
	Green
	Labour	Stella Postlethwaite
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Mark Lewis
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Ouseburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Joe Todd
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Parklands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Jewers
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Allen
	UKIP	John Atkinson
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: South Heaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Max Peacock
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: South Jesmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	James Askwith
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Walker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Tony Sanderson
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: West Gosforth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Paul Coulthard
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Westerhope
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	David Monkhouse
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour	Nick Forbes
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Anne Taylor
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Wingrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Joseph Levy
Majority
Turnout

Local elections 2016: Woolsington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Green
	Labour
	Liberal Democrat
	UKIP	Ian McKinnell
Majority
Turnout

References

↑ http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/local-elections-2015-newcastle-city-9057985

Council elections in Tyne and Wear

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Newcastle City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Sunderland City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Tyne and Wear County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

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