2007 Newcastle City Council election

2007 Newcastle City Council election
3 May 2007 (2007-05-03)
30 of the 78 seats on Newcastle City Council
(including 4 by-elections)
40 seats needed for a majority
Turnout38.9% (Decrease 1.4)[1]
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats before 50 28
Seats won 18 12
Seats after 47 31
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 3
Popular vote 37,541 28,681
Percentage 46.1% 35.2%
Swing Decrease 1.7 Decrease 0.3

Elections to Newcastle City Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2011. The council stayed under Liberal Democrat control. [2][3]

Election result

Newcastle Council Election Result 2007
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats {{{candidates}}} 18 Decrease 3 60.0 29 47 60.3 37,541 46.1 Decrease 1.7
  Labour {{{candidates}}} 12 Increase 3 40.0 19 31 39.7 28,681 35.2 Decrease 0.3
  Conservative {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 9,300 11.4 Increase 1.9
  BNP {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,253 4.0 Increase 1.3
  Green {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,350 2.9 Decrease 0.3
  Independent {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 222 0.3 New
  Respect {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 137 0.2 Decrease 0.1
  Communist {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 26 0.0 Steady

Ward results

Benwell and Scotswood

Benwell and Scotswood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hazel Stephenson 1,648 54.4 +3.0
Liberal Democrats Catherine Pagan 465 15.3 −11.4
Conservative Maureen Smith 450 14.8 N/A
BNP John Keys 319 10.5 −5.2
Green Laurence Ellacot 149 4.9 −1.4
Registered electors 8,387
Turnout 36.2 −4.2
Labour hold Swing

Blakelaw

Blakelaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Philip Lower 1,511 50.9 −1.5
Labour Oskar Avery 1,000 33.7 −6.1
BNP Michael Roche 230 7.7 N/A
Conservative Kenneth Wake 230 7.7 −0.1
Registered electors 7,729
Turnout 38.6 −1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Byker

Byker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Veronica Dunn 1,356 60.5 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Forrester 445 19.9 −7.6
BNP Steve Shears 246 11.0 N/A
Conservative Alice Gingell 194 8.7 N/A
Registered electors 7,055
Turnout 31.9 +0.1
Labour hold Swing

Castle

Castle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Laverick 1,830 59.4 +0.3
Conservative Jennifer Du Cane 662 21.5 +6.4
Labour Ash Nehmet 589 19.1 −6.7
Registered electors 7,317
Turnout 42.1 +0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dene

Dene
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Renton 1,846 62.4 −4.5
Labour Yvonne Bell 561 19.0 −0.6
Conservative Heather Chambers 551 18.6 +5.1
Registered electors 7,130
Turnout 41.7 −1.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Denton

Denton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Middleton 1,551 46.3 −18.2
Labour Tracy Paul 1,079 32.2 −3.3
Conservative Jon Aydon 415 12.4 N/A
BNP Sheila Gregory 302 9.0 N/A
Registered electors 7,817
Turnout 42.9 −0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

East Gosforth

East Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Cookson 1,574 50.9 −7.5
Conservative Brian Moore 653 21.1 +7.9
Labour Catherine McKinnell 559 18.1 −0.7
Green David Coombes 309 10.0 +0.3
Registered electors 6,700
Turnout 46.3 −1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Elswick

Elswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dipu Ahad 1,284 55.9 +11.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew McQuillin 379 16.5 −9.3
BNP Kenneth Booth 309 13.5 −5.7
Conservative Ron Toward 186 8.1 N/A
Respect Dean Huggins 137 6.0 −4.5
Registered electors 7,185
Turnout 32.0 −2.1
Labour hold Swing

Fawdon

Fawdon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Clark 1,923 65.6 +11.2
Labour Jacky Foley 778 26.5 −3.6
Conservative Timothy Troman 230 7.8 +3.7
Registered electors 7,165
Turnout 41.1 −2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fenham

Fenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Cooney 1,377 41.7 −0.9
Liberal Democrats John McClurey 1,373 41.5 −4.3
Conservative Duncan James 305 9.2 −2.4
BNP Tom Sisterson 250 7.6 N/A
Registered electors 7,733
Turnout 42.9 +0.4
Labour hold Swing

Kenton

Kenton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Lambert 1,483 55.8 +3.4
Liberal Democrats David Turner 745 28.0 −5.8
Conservative Charlotte Ives 431 16.2 +2.4
Registered electors 7,212
Turnout 37.1 −2.5
Labour hold Swing

Lemington

Lemington (2 seats due to by-election)
Replacing Robert Ash (Liberal Democrats)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Hunter 1,617 54.6 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Joanne Park 1,475 / /
Labour Helen McStravick 887 30.0 −2.2
Labour Antoine Tinnion 853 / /
BNP Viv Browne 303 10.2 −5.0
Conservative Alan Birkmyre 154 5.2 −0.6
Conservative Mary Toward 124 / /
Registered electors 7,410
Turnout 40.6 +6.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Newburn

Newburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Lynch 1,403 42.9 +12.7
Labour John O'Shea 1,371 42.0 −4.1
BNP Alan Patterson 337 10.3 −4.1
Conservative Christopher Martin 157 4.8 −4.5
Registered electors 7,055
Turnout 46.4 +5.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

North Heaton

North Heaton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Robinson 1,734 55.7 +5.9
Labour Christopher Wilkie 698 22.4 −2.5
Conservative Stephen Brownlee 386 12.4 −2.6
Green Andrew Gray 293 9.4 −1.0
Registered electors 7,463
Turnout 41.9 −1.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

North Jesmond

North Jesmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Armstrong 1,065 56.2 +1.8
Labour Stephen Maratos 316 16.7 −4.0
Conservative Stephen Warrick 311 16.4 +1.4
Green John Pearson 202 10.7 +0.9
Registered electors 6,058
Turnout 31.3 −4.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ouseburn

Ouseburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Cooper 861 51.7 +2.3
Labour Farah McArdle 472 28.3 −1.2
Green Alastair Bonnett 221 13.3 −0.4
Conservative Ann Wake 111 6.7 −0.8
Registered electors 6,044
Turnout 27.6 −0.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Parklands

Parklands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Brook 2,102 60.8 −3.4
Conservative Neville Armstrong 703 20.3 −0.8
Labour Susan Pearson 429 12.4 +1.3
Independent Andrea Bell 222 6.4 N/A
Registered electors 7,120
Turnout 48.6 −0.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Heaton

South Heaton (2 seats due to by-election)
Replacing Helen Laing (Liberal Democrats)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henri Murison 904 43.4 −5.0
Labour Christopher Bartlett 879 / /
Liberal Democrats Ed Davies 824 39.6 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Henry Gallager 796 / /
Green Michael Rabley 240 11.5 +2.6
Green David Shepherdson 194 / /
Conservative Dominic Llewellyn 114 5.5 +0.5
Conservative Martin Robson 98 / /
Registered electors 5,568
Turnout 37.9 −3.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

South Jesmond

South Jesmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Walker 908 51.9 +1.8
Conservative Barry Flux 351 20.0 +3.1
Labour Elizabeth Mitsides 309 17.6 −3.8
Green Malcolm Shiel 183 10.5 −1.1
Registered electors 5,639
Turnout 31.2 −1.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Walker

Walker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Wood 1,625 65.5 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Burn 455 18.3 +0.6
BNP John Mitchell 239 9.6 −2.3
Conservative Deborah Storey 137 5.5 N/A
Communist Martin Levy 26 1.0 −0.4
Registered electors 7,642
Turnout 32.6 −2.4
Labour hold Swing

Walkergate

Walkergate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen 1,752 60.2 +2.0
Labour Maureen Lowson 1,005 34.5 −2.2
Conservative Marian McWilliams 153 5.3 +0.2
Registered electors 7,032
Turnout 41.6 −2.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

West Gosforth

West Gosforth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Slesenger 2,111 59.3 +7.0
Conservative Benjamin Fletcher 797 22.4 −8.0
Labour Bill Dodds 461 13.0 +1.5
Green Dawn Shiel 190 5.3 −0.5
Registered electors 7,272
Turnout 49.0 −1.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Westerhope

Westerhope
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pat Hillicks 2,029 54.7 −2.3
Labour Brian Hunter 917 24.7 −5.4
Conservative Jason Smith 523 14.1 +1.2
BNP Shaun Russell 237 6.4 N/A
Registered electors 7,556
Turnout 49.2 −0.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Westgate

Westgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joanne Kingsland 776 55.6 +10.6
Liberal Democrats James Kenyon 354 25.4 −8.5
Conservative Alexander Le Vey 152 10.9 N/A
BNP Daniel Thorlby 114 8.2 −2.8
Registered electors 5,516
Turnout 25.5 −3.7
Labour hold Swing

Wingrove

The election in this ward was postponed to 14 June 2007 due to the death of a candidate.

Wingrove (2 seats due to by-election)
Replacing Ayoub Dad (Liberal Democrats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Todd 1,051 43.1 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Ayaz Siddique 948 38.9 +0.4
Labour Alyson Hampshire 908 / /
Liberal Democrats Deborah Wilkinson 869 / /
Green Jenny Pearson 186 7.6 +0.9
Green John Pearson 183 / /
Conservative Neil Archibald 173 7.1 −1.7
Conservative Alexander Le Vey 140 / /
BNP Viv Browne 81 3.3 −2.8
BNP Graham Hodgson 80 / /
Registered electors 7,678
Turnout 31.2 −5.2
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Woolsington

Woolsington (2 seats due to by-election)
Replacing John Appleby (Liberal Democrats)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Graham 1,558 47.0 −0.4
Labour Sharon Pattison 1,548 / /
Liberal Democrats William Thorkildsen 1,333 40.2 −5.8
Liberal Democrats David Down 1,263 / /
Conservative Colin Forster 221 6.7 +0.1
BNP Chris Carnegie 206 6.2 N/A
Conservative Irene Forster 188 / /
Registered electors 7,556
Turnout 44.0 +0.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Local Elections Handbook 2007" (PDF). www.electionscentre.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Local Election Results 2007 - Newcastle upon Tyne". Local Elections Archive Project.
  3. ↑ "Newcastle City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Barry Phillipson stood for re-election in 2008, indicating he had completed his 2004-2008 term; Lawrence Hunter stood in this election after completing his term; then, Joanne Park had replaced Rober Ash for the remainder of the 2006-2010 term
  5. ↑ Christopher Bartlett stood for re-election in 2008, indicating that he had replaced Helen Laing for the remainder of the 2004–2008 term
  6. ↑ Joyce McCarty stood for re-election in 2010, indicating she had completed her 2006-2010 term; Nigel Todd stood in this election after completing his 2004-2007 term; then, Ayaz Siddique had replaced Ayoub Dad for the remainder of the 2004-2008 term
  7. ↑ Sharon Pattison stood for re-election in 2008, indicating she had replaced John Appleby for the remainder of the 2004-2008 term
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