2022 Newcastle City Council election

2022 Newcastle City Council election
5 May 2022
27 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nick Kemp Nick Cott
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Byker Fawdon & West Gosforth
Last election 52 seats, 39.2% 20 seats, 19.5%
Seats before 50 20
Seats won 19 7
Seats after 51 21
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 31,264 16,556
Percentage 44.1% 23.4%
Swing Increase 4.9% Increase 3.9%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader N/A Jason Smith
Party Independent Newcastle Ind.
Last election 3 seats, 7.0% 3 seats, 6.8%
Seats before 3 3
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 3
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 3,434 4,062
Percentage 4.8% 5.7%
Swing Decrease 2.2% Decrease 1.1%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Newcastle City Council election
Council control before election

Nick Forbes
Labour

 Council control after election

Nick Kemp
Labour

The 2022 Newcastle City Council election took place on 5 May 2022. Twenty-seven of the 78 seats on Newcastle City Council were contested: the usual third of the council, plus a casual vacancy in Benwell and Scotswood. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. In the previous council election in 2021, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, holding 52 seats after the election. There were twenty Liberal Democrat councillors, three independent councillors and three Newcastle Independents.

Background

History

Result of the 2021 council election

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. Newcastle was a district of the Tyne and Wear metropolitan county.[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The North of Tyne Combined Authority was created in 2018 and began electing the mayor of the North of Tyne from 2019, which was given strategic powers covering a region covering some of the same area as the former Tyne and Wear metropolitan county, as well as Northumberland.[2] Since its creation, Newcastle has variously been under Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative control. The Liberal Democrats held a majority of seats on the council from 2004 until 2011, when Labour gained enough seats to control the council. Nick Forbes became leader of the council. Labour continued to gain seats until the 2019 election, when the party lost two seats but continued to have an overall majority. In the 2021 Newcastle City Council election, Labour lost another two seats to hold 52, having won 18 of the 28 seats contested with 39.2% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats held 20 seats, and there were three independent councillors and three Newcastle Independents.[3] Since its creation, Newcastle has variously been under Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative control. The Liberal Democrats held a majority of seats on the council from 2004 until 2011, when Labour gained enough seats to control the council. Nick Forbes became leader of the council. Labour continued to gain seats until the 2019 election, when the party lost two seats but continued to have an overall majority. In the 2021 Newcastle City Council election, Labour lost another two seats to hold 52, having won 18 of the 28 seats contested with 39.2% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats held 20 seats, having received 19.5% of the vote. Three independent councillors and three Newcastle Independents completed the council; independent candidates received 7.0% of the vote across the city and Newcastle Independents candidates received 6.8%. The Conservatives received 17.6% of the vote and the Green Party received 9.1%, but neither party won a seat.[4] The Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries for Newcastle ahead of the 2018 election, meaning that the 2018 elections were all-out, with all councillors being elected before returning to electing by thirds. The seats due for election in 2022 were those won by the first-placed candidate in each ward in 2018.

Election background

Following the 2021 election, Nick Kemp challenged Nick Forbes for the leadership of the Labour group. Forbes had served as a councillor since 2000, as Labour group leader since 2007 and as council leader since 2011. Kemp had served as a councillor since 2002 and had resigned as cabinet member for environmental and regulatory services in 2020, saying that he was being undermined; Forbes said at the time that he had recently received complaints about Kemp.[5] Karen Kilgour also challenged the incumbent deputy group leader, Joyce McCarty.[6] Forbes defeated Kemp by 30 votes to 22, while Kilgour, regarded as an ally of Kemp, defeated McCarty by 28 votes to 24.[7] Forbes failed to win reselection as Labour's candidate in Arthur's Hill, and subsequently confirmed that he would stand down from the council at the election.[8] Labour councillors chose Nick Kemp to succeed Forbes as leader of the Labour group in March 2022, although Forbes remained council leader until after the election.[9] Labour councillor Jeremy Beecham retired from the council in March 2022. His Benwell and Scotswood seat was therefore contested alongside the ward's seat due in the ordinary election.[10]

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[11] The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally represented by three councillors and one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term. All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Newcastle aged 18 or over were entitled to vote in the election. People who lived at two addresses in different council areas, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, could be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in person at polling stations took place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, with postal and proxy voting also available.

Previous council composition

After 2021 election Before 2022 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 52 Labour 50
Liberal Democrats 20 Liberal Democrats 20
Independent 3 Independent 3
Newcastle Ind. 3 Newcastle Ind. 3

Results summary

2022 Newcastle City Council election[12]
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour {{{candidates}}} 19 Decrease 1 70.4 32 51 65.4 31,264 44.1 +4.9
  Liberal Democrats {{{candidates}}} 7 Increase 1 25.9 14 21 26.9 16,556 23.4 +3.9
  Newcastle Ind. {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 3 3 3.8 4,062 5.7 -1.1
  Independent {{{candidates}}} 1 Steady 3.7 2 3 3.8 3,434 4.8 -2.2
  Conservative {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 9,552 13.5 -4.1
  Green {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,525 7.8 -1.3
  NIP {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 227 0.3 N/A
  Communist {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 66 0.1 ±0.0
  Freedom Alliance {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 65 0.1 N/A
  North East {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 56 0.1 ±0.0
  Reform {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 28 <0.1 -0.3

Ward results

Arthur's Hill

Arthur's Hill[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Samad 915 67.3 Decrease11.1
Green Tom Registe 152 11.2 Decrease1.1
Conservative Maggie Birkmyre 126 9.3 Increase2.5
Newcastle Ind. Joseph Eldridge 122 9.0 New
Liberal Democrats Tahir Siddique 44 3.2 Decrease0.7
Majority 763 56.1 Decrease10.0
Turnout 1,359 23.1 Decrease11.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.0

Benwell and Scotswood

Benwell and Scotswood (2 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hazel Stephenson 1,687 61.6 Increase3.9
Labour Susan Anthony 1,492 54.5 Decrease3.2
Conservative Connor Shotton 640 23.4 Decrease3.5
Conservative Kenneth Wake 444 16.2 Decrease10.7
Newcastle Ind. John Gordon 295 10.8 Increase2.5
Green Tony Roberts 251 9.2 Increase5.4
Liberal Democrats Hans-Christian Andersen 172 6.3 Increase3.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Scholfield 154 5.6 Increase2.3
Turnout 2,740 33.8 Decrease4.7
Labour hold
Labour hold

Two seats were contested in Benwell and Scotswood: the seat due in the ordinary election and the casual vacancy caused by Jeremy Beecham's retirement.[13]

Blakelaw

Blakelaw[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Juna Sathian 1,227 59.9 Decrease0.6
Newcastle Ind. Annie Hunter 479 23.4 New
Conservative Simon Bell 267 13.0 Decrease3.5
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani 75 3.7 Decrease12.2
Majority 748 36.5 Decrease7.5
Turnout 2,048 29.1 Increase0.4
Labour hold Swing Decrease12.0

Byker

Byker[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Sheraton 1,241 65.0 Decrease4.9
Conservative Richard Tulip 286 15.0 Increase6.0
Green Phill James 274 14.4 Increase3.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Psallidas 108 5.7 Decrease0.2
Majority 955 50.0 Decrease9.0
Turnout 1,909 27.4 Decrease4.4
Labour hold Swing Decrease5.5

Callerton and Throckley

Callerton and Throckley[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Fairlie 1,159 44.6 Decrease9.4
Newcastle Ind. Sarah Armstrong 579 22.3 Increase6.4
Conservative John Dobie 498 19.2 Decrease11.7
Green Idwal John 248 9.5 New
Liberal Democrats Richard Morris 115 4.4 Decrease4.6
Majority 580 22.3 Decrease0.8
Turnout 2,599 33.2 Decrease0.5
Labour hold Swing Decrease7.9

Castle

Castle[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Thom Campion 1,866 53.1 Increase8.2
Labour Vince Barry-Stanners 963 27.4 Decrease1.5
Conservative John Watts 433 12.3 Decrease3.5
Green Andrew Thorp 186 5.3 Decrease2.4
Freedom Alliance Jeanette Holmes 65 1.9 New
Majority 903 25.8 Increase9.8
Turnout 3,513 34.4 Decrease3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase4.9

Chapel

Chapel[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Marc Donnelly 3,434 85.7 Increase2.5
Labour Oskar Avery 310 7.7 Decrease5.7
Conservative Ian Forster 169 4.2 Decrease7.2
Green James Milne 50 1.2 New
Liberal Democrats Judith Steen 42 1.0 Decrease7.5
Majority 3,124 78.0 Increase8.2
Turnout 4,005 53.6 Decrease3.6
Independent hold Swing Increase4.1

Dene and South Gosforth

Dene and South Gosforth[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Taylor 2,020 54.8 Increase0.9
Labour Nick Arnold 1074 29.1 Decrease5.4
Green Alistair Ford 316 8.6 Decrease2.8
Conservative Gerry Langley 275 7.5 Decrease2.3
Majority 946 25.7 Increase6.3
Turnout 3,685 49.7 Decrease1.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase3.2

Denton and Westerhope

Denton and Westerhope[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dan Greenhough 1,384 47.6 Increase4.5
Newcastle Ind. Adam Mitchell 1132 38.9 Increase5.4
Conservative Alexis Fernandes 289 9.9 Increase0.1
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Dicken 104 3.6 Decrease5.5
Majority 252 8.7 Decrease10.7
Turnout 2,909 33.9 Decrease2.0
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.5

Elswick

Elswick[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miriam Mafemba 1,411 70.4 Decrease1.7
Conservative Saamiya Malik 243 12.1 Increase3.1
Green Peter Thomson 212 10.6 Increase0.4
Liberal Democrats David Faulkner 137 6.8 Increase1.7
Majority 1,168 58.3 Decrease3.6
Turnout 2,003 25.9 Decrease9.0
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.4

Fawdon and West Gosforth

Fawdon and West Gosforth[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Hindmarsh 1,684 55.8 Decrease1.8
Labour Michael Bell 771 25.5 Decrease3.4
Conservative Stephen Axford 356 11.8 Increase0.2
Green Roger Whittaker 209 6.9 Decrease1.5
Majority 913 30.3 Increase1.6
Turnout 3,020 41.4 Decrease4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease0.8

Gosforth

Gosforth[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Ferguson 1,588 38.8 Decrease4.4
Conservative Doc Anand 1256 30.7 Increase1.9
Labour Milo Barnett 894 21.9 Decrease3.7
Green Frances Hinton 296 7.2 Decrease5.7
North East Brian Moore 56 1.4 New
Majority 332 8.1 Decrease6.3
Turnout 4,090 53.1 Increase2.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease3.2

Heaton

Heaton[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lara Ellis 1,642 55.9 Increase5.9
Green Andrew Gray 545 18.5 Decrease13.4
Liberal Democrats Fiona Punchard 477 16.2 Decrease5.9
Conservative Dr Mel Bishop 209 7.1 Increase1.1
Communist Steve Handford 66 2.2 New
Majority 1,165 37.4 Increase19.3
Turnout 2,939 38.4 Decrease2.3
Labour hold Swing Increase9.7

Kenton

Kenton[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ged Bell 1,553 62.7 Increase6.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Austin 469 18.9 Increase2.2
Conservative Iain Adams 454 18.3 Increase1.7
Majority 1,084 43.8 Increase4.1
Turnout 2,476 33.4 Decrease2.4
Labour hold Swing Increase2.1

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Pattison 1,428 66.3 Increase8.1
Conservative Leanne Conway-Wilcox 505 23.4 Increase4.0
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 221 10.3 Decrease8.4
Majority 923 42.9 Increase4.1
Turnout 2,154 30.6 Decrease4.6
Labour hold Swing Increase2.1

Lemington

Lemington[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Phillipson 1,207 47.4 Decrease8.0
Newcastle Ind. Nix Joanne 1019 40.0 Increase13.0
Conservative Zak Mudie 181 7.1 Decrease5.1
Green Kat Brennan 77 3.0 Decrease3.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Petrie 64 2.5 Decrease3.6
Majority 188 7.4 Decrease21.0
Turnout 2,548 35.2 Decrease0.9
Labour hold Swing Decrease10.5

Manor Park

Manor Park[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Doreen Huddart 1,586 52.1 Decrease1.3
Labour Stephen Barry-Stanners 930 30.5 Decrease4.0
Conservative Stephen Dawes 292 9.6 Increase0.6
Green Mike Rabley 237 7.8 Increase3.0
Majority 656 21.6 Increase2.7
Turnout 3,045 42.9 Decrease3.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease1.4

Monument

Monument[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Byrne 839 65.3 Decrease1.5
Green Ian Appleby 205 16.0 Decrease2.7
Conservative William Hayes 121 9.4 Decrease5.5
Liberal Democrats David Partington 120 9.3 Decrease1.1
Majority 634 49.3 Increase1.2
Turnout 1,285 20.4 Decrease5.8
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.6

North Jesmond

North Jesmond[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stella Postlethwaite 885 43.2 Decrease2.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Browne 845 41.3 Increase0.6
Green Shehla Naqvi 151 7.4 Decrease5.6
Conservative Aaron Whelan Harvey 138 6.7 Decrease7.3
Reform Dom Eiben 28 1.4 New
Majority 40 1.9 Decrease2.8
Turnout 2,047 35.4 Decrease2.0
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.4

Ouseburn

Ouseburn[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Cookson 856 44.2 Decrease2.1
Labour Paula Holland 831 42.9 Decrease8.7
Green Nick Hartley 198 10.2 Decrease3.8
Conservative Alex Wang-Evans 52 2.7 Decrease2.3
Majority 25 1.3 Decrease4.0
Turnout 1,946 28.4 Decrease7.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase3.3

Parklands

Parklands[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Ashby 2,085 49.3 Increase2.8
Labour Christopher Bartlett 825 19.5 Decrease3.4
Conservative Andrew Burnett 508 12.0 Decrease10.3
Newcastle Ind. John Hall 436 10.3 New
Green Audrey Macnaughton 371 8.8 Decrease1.5
Majority 1,260 29.8 Increase6.2
Turnout 4,225 47.3 Decrease4.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase3.1

South Jesmond

South Jesmond[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Laura Cummings 1,078 58.8 Increase1.1
Conservative Joshua Clark 265 14.5 Decrease1.9
Green Tim Dowson 241 13.2 Decrease3.6
Liberal Democrats Tom Appleby 236 12.9 Decrease4.6
Majority 813 44.3 Increase4.1
Turnout 1,832 29.7 Increase1.3
Labour hold Swing Increase1.5

Walker

Walker[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Stokel-Walker 1,380 71.8 Decrease0.9
Conservative Marie Summersby 290 15.1 Increase4.4
Green Tom Whatson 130 6.8 Increase0.2
Liberal Democrats Bill Shepherd 123 6.4 Increase1.1
Majority 1,090 56.7 Decrease5.3
Turnout 1,923 26.8 Decrease3.8
Labour hold Swing Increase2.7

Walkergate

Walkergate[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Wood 1,668 60.6 Increase1.2
Liberal Democrats Deborah Gallagher 482 17.5 Decrease0.8
Conservative Stephen Oxborough 438 15.9 Increase3.6
Green Doug Paterson 163 5.9 Decrease1.8
Majority 1,186 43.1 Increase2.0
Turnout 2,751 32.7 Decrease4.0
Labour hold Swing Increase1.0

West Fenham

West Fenham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Karen Kilgour 923 31.4 Decrease28.7
Liberal Democrats PJ Morrissey 725 24.6 Increase14.6
Green Tay Pitman 681 23.1 Increase15.1
Conservative Raja Khan 552 18.8 Increase4.3
NIP Andrew Ehala 61 2.1 New
Majority 198 6.8 Decrease38.8
Turnout 2,942 40.0 Increase4.6
Labour hold Swing Decrease21.7

Wingrove

Wingrove[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joyce McCarty 1,547 62.7 Decrease5.5
Green John Pearson 332 13.5 Increase2.4
Conservative Shabs Mohammed 265 10.7 Decrease1.6
NIP David Stewart 166 6.7 New
Liberal Democrats Kami Kundi 158 6.4 Decrease5.6
Majority 1,215 49.2 Decrease6.7
Turnout 2,468 33.3 Decrease8.1
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.0

Changes between 2022 and 2023

  • 25 May 2022: Nick Kemp was elected leader of the council, succeeding Nick Forbes.[14]
  • 29 July 2022: Joyce McCarty, councillor for Wingrove, was suspended from the Labour Party for twelve months and began sitting as an independent.[15]
  • January 2023: Stephen Sheraton, Labour councillor for Byker, resigned on health grounds. A by-election was held on 2 March 2023.[16]
  • February 2023: Graham Middleton, an independent councillor for Chapel, resigned. Because his term was due to expire in May, the vacancy was left to be filled at the ordinary election.[16]
  • February 2023: Kyle Webster, councillor for Lemington, resigned from the Labour Party and sat as an independent for the remainder of his term.[17]
  • March 2023: Stella Postlethwaite, Labour councillor for North Jesmond, resigned. Her vacancy was filled alongside the ward's ordinary seat at the 2023 election.[18]

By-election

Byker

Byker by-election, 2 March 2023[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hayder Qureshi 591 46.9 Decrease18.1
Green Nick Hartley 375 29.7 Increase15.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Ridyard 188 14.9 Increase9.2
Conservative Aaron Whelan Harvey 107 8.5 Decrease6.5
Majority 216 17.2 Decrease32.8
Turnout 1,261 19.2 Decrease8.2
Registered electors 6,568
Labour hold Swing Decrease16.7

The by-election followed the resignation of Labour councillor Stephen Sheraton on health grounds.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  2. ↑ Walker, Jonathan (2 November 2018). "It's official: New North of Tyne Combined Authority is launched". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Local election results 2021". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Local election results 2021". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Holland, Daniel (22 June 2020). "Bitter split as senior Newcastle Labour figure quits cabinet". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Holland, Daniel (7 May 2021). "Bid launched to oust Nick Forbes as Newcastle Labour leader". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  7. ↑ Holland, Daniel (10 May 2021). "Nick Forbes survives Newcastle Labour leadership challenge". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Newcastle Council leader Nick Forbes confirms exit after seat deselection". BBC News. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Holland, Daniel (14 March 2022). "Nick Kemp wins race to succeed Nick Forbes as Newcastle Labour leader". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Lord Beecham resigns from city council". Newcastle City Council. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "Declaration of result of poll: Newcastle City Council elections, 5 May 2022" (PDF). Newcastle City Council. 5 May 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Lord Beecham resigns from city council". Newcastle City Council. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "New council leader unveils his Cabinet". Newcastle City Council. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  15. ↑ "Senior Newcastle City Councillor banned from Labour party being found 'guilty of Islamaphobia'". ITV News. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  16. 1 2 3 Holland, Daniel (27 February 2023). "Newcastle voters go to the polls this week to choose new councillor in Byker by-election". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 22 July 2026 – via Inkl.
  17. ↑ Holland, Daniel (30 March 2023). "Newcastle councillor suspended by Labour pending investigation resigns from party". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 22 July 2026 – via Inkl.
  18. ↑ Holland, Daniel (27 March 2023). "Second seat up for grabs in Newcastle election battleground after North Jesmond Labour councillor resigns". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Byker ward by-election result". Newcastle City Council. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
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