2024 Newcastle City Council election

2024 Newcastle City Council election
2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
27 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nick Kemp Colin Ferguson Tracey Mitchell
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Newcastle Ind.
Leader's seat Byker Gosforth Denton and Westerhope
Last election 48 seats, 41.7% 23 seats, 27.8% 4 seats, 4.7%
Seats before 46 23[a] 4[b]
Seats won 15 7 1
Seats after 45 23 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 29,576 18,091 2,032
Percentage 40.6% 24.8% 2.8%
Swing Decrease 1.1% Decrease 3.0% Decrease 1.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Green Conservative
Last election 3 seats, 4.2% 0 seats, 9.4% 0 seats, 11.5%
Seats before 5 0 0
Seats won 1 2 1
Seats after 4 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 4,705 10,399 7,681
Percentage 6.5% 14.3% 10.5%
Swing Increase 2.3% Increase 4.9% Decrease 1.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Newcastle City Council election
Leader before election

Nick Kemp
Labour

 Leader after election

Nick Kemp
Labour

The 2024 Newcastle City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, to elect members of Newcastle City Council in Tyne and Wear, England. It was held alongside the North East mayoral election, the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner election, and other local elections in the United Kingdom held on the same day. As with other local council elections, it was held using first past the post, with councillors being elected to serve four year terms.

There were 27 of the 78 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in the Fawdon and West Gosforth ward.[1]

Labour were returned as the largest party on the council, returning 15 councillors of the 27 seats up for election - a net loss of one seat, leaving them with 45 seats - down three from the 2023 election. The Liberal Democrats continued as the main opposition party on the council, holding seven seats, keeping their number of councillors steady at 23. The Newcastle Independents lost one seat to Labour, leaving them with three seats on the council. The Green Party took their first two seats, winning the wards of Byker and Elswick from Labour. The Conservatives also gained their first seat since 1995, taking Gosforth from the Liberal Democrats.

Following the election, Nick Kemp returned as leader of the council and as leader of the Labour group. He had been challenged for the leadership of the city's Labour group by Cllr Dan Greenhough prior to the election.[2][3]

Background

Newcastle has traditionally been a strong area for the Labour Party. Labour controlled the council from its creation in 1973 until 2004, when the Liberal Democrats won a majority on the council.[4] Labour retook control in 2011,[5] and maintained a majority at every subsequent election through 2024.

Previous election

At the previous election in 2023, Labour won 14 seats (a loss of three seats) with 41.7% of the vote. This left them with 48 seats, retaining their majority. Liberal Democrats won ten seats (a gain of two seats) with 27.8% of the vote. This took them up to 23 seats, their most on the council since 2014. Newcastle Independents won two seats (a gain of one) to take them up to four seats, their highest seat total ever. An independent councillor was returned in Chapel ward, meaning the ward remained exclusively represented by independents.

2023 Newcastle City Council election result
Party Seats Won Total Seats Vote share
Labour 14 48 41.7%
Liberal Democrats 10 23 27.8%
Newcastle Independents 2 4 4.7%
Independent 1 3 4.2%
Conservatives 0 0 11.5%
Green Party 0 0 9.4%
Total 27 78

Before the election

On 26 April 2024, Newcastle's Evening Chronicle reported that Nick Kemp was to face a leadership challenge from Dan Greenhough, a councillor in Denton & Westerhope. This was the second year in a row that Kemp was reported to be facing a challenge from within his party, with Kenton councillor Ged Bell withdrawing a challenge in 2023.[6]

Kemp had originally served in the cabinet of former leader Nick Forbes until 2020 before resigning claiming he was being "undermined by constant sniping and personal animosities."[7] In 2021, Kemp challenged Forbes for the leadership, losing the vote by 30 votes to 22.[8] After Forbes was deselected by local members in 2022,[9] Kemp assumed the leadership after defeating Clare Penny-Evans and Irim Ali in a two-round contest.

This marked the third year in a row where a contest emerged between Kemp and allies of Nick Forbes, with Bell, Penny-Evans and Greenhough being viewed as allies of Forbes.[3] The leadership would be contested at a group meeting on 8 May 2024, six days after the election. Kemp retained the leadership of the Labour group.

Election result

The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after three years rather than the usual four. In that election, Labour won 18 seats with 39.2% of the vote, Liberal Democrats won six seats with 19.5% of the vote, independents won two seats with 7.0% of the vote, and Newcastle Independents won two seats with 6.8% of the vote.

The council remained under Labour majority control. Labour made a net loss of one seat. The Green Party won two seats, being their first ever representation on the council, and the Conservatives won a seat in Gosforth, being the first time they had won a seat on the council in 32 years.[10]

2024 Newcastle City Council election[11]
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour {{{candidates}}} 15 Decrease1 55.6 31 45 57.7 29,576 40.6 −1.1
  Liberal Democrats {{{candidates}}} 7 Steady 25.9 16 23 29.5 18,091 24.8 −3.0
  Independent {{{candidates}}} 1 Decrease1 3.7 3 4 5.1 4,705 6.5 +2.3
  Newcastle Ind. {{{candidates}}} 1 Decrease1 3.7 2 3 3.8 2,032 2.8 −1.9
  Green {{{candidates}}} 2 Increase2 7.4 0 2 2.6 10,399 14.3 +4.9
  Conservative {{{candidates}}} 1 Increase1 3.7 0 1 1.3 7,681 10.5 −1.0
  North East {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 160 0.2
  TUSC {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 78 0.1
  Communist {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 71 0.1
  SDP {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 52 0.1

Seats changing hands

The following is a list of seats that changed hands at this election. This is based on when these seats were last contested in 2021, not when the wards were last contested. Losing candidates who contested the election in 2024 are marked with an asterisk (*).

Seats changing hands
Seat 2021 2024
Party Member Party Member
Byker Labour Veronica Dunn Green Nick Hartley
Castle Liberal Democrats Helen Laverick Labour Co-op Andrew Herridge
Elswick Labour Nicu Ion* Green Khaled Musharraf
Gosforth Liberal Democrats Karen Robinson* Conservative Doc Anand
Lemington Newcastle Ind. Jason Smith Labour Co-op Stephen Barry-Stanners
North Jesmond Labour Tanya Prestwell Liberal Democrats James Coles
West Fenham Labour Co-op Ian Tokell* Liberal Democrats Mark Mitchell

Ward results

Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Arthur's Hill

Arthur's Hill[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Stephen Powers* 819 50.5 −18.6
Independent Rowshon Uddin 396 24.4 New
Green Alistair Ford 223 13.7 −3.5
Conservative Maria Manco 113 7.0 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Howden 71 4.4 −0.4
Rejected ballots 18 1.1
Majority 423 26.1
Turnout 1,622 30.1
Registered electors 5,387
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease20.8

Benwell & Scotswood

Benwell & Scotswood[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rob Higgins* 1,659 61.2 −3.8
Independent David McGovern 412 15.2 New
Conservative Ronald Thompson 278 10.2 −8.7
Green Lee Irving 226 8.3 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Hans Andersen 138 5.1 −3.5
Rejected ballots 31 1.1
Majority 1,247 46.0
Turnout 2,713 32.8
Registered electors 8,269
Labour hold Swing

Blakelaw

Blakelaw[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marion Williams* 1,215 63.7 +4.0
Conservative Thomas Lian-Hoare 261 13.7 +1.2
Green James Milne 243 12.7 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Bill Shepherd 188 9.9 +3.1
Rejected ballots 12 0.6
Majority 954 50.0
Turnout 1907 27.4
Registered electors 6,955
Labour hold Swing

Byker

Byker[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Nick Hartley 1,291 56.8 +19.1
Labour Carly Walker-Dawson 808 35.6 −13.8
Conservative Jamie Hampton 115 6.8 −0.3
Liberal Democrats Mark Ridyard 57 2.5 −3.4
Rejected ballots 30 1.3
Majority 483 21.3
Turnout 2,271 33.1
Registered electors 6,857
Green gain from Labour Swing

Callerton & Throckley

Callerton & Throckley[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Linda Wright* 1,535 50.8 +9.1
Conservative Alexis Fernandes 775 25.6 +7.0
Green Idwal John 475 15.7 +3.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Morris 239 7.9 +1.4
Rejected ballots 32 1.1
Majority 760 25.1
Turnout 3,024 33.3
Registered electors 9,093
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Castle

Castle[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Andrew Herridge 1,509 40.3 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Jamie Robinson 1,422 37.9 −5.3
Conservative Daniel Burnett 463 12.4 −0.4
Green Andrew Thorp 354 9.4 +2.5
Rejected ballots 37 1.0
Majority 87 2.3
Turnout 3,748 33.0
Registered electors 11,341
Labour Co-op gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Chapel

Chapel[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lawrence Hunter* 2,401 70.5 −8.3
Labour Bill Purvis 588 17.3 +5.4
Conservative Ian Forster 240 7.1 +1.3
Liberal Democrats Judith Steen 100 2.9 +1.2
Green Philip Brookes 75 2.2 +0.4
Rejected ballots 19 0.6
Majority 1,813 53.3
Turnout 3,404 45.0
Registered electors 7,565
Independent hold Swing

Dene & South Gosforth

Dene & South Gosforth[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen Robinson* 1,699 46.2 −2.0
Labour Hilary Franks 1,181 32.1 −3.4
Green Laurence Taylor 509 13.9 +5.2
Conservative Gerry Langley 285 7.8 +0.2
Majority 518 14.1
Turnout 3,674 49.9
Registered electors 7,366
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Denton & Westerhope

Denton & Westerhope[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Newcastle Ind. Tracey Mitchell* 1,232 45.7 +0.3
Labour Co-op Vince Barry-Stanners 1,112 41.2 +0.7
Conservative Jack Luke 166 6.2 −0.7
Green William Whitaker 102 3.8 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Dicken 86 3.2 −0.8
Rejected ballots 12 0.4
Majority 120 4.4
Turnout 2,698 31.7
Registered electors 8,524
Newcastle Ind. hold Swing

Elswick

Elswick[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Khaled Musharraf 1,190 45.4 +31.3
Labour Nicu Ion* 1,083 41.3 −30.5
Conservative Tom Horgan Davison 231 8.8 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Hamed Aghajani 117 4.5 −0.2
Rejected ballots 27 1.0
Majority 107 4.1
Turnout 2,621 33.9
Registered electors 7,739
Green gain from Labour Swing

Fawdon & West Gosforth

Fawdon & West Gosforth[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Hall 1,604 61.0 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Rob Austin 1,530 58.2 −0.3
Labour Gordana Franklin 684 26.0 +1.8
Labour Asad Syed 625 23.8 −0.3
Green Roger Whittaker 395 15.0 +7.9
Conservative Alexander McMullen 223 8.5 −1.8
Conservative Maria Piazza 200 7.6 −2.7
Rejected ballots 23 0.4
Majority 846 16.1
Turnout 2,631 35.4
Registered electors 7,436
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Two seats were contested in Fawdon & West Gosforth: one in the ordinary election and one to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Brenda Hindmarsh.[1]

Gosforth

Gosforth[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doc Anand 1,399 33.7 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Tahir Siddique 1,288 31.0 −8.0
Labour Co-op Michael Bell 952 22.9 +1.1
Green Frances Hinton 350 8.4 +2.5
North East Brian Moore 160 3.9 New
Rejected ballots 17 0.4
Majority 111 2.7
Turnout 4,149 53.8
Registered electors 7,715
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Heaton

Heaton[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Clare Penny-Evans* 1,543 44.5 −4.5
Green Andrew Gray 671 19.4 −2.7
Independent Chandni Chopra 525 15.1 New
Liberal Democrats Tom Appleby 494 14.3 −6.8
Conservative John Dobie 162 4.7 −0.8
Communist Steve Handford 71 2.0 −0.3
Rejected ballots 14 0.4
Majority 872 25.2
Turnout 3,466 46.2
Registered electors 7,497
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Kenton

Kenton[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Lambert* 1,647 65.3 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Craig Austin 332 13.2 −10.0
Green Adam Jackson 274 10.9 +3.3
Conservative Zak Mudie 192 7.6 −3.5
TUSC Nick Fray 78 3.1 +0.2
Rejected ballots 28 1.1
Majority 1,315 52.1
Turnout 2,523 34.2
Registered electors 7,382
Labour hold Swing

Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall

Kingston Park South & Newbiggin Hall[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alexander Hay* 1,364 65.0 −1.8
Conservative Amy Laverick 345 16.4 +0.8
Liberal Democrats David Partington 243 11.6 −0.5
Green Tahir Mahmood 147 7.0 +1.5
Rejected ballots 30 1.4
Majority 1,019 48.5
Turnout 2,099 30.1
Registered electors 6,981
Labour hold Swing

Lemington

Lemington[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Stephen Barry-Stanners 1,018 45.1 +6.0
Newcastle Ind. Zoey Saul 800 35.5 −10.4
Conservative Jack Donalson 196 8.7 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Tracy Connell 122 5.4 +2.0
Green Pat McGee 119 5.3 +2.1
Rejected ballots 14 0.6
Majority 218 9.7
Turnout 2,255 31.7
Registered electors 7,112
Labour gain from Newcastle Ind. Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Greg Stone* 1,816 56.4 +2.8
Labour Bradley Aird 836 26.0 −3.3
Green Mike Rabley 405 12.6 +4.4
Conservative Antonio Manco 161 5.0 −3.9
Rejected ballots 20 0.6
Majority 980 30.4
Turnout 3,218 45.3
Registered electors 7,101
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Monument

Monument[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nabeela Ali 804 56.9 −6.3
Green Jessica Whitaker 343 24.3 +7.3
Conservative Richard Sanderson 141 10.0 −1.2
Liberal Democrats Craig Dodd 125 8.8 +0.2
Rejected ballots 24 1.7
Majority 461 32.6
Turnout 1,413 26.9
Registered electors 5,255
Labour hold Swing

North Jesmond

North Jesmond[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Coles 995 48.1 −17.0
Labour Co-op Killian McCartney 683 33.0 +5.1
Green Shehla Naqvi 262 12.7 +3.9
Conservative Stephen Dawes 127 6.1 +2.2
Rejected ballots 10 0.5
Majority 312 15.1
Turnout 2,067 46.1
Registered electors 4,484
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Ouseburn

Ouseburn[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Alistair Chisholm* 1,054 48.4 +10.7
Liberal Democrats Fiona Punchard 762 35.0 −14.7
Green Gabriella Leavitt 318 14.6 +4.6
Conservative Marie Summersby 44 2.0 −0.6
Rejected ballots 23 1.1
Majority 292 13.4
Turnout 2,178 40.3
Registered electors 5,411
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Parklands

Parklands[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen* 2,207 53.0 −1.2
Labour Co-op Christopher Bartlett 999 24.0 +1.4
Green Audrey MacNaughton 548 13.2 +3.6
Conservative Andrew Burnett 409 9.8 −3.8
Rejected ballots 29 0.7
Majority 1208 29.0
Turnout 4,163 46.8
Registered electors 8,900
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Jesmond

South Jesmond[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Milo Barnett 900 42.1 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Aidan King 548 25.6 −0.6
Green Sarah Peters 454 21.2 +7.4
Conservative Jennifer Mills 183 8.6 −1.2
SDP Martin Evison 52 2.4 −2.3
Rejected ballots 18 0.8
Majority 352 16.5
Turnout 2,137 40.5
Registered electors 5,271
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Walker

Walker[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Wood* 1,257 69.8 −0.5
Conservative Alex Walker 232 12.9 −0.3
Green Matt Williams 169 9.4 +3.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Psallidas 143 7.9 +2.2
Rejected ballots 21 1.2
Majority 1,025 56.9
Turnout 1,801 25.5
Registered electors 7,064
Labour hold Swing

Walkergate

Walkergate[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Lowson* 1,582 58.6 −1.0
Green Margaret Montgomery 471 17.4 +11.3
Conservative Stephen Oxborough 324 12.0 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Matthew Osbourn 323 12.0 −4.4
Rejected ballots 33 1.2
Majority 1,111 41.1
Turnout 2,700 32.4
Registered electors 8,325
Labour hold Swing

West Fenham

West Fenham[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Mitchell 1,250 46.9 +1.6
Labour Co-op Ian Tokell* 908 34.0 +0.7
Green Tim Dowson 317 11.9 +3.0
Conservative Syed Ahmed 193 7.2 −5.2
Rejected ballots 37 1.4
Majority 342 12.8
Turnout 2,668 36.5
Registered electors 7,304
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op Swing

Wingrove

Wingrove[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Irim Ali* 1,211 39.5 −27.8
Independent Younes Mohammed 971 31.7 New
Green John Pearson 468 15.3 +1.2
Conservative Jarred Riley 223 7.3 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 192 6.3 −1.7
Rejected ballots 26 0.8
Majority 240 7.8
Turnout 3,065 41.6 +9.8
Registered electors 7,361
Labour hold Swing

Aftermath

Despite losses, Labour retained their majority on Newcastle City Council. Labour council leader Nick Kemp called the results "mixed and in some cases, entirely surprising" whilst also alleging that "very disconcerting and worrying campaigns" were run in this year's election. He declined to elaborate further on this.[38]

Liberal Democrat group leader Colin Ferguson suggested the concurrent mayoral election had "changed the pattern of how people normally voted."[38]

Kemp faced a challenge for the Labour leadership on 8 May 2024 from Cllr Dan Greenhough. Greenhough was described by local media as a "strong backer" of Newcastle North MP Catherine McKinnell and the newly elected North East mayor Kim McGuinness. It was reported that Nick Kemp defeated Dan Greenhough by a margin of 23 votes to 21.[3]

Nick Kemp reshuffled his cabinet on 23 May 2024, with Cllr Abdul Samad and Cllr Adam Walker joining the council's cabinet.[39] Samad had defeated the then leader of the council, Nick Forbes, in a selection meeting for the Arthur's Hill ward in 2022, leading to Forbes leaving the council and his role as leader.[40]

Changes between 2024 and 2026

  • July 2024: Gerry Keating (Liberal Democrats) resigned as a North Jesmond councillor on health grounds, triggering a by-election.[41]
  • September 2024: Peter Allen (Liberal Democrats) won the North Jesmond by-election.[42]
  • September–October 2024: Nick Kemp resigned as council leader on 20 September and Karen Kilgour was appointed in his place on 2 October, becoming the council's first female leader.[43][44]
  • October 2024: Thom Campion, who had been elected as a Liberal Democrat, was suspended by the party and was thereafter listed by the council as an independent.[45]
  • November 2024: Nick Kemp, John Stokel-Walker, Marion Williams, David Wood, Margaret Wood and Stevie Wood left Labour to sit as independents, depriving Labour of its council majority.[46]
  • April 2025: Jane Byrne left Labour to sit as an independent.[46]
  • May 2025: The six councillors who had left Labour in November 2024 formed the East End and Associates Independents group, led by Marion Williams.[46]
  • July 2025: Milo Barnett (Labour) resigned as a South Jesmond councillor for work reasons, triggering a by-election.[47]
  • August 2025: Sarah Peters (Green Party) gained the South Jesmond seat from Labour.[48]
  • November 2025: Alistair Chisholm left Labour and joined the Green Party.[49]
  • January 2026: Lesley Storey and Paul Frew (both Labour) resigned as councillors. Their seats remained vacant because of the proximity of the May 2026 all-out election.[50]

By-elections

North Jesmond

North Jesmond by-election, 12 September 2024[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Allen 740 64.5 +16.4
Labour Callum Buchanan 234 20.4 −12.6
Green Shehla Naqvi 93 8.1 −4.6
Conservative Stephen Dawes 35 3.1 −3.0
Reform Anas El-Hamri 26 2.3 N/A
Party of Women Liz Panton 19 1.7 N/A
Majority 506 44.1 +29.0
Turnout 1,147 23.8 −22.3
Registered electors 4,820
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 14.5

The by-election followed the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Gerry Keating on health grounds.[41]

South Jesmond

South Jesmond by-election, 14 August 2025[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sarah Peters 578 36.4 +15.2
Liberal Democrats June Browne 523 33.0 +7.4
Labour Owen Bell 267 16.8 −25.3
Reform Gavin Maw 173 10.9 N/A
Conservative Stephen Dawes 45 2.8 −5.8
Rejected ballots 4 0.3 −0.5
Majority 55 3.4 −13.1
Turnout 1,590 30.8 −9.7
Registered electors 5,169
Green gain from Labour Swing 20.3

The by-election followed the resignation of Labour councillor Milo Barnett for work reasons.[47]

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