2026 Newcastle City Council election

2026 Newcastle City Council election
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
All 78 seats to Newcastle City Council
40 seats needed for a majority
Registered191,201
Turnout85,703 (44.8%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Colin Ferguson Nick Hartley Steven Rutherford
Party Liberal Democrats Green Reform
Leader's seat Gosforth Byker Denton & Westerhope
Last election 23 seats, 24.8% 2 seats, 14.3% Did not stand
Seats before 22 4 0
Seats won 25 24 24
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 20 Increase 24
Popular vote 56,238 65,742 58,937
Percentage 23.1% 27.0% 24.2%
Swing Decrease 1.7pp Increase 12.7pp N/A
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Marion Williams[a]
(defeated)		 Karen Kilgour
(defeated)		 Doc Anand
(defeated)
Party Independent Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Blakelaw & Cowgate Blakelaw & Cowgate Gosforth
Last election 4 seats, 6.5% 45 seats, 40.6% 1 seat, 10.5%
Seats before 12[b] 36[c] 1
Seats won 3 2 0
Seat change Decrease 9 Decrease 34 Decrease 1
Popular vote 8,266 43,426 9,120
Percentage 3.4% 17.8% 3.7%
Swing Decrease 3.1pp Decrease 22.8pp Decrease 6.8pp
Leader before election

Karen Kilgour
Labour
No overall control[d]

 Leader after election

Colin Ferguson
Liberal Democrats
No overall control[e]

The 2026 Newcastle City Council election was held on 7 May 2026 to elect all 78 members of Newcastle City Council. It was held alongside other local elections across Great Britain. This was the first election held under new ward boundaries, with each of the council's 26 wards electing three councillors.[1]

The Liberal Democrats became the largest party with 25 seats, while the Green Party and Reform UK each won 24. Labour, which had won 45 seats in 2024, was reduced to two seats. No party won the 40 seats required for a majority.[1]

Background

Since the previous council election in 2024, the council fell into no overall control, with the Labour Party remaining the single largest party but losing control of the council. The Liberal Democrats remained the largest opposition.

In August 2025, Jamie Driscoll, former Mayor of the North of Tyne and former Newcastle City Council member, announced he was standing in the election in Monument ward. He said that a progressive alliance of Majority, the Green Party, and independents could win control of Newcastle City Council.[2] In December 2025, Driscoll joined the Green Party.[3]

Previous council composition

After 2024 election Before 2026 election[4][5]
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 45 Labour 34
Liberal Democrats 23 Liberal Democrats 22
Green 2 Green 4
Newcastle Ind. 3 Newcastle Ind. 3
Conservative 1 Conservative 1
Independent 4 Independent 12[f]
Vacant 0 Vacant 2

Election result

2026 Newcastle City Council election[6]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 78 25 N/A N/A Increase 3 32.1 23.1 56,238 –1.7
  Green 78 24 N/A N/A Increase 20 30.8 27.0 65,742 +12.7
  Reform 78 24 N/A N/A Increase 24 30.8 24.2 58,937 N/A
  Independent 9 3 N/A N/A Decrease 9 3.9 3.4 8,266 –3.1
  Labour 78 2 N/A N/A Decrease 34 2.6 17.8 43,426 –22.8
  Conservative 35 0 N/A N/A Decrease 1 0.0 3.7 9,120 –6.8
  Newcastle Ind. 2 0 N/A N/A Decrease 3 0.0 0.6 1,453 –2.2
  TUSC 2 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 <0.1 80 –0.1
  Party of Women 1 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 <0.1 75 N/A
  Imagine 1 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 <0.1 51 N/A
  Communist 1 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 <0.1 50 –0.1

Aftermath

The election left the council under no overall control. On 26 May, Liberal Democrat group leader Colin Ferguson and Green group leader Nick Hartley signed a memorandum of understanding under which the two groups agreed to work together, while stopping short of a formal coalition. The following day, the council appointed Ferguson as leader of a Liberal Democrat minority administration.[7]

Ward results

Arthur's Hill

Arthur's Hill (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green John Pearson 1,314 50.7 +37.0
Green Rowshon Uddin 1,311 50.6 +36.9
Green Mohammed Suleman 1,220 47.1 +33.4
Labour Hannah Cousins 788 30.4 −20.1
Labour Hayder Qureshi 686 26.5 −24.0
Labour Joanne Kingsland 685 26.4 −24.1
Reform Gareth Barber 375 14.5 N/A
Reform Clifford Hedley 356 13.7 N/A
Reform Stuart Norton 347 13.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Milon 165 6.4 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Abigail MacDonald 161 6.2 +1.8
Conservative Margaret Birkmyre 130 5.0 −2.0
Independent Joseph Eldridge 91 3.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Adrin Neatrour 85 3.3 −1.1
Imagine Shemol Rahman 51 2.0 N/A
Turnout 2,749 36.5 +6.4
Registered electors 7,523
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour

Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn

Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform David Minto 954 40.7
Reform Daniel Astley 906 38.7
Reform Jiabao He 792 33.8
Labour Robert Higgins* 726 31.0
Labour Hazel Stephenson* 688 29.4
Labour Susan Anthony* 615 26.2
Green Jan Grace 481 20.5
Green Rima Hussein 416 17.8
Independent David McGovern 402 17.2
Green Kerrin Tatwood 388 16.6
Conservative Anthony Brown 193 8.2
Liberal Democrats Gavin Liddle 173 7.4
Liberal Democrats Hans Andersen 162 6.9
Liberal Democrats Robin Brooke 129 5.5
Turnout 2,605 40.4
Registered electors 6,446
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)

Blakelaw & Cowgate

Blakelaw & Cowgate (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Rachel Davison 885 39.4
Reform Gavin Hutchinson 857 38.2
Reform Irene Turnbull 834 37.1
Labour Juna Sathian* 812 36.2
Labour Karen Kilgour 681 30.3
Labour Ian Tokell 579 25.8
Green Aurora Harrison 457 20.4
Green Tina Ion 453 20.2
Green Frances Hinton 418 18.6
Liberal Democrats Brian McGreevy 169 7.5
Conservative Dawn Brown 165 7.3
Liberal Democrats Lauren Proctor 140 6.2
Liberal Democrats Bill Schardt 135 6.0
Independent Marion Williams* 114 5.1
TUSC Michael O'Dowd 35 1.6
Turnout 2,415 34.2
Registered electors 7,065
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)

Byker

Byker (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Nick Hartley* 1,567 63.2 +6.4
Green Jamie Anderson 1,491 60.1 +3.3
Green Hedley Sugar-Wells 1,402 56.5 −0.3
Reform Tanya Dawes 630 25.4 N/A
Reform Shane Robinson 599 24.2 N/A
Reform Neil Scott 565 22.8 N/A
Labour Gavin Jordan 312 12.6 −23.0
Labour Khadija Ali 310 12.5 −23.1
Labour Will Wain 256 10.3 −25.3
Liberal Democrats Steven Forster 89 3.6 +1.1
Conservative Syed Ahmed 84 3.4 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Gary Day 70 2.8 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Jarman 54 2.2 −0.3
Turnout 2,643 35.8 +2.7
Registered electors 7,388
Green hold
Green gain from Independent
Green gain from Labour

Castle

Castle (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jamie Robinson 1,228 39.4 +30.0
Liberal Democrats David Down 1,109 35.6 −2.3
Green Imran Mohammed 1,054 33.8 +24.4
Liberal Democrats Dhananjay Singh 1,037 33.3 −4.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Morris 975 31.3 −6.6
Green Andrew Welch 936 30.0 +20.6
Reform Samuel Bennett 657 21.1 N/A
Reform Roderick Russell 591 19.0 N/A
Reform Gary Black 565 18.1 N/A
Labour Andrew Herridge* 380 12.2 −28.1
Labour Steve Fairlie 311 10.0 −30.3
Labour Mark Edwards-Junior 308 9.9 −30.4
Conservative Anna Wilson 195 6.3 −6.1
Turnout 3,264 43.6 +10.6
Registered electors 7,489
Green gain from Independent
Liberal Democrats hold
Green gain from Labour

Chapel

Chapel (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Marc Donnelly* 2,918 76.5 +6.0
Independent Margaret Donnelly* 2,462 64.5 −6.0
Independent Lawrence Hunter* 1,903 49.9 −20.6
Reform Yvonne Alden 1,108 29.0 N/A
Reform Chanchal Samaiya 676 17.7 N/A
Reform Prashasti Khare 650 17.0 N/A
Labour David Cook 272 7.1 −10.2
Labour Owen Bell 242 6.3 −11.0
Green Mary Clifford 233 6.1 +3.9
Labour Ben Hobson 213 5.6 −11.7
Green Keith Metcalf 157 4.1 +1.9
Green James Price 140 3.7 +1.5
Conservative Karen Jewers 137 3.6 −3.5
Conservative Muhammad Dahri 100 2.6 −4.5
Liberal Democrats Ian Cowans 99 2.6 −0.3
Liberal Democrats Judith Steen 69 1.8 −1.1
Liberal Democrats David Slesenger 67 1.8 −1.1
Turnout 4,067 55.6 +10.6
Registered electors 7,312
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold

Dene & South Gosforth

Dene & South Gosforth (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Taylor* 2,141 50.4 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Henry Gallagher* 1,955 46.0 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Psallidas 1,886 44.4 −1.8
Green Nick Simpson 1,064 25.0 +11.1
Green James Brine 1,050 24.7 +10.8
Green Laurence Taylor 961 22.6 +8.7
Labour Hilary Franks 692 16.3 −15.8
Labour Alex Dodgson 638 15.0 −17.1
Labour Marley Nellis 609 14.3 −17.8
Reform David Cooper 540 12.7 N/A
Reform Adam Forrest 515 12.1 N/A
Reform Peter Laws 495 11.7 N/A
Conservative Gerry Langley 194 4.6 −3.2
Turnout 4,410 58.6 +8.7
Registered electors 7,522
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Denton & Westerhope

Denton & Westerhope (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Margaret Bebb 1,231 46.9 N/A
Reform Steven Rutherford 1,198 45.6 N/A
Reform Kami Kundi 1,009 38.4 N/A
Newcastle Ind. Tracey Mitchell* 776 29.6 −16.1
Newcastle Ind. Adam Mitchell* 677 25.8 −19.9
Labour Vince Barry-Stanners 509 19.4 −21.8
Labour Zarah St Clair 501 19.1 −22.1
Labour Emmanuel Alawode 483 18.4 −22.8
Liberal Democrats Colin Daglish 293 11.2 +8.0
Green Miles Henderson 290 11.0 +7.2
Green Ben Feechan 276 10.5 +6.7
Green Roger Whittaker 245 9.3 +5.5
Conservative Alan Birkmyre 150 5.7 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Dicken 131 5.0 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Slesenger 106 4.0 +0.8
Turnout 2,893 36.5 +4.8
Registered electors 7,919
Reform gain from Newcastle Ind.
Reform gain from Newcastle Ind.
Reform gain from Labour

Elswick

Elswick (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Halimah Begum 1,302 51.3 +5.9
Green Khaled Musharraf* 1,239 48.8 +3.4
Green Peter Thomson 1,135 44.7 −0.7
Reform Hazel Dixon 634 25.0 N/A
Reform Timothy Smith 618 24.3 N/A
Labour Arif Zaman 575 22.6 −18.7
Reform Philip Tolan 574 22.6 N/A
Labour Margaret Murning 555 21.9 −19.4
Labour Nicu Ion 494 19.5 −21.8
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Bell 130 5.1 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Dooner 126 5.0 +0.5
Liberal Democrats David Faulkner 123 4.8 +0.3
Conservative Mohammed Habibi 106 4.2 −4.6
Turnout 2,710 36.1 +2.2
Registered electors 7,511
Green gain from Independent
Green hold
Green gain from Labour

Fawdon & West Gosforth

Fawdon & West Gosforth (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Lovatt* 1,854 49.6 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Rob Austin* 1,823 48.8 −6.4
Liberal Democrats John Hall* 1,796 48.0 −7.2
Reform John Duffy 808 21.6 N/A
Reform Martin Evison 768 20.5 N/A
Reform Kai Hoult 693 18.5 N/A
Green Daniel Jones 604 16.2 +2.6
Green Isabella Warburton-Brown 598 16.0 +2.4
Green David Laws 587 15.7 +2.1
Labour Arlene Ainsley 571 15.3 −8.2
Labour Callum Buchanan 484 12.9 −10.6
Labour Gary Kilgour 434 11.6 −11.9
Conservative Milo Bennett 188 5.0 −2.7
Turnout 3,930 47.8 +12.4
Registered electors 8,224
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Gosforth

Gosforth (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Ferguson* 2,181 46.5 +15.5
Liberal Democrats Tahir Siddique 1,980 42.2 +11.2
Liberal Democrats Thomas Woodwark* 1,904 40.6 +9.6
Conservative Doc Anand* 1,638 34.9 +1.2
Conservative Rebecca Mead 1,066 22.7 −11.0
Conservative Maria Manco 1,040 22.2 −11.5
Green Adam Jackson 646 13.8 +5.4
Green Jack Burton 593 12.6 +4.2
Labour Thomas Millen 517 11.0 −11.9
Green Andrew Kidger 480 10.2 +1.8
Labour Jonathan Sabarre 471 10.0 −12.9
Labour Colin Wright 459 9.8 −13.1
Reform John Dale 409 8.7 N/A
Reform George Ford 368 7.8 N/A
Reform Alistair Pedlow 324 6.9 N/A
Turnout 4,871 60.0 +6.2
Registered electors 8,120
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats hold

Heaton

Heaton (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Chandni Chopra 2,329 54.8 +35.4
Green Andrew Gray 2,305 54.2 +34.8
Green Joe Gartland 2,266 53.3 +33.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Ridyard 950 22.4 +8.1
Labour Lara Ellis* 872 20.5 −24.0
Labour Clare Penny-Evans* 770 18.1 −26.4
Liberal Democrats Jude Browne 768 18.1 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rakowski 706 16.6 +2.3
Labour Mehrban Sadiq* 636 15.0 −29.5
Reform Billy Hill 339 8.0 N/A
Reform Stewart Jackson 332 7.8 N/A
Reform Steve Taylor 316 7.4 N/A
Conservative John Dobie 102 2.4 −2.3
Communist Steve Handford 50 1.2 −0.8
Turnout 4,433 58.7 +12.5
Registered electors 7,554
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour

Jesmond

Jesmond (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Philip Browne* 1,570 46.0
Liberal Democrats James Coles* 1,527 44.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Allen* 1,451 42.5
Green Marianne Kell 1,147 33.6
Green Tim Dowson 1,083 31.7
Green Ludovico Rella 1,001 29.3
Labour Killian McCartney 494 14.5
Labour Fin Weatherill 435 12.7
Labour John White 420 12.3
Reform Trevor Cox 316 9.3
Reform Ellen Russell 316 9.3
Reform Janet Stansfield 307 9.0
Conservative Sandra Davison 169 5.0
Turnout 3,491 50.2
Registered electors 6,960
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Kenton

Kenton (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Lambert* 1,051 36.2 −29.1
Labour Ged Bell* 1,010 34.8 −30.5
Reform Mick Mahoney 978 33.7 N/A
Reform Terry McNamara 923 31.8 N/A
Reform Alison Sanderson 913 31.5 N/A
Labour Paula Maines* 901 31.1 −34.2
Green Jane Lancaster 600 20.7 +9.8
Green Richard Frearson 589 20.3 +9.4
Green Milan Nemecek 541 18.7 +7.8
Liberal Democrats Craig Austin 385 13.3 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Ronald Clark 288 9.9 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Philip McArdle 273 9.4 −3.8
Conservative Gareth Davies 199 6.9 −0.7
TUSC Nick Fray 45 1.6 −1.5
Turnout 3,087 41.5 +7.3
Registered electors 7,434
Labour hold
Labour hold
Reform gain from Labour

Kingston Park & Dinnington

Kingston Park & Dinnington (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Barbara Down 1,643 43.6
Liberal Democrats John Mansfield 1,587 42.1
Liberal Democrats Mohammad Farsi 1,552 41.2
Reform Chris Durham 1,034 27.4
Reform Gordon Forbes 1,005 26.7
Reform Frank Wilson 949 25.2
Labour Simon Harrison 534 14.2
Labour Liam Spencer 514 13.6
Labour Gordana Vasic-Franklin 471 12.5
Green Katy Sawyer 443 11.8
Green Susie Warburton-Brown 416 11.0
Green Dave Webb 350 9.3
Conservative Connor Shotton 289 7.7
Conservative Kenneth Wake 262 7.0
Conservative Tudor Skelly 254 6.7
Turnout 3,884 51.8
Registered electors 7,500
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lemington

Lemington (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Kirsty Galbraith 1,361 50.6 N/A
Reform Adrian Butler 1,352 50.3 N/A
Reform Russ Lawler 1,307 48.6 N/A
Labour Barry Phillipson* 817 30.4 −14.7
Labour Stephen Barry-Stanners* 703 26.1 −19.0
Labour Eleanor Woolstencroft 609 22.6 −22.5
Green David Harrison 386 14.4 +9.1
Green Alice Kubiak 349 13.0 +7.7
Green Peter Mitchell 321 11.9 +6.6
Liberal Democrats Tracy Connell 261 9.7 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Barbara Moorhead 223 8.3 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Bill Shepherd 188 7.0 +1.6
Conservative Ian Davison 180 6.7 −2.0
Turnout 2,896 40.7 +9.0
Registered electors 7,120
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Independent
Reform gain from Labour

Manor Park

Manor Park (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Greg Stone* 1,691 48.7 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Doreen Huddart* 1,654 47.6 −8.8
Liberal Democrats Deborah Burns* 1,616 46.5 −9.9
Green Philip Brookes 780 22.5 +9.9
Green Nathan Evans 757 21.8 +9.2
Green Mica Hind 697 20.1 +7.5
Reform Trevor Cox 619 17.8 N/A
Reform John Gardner 599 17.3 N/A
Reform Mark Gardner 564 16.2 N/A
Labour Christopher Bartlett 515 14.8 −11.2
Labour Danny Hutton-Ferris 396 11.4 −14.6
Labour Christopher O'Keeffe 360 10.4 −15.6
Conservative Heather Chambers 158 4.6 −0.4
Turnout 3,675 52.1 +6.8
Registered electors 7,051
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Monument

Monument (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jamie Driscoll 1,100 54.4 +30.1
Green Gareth Jones 1,015 50.2 +25.9
Green Kiran Sayyed 959 47.4 +23.1
Labour Nabeela Ali* 528 26.1 −30.8
Labour Raja Khan 403 19.9 −37.0
Labour Mirza Yousaf 388 19.2 −37.7
Reform Christopher Gray 343 17.0 N/A
Reform Paul Wallace 323 16.0 N/A
Reform Agnes Offiong 318 15.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alison Murphy 142 7.0 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Aidan King 137 6.8 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Brian Hall 125 6.2 −2.6
Independent Craig Cottrell 101 5.0 N/A
Conservative John Honeychurch-Kyle 88 4.4 −5.6
Conservative Chaudhry Ahmad 85 4.2 −5.8
Turnout 2,087 32.4 +5.5
Registered electors 6,449
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Independent
Green gain from Labour

Newbiggin Hall & Callerton

Newbiggin Hall & Callerton (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Brian Moore 1,257 46.3
Reform Deanne Bell 1,238 45.6
Reform Colin Nichol 1,216 44.8
Labour George Pattison* 887 32.7
Labour Alexander Hay* 816 30.1
Labour Jacqui Robinson* 802 29.6
Green Anne Tindale 402 14.8
Green Rory Osborne 380 14.0
Green Angus Williams 347 12.8
Liberal Democrats Helen Laverick 235 8.7
Conservative James Setch 217 8.0
Liberal Democrats Ali Avaei 180 6.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Swai 156 5.8
Turnout 2,909 34.7
Registered electors 8,387
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)

Ouseburn

Ouseburn (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alistair Chisholm* 2,066 61.6 +47.0
Green Sarah Peters 2,026 60.4 +45.8
Green Lawrence Davies 1,896 56.5 +41.9
Liberal Democrats Gareth Kane* 884 26.4 −8.6
Liberal Democrats Mike Cookson* 815 24.3 −10.7
Liberal Democrats Matt Osbourn 681 20.3 −14.7
Reform Leon Brown 314 9.4 N/A
Reform Curtis Hollocks 280 8.3 N/A
Labour Robert Fleming 277 8.3 −40.1
Reform Tony Teasdale 250 7.5 N/A
Labour Ali Mehmood 244 7.3 −41.1
Labour Joseph Morris 220 6.6 −41.8
Conservative Marie Summersby 54 1.6 −0.4
Conservative Philip Parkinson 45 1.3 −0.7
Turnout 3,457 48.4 +8.1
Registered electors 7,142
Green hold
Green gain from Liberal Democrats
Green gain from Liberal Democrats

Parklands & North Gosforth

Parklands & North Gosforth (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Democrats Pauline Allen* 2,174 56.7
Liberal Democrats Christine Morrissey* 1,982 51.7
Liberal Democrats David Partington 1,966 51.3
Green Audrey MacNaughton 763 19.9
Reform Paul Barrett 670 17.5
Green Andrew Capocci 628 16.4
Reform Gerard Bartley 615 16.0
Reform Alex Clark 613 16.0
Green Will Rogers 581 15.2
Labour Benjamin Eckford 393 10.3
Labour Lewys Evans 382 10.0
Labour William Kilgour 367 9.6
Conservative Alison Wake 363 9.5
Turnout 4,009 54.5
Registered electors 7,354
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn

Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Richard Barnes 1,380 45.8
Reform Michael Fitzpatrick 1,335 44.3
Reform Amy Hunter 1,297 43.0
Labour Linda Wright* 914 30.3
Labour Adam Walker* 851 28.2
Labour Mark Hardy 837 27.8
Green Kimberley Barrass 432 14.3
Green Idwal John 417 13.8
Green Pat McGee 375 12.4
Conservative Harry Drew 276 9.2
Conservative Simon Bell 266 8.8
Conservative Alexis Fernandes 244 8.1
Liberal Democrats Belinda Brady 150 5.0
Liberal Democrats Angela Hall 133 4.4
Liberal Democrats Christine Cogan 124 4.1
Turnout 3,126 44.8
Registered electors 6,982
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)

Walker

Walker (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Matt Williams 1,068 42.8 +33.4
Reform Colin Goldsborough 1,052 42.1 N/A
Reform Lorraine Gingell 1,036 41.5 N/A
Green Chuck Taylor 972 38.9 +29.5
Reform Richard Sharp 968 38.8 N/A
Green Tom Whatson 943 37.8 +28.4
Labour Ian Aird 325 13.0 −56.8
Labour Pamela Victor-Ibitamuno 263 10.5 −59.3
Labour Sam Vosper 251 10.1 −59.7
Independent John Stokel-Walker* 161 6.4 N/A
Independent Davy Wood* 114 4.6 N/A
Party of Women Liz Panton 75 3.0 N/A
Conservative Christopher Metcalf 69 2.8 −10.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Buckley 64 2.6 −5.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Renton 64 2.6 −5.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cowie 57 2.3 −5.6
Turnout 2,679 35.6 +10.1
Registered electors 7,532
Green gain from Independent
Reform gain from Independent
Reform gain from Independent

Walkergate

Walkergate (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Stephen Lowrey 1,514 50.5 N/A
Reform Gavin Maw 1,430 47.7 N/A
Reform David Orr 1,424 47.5 N/A
Labour Christine Aird 724 24.1 −34.5
Labour Brad Aird 690 23.0 −35.6
Green Margaret Montgomery 653 21.8 +4.4
Green Maria Maza 544 18.1 +0.7
Labour Abdul Rajib 541 18.0 −40.6
Green Wayne Thompson 504 16.8 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Karen Robinson 310 10.3 −1.7
Liberal Democrats David Cain 243 8.1 −3.9
Liberal Democrats William Signey 212 7.1 −4.9
Conservative Stephen Oxborough 205 6.8 −5.2
Turnout 3,229 43.9 +11.5
Registered electors 7,348
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Independent
Reform gain from Labour

West Fenham

West Fenham (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats PJ Morrissey* 1,135 40.2 −6.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Mitchell* 1,023 36.2 −10.7
Liberal Democrats Owen Burbidge 1,015 35.9 −11.0
Reform Barry Brians 937 33.2 N/A
Reform Michael Martin 905 32.0 N/A
Reform John Moore 868 30.7 N/A
Green Tasnim Adnan 521 18.4 +6.5
Green Lauren Healey 504 17.8 +5.9
Green Sian Broadhurst 483 17.1 +5.2
Labour Navya Bharagida 347 12.3 −21.7
Labour Saeem Korim 329 11.6 −22.4
Labour Connor Slomski 309 10.9 −23.1
Conservative Fahim Habibi 85 3.0 −4.2
Turnout 2,983 43.7 +7.2
Registered electors 6,827
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Wingrove

Wingrove (3 seats)[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Humaira Khan 1,434 47.5 +32.2
Green Younes Mohammed 1,367 45.3 +30.0
Green Mohammed Sarwar 1,266 42.0 +26.7
Labour Irim Ali* 1,076 35.7 −3.8
Labour Joyce McCarty* 990 32.8 −6.7
Labour Rebecca Shatwell* 908 30.1 −9.4
Reform Harold Goodwill 447 14.8 N/A
Reform James Lee 429 14.2 N/A
Reform John Ekong 417 13.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Fi Clarke 219 7.3 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Colin Steen 199 6.6 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Babatope Aguntasolo 163 5.4 −0.9
Conservative Mo Karim 124 4.1 −3.2
Turnout 3,201 45.5 +3.9
Registered electors 7,042
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour

Changes 2026–2027

  • May 2026: Mohammed Suleman, who had been elected in Arthur's Hill with the Green Party description on the ballot paper, took his seat as an independent after the party withdrew its endorsement before polling day.[1][8]
  • July 2026: The resignation of Amy Hunter reduced both Reform UK and the Green Party to 23 sitting councillors each and created a vacancy in Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn.[9]

Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn by-election

Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn by-election, 27 August 2026[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Martin Evison[10] 901 39.0 −4.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Kelly[10] 670 29.0 +24.3
Labour Linda Wright[10] 534 23.1 −5.9
Green Kimberley Barrass[10] 103 4.5 −9.2
Conservative Alexis Fernandes[10] 101 4.4 −4.4
Majority 231 10.0 N/A
Turnout 2309 32.9 −11.9
Reform hold Swing

The Throckley, Walbottle & Newburn by-election was triggered by Amy Hunter's resignation, which she attributed to changes to her health, personal circumstances and work commitments.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Leader of the East End & Associates Independent Group.
  2. ↑ Of the 12 independent councillors before the election, six sat in the East End & Associates Independent Group and six were non-aligned. The three Newcastle Independents are shown separately in the results table.
  3. ↑ Includes the vacant seats in South Jesmond and Walkergate, both last held by Labour.
  4. ↑ Labour minority.
  5. ↑ Liberal Democrat minority.
  6. ↑ Includes East End and Associates Independent Group


References

  1. 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 28 29 "Newcastle City Council election – 7 May 2026". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 12 June 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Holland, Daniel (18 August 2025). "Ex-mayor Jamie Driscoll to stand for election in Newcastle under 'progressive alliance' plans". Chronicle Live. Archived from the original on 26 February 2026. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Jamie Driscoll joins Green Party as Newcastle Greens build for 2026". Green Party of England and Wales. 17 December 2025. Archived from the original on 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Know Your Councillors 2025–2026" (PDF). Newcastle City Council. February 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Cabinet members to step down as councillors at Newcastle City Council". Newcastle City Council. 31 December 2025. Archived from the original on 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Election results share". Newcastle City Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Cllr Colin Ferguson appointed as the new leader of Newcastle City Council". Newcastle City Council. 27 May 2026. Archived from the original on 22 July 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Know Your Councillors 2026–2027" (PDF). Newcastle City Council. May 2026. Retrieved 22 July 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Current by-elections". Newcastle City Council. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Statement of Persons Nominated: Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn" (PDF). Newcastle City Council. 31 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  11. ↑ Holland, Daniel (10 July 2026). "Reform UK councillor in Newcastle resigns two months after local elections". Chronicle Live. Archived from the original on 25 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
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