2016 Newcastle City Council election

2016 UK local government election June 2015 June 2015 2016 Newcastle City Council election Tyne and Wear parliamentary Labour 2015 Newcastle City Council election 2015 2018 Newcastle City Council election 2018 5 May 2016 Nick Forbes Official portrait of Lord Forbes of Newcastle crop 2.jpg Westgate Labour Party (UK) 53 seats, 45.0% 18 2 33,272 0.5% Anita Lower Castle Liberal Democrats (UK) 22 seats, 17.8% 7 2 17,015 5% 25 N/A Chapel 3 seats, 2.3% Independent (politician) 1 2,888 1.6% 3 3 File:Newcastle upon Tyne UK ward map 2016.svg 400px 3.9% Nick Forbes Labour Party (UK) Leader after election Nick Forbes Labour Party (UK) Leader Winner of each seat at the 2016 Newcastle City Council election 53 55 44.5% 22 20 22.8% 3 3 26 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council 40 The 2016 Newcastle City Council Council elections took place on 5 May 2016 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England. The elections took place on the same day as other local elections. Target wards for parties The Labour Party sought 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’. Despite this however, many seats won by the party in 2015 were held by the Liberal Democrats in 2016 including Fawdon, North Heaton and Castle.http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/local-elections-2015-newcastle-city-9057985 Local elections 2015: Newcastle City Council leader vows to make city a 'Lib Dem-free zone' Kate Proctor 17 April 2015 ChronicleLive Seats up for election during this cycle were last up for election during 2012. A number of high-profile councillors were up for re-election including current council leader Nick Forbes. The official opposition to Labour, the Liberal Democrats aimed 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 an additional two seats in 2016, in the Ouseburn and North Jesmond wards, losing heavily to the Labour Party The Green Party again targeted South Heaton, where the candidate Andrew Gray came second to Labour's John-Paul Stephenson, who won with 59% of the vote. The Conservatives targeted the West Gosforth ward where in 2015, candidate Steve Kyte was only 17 votes short of winning. However, in 2016, the LibDems again held on to the seat. Following a relatively strong showing in many seats in 2015, UKIP targeted seats in the East of the city such as Byker and Walker. Despite this, in 2016, no UKIP councillors were elected to Newcastle City Council. Overall results Newcastle City Council election, 2016PartySeatsPopular voteWonNot upTotal±VotesPercentage  Labour 18 37 55 +233,272 45%  Liberal Democrats 7 13 20 -217,015 23%  Independent 1 2 3 02,888 4%  UKIP 0 0 0 09,893 13%  Conservative 0 0 0 06,776 9%  Green 0 0 0 03,783 5%  Newcastle First 0 0 0 01,578 2%  TUSC 0 0 0 0100 <1%  Communist 0 0 0 023 <1%Total 26 52 78 0 75,328–Turnout Ward results Local elections 2016: Benwell and Scotswood Labour Party (UK) Rob Higgins 1,664 52% -19.9% UKIP Mark Bickerton 1,041 33% +33% Conservative Party (UK) Neville Armstrong 223 7% -0.3% Liberal Democrats (UK) Helen Laverick 127 4% -1.5% Green Party of England and Wales Lee Irving 123 4% +4% 623 19% -36% 3178 Local elections 2016: Blakelaw Labour Party (UK) David Stockdale 1846 63% -7.5% UKIP Ritchie Lane 470 16% +16.0% Liberal Democrats (UK) Bill Schardt 267 9% -13.3% Conservative Party (UK) James Gerard Langley 221 8% +0.8% Green Party of England and Wales Brendan Derham 117 4% +4.0% 1,376 47% -1.3% Local elections 2016: Byker Labour Party (UK) George Alfred Allison 1611 66% -11.9% UKIP David Tilley Robinson-Young 470 19% +19.0% Green Party of England and Wales Nick Morphet 126 5% +5.0% Conservative Party (UK) Donald Robinson 120 5% -0.4% Liberal Democrats (UK) Mark Nelson 100 4% -1.8% 1,141 47.0% -19.9% Local elections 2016: Castle Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Graham 1702 44% -5.9% Labour Party (UK) Jacqui Turner 1230 32% +24.0% UKIP Timothy Thomas Marron 490 13% +13.0% Conservative Party (UK) Mary Toward 342 9% +1.4% Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Jonathan Thorp 120 3% +3.0% 472 12% -3.4% Local elections 2015: Dene Liberal Democrats (UK) Wendy Barbara Taylor 1906 54% -4.9% Labour Party (UK) Sheila Claire Spencer 975 28% -1.2% UKIP David Muat 275 8% +8.0% Conservative Party (UK) Tim Monckton 244 7% -4.9% Green Party of England and Wales Tab Bailey 132 4% +4% 931 26% -4.7% Local elections 2016: Denton Labour Party (UK) Dan Greenhough 1301 45% -12.7% UKIP Brian David Moore 697 24% +24.0% Newcastle_Independents Sarah Jane Armstrong 333 11% -6.2% Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Thomas Dalgish 289 10% -5.6% Conservative Party (UK) Alan Henry Birkmyre 234 8% _1.8% Green Party of England and Wales Spinoza Pitman 60 2% +2.0% 604 21% -19.5% Local elections 2016: East Gosforth Liberal Democrats (UK) Dominic Mark Raymont 1591 44% +1.0% Labour Party (UK) Gareth James Hughes 1167 33% -1.8% Conservative Party (UK) Alison Wake 421 12% +1.8% Green Party of England and Wales Frances Christine Hinton 248 7% -5.0% UKIP Peter John Dunne 142 4% +4.0% Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts Nicolas Alan Fray 19 1% +1.0% 424 11% +2.2% Local elections 2016: Elswick Labour Party (UK) Ann Veronica Schofield 1778 71% -8.0% UKIP Mark Page 421 17% +17.0% Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Toward 131 5% -0.5% Liberal Democrats (UK) James Peter Kenyon 87 3% -3.0% Green Party of England and Wales Taymar Gem Pitman 70 3% +3.0% 1,357 54% 69.4% Local elections 2016: Fawdon Conservative Party (UK) Steve Axford 171 5% Green Party of England and Wales Michael James Gardner 86 3% Labour Party (UK) Clare Penny-Evans 877 28% Liberal Democrats (UK) Brenda Hindmarsh 1808 57% UKIP Alexis Fernandes 231 7% Local elections 2016: Fenham Conservative Party (UK) Kenneth Wake 274 10% Green Party of England and Wales Andrew Arthur Stark 88 3% Labour Party (UK) Marion Elizabeth Talbot 1623 57% Liberal Democrats (UK) Christine Morrissey 260 9% UKIP Christopher Ballantyne 626 22% Local elections 2016: Kenton Conservative Party (UK) Simon Bell 363 13% Green Party of England and Wales Ian Kilgour Christie 40 1% Labour Party (UK) Jane Louise Streather 1498 55% Liberal Democrats (UK) Tracy Connell 174 6% UKIP Penelope Stansfield 576 21% Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts Oisin Patrick Gourley 62 2% Local elections 2016: Lemington Conservative Party (UK) Alison Robinson 158 6% Green Party of England and Wales Ross Anthony Spray 31 1% Labour Party (UK) Kim McGuinness 1212 45% Liberal Democrats (UK) PJ Morrissey 490 18% UKIP Mike Adie 402 15% Newcastle_Independents Jason Smith 408 15% Local elections 2016: Newburn Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Brewster 280 10% Labour Party (UK) Steve Fairlie 1398 51% Liberal Democrats (UK) Lawrence Hunter 269 10% UKIP James Douglas Robertson 586 21% Newcastle_Independents John Alan Gordon 205 7% Local elections 2016: North Heaton Conservative Party (UK) James Robert Bartle 182 5% Green Party of England and Wales Joe Herbert 230 6% Labour Party (UK) Nora Maebh Casey 1356 37% Liberal Democrats (UK) Doreen Huddart 1686 46% UKIP Elisabeth Margery Edmundson 218 6% Local elections 2016: North Jesmond Conservative Party (UK) Duncan Carlyle Crute 209 10% Green Party of England and Wales Shehla Khatoon Naqvi 161 8% Labour Party (UK) Stella Rogers Postlethwaite 942 44% Liberal Democrats (UK) Gerard Francis Keating 764 36% UKIP Mark Barton Lewis 62 3% Local elections 2016: Ouseburn Conservative Party (UK) Marian Julie Kyte 86 4% Green Party of England and Wales Sarah Kate O'Hare 181 8% Labour Party (UK) Paula Holland 1062 49% Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Howse 693 32% UKIP Joseph Todd 134 6% Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts Mathew Wilson-Boddy 19 1% Local elections 2016: Parklands Conservative Party (UK) Karen Jewers 559 16% Green Party of England and Wales Sandy Irvine 186 5% Labour Party (UK) Shumel Rahman 701 20% Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Allen 1936 54% UKIP John Atkinson 211 6% Local elections 2016: South Heaton Labour Party (UK) John-Paul Stephenson 1327 59% Green Party of England and Wales Andrew John Plevins Gray 575 25% UKIP Max Elliott Peacock 156 7% Conservative Party (UK) Samuel Boam 106 5% Liberal Democrats (UK) Catherine Smith 99 4% Local elections 2016: South Jesmond Labour Party (UK) Felicity Ann Mendelson 928 53% Liberal Democrats (UK) Tom Woodwark 276 16% Conservative Party (UK) Matthew Thomas McPherson 207 12% Green Party of England and Wales Matt Busby 207 12% UKIP James Lee Askwith 133 8% 652 37% Local elections 2016: Walker Conservative Party (UK) Joan Atkin 118 5% Green Party of England and Wales David Michael James Tooby 65 3% Labour Party (UK) David Leslie Wood 1738 68% Liberal Democrats (UK) Christopher Peter Boyle 108 4% UKIP Tony Sanderson 512 20% Local elections 2016: Walkergate Conservative Party (UK) Marian McWilliams 149 5% Green Party of England and Wales Liam Christie 66 2% Labour Party (UK) Stephen Laird Woods 1565 54% Liberal Democrats (UK) David Haydn Besag 322 11% UKIP Raymond Hardy 768 27% Communist Party of Britain Martin Richard Levy 23 1% Local elections 2016: West Gosforth Liberal Democrats (UK) Nick Cott 1653 44% -4.6% Conservative Party (UK) Steve Kyte 1187 31% +12.7% Labour Party (UK) Oskar Andrew Avery 681 18% -4.8% Green Party of England and Wales Alistair Christian Ford 155 4% -4.3% UKIP Paul Coulthard 104 3% +3.0% 466 13% -10.8% Local elections 2016: Westerhope Independent (politician) Marc James Donnelly 2888 74% +20.9% Labour Party (UK) Syed Ullah 381 10% -12.5% Newcastle First Ernie Shorton 224 6% -16.0% UKIP David James Monkhouse 253 6% +6.0% Conservative Party (UK) Jacqueline Mary McNally 117 3% +0.6% Liberal Democrats (UK) Colin Steen 33 1% +1% 2,507 64% +33.4% Local elections 2016: Westgate Conservative Party (UK) Colin Forster 124 7% Green Party of England and Wales Cliff Brown 154 9% Labour Party (UK) Nick Forbes 1155 69% Liberal Democrats (UK) Barbara Jane Down 62 4% UKIP Anne Taylor 185 11% Local elections 2016: Wingrove Conservative Party (UK) Lyle Robert Darwin 233 10% Green Party of England and Wales John Stephen David Pearson 245 10% Labour Party (UK) Irim Ali 1684 69% Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammad Farsi 80 3% UKIP Joseph Levy 200 8% Local elections 2016: Woolsington Conservative Party (UK) Julian Toward 249 9% Green Party of England and Wales Sarah Elizabeth Norris 64 2% Labour Party (UK) Sharon Ann Pattison 1572 57% Liberal Democrats (UK) Ian Laverick 233 8% UKIP Ian McKinnell 530 19% Newcastle_Independents Olga Shorton 119 4% External links Election results by wards, 5 May 2016 References 2016 Newcastle Category:2010s in Newcastle upon Tyne