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2019 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2018
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
2021 →
22 out of 66 seats to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47,080 (32.7%)
  First party Second party
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Leader Martin Gannon Jonathan Wallace
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats before 54 12
Seats won 17 5
Seats after 52 14
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 20,609 12,458
Percentage 44.5% 26.9%
Map showing the results of the 2019 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Council control before election

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Labour

 Council control after election


Labour

The 2019 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

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2019 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 17 Decrease 2 77.3 35 52 78.8 20,609 44.5
  Liberal Democrats 5 Increase 2 22.7 9 14 21.2 12,458 26.9
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,940 10.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 3,956 8.5
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,857 6.2
  Liberal 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 722 1.6
  Save Us Now 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 396 0.9
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 104 0.2
  Socialist Alternative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 188 0.4
  Space Navies Party 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 133 0.3

Ward results

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Birtley

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Birtley[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Weatherley 750 38.3
Liberal Kathy King 414 21.1
UKIP James Corr 335 17.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Elliott 315 16.1
Conservative Caroline Sterling 146 7.4
Majority 336 17.1
Turnout 1,973 31.8
Registered electors 6,204
Labour hold Swing

Blaydon

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Blaydon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Malcolm Brain 1,102 55.6
Green Simon Easton 378 19.1
Conservative Michael Leonard 223 11.3
Liberal Democrats Stuart McClurey 146 7.4
Space Navies Party Lisabela Marschild 133 6.7
Majority 724 36.5
Turnout 2,022 28.3
Registered electors 7,138
Labour hold Swing

Bridges

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Bridges[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bob Goldsworthy 832 61.3
Liberal Democrats Gareth Cooper 316 23.3
Conservative John Gardiner 209 15.4
Majority 516 38.0
Turnout 1,394 24.4
Registered electors 5,703
Labour hold Swing

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

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Chopwell and Rowlands Gill[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael McNestry 1,269 48.9
UKIP John Brown 507 19.5
Green David Castleton 328 12.6
Conservative Lucinda Wilson 250 9.6
Liberal Democrats Jean Callender 242 9.3
Majority 762 29.4
Turnout 2,612 38.6
Registered electors 6,772
Labour hold Swing

Chowdene

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Chowdene[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Wood 1,025 47.3
UKIP John O'Carroll 449 20.7
Liberal Democrats Dawn Welsh 421 19.4
Conservative Eric Young 271 12.5
Majority 576 26.6
Turnout 2,187 31.8
Registered electors 6,879
Labour hold Swing

Crawcrook and Greenside

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Crawcrook and Greenside[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Haran 1,049 41.5
Green Diane Cadman 653 25.8
UKIP Morgan Little 395 15.6
Conservative Leonard Davidson 249 9.8
Liberal Democrats Amelia Ord 182 7.2
Majority 396 15.7
Turnout 2,539 37.5
Registered electors 6,776
Labour hold Swing

Deckham

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Deckham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernadette Oliphant 1,017 57.8
Green Gary Brooks 292 16.6
Conservative May Ainscow 243 13.8
Liberal Democrats Norman Spours 207 11.8
Majority 725 41.2
Turnout 1,792 27.8
Registered electors 6,447
Labour hold Swing

Dunston and Teams

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Dunston and Teams[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Haley 887 58.6
Green Andrew Blanchflower 233 15.4
Conservative Jordan-Lee Guthrie 161 10.6
Liberal Democrats Stacey Duggan 125 8.3
Save Us Now Susan Hall 108 7.1
Majority 654 43.2
Turnout 1,543 24.7
Registered electors 6,258
Labour hold Swing

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

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Dunston Hill and Whickham East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vicky Anderson 1,488 52.7
Labour Co-op Chris McHugh 851 30.1
Green Isabel Blanchflower 207 7.3
Save Us Now Graham Steele 146 5.2
Conservative Jak Hocking 133 4.7
Majority 637 22.5
Turnout 2,843 42.5
Registered electors 6,687
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Felling

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Felling[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul McNally 899 64.1
Liberal Democrats David Fawcett 324 23.1
Conservative Peter Jackson 180 12.8
Majority 575 41.0
Turnout 1,433 24.9
Registered electors 5,751
Labour hold Swing

High Fell

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High Fell[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Reay 828 56.4
Conservative Edward Bohill 187 12.7
Liberal Democrats Lynda Duggan 178 12.1
Save Us Now Heather White 142 9.7
Socialist Alternative Elaine Brunskill 133 9.1
Majority 641 43.7
Turnout 1,489 24.4
Registered electors 6,110
Labour hold Swing

Lamesley

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Lamesley[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sheila Gallagher 1,019 52.8
Conservative Sheila Everatt 407 21.1
Liberal Betty Gallon 308 16.0
Liberal Democrats Christine McHatton 197 10.2
Majority 612 31.7
Turnout 1,998 27.6
Registered electors 7,241
Labour hold Swing

Lobley Hill and Bensham

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Lobley Hill and Bensham[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eileen McMaster 963 49.0
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Seaborn 345 17.5
Green Andy Redfern 288 14.6
Conservative Janice Hutchinson 266 13.5
Independent Jonathan Mohammed 104 5.3
Majority 618 31.4
Turnout 2,006 28.7
Registered electors 7,000
Labour hold Swing

Low Fell

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Low Fell[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ron Beadle 1,778 57.9
Labour Calvin Lawson 811 26.4
Green Neil Grant 291 9.5
Conservative David Potts 190 6.2
Majority 967 31.5
Turnout 3,114 44.9
Registered electors 6,943
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pelaw and Heworth

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Pelaw and Heworth[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Diston 1,222 51.5
Labour Jill Green 726 30.6
UKIP Jordan Oliver 238 10.0
Green Nicholas Boldrini 127 5.3
Conservative Paul Sterling 61 2.6
Majority 496 20.9
Turnout 2,383 36.9
Registered electors 6,452
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

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Ryton, Crookhill and Stella[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Geddes 1,399 49.2
UKIP Steven Bailey 502 17.7
Liberal Democrats Sandra McClurey 496 17.4
Conservative Susan Wilson 205 7.2
Green Andrew Mason 186 6.5
Socialist Alternative Ros Cooper 55 1.9
Majority 897 31.6
Turnout 2,856 41.3
Registered electors 6,907
Labour hold Swing

Saltwell

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Saltwell[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Waugh 838 51.1
Conservative Alan Bond 317 19.3
Green Rachel Taylor 278 17.0
Liberal Democrats Leanne Brand 207 12.6
Majority 521 31.8
Turnout 1,667 27.8
Registered electors 6,000
Labour hold Swing

Wardley and Leam Lane

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Wardley and Leam Lane[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Green 1,034 53.9
UKIP Alan Craig 431 22.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Walker 262 13.7
Conservative John McNeil 190 9.9
Majority 603 31.5
Turnout 1,936 31.6
Registered electors 6,119
Labour hold Swing

Whickham North

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Whickham North[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Ord 1,637 70.4
Labour Jeff Bowe 524 22.5
Conservative John Callanan 164 7.1
Majority 1,113 47.9
Turnout 2,373 37.7
Registered electors 6,299
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whickham South and Sunniside

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Whickham South and Sunniside[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Wallace 1,917 72.9
Labour Co-op Judith Turner 479 18.2
Conservative Perry Wilson 232 8.8
Majority 1,438 54.7
Turnout 2,676 41.5
Registered electors 6,451
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Windy Nook and Whitehills

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Windy Nook and Whitehills[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Turnbull 1,117 58.4
Liberal Democrats Karen Crozier 274 14.3
Green Ruth Grant 274 14.3
Conservative Kyle Murray 248 13.0
Majority 843 44.1
Turnout 1,978 27.8
Registered electors 7,112
Labour hold Swing

Winlaton and High Spen

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Winlaton and High Spen[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maria Hall 1,190 54.1
Green Paul McNally 421 19.2
Conservative Lewis Ormston 408 18.6
Liberal Democrats Robinson Stanaway 179 8.1
Majority 769 35.0
Turnout 2,266 33.4
Registered electors 6,793
Labour hold Swing

Changes 2019–2021

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  • December 2019: Neil Weatherley (Labour, Birtley) died, aged 64, on 12 December 2019.[24] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Coronavirus Act 2020, by-elections were suspended and the vacancy was held over to the 2021 election.
  • December 2019: Mary Foy (Labour, Lamesley) stood down after being elected Member of Parliament for the City of Durham in the 2019 general election.[25] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Coronavirus Act 2020, by-elections were suspended and the vacancy was held over to the 2021 election.

References

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  1. ↑ "Local election results 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Birtley Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Blaydon Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Bridges Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Chopwell and Rowlands Gill Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Chowdene Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Crawcrook and Greenside Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Deckham Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Dunston and Teams Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Dunston Hill and Whickham East Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Felling Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "High Fell Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Lamesley Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Lobley Hill and Bensham Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Low Fell Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "Pelaw and Heworth Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Ryton, Crookhill and Stella Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Saltwell Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  19. ↑ "Wardley and Leam Lane Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "Whickham North Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  21. ↑ "Whickham South and Sunniside Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  22. ↑ "Windy Nook and Whitehills Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  23. ↑ "Winlaton and High Spen Ward Result 2019". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  24. ↑ Soden, Herbert (22 December 2019). "Tributes to former mayor and 'true friend' of Gateshead". Chronicle Live. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  25. ↑ Soden, Herbert (14 April 2021). "Full list of candidates standing in Gateshead Council local elections 2021". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
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