2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 2026 →
22 of 66 seats on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Martin Gannon Ron Beadle
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 49 seats, 50.3% 17 seats, 27.5%
Seats before 49 17
Seats won 16 6
Seats after 48 18
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 24,775 12,812
Percentage 49.5% 25.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election

Martin Gannon
Labour

Leader after election

Martin Gannon
Labour

The 2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom on the same day. Labour retained its majority on the council.

Background

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Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021
Result of the most recent council election in 2023

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. Gateshead 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.

Gateshead Council has continuously been under Labour control since its creation. The Liberal Democrats have generally been the main opposition. In the most recent election in 2023, Labour won 15 seats on 50.3% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won 7 seats on 27.5% of the vote. The Conservatives received 12.5% of the vote and the Green Party received 7.5% of the vote, but neither party won any seats.[2]

Positions up for election in 2024 were last up for election in 2021. In that election, Labour won 19 seats and the Liberal Democrats won five seats.[3]

Electoral process

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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.[4][5] The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Gateshead aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous composition

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After 2023 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 49 Labour 49 Labour 48
Liberal Democrats 17 Liberal Democrats 17 Liberal Democrats 18

Results

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The election saw the Liberal Democrats take one seat from Labour, but no other seats changed party and so Labour retained their large majority on the council.[6]

2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 16 Decrease 1 72.7 32 48 72.7 24,775 49.5 -0.8
  Liberal Democrats 6 Increase 1 27.3 12 18 27.3 12,812 25.6 -1.9
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 5,761 11.5 -1.0
  Green 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 4,848 9.7 +2.2
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 557 1.1 0.0
  Independent 0 Steady 0 0 0 0 412 0.8 +0.2
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 303 0.6 +0.3
  Save Us Now 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 83 0.2 0.0
  North East 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 82 0.2 N/A

Ward results

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The results for each ward were:[7]

Birtley

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Birtley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joe Sowerby 892 43.0 −13.6
Labour Hazel Weatherley 887 42.8 +7.3
Conservative Joseph Ronald Callanan 170 8.2 +0.4
Independent Michelle Mabel Hepburn 125 6.0 +6.0
Majority 5 0.0 −21.1
Turnout 2088 33.6 −1.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Blaydon

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Blaydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Christopher Ronchetti 1,275 60.8 −4.8
Conservative John Michael McConnel 297 14.2 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Joanne Stanton 211 10.1 −7.5
Green Ralf Russow 207 9.9 +9.9
TUSC Tom Allen 108 5.1 −0.7
Majority 978 46.6 −1.4
Turnout 2113 29.5 +1.3
Labour hold Swing

Bridges

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Bridges
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Eagle 871 49.0 −10.8
Green Rachel Mary Cabral 581 32.7 +18.3
Conservative Edward Bohill 191 10.7 −5.3
Liberal Democrats Gareth Cooper 136 7.6 −3.8
Majority 290 16.3 −25.9
Turnout 1801 30.8 +3.3
Labour hold Swing

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

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Chopwell and Rowlands Gill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jamie Joe Park 1,916 70.9 +4.1
Conservative Alexander Robert Telford 419 15.5 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Jean Callender 368 13.6 +1.0
Majority 1497 55.4 +4.6
Turnout 2738 40.3 +2.3
Labour hold Swing

Chowdene

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Chowdene
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McElroy 1,110 50.4 −7.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Mary Knell 366 16.6 +2.9
Reform UK Damian Heslop 303 13.8 +13.8
Conservative David William Potts 215 9.8 −9.1
Green Thomas Frederick Newell 127 5.8 +0.3
North East Party Emile Persaud 82 3.7 +3.7
Majority 744 37.8 −0.9
Turnout 2216 33.8 +0.6
Labour hold Swing

Crawcrook and Greenside

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Crawcrook and Greenside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kath McCartney 1,520 54.3 +6.2
Green Pat Chanse 589 21.1 −14.5
Independent Doug Musgrove 287 10.3 +10.3
Conservative Susan Mary Wilson 273 9.8 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Robin Stanaway 128 4.6 −0.5
Majority 931 33.2 +25.7
Turnout 2817 39.5 −0.6
Labour hold Swing

Deckham

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Deckham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Leigh Kirton 1,079 53.5 −3.2
Green Gary Rutherford Brooks 308 15.3 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Steven Hawkins 255 12.6 +1.0
Conservative Josh Alan Knotts 247 12.3 +0.7
TUSC Norman Hall 127 6.3 +3.6
Majority 771 38.2 −12.9
Turnout 2028 31.7 +1.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Dunston and Teams

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Dunston and Teams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brenda Clelland 1,057 61.4 +0.4
Green Andy Blanchflower 295 17.1 +17.1
Liberal Democrats Alexander Walls 197 11.4 −9.7
Conservative Mojgan Safaralinejad 173 10.0 −7.8
Majority 762 44.3 +4.4
Turnout 1742 29.1 +1.6
Labour hold Swing

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

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Dunston Hill and Whickham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Maughan 1,184 48.7 −3.0
Labour Andrew Dylan Moir 753 31.0 +4.1
Green Mary Blanchflower 235 9.7 +1.4
Conservative Jak Hocking 174 7.2 −0.9
Save Us Now Graham Steele 83 3.4 +0.3
Majority 431 17.7 −7.1
Turnout 2445 36.7 −0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Felling

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Felling
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sonya Dickie 937 62.6 +0.3
Conservative Peter Crompton Jackson 199 13.3 −4.2
Green Ashleigh Taylor McLean 190 12.7 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Shakun Beadle 171 11.4 +2.0
Majority 738 49.3 +3.9
Turnout 1509 26.5 +0.4
Labour hold Swing

High Fell

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High Fell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Robert Turnbull 896 56.6 −16.3
Conservative Francis Thomas Athey 214 13.5 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Len Bell 187 11.8 +1.7
TUSC Elaine Brunskill 164 10.4 +3.1
Green Joe Painter 122 7.7 +7.7
Majority 682 43.1 −19.7
Turnout 1595 26.5 −8.7
Labour hold Swing

Lamesley

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Lamesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Turner 1,457 63.5 +0.8
Conservative Richard Herdman 444 19.4 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Janice Wharton 393 17.1 +7.2
Majority 1013 44.1 +0.4
Turnout 2327 31.9 +1.0
Labour hold Swing

Lobley Hill and Bensham

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Lobley Hill and Bensham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Donovan 1,274 58.1 −1.5
Green Andy Redfern 319 14.5 +2.5
Conservative John Rogan Gardiner 305 13.9 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Catherine Mulvie 296 13.5 +0.8
Majority 955 43.6 −0.4
Turnout 2224 31.9 +0.5
Labour hold Swing

Low Fell

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Low Fell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Daniel Stephen Duggan 1,749 53.1 −5.9
Labour Robert Lee Waugh 954 28.7 +1.9
Green Campbell Grant 323 9.7 +0.2
Conservative Paul Sterling 187 5.6 +0.9
TUSC Simon James Morden 82 2.5 +2.5
Majority 795 24.4 −7.8
Turnout 3320 48.3 +2.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pelaw and Heworth

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Pelaw and Heworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Patterson 1,290 55.5 +2.8
Labour Jennifer Reay 765 32.9 −4.9
Green Nicholas Boldrini 208 8.9 +2.8
Conservative Ali Reza Akbari Pargam 63 2.7 −0.6
Majority 525 22.6 +7.7
Turnout 2326 36.5 +0.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

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Ryton Crookhill and Stella
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher William Buckley 1,315 45.2 −12.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Paul Kelly 830 28.5 +20.5
Conservative Christopher Anthony Coxon 392 13.5 +2.9
Green Andrew Mason 296 10.2 −1.5
TUSC Ros Cooper 76 2.6 +0.8
Majority 485 16.7 −29.0
Turnout 2936 41.1 +2.0
Labour hold Swing

Saltwell

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Saltwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise Marianne Robson 1,131 52.2 +9.9
Liberal Democrats Jamie Rickelton 689 31.8 −13.4
Green Ravi Cabra 197 9.1 +2.9
Conservative Robert Ableson 150 6.9 +0.7
Majority 442 20.4 +17.5
Turnout 2189 34.4 +2.0
Labour hold Swing

Wardley and Leam Lane

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Wardley and Leam Lane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jill Green 1,290 66.6 +0.3
Liberal Democrats David Graham Randall 345 17.8 −0.1
Conservative John Robert McNeil 302 15.6 −0.2
Majority 945 48.8 +0.4
Turnout 1964 33.4 +1.2
Labour hold Swing

Whickham North

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Whickham North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sonya Hawkins 1,331 57.9 −6.0
Labour Jeff Bowe 614 26.7 −0.9
Conservative John Callanan 204 8.9 +0.5
Green Diane Cadman 149 6.5 +6.5
Majority 717 31.2 −5.1
Turnout 2315 37.5 −0.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whickham South and Sunniside

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Whickham South and Sunniside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Mohammed 1,238 44.8 −19.5
Labour David Robert Lowes 1,102 39.9 +16.6
Conservative Perry Wilson 282 10.2 +0.6
Green James Richard Standaloft 143 5.2 +5.2
Majority 136 4.9 −36.1
Turnout 2781 42.7 −1.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Windy Nook and Whitehills

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Windy Nook and Whitehills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Louise Mullen 1,137 55.7 −6.5
Liberal Democrats Susan Walker 361 17.7 +4.8
Conservative Kyle Lambert Murray 352 17.3 −0.7
Green Ruth Christina Grant 190 9.3 +2.3
Majority 776 38.0 −6.2
Turnout 2069 29.8 +1.2
Labour hold Swing

Winlaton and High Spen

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Winlaton and High Spen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Simpson 1,435 57.2 −0.3
Conservative Jordan-Lee Guthrie 508 20.3 −5.3
Green Paul Martin McNally 369 14.7 +2.8
Liberal Democrats Lynda Duggan 195 7.8 +2.8
Majority 927 36.9 +5.0
Turnout 2530 37.0 +0.3
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  2. ^ "Local election results 2023". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Local election results 2021". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  6. ^ Holland, Daniel; Shakespeare, Austen (3 May 2024). "Gateshead local election results 2024 in full". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Local election results 2024". Gateshead Council. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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