# 2021 Newcastle City Council election

The 2021 Newcastle City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Newcastle City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.
One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards (Byker and Chapel) electing two councillors in by-elections.
In the previous council election in 2019, the Labour Party maintained it's control of the council, holding 54 seats after the election. There were twenty Liberal Democrat councillors, three independent councillors and one Newcastle Independent councillor.

## Background
### History

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. Newcastle was a district of the Tyne and Wear metropolitan county. The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The North of Tyne Combined Authority was created in 2018 and began electing the mayor of the North of Tyne from 2019, which was given strategic powers covering a region covering some of the same area as the former Tyne and Wear metropolitan county, as well as Northumberland.
Since its creation, Newcastle has variously been under Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative control. The Liberal Democrats held a majority of seats on the council from 2004 until 2011, when Labour gained enough seats to control the council. Nick Forbes became leader of the council. Labour continued to gain seats until the 2019 election, when the party lost two seats but continued to have an overall majority.
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England produced new boundaries for Newcastle ahead of the 2018 election, meaning that the 2018 elections were all-out, with all councillors being elected before returning to electing by thirds. Candidates up for re-election in 2021 are those who came second in each ward in 2018.

## Results

2021 Newcastle City Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 18 | 2 | 64.3 | 34 | 52 | 66.7 | 31,471 | 39.2 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 6 | | 21.4 | 14 | 20 | 25.6 | 15,673 | 19.5 | -3.9 |
| | Independent | 2 | | 7.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.8 | 5,628 | 7.0 | +0.8 |
| | Newcastle Ind. | 2 | 2 | 7.1 | 1 | 3 | 3.8 | 5,498 | 6.8 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 14,164 | 17.6 | +5.7 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7,323 | 9.1 | +0.2 |
| | Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 232 | 0.3 | New |
| | For Britain | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 129 | 0.2 | New |
| | Communist | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 85 | 0.1 | New |
| | North East | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 72 | 0.1 | -0.3 |

## Ward results
### Arthur's Hill

Arthur's Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Powers | 1,031 | 67.6 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Maggie Birkmyre | 188 | 12.3 | +4.9 |
| | Green | Shehla Naqvi | 123 | 8.1 | −1.8 |
| | Newcastle Ind. | Joseph Eldridge | 110 | 7.2 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tahir Siddique | 58 | 3.8 | −0.3 |
| | TUSC | Daniel Gilmore | 16 | 1.0 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 843 | 55.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,526 | 27.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,541 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Benwell and Scotswood

Benwell and Scotswood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rob Higgins | 1,799 | 57.7 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | Connor Shotton | 837 | 26.9 | +17.7 |
| | Newcastle Ind. | John Gordon | 259 | 8.3 | −4.5 |
| | Green | Tony Roberts | 117 | 3.8 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hans Andersen | 104 | 3.3 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 962 | 30.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,116 | 38.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,101 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Blakelaw

Blakelaw :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marion Williams | 1,051 | 48.8 | −2.2 |
| | Newcastle Ind. | Annie Hunter | 474 | 22.0 | New |
| | Conservative | Liam Kinchley | 420 | 19.5 | +10.1 |
| | Green | Alistair Ford | 130 | 6.0 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hamed Aghajani | 78 | 3.6 | −8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | 26.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2153 | 31.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,939 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Byker

Byker :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Veronica Dunn | 1,175 | 59.4 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Stephen Sheraton | 1,170 | 59.2 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | John Watts | 450 | 22.8 | +17.7 |
| | Conservative | Richard Tulip | 406 | 20.5 | +15.4 |
| | Green | Nick Hartley | 297 | 15.0 | +5.4 |
| | Green | Phillip James | 264 | 13.4 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Psallidas | 107 | 5.4 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Schofield | 86 | 4.4 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 725 | 36.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 764 | 38.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,977 | 28.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,983 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Callerton and Throckley

Callerton and Throckley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Linda Wright | 1,292 | 43.8 | +14.5 |
| | Newcastle Ind. | Adam Mitchell | 667 | 22.6 | −11.5 |
| | Conservative | John Dobie | 561 | 19.0 | +3.4 |
| | Green | Idwal John | 322 | 10.9 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aleisha Stansfield | 108 | 3.7 | −8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Castle

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Laverick | 1,522 | 41.1 | +7.0 |
| | Labour | Andrew Herridge | 1,026 | 27.7 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Yewdall | 731 | 19.7 | +7.3 |
| | Independent | Rachel Locke | 230 | 6.2 | −1.3 |
| | Green | Andrew Thorp | 197 | 5.3 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Chapel

Chapel :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Lawrence Hunter | 2,631 | 70.0 | +5.1 |
| | Independent | Graham Middleton | 2,566 | 68.3 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Burnett | 615 | 16.4 | +8.0 |
| | Labour | Jamie Dickinson | 555 | 14.8 | +1.0 |
| | Labour | Sam Grist | 441 | 11.7 | −2.1 |
| | Conservative | Ian Forster | 439 | 11.7 | +3.3 |
| | Green | James Milne | 107 | 2.8 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Steen | 83 | 2.2 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Partington | 82 | 2.2 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Dene and South Gosforth

Dene and South Gosforth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Karen Robinson | 1,777 | 45.1 | +0.2 |
| | Labour | Nick Arnold | 1,177 | 29.9 | +1.9 |
| | Green | Anna Foster | 509 | 12.9 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Gerry Langley | 475 | 12.1 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Denton and Westerhope

Denton and Westerhope :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Newcastle Ind. | Tracey Mitchell | 1,493 | 46.5 | +14.4 |
| | Labour | Arlene Ainsley | 1,075 | 33.4 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Simon Bell | 498 | 15.5 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Dicken | 75 | 2.3 | −0.7 |
| | Green | Tom Registe | 73 | 2.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 418 | 13.0 | |
| | Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour | Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Elswick

Elswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nicu Ion | 1,599 | 66.0 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative | Saamiya Malik | 436 | 18.0 | +8.6 |
| | Green | Peter Thomson | 234 | 9.7 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Faulkner | 153 | 6.3 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Fawdon and West Gosforth

Fawdon and West Gosforth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Cott | 1,648 | 49.6 | −8.7 |
| | Labour | Gordana Vasic Franklin | 856 | 25.8 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Axford | 608 | 18.3 | +8.7 |
| | Green | Roger Whittaker | 211 | 6.3 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Gosforth

Gosforth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Hall | 1,473 | 34.5 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | Anandavardhan Anand | 1,150 | 26.9 | +0.6 |
| | Labour | Isra Mohammed | 1,016 | 23.8 | +3.9 |
| | Green | Frances Hinton | 434 | 10.2 | −2.9 |
| | Independent | James Sheerin | 201 | 4.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 323 | 7.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Heaton

Heaton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Clare Penny-Evans | 1,592 | 49.1 | +2.8 |
| | Green | Andrew Gray | 658 | 20.3 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Punchard | 602 | 18.6 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Hamish John | 294 | 9.1 | +0.8 |
| | Communist | Steve Handford | 99 | 3.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 934 | 28.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kenton

Kenton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Lambert | 1,461 | 53.1 | +4.6 |
| | Conservative | Alison Wake | 595 | 21.6 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Austin | 403 | 14.7 | −9.6 |
| | Green | Joanna Jenkinson | 221 | 8.0 | New |
| | TUSC | Oisin Gourley | 69 | 2.5 | −7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall

Kingston Park South and Newbiggin Hall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alexander Hay | 1,239 | 49.8 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Leanne Conway-Wilcox | 815 | 32.7 | +3.4 |
| | Newcastle Ind. | Rochelle Monte | 217 | 8.7 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Steen | 121 | 4.9 | −9.6 |
| | Green | Mark Copsey | 98 | 3.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Lemington

Lemington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Newcastle Ind. | Jason Smith | 1,442 | 48.5 | +11.3 |
| | Labour | Lu Thompson | 997 | 33.5 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | Alexis Fernandes | 400 | 13.4 | +2.9 |
| | Green | Jess Maiden | 79 | 2.7 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Petrie | 56 | 1.9 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 445 | 15.0 | |
| | Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour | Newcastle Ind. gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Manor Park

Manor Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Greg Stone | 1,849 | 53.7 | −3.3 |
| | Labour Co-op | Stephen Stanners | 860 | 25.0 | −8.0 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Dawes | 411 | 11.9 | +1.9 |
| | Green | Mike Rabley | 274 | 8.0 | New |
| | Reform UK | Barry Fowler | 52 | 1.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Monument

Monument :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Shumel Rahman | 802 | 55.3 | +17.9 |
| | Conservative | William Hayes | 275 | 19.0 | +5.3 |
| | Green | Dana Abi Ghanem | 243 | 16.8 | −11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thom Campion | 129 | 8.9 | −9.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### North Jesmond

North Jesmond :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tanya Prestwell | 850 | 38.4 | +10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Burns | 800 | 36.1 | −14.0 |
| | Green | Robert Taylor | 319 | 14.4 | +1.3 |
| | Conservative | Melissa-Jane Pearson | 245 | 11.1 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Ouseburn

Ouseburn :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Alistair Chisholm | 952 | 44.1 | +6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Howse | 899 | 41.6 | −8.1 |
| | Green | Daryl Hughes | 216 | 10.0 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Wang-Evans | 92 | 4.3 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Parklands

Parklands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauline Allen | 1,927 | 41.9 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Yewdall | 848 | 18.4 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Abdul Samad | 725 | 15.8 | −0.2 |
| | Newcastle Ind. | John Hall | 663 | 14.4 | +2.0 |
| | Green | Audrey Macnaughton | 439 | 9.5 | +1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,602 | 50.1 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1079 | 23.4 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### South Jesmond

South Jesmond :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Charlie Gray | 1,062 | 49.2 | +12.3 |
| | Conservative | Olly Scargill | 393 | 18.2 | +2.6 |
| | Green | Tim Downson | 344 | 15.9 | −10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Appleby | 252 | 11.7 | −7.9 |
| | North East | Brian Moore | 72 | 3.3 | New |
| | Reform UK | Martin Evison | 36 | 1.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walker

Walker :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Wood | 1,461 | 66.0 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Marie Marron | 504 | 22.8 | +15.4 |
| | Green | Rakesh Prashara | 90 | 4.1 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Shepherd | 81 | 3.7 | −3.4 |
| | For Britain | Tim Marron | 77 | 3.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Walkergate

Walkergate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Maureen Lowson | 1,608 | 51.7 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Oxborough | 673 | 21.7 | +12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Gallagher | 470 | 15.1 | +0.1 |
| | Green | Jess Hamer | 161 | 5.2 | −1.1 |
| | Reform UK | Michael Harrigan | 144 | 4.6 | New |
| | For Britain | Sharon Young | 52 | 1.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 935 | 30.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### West Fenham

West Fenham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Ian Tokell | 947 | 34.2 | −9.9 |
| | Green | Tay Pitman | 647 | 23.3 | +12.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | PJ Morrissey | 587 | 21.2 | +15.5 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Wake | 419 | 15.1 | +5.1 |
| | Newcastle Ind. | Sarah Armstrong | 173 | 6.2 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 300 | 10.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Wingrove

Wingrove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Irim Ali | 1,652 | 61.3 | +5.3 |
| | Green | John Pearson | 516 | 19.1 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | Shabs Mohammed | 386 | 14.3 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kami Kundi | 143 | 5.3 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,136 | 42.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections
### Castle

Castle: 9 September 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thom Campion | 1,306 | 42.5 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Andrew Herridge | 773 | 25.1 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | John Watts | 657 | 21.4 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Andrew Thorp | 250 | 8.1 | +2.8 |
| | North East | Brian Moore | 89 | 2.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 533 | 17.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,075 | 31.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +2.0 | |