# 2006 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2006 Gateshead Council election was held on Thursday 4 May 2006 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, in England. It was held on the same day as other English local elections. One third of the council was up for election, with the poll coming two years after boundary changes in the previous election which had necessitated the whole council facing voters at once. The Labour Party retained control, and a Liberal Democrat gain from Labour in Winlaton and High Spen was the only change in the level of party representation on the council. Turnout was 37.0%, lower than the 47.7% achieved in 2004. In total, 79 candidates stood for election, with the Labour and Conservative parties standing for all of the seats. The Liberal Democrats stood in all but two wards where the Liberal Party stood instead. There were also eight British National Party candidates, one UK Independence Party candidate and four independents.

## Overall result

Gateshead Council election, 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 14 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 63.6 | 44.6 | 23,678 | 0.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 34.8 | 37.5 | 19,925 | 4.8 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 9.6 | 5,083 | 0.6 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1.5 | 2.8 | 1,483 | 0.7 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 3.7 | 1,941 | 4.0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.7 | 885 | 0.8 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.3 | 143 | New |

## Ward results

Birtley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Foy (incumbent) | 1,161 | 51.5 |
| | Liberal | Betty Gallon | 916 | 40.6 |
| | Conservative | Andrea Gatiss | 179 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 245 | 10.9% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,256 | 35.8% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Blaydon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kathryn Ferdinand (incumbent) | 1,175 | 56.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Gardner | 726 | 34.7 |
| | Conservative | Mark Anthony Watson | 194 | 9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 449 | 21.4% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,095 | 31.4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Bridges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Angela Armstrong | 858 | 54.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Stanley Allen | 323 | 20.5 |
| | BNP | Kevin Robert Bell | 219 | 13.9 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Anderson | 179 | 11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 535 | 33.9% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,579 | 30.9% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maureen Chaplin (incumbent) | 1,738 | 58.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Callender | 995 | 33.5 |
| | Conservative | Allan Davidson | 236 | 7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 743 | 25.0% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,969 | 41.8% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Chowdene :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maureen Goldsworthy (incumbent) | 1,357 | 51.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenys Marie Goodwill | 720 | 27.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Anthony Crossman | 579 | 21.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 637 | 24.0% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,656 | 37.5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Crawcrook and Greenside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Elizabeth Danys (incumbent) | 1,463 | 53.8 |
| | Labour | Helen Elizabeth Hughes | 1,049 | 38.6 |
| | Conservative | Leonard Davidson | 207 | 7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 414 | 15.2% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,719 | 41.2% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Deckham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Martin Gannon (incumbent) | 1,014 | 49.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Michael Mariner Johnson | 453 | 22.3 |
| | BNP | Kevin Scott | 332 | 16.3 |
| | Conservative | Trevor Charles Murray | 232 | 11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 561 | 27.6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,031 | 30.9% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Dunston and Teams :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick John Rice (incumbent) | 984 | 54.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Robson | 321 | 17.7 |
| | BNP | Terrence Jopling | 242 | 13.3 |
| | Conservative | Ada Callanan | 162 | 8.9 |
| | Independent | Robert David Latham | 104 | 5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 663 | 36.6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,813 | 30.3% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Dunston Hill and Whickham East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Allison Elizabeth Ilderton Chatto (incumbent) | 1,535 | 51.2 |
| | Labour | Gary Robert Haley | 1,203 | 40.1 |
| | Conservative | John Callanan | 262 | 8.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 332 | 11.1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,000 | 44.2% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Felling :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | William Dick (incumbent) | 1,067 | 61.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Paul Lucas | 319 | 18.4 |
| | BNP | Keith Edward McFarlane | 203 | 11.7 |
| | Conservative | John Steven Wraith | 144 | 8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 748 | 43.1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,733 | 30.4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
High Fell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brian Richmond (incumbent) | 1,031 | 56.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann McCarthy | 300 | 16.4 |
| | Conservative | June Murray | 182 | 9.9 |
| | BNP | Ronald William Fairlamb | 174 | 9.5 |
| | UKIP | William James Edward Batty | 143 | 7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 731 | 39.9% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,830 | 29.3% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Lamesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mary Foy (politician) | 1,217 | 50.0 |
| | Liberal | Andrew Colin Dixon | 567 | 23.3 |
| | Independent | Brian Weatherburn | 454 | 18.6 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Everatt | 197 | 8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 650 | 26.7% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,435 | 36.9% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Lobley Hill and Bensham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kevin Michael Dodds (incumbent) | 996 | 39.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Craig | 904 | 35.7 |
| | BNP | George Bainbridge | 272 | 10.8 |
| | Independent | Margaret Duddin | 181 | 7.2 |
| | Conservative | Hazel Sarah Anderson | 176 | 7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 92 | 3.6% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,529 | 35.6% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Low Fell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles Jevon (incumbent) | 1,867 | 61.7 |
| | Labour | Joseph William Lisle | 730 | 24.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul Sterling | 433 | 14.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,137 | 37.5% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,030 | 43.5% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Pelaw and Heworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway (incumbent) | 1,467 | 59.4 |
| | Labour | Jim McWilliams | 870 | 35.2 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Moor | 133 | 5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 597 | 24.2% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,470 | 38.0% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Ryton, Crookhill and Stella :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Margaret McHatton (incumbent) | 1,714 | 64.5 |
| | Labour | Brenda Clelland | 763 | 28.7 |
| | Conservative | Antoinette Margaret Sterling | 179 | 6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 951 | 35.8% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,656 | 42.6% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Saltwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Joseph Mitchinson (incumbent) | 1,089 | 55.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Spours | 342 | 17.5 |
| | Conservative | Edward Bohill | 207 | 10.6 |
| | BNP | Kenneth Hutton | 168 | 8.6 |
| | Independent | Joanne McLeod Smailes | 146 | 7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 747 | 38.3% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,952 | 31.5% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Wardley and Leam Lane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Peter James Mole (incumbent) | 1,248 | 56.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Paul Diston | 713 | 32.1 |
| | Conservative | Karl Gatiss | 258 | 11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 535 | 24.1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,219 | 35.7% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Whickham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Thomas Craig (incumbent) | 1,647 | 62.1 |
| | Labour | Jennifer Anne Peace | 788 | 29.7 |
| | Conservative | Elaine Robertson | 218 | 8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 859 | 32.4% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,653 | 40.6% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Whickham South and Sunniside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marilynn Ord (incumbent) | 1,928 | 66.3 |
| | Labour | Peter De-Vere | 618 | 21.2 |
| | Conservative | John Robertson | 364 | 12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,310 | 45.0% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,910 | 42.4% |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Windy Nook and Whitehills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Thomas Graham (incumbent) | 1,430 | 58.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Walker | 501 | 20.5 |
| | BNP | Michael Cassidy | 331 | 13.4 |
| | Conservative | Eric Young | 176 | 7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 929 | 38.1% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,438 | 32.0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Winlaton and High Spen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Graham | 1,687 | 53.3 |
| | Labour | Julie Simpson (incumbent) | 1,292 | 40.8 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Edward Button | 186 | 5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 395 | 12.5% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,165 | 45.9% |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |