# 2011 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
## Ward results

Birtley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Neil Weatherly (incumbent) | 1,629 | 66.3 |
| | Liberal | Betty Gallon | 563 | 22.9 |
| | Conservative | Andrea Gatiss | 264 | 10.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1066 | 43.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,456 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Blaydon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kathryn Ferdinand (incumbent) | 2,029 | 75.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kelly Todd | 384 | 14.2 |
| | Conservative | Mark Anthony Watson | 287 | 10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Bridges :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Bob Goldsworthy | 1,353 | 70.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Fawcett | 293 | 15.3 |
| | Conservative | John Gardiner | 266 | 13.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael McNestry (incumbent) | 2,384 | 71.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Callender | 554 | 16.6 |
| | Conservative | Karl Gatiss | 396 | 11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Chowdene :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Keith Wood(incumbent) | 2,236 | 72.2 |
| | Conservative | John Callanan | 580 | 18.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edna Graham | 280 | 9.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
Lamesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mary Kelly Foy | 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 |