2008 Newcastle City Council election

2008 Newcastle City Council election
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28 of the 78 seats on Newcastle City Council; (including 2 by-elections); 40 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.1% ( 0.8)

Elections were held for one-third of the 78 seats on the Newcastle City Council on 1 May 2008. The ruling Liberal Democrats slightly increased their majority, and the table below shows the composition of the Council Chamber following these results.^[2]

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Party	Seats			Council Composition 1 May 2008
Party	2006	2007	2008	Council Composition 1 May 2008
Liberal Democrats	?	46	49
Labour	?	31	29

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Quick facts 28 of the 78 seats on Newcastle City Council(including 2 by-elections) 40 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

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2008 Newcastle City Council election^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		This election				Full council			This election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	{{{candidates}}}	19	2	67.9	30	49	62.8	35,831	46.8	0.7
	Labour	{{{candidates}}}	9	2	32.1	20	29	37.2	23,581	30.8	4.4
	Conservative	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	10,627	13.9	2.5
	BNP	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,035	5.3	1.3
	Green	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,206	1.6	1.3
	Independent	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	685	0.9	0.6
	Free England	{{{candidates}}}	0	New	0.0	0	0	0.0	367	0.5	New
	UKIP	{{{candidates}}}	0	New	0.0	0	0	0.0	135	0.2	New
	Communist	{{{candidates}}}	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	31	0.0
	Left List	{{{candidates}}}	0	New	0.0	0	0	0.0	27	0.0	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Higgins	1,441	48.1	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kelvin Gardiner	612	20.4	+5.1
	BNP	Glen Watson	429	14.3	+3.8
	Conservative	Neil Archibald	366	12.2	−2.6
	Green	Laurence Ellacot	145	4.8	−0.1
Registered electors			8,307
Turnout				36.1	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerard Keating	1,396	49.6	−1.3
	Labour	Antoine Tinnion	855	30.4	−3.3
	Conservative	Margaret Johnson	295	10.5	+2.8
	BNP	Michael Roche	270	9.6	+1.9
Registered electors			7,754
Turnout				36.5	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Allison	1,258	56.5	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Gravell	377	16.9	−3.0
	BNP	Steve Shears	285	12.8	+1.8
	Conservative	Alice Gingell	208	9.3	+0.6
	Independent	Allen Divall	97	4.4	N/A
Registered electors			7,064
Turnout				31.6	−0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Graham	1,869	59.9	+0.5
	Conservative	Jennifer Du Cane	771	24.7	+3.2
	Labour	Ash Nehmet	481	15.4	−3.7
Registered electors			7,322
Turnout				42.7	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2008 Newcastle City Council election

Results summary

Ward results

Benwell and Scotswood

Blakelaw

Byker

Castle

Dene

Denton

East Gosforth

Elswick

Fawdon

Fenham

Kenton

Lemington

Newburn

North Heaton

North Jesmond

Ouseburn

Parklands

South Heaton

South Jesmond

Walker

Walkergate

West Gosforth

Westerhope

Westgate

Wingrove

Woolsington

By-elections

Fenham

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Taylor	1,908	62.6	+0.2
	Conservative	Heather Chambers	613	20.1	+1.5
	Labour	Yvonne Bell	525	17.2	−1.8
Registered electors			7,130
Turnout				42.8	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Arnold	1,707	49.7	+3.4
	Labour	Helen McStravick	882	25.7	−6.5
	Conservative	Jon Aydon	374	10.9	−1.5
	BNP	Bill Curry	337	9.8	+0.8
	UKIP	Ian Proud	135	3.9	N/A
Registered electors			7,756
Turnout				44.4	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Leggott	1,892	62.6	+11.7
	Conservative	Alan Birkmyre	630	20.8	−0.3
	Labour	Bialu Ngituka	502	16.6	−1.5
Registered electors			6,870
Turnout				44.3	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen James	933	38.2	−17.7
	BNP	Kenneth Booth	657	26.9	+13.4
	Independent	Amjad Aslam	339	13.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew McQuillin	309	12.6	−3.9
	Conservative	Ron Toward	179	7.3	−0.8
	Left List	Dean Huggins	27	1.1	−4.9
Registered electors			7,345
Turnout				33.4	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Hindmarsh	1,770	60.0	−5.6
	Labour	Catherine McKinnell	620	21.0	−5.5
	Free England	Martin Thomson	367	12.4	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Warrick	194	6.6	−1.2
Registered electors			7,178
Turnout				41.2	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Dalglish	1,491	45.7	+4.2
	Labour	George Johnson	1,188	36.4	−5.3
	BNP	Shaun Russell	295	9.0	+1.4
	Conservative	Denis Flaherty	290	8.9	−0.3
Registered electors			7,761
Turnout				42.1	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Carter	1,371	52.9	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Turner	752	29.0	+1.0
	Conservative	Barney Baber	471	18.2	+2.0
Registered electors			7,540
Turnout				34.6	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Langfield	1,280	42.9	−11.7
	Labour	Barry Phillipson	1,131	37.9	+7.9
	BNP	Graham Hodgson	325	10.9	+0.7
	Conservative	Sarah Armstrong	248	8.3	+3.1
Registered electors			7,435
Turnout				40.2	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Curthoys	1,353	43.0	+0.1
	Labour	Anne Whittaker	1,223	38.9	−3.1
	BNP	Sheila Gregory	333	10.6	+0.3
	Conservative	Maureen Smith	236	7.5	+2.7
Registered electors			7,030
Turnout				44.8	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Doreen Huddart	1,693	55.3	−0.4
	Labour	David Denholm	688	22.5	+0.1
	Conservative	James Langley	398	13.0	+0.6
	Green	Chris Hayday	281	9.2	−0.2
Registered electors			7,558
Turnout				40.6	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Jesmond (2 seats due to by-election)
Replacing Anthony Rounthwaite (Liberal Democrats)^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Breakey	1,013	54.2	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Pagan	944	/	/
	Labour	Fiona Clarke	486	26.0	+9.3
	Labour	Sophie White	397	/	/
	Conservative	Ben Fletcher	371	19.8	+3.4
	Conservative	Rosie Fletcher	340	/	/
Registered electors			6,565
Turnout				28.4	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ouseburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Psallidas	814	51.1	−0.6
	Labour	Patrick Clarke	451	28.3
	Green	Dave Shepherdson	181	11.4	−1.9
	Conservative	Emma Carr	146	9.2	+2.5
Registered electors			6,758
Turnout				23.6	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Parklands (2 seats due to by-election)
Replacing David Brook (Liberal Democrats)^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Shipley	2,255	62.5	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Down	1,984	/	/
	Conservative	Mark Laing	693	19.2	−1.1
	Conservative	Pam Doyle	621	/	/
	Labour	Susan Pearson	409	11.3	−1.1
	Labour	Gordon Macfarlane	329	/	/
	Independent	Andrea Bell	249	6.9	+0.5
Registered electors			7,278
Turnout				47.0	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Jesmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Boyle	946	54.7	+2.8
	Conservative	Barry Flux	430	24.9	+4.9
	Labour	Tom Hardwick	354	20.5	+2.9
Registered electors			6,151
Turnout				28.3	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Bartlett	948	46.1	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Gallager	813	39.5	−0.1
	Green	Andrew Gray	190	9.2	−2.3
	Conservative	Kenneth Wake	107	5.2	−0.3
Registered electors			5,873
Turnout				35.1	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Wood	1,444	57.4	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Burn	496	19.7	+1.4
	BNP	John Mitchell	274	10.9	+1.3
	Conservative	Marian McWilliams	172	6.8	+1.3
	Green	Anna Heyman	97	3.9	N/A
	Communist	Martin Levy	31	1.2	+0.2
Registered electors			7,658
Turnout				33.0	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Allen	1,596	55.5	−4.7
	Labour	Maureen Lowson	809	28.1	−6.4
	BNP	David Tullin	278	9.7	N/A
	Conservative	Stephen Lowrey	195	6.8	+1.5
Registered electors			6,983
Turnout				41.3	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Cott	2,084	62.2	+2.9
	Conservative	Neville Armstrong	840	25.1	+2.7
	Labour	Howard Elcock	428	12.8	−0.2
Registered electors			7,216
Turnout				46.7	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Donnelly	2,085	53.5	−1.2
	Labour	Brian Hunter	847	21.7	−3.0
	Conservative	Jason Smith	652	16.7	+2.6
	BNP	Daniel Thorlby	311	8.0	+1.6
Registered electors			7,603
Turnout				51.3	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Forbes	938	64.7	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Kenyon	305	21.0	−4.4
	Conservative	Charlotte Ball	206	14.2	+3.3
Registered electors			5,811
Turnout				25.1	−0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irim Ali	1,120	41.6	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jaz Siddique	962	35.7	−3.2
	Green	John Pearson	312	11.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Dominic Llewellyn	300	11.1	+4.0
Registered electors			7,768
Turnout				34.8	+3.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharon Pattison	1,523	48.0	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Thorkildsen	1,125	35.5	−4.7
	Conservative	Colin Forster	281	8.9	+2.2
	BNP	Gary Fawcett	241	7.6	+1.4
Registered electors			7,652
Turnout				41.5	−2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mitzi Emery	1,049	33.9	−11.8
	Labour	Helen McStravick	1,025	33.1	−3.3
	BNP	Ken Booth	836	27.0	+18.0
	Conservative	Sarah Armstrong	186	6.0	−2.9
Majority			24	0.8
Turnout			3,096	39.6	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing