Local Election Results 2008

Newcastle upon Tyne

FEP = Free England Party
Left = Left List

Other results for Newcastle upon Tyne:2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
By-elections for Newcastle upon Tyne (may be incomplete): 18th July 2002 (Benwell) — 4th September 2003 (Walker) — 30th November 2006 (Lemington) — 29th January 2009 (Fenham) — 15th November 2012 (Ouseburn) — 25th April 2013 (Castle;South Heaton) — 6th June 2013 (Walkergate) — 28th August 2014 (North Jesmond) — 15th September 2016 (Blakelaw) — 24th November 2016 (Blakelaw) — 16th March 2017 (South Heaton) — 9th September 2021 (Castle) — 2nd March 2023 (Byker) — 12th September 2024 (North Jesmond) — 14th August 2025 (South Jesmond)

Map of the results —Export spreadsheet

Consolidated results — Newcastle upon Tyne 2008

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Liberal Democrat	32903	45.8%	19
Labour	22855	31.8%	9
Conservative	9666	13.5%	0
British National Party	4035	5.6%	0
Green Party	1107	1.5%	0
Independent	685	1.0%	0
Free England Party	367	0.5%	0
UK Independence Party	135	0.2%	0
Communist Party of Britain	31	0.0%	0
Left List	27	0.0%	0

Benwell and Scotswood

Robert Higgins	Lab	1441	48.1%
Kelvin Gardiner	LD	612	20.4%
Glen Watson	BNP	429	14.3%
Neil Archibald	C	366	12.2%
Laurence Ellacott	Grn	145	4.8%

Blakelaw

Gerard Keating	LD	1396	49.6%
Antoine Tinnion	Lab	855	30.4%
Margaret Johnson	C	295	10.5%
Mick Roche	BNP	270	9.6%

Byker

George Allison	Lab	1258	56.5%
Annie Gravell	LD	377	16.9%
Steve Shears	BNP	285	12.8%
Alice Gingell	C	208	9.3%
Allen Divall	Ind	97	4.4%

Castle

Ian Graham	LD	1869	59.9%
Jennifer du Cane	C	771	24.7%
Ash Nehmet	Lab	481	15.4%

Dene

Wendy Taylor	LD	1908	62.6%
Heather Chambers	C	613	20.1%
Yvonne Bell	Lab	525	17.2%

Denton

Peter Arnold	LD	1707	49.7%
Helen McStravick	Lab	882	25.7%
Jon Aydon	C	374	10.9%
Bill Curry	BNP	337	9.8%
Ian Proud	UKIP	135	3.9%

East Gosforth

Peter Leggott	LD	1892	62.6%
Alan Birkmyre	C	630	20.8%
Bialu Ngituka	Lab	502	16.6%

Elswick

Doreen James	Lab	933	38.2%
Ken Booth	BNP	657	26.9%
Amjad Aslam	Ind	339	13.9%
Andrew McQuillin	LD	309	12.6%
Ron Toward	C	179	7.3%
Dean Huggins	Left	27	1.1%

Fawdon

Brenda Hindmarsh	LD	1770	60.0%
Catherine McKinnell	Lab	620	21.0%
Martin Thomson	FEP	367	12.4%
Stephen Warrick	C	194	6.6%

Fenham [LD gain from Lab]

Colin Dalglish	LD	1491	45.7%
George Johnson	Lab	1188	36.4%
Shaun Russell	BNP	295	9.0%
Denis Flaherty	C	290	8.9%

Kenton

Margaret Carter	Lab	1371	52.9%
David Turner	LD	752	29.0%
Barney Baber	C	471	18.2%

Lemington [LD gain from Lab]

Liz Langfield	LD	1280	42.9%
Barry Phillipson	Lab	1131	37.9%
Graham Hodgson	BNP	325	10.9%
Sarah Armstrong	C	248	8.3%

Newburn [LD gain from Lab]

Mike Curthoys	LD	1353	43.0%
Anne Whittaker	Lab	1223	38.9%
Sheila Gregory	BNP	333	10.6%
Maureen Smith	C	236	7.5%

North Heaton

Doreen Huddart	LD	1693	55.3%
David Denholm	Lab	688	22.5%
James Langley	C	398	13.0%
Chris Hayday	Grn	281	9.2%

North Jesmond (2)

Peter Breakey	LD	1013	54.2%
Catherine Pagan	LD	944
Fiona Clarke	Lab	486	26.0%
Sophie White	Lab	397
Ben Fletcher	C	371	19.8%
Rosie Fletcher	C	340

Ouseburn

Stephen Psallidas	LD	814	51.1%
Patrick Clarke	Lab	451	28.3%
Dave Shepherdson	Grn	181	11.4%
Emma Carr	C	146	9.2%

Parklands (2)

John Shipley	LD	2255	62.5%
David Down	LD	1984
Mark Laing	C	693	19.2%
Pam Doyle	C	621
Susan Pearson	Lab	409	11.3%
Gordon Macfarlane	Lab	329
Andrea Bell	Ind	249	6.9%

South Heaton [Lab gain from LD]

Christopher Bartlett	Lab	948	46.1%
Henry Gallagher	LD	813	39.5%
Andrew Gray	Grn	190	9.2%
Kenneth Wake	C	107	5.2%

South Jesmond

Chris Boyle	LD	946	54.7%
Barry Flux	C	430	24.9%
Tom Hardwick	Lab	354	20.5%

Walker

David Wood	Lab	1444	57.4%
Michael Burn	LD	496	19.7%
John Mitchell	BNP	274	10.9%
Marian McWilliams	C	172	6.8%
Anna Heyman	Grn	97	3.9%
Martin Levy	Comm	31	1.2%

Walkergate

Peter Allen	LD	1596	55.5%
Maureen Lowson	Lab	809	28.1%
David Tullin	BNP	278	9.7%
Stephen Lowrey	C	195	6.8%

West Gosforth

Nick Cott	LD	2084	62.2%
Neville Armstrong	C	840	25.1%
Howard Elcock	Lab	428	12.8%

Westerhope

Marc Donnelly	LD	2085	53.5%
Brian Hunter	Lab	847	21.7%
Jason Smith	C	652	16.7%
Daniel Thorlby	BNP	311	8.0%

Westgate

Nick Forbes	Lab	938	64.7%
James Kenyon	LD	305	21.0%
Charlotte Ball	C	206	14.2%

Wingrove [Lab gain from LD]

Irim Ali	Lab	1120	43.2%
Jaz Siddique	LD	962	37.1%
Dominic Llewellyn	C	300	11.6%
John Pearson	Grn	213	8.2%

Woolsington [Lab gain from LD]

Sharon Pattison	Lab	1523	48.0%
Bill Thorkildsen	LD	1125	35.5%
Colin Forster	C	281	8.9%
Gary Fawcett	BNP	241	7.6%

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Local Election Results 2008

Newcastle upon Tyne