2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

2 May 2024
22 of 66 seats on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council 34 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Martin Gannon Ron Beadle Party Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 49 seats, 50.3% 17 seats, 27.5% Seats before 49 17 Seats won 16 6 Seats after 48 18 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 24,775 12,812 Percentage 49.5% 25.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election Martin Gannon Labour Leader after election Martin Gannon Labour

The 2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom on the same day. Labour retained its majority on the council.

Background

Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021

Result of the most recent council election in 2023

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. Gateshead 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.

Gateshead Council has continuously been under Labour control since its creation. The Liberal Democrats have generally been the main opposition. In the most recent election in 2023, Labour won 15 seats on 50.3% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats won 7 seats on 27.5% of the vote. The Conservatives received 12.5% of the vote and the Green Party received 7.5% of the vote, but neither party won any seats.

Positions up for election in 2024 were last up for election in 2021. In that election, Labour won 19 seats and the Liberal Democrats won five seats.

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. The election took place by first-past-the-post voting, with wards generally being represented by three councillors, with one elected in each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in Gateshead aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	49		Labour	49		Labour	48
	Liberal Democrats	17		Liberal Democrats	17		Liberal Democrats	18

Results

The election saw the Liberal Democrats take one seat from Labour, but no other seats changed party and so Labour retained their large majority on the council.

2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	16	1	72.7	32	48	72.7	24,775	49.5	-0.8
	Liberal Democrats	6	1	27.3	12	18	27.3	12,812	25.6	-1.9
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	5,761	11.5	-1.0
	Green	0		0	0	0	0	4,848	9.7	+2.2
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	557	1.1	0.0
	Independent	0		0	0	0	0	412	0.8	+0.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	303	0.6	+0.3
	Save Us Now	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	83	0.2	0.0
	North East	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	82	0.2	N/A

Ward results

The results for each ward were:

Birtley

Birtley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Sowerby	892	43.0	−13.6
	Labour	Hazel Weatherley	887	42.8	+7.3
	Conservative	Joseph Ronald Callanan	170	8.2	+0.4
	Independent	Michelle Mabel Hepburn	125	6.0	+6.0
Majority			5	0.0	−21.1
Turnout			2088	33.6	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Blaydon

Blaydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Christopher Ronchetti	1,275	60.8	−4.8
	Conservative	John Michael McConnel	297	14.2	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Stanton	211	10.1	−7.5
	Green	Ralf Russow	207	9.9	+9.9
	TUSC	Tom Allen	108	5.1	−0.7
Majority			978	46.6	−1.4
Turnout			2113	29.5	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridges

Bridges

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Eagle	871	49.0	−10.8
	Green	Rachel Mary Cabral	581	32.7	+18.3
	Conservative	Edward Bohill	191	10.7	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Cooper	136	7.6	−3.8
Majority			290	16.3	−25.9
Turnout			1801	30.8	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamie Joe Park	1,916	70.9	+4.1
	Conservative	Alexander Robert Telford	419	15.5	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Callender	368	13.6	+1.0
Majority			1497	55.4	+4.6
Turnout			2738	40.3	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Chowdene

Chowdene

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McElroy	1,110	50.4	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Mary Knell	366	16.6	+2.9
	Reform UK	Damian Heslop	303	13.8	+13.8
	Conservative	David William Potts	215	9.8	−9.1
	Green	Thomas Frederick Newell	127	5.8	+0.3
	North East Party	Emile Persaud	82	3.7	+3.7
Majority			744	37.8	−0.9
Turnout			2216	33.8	+0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Crawcrook and Greenside

Crawcrook and Greenside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kath McCartney	1,520	54.3	+6.2
	Green	Pat Chanse	589	21.1	−14.5
	Independent	Doug Musgrove	287	10.3	+10.3
	Conservative	Susan Mary Wilson	273	9.8	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Stanaway	128	4.6	−0.5
Majority			931	33.2	+25.7
Turnout			2817	39.5	−0.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Deckham

Deckham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Leigh Kirton	1,079	53.5	−3.2
	Green	Gary Rutherford Brooks	308	15.3	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Hawkins	255	12.6	+1.0
	Conservative	Josh Alan Knotts	247	12.3	+0.7
	TUSC	Norman Hall	127	6.3	+3.6
Majority			771	38.2	−12.9
Turnout			2028	31.7	+1.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Dunston and Teams

Dunston and Teams

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Clelland	1,057	61.4	+0.4
	Green	Andy Blanchflower	295	17.1	+17.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Walls	197	11.4	−9.7
	Conservative	Mojgan Safaralinejad	173	10.0	−7.8
Majority			762	44.3	+4.4
Turnout			1742	29.1	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Maughan	1,184	48.7	−3.0
	Labour	Andrew Dylan Moir	753	31.0	+4.1
	Green	Mary Blanchflower	235	9.7	+1.4
	Conservative	Jak Hocking	174	7.2	−0.9
	Save Us Now	Graham Steele	83	3.4	+0.3
Majority			431	17.7	−7.1
Turnout			2445	36.7	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Felling

Felling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sonya Dickie	937	62.6	+0.3
	Conservative	Peter Crompton Jackson	199	13.3	−4.2
	Green	Ashleigh Taylor McLean	190	12.7	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Shakun Beadle	171	11.4	+2.0
Majority			738	49.3	+3.9
Turnout			1509	26.5	+0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

High Fell

High Fell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Robert Turnbull	896	56.6	−16.3
	Conservative	Francis Thomas Athey	214	13.5	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Len Bell	187	11.8	+1.7
	TUSC	Elaine Brunskill	164	10.4	+3.1
	Green	Joe Painter	122	7.7	+7.7
Majority			682	43.1	−19.7
Turnout			1595	26.5	−8.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Lamesley

Lamesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Turner	1,457	63.5	+0.8
	Conservative	Richard Herdman	444	19.4	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Wharton	393	17.1	+7.2
Majority			1013	44.1	+0.4
Turnout			2327	31.9	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Lobley Hill and Bensham

Lobley Hill and Bensham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Donovan	1,274	58.1	−1.5
	Green	Andy Redfern	319	14.5	+2.5
	Conservative	John Rogan Gardiner	305	13.9	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Mulvie	296	13.5	+0.8
Majority			955	43.6	−0.4
Turnout			2224	31.9	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Low Fell

Low Fell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Stephen Duggan	1,749	53.1	−5.9
	Labour	Robert Lee Waugh	954	28.7	+1.9
	Green	Campbell Grant	323	9.7	+0.2
	Conservative	Paul Sterling	187	5.6	+0.9
	TUSC	Simon James Morden	82	2.5	+2.5
Majority			795	24.4	−7.8
Turnout			3320	48.3	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pelaw and Heworth

Pelaw and Heworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Patterson	1,290	55.5	+2.8
	Labour	Jennifer Reay	765	32.9	−4.9
	Green	Nicholas Boldrini	208	8.9	+2.8
	Conservative	Ali Reza Akbari Pargam	63	2.7	−0.6
Majority			525	22.6	+7.7
Turnout			2326	36.5	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

Ryton Crookhill and Stella

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher William Buckley	1,315	45.2	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Paul Kelly	830	28.5	+20.5
	Conservative	Christopher Anthony Coxon	392	13.5	+2.9
	Green	Andrew Mason	296	10.2	−1.5
	TUSC	Ros Cooper	76	2.6	+0.8
Majority			485	16.7	−29.0
Turnout			2936	41.1	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Saltwell

Saltwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Marianne Robson	1,131	52.2	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Rickelton	689	31.8	−13.4
	Green	Ravi Cabra	197	9.1	+2.9
	Conservative	Robert Ableson	150	6.9	+0.7
Majority			442	20.4	+17.5
Turnout			2189	34.4	+2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Wardley and Leam Lane

Wardley and Leam Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Green	1,290	66.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Graham Randall	345	17.8	−0.1
	Conservative	John Robert McNeil	302	15.6	−0.2
Majority			945	48.8	+0.4
Turnout			1964	33.4	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Whickham North

Whickham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sonya Hawkins	1,331	57.9	−6.0
	Labour	Jeff Bowe	614	26.7	−0.9
	Conservative	John Callanan	204	8.9	+0.5
	Green	Diane Cadman	149	6.5	+6.5
Majority			717	31.2	−5.1
Turnout			2315	37.5	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whickham South and Sunniside

Whickham South and Sunniside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Mohammed	1,238	44.8	−19.5
	Labour	David Robert Lowes	1,102	39.9	+16.6
	Conservative	Perry Wilson	282	10.2	+0.6
	Green	James Richard Standaloft	143	5.2	+5.2
Majority			136	4.9	−36.1
Turnout			2781	42.7	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Windy Nook and Whitehills

Windy Nook and Whitehills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Louise Mullen	1,137	55.7	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Walker	361	17.7	+4.8
	Conservative	Kyle Lambert Murray	352	17.3	−0.7
	Green	Ruth Christina Grant	190	9.3	+2.3
Majority			776	38.0	−6.2
Turnout			2069	29.8	+1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Winlaton and High Spen

Winlaton and High Spen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Simpson	1,435	57.2	−0.3
	Conservative	Jordan-Lee Guthrie	508	20.3	−5.3
	Green	Paul Martin McNally	369	14.7	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Duggan	195	7.8	+2.8
Majority			927	36.9	+5.0
Turnout			2530	37.0	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing