2010 Newcastle City Council election

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27 out of 78 seats to Newcastle City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Falkner Nick Forbes N/A Party Liberal Democrats Labour Independent Leader's seat Fawdon Westgate N/A Last election 49 29 0 Seats before 48 28 2 Seats after 42 34 2 Seat change 6 6 0

The 2010 Newcastle City Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England. The elections took place on the same day as other council elections in England and Wales and the general election.

Following the last set of local elections held in 2008, two members of the Liberal Democrats resigned and sat as independents.^[1] The Liberal Democrats also gained one seat from Labour in a by-election.

There were 27 of the 78 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in the Denton ward. The result saw the Labour Party gain six seats from the Liberal Democrats.

After 2008 election			Before 2010 election			After 2010 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Liberal Democrats	49		Liberal Democrats	48		Liberal Democrats	42
	Labour	29		Labour	28		Labour	34
	Independent	0		Independent	2		Independent	2

Changes 2008-2010:

• January 2009: Terry Cooney (Labour) dies; Mitzi Emery (Liberal Democrats) gains the Fenham ward seat in a byelection.^[2]
• October 2009: Marc Donnelly and Pat Hillicks leave the Liberal Democrats to sit as Independents.^[1]

2010 Newcastle City Council election[3][4]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	16	6	59.2	18	34	43.5	44,909	38.9
	Liberal Democrats	11	6	40.8	32	42	53.9	44,191	38.2
	Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	16,724	14.5
	BNP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	6,461	5.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,560	2.2
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	363	0.3
	Independent	0		0.0	2	2	2.6	325	0.3
	National Front	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	62	0.1

Benwell and Scotswood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Beecham*	2,390	54.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alice McIlveen	886	20.3
	Conservative	Edythe Clayton	556	12.7
	BNP	Doug Graham	533	12.2
Majority			1504	34.5
Turnout			4365
	Labour hold		Swing

Blakelaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Phil Risk	1,814	42.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Schardt	1588	37.0
	Conservative	James Langley	456	10.6
	BNP	Jim Lowdon	430	10.0
Majority			226	5.3
Turnout			4288
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Byker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Kemp*	2,070	57.7
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Heslop	871	24.3
	Conservative	Alice Gingell	330	9.2
	BNP	Ken Baldwin	317	8.8
Majority			1199	33.4
Turnout			3588
	Labour hold		Swing

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anita Lower*	2,451	48.6
	Labour	Eric Mackinlay	1435	28.4
	Conservative	Jon Aydon	718	14.2
	BNP	Terry Gibson	342	6.8
	Independent	Alan Biggins	101	2.0
Majority			1016	20.2
Turnout			5047
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dene

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Bailey	2,698	52.6
	Labour	Ian Rossiter	1353	26.4
	Conservative	Heather Chambers	779	15.2
	BNP	David Tullin	178	3.5
	Green	Taz Burwaiss	118	2.3
Majority			1346	26.2
Turnout			5126
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Denton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Cross	1,804	37.5
	Labour	Michael Burke	1,668	34.7
	Labour	Simon Bird	1663
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Gallagher	1281
	Conservative	Ernest Shorton	696	14.5
	Conservative	Olga Shorton	516
	UKIP	Ian Proud	363	7.5
	BNP	Neil Mooney	275	5.8
	BNP	Lynda Scurr	198
Majority			1346	26.2
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

East Gosforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Slesenger*	2,601	49.6
	Labour	Hilary Franks	1525	29.1
	Conservative	Martin Sharman	853	16.3
	Green	David Coombes	263	5.0
Majority			1076	20.5
Turnout			5242
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Elswick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Habib Rahman	2,126	59.4
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Down	619	17.3
	BNP	Denny Gallagher	414	11.6
	Conservative	Ronald Toward	278	7.8
	Independent	Derek Malcolm	80	2.2
	National Front	Simon Bigg	62	1.7
Majority			1507	42.1
Turnout			3579
	Labour hold		Swing

Fawdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Faulkner*	2,076	49.2
	Labour	DJ Mather	1514	35.9
	Conservative	Pam Flux	362	8.6
	BNP	Steven Spence	270	6.4
Majority			562	13.3
Turnout			4222
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen McStravick	1,884	40.3
	Liberal Democrats	PJ Morrissey	1563	33.4
	BNP	Ken Booth	641	13.7
	Conservative	Alison Wake	487	10.4
	Green	Keith Metcalf	99	2.1
Majority			321	6.9
Turnout			4674
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Kenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ged Bell	2,291	52.6
	Liberal Democrats	Yetunde Adediran	1053	24.2
	Conservative	Kevin O'Neill	693	15.9
	BNP	Alan Spence	319	7.3
Majority			1238	28.4
Turnout			4356
	Labour hold		Swing

Lemington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Cook	1,866	42.2
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Moorhead	1694	38.4
	Conservative	Sarah Armstrong	472	10.7
	BNP	Ian Belcher	385	8.7
Majority			172	3.8
Turnout			4417
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Newburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Wright	2,000	44.0
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Long	1695	37.3
	Conservative	Carl Ellis	521	11.5
	BNP	Paul Kennett	330	7.3
Majority			305	6.7
Turnout			4546
	Labour hold		Swing

North Heaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Greg Stone	2,345	45.1
	Labour	David Denholm	1831	35.2
	Conservative	Neville Armstrong	680	13.1
	Green	Michael Rabley	342	6.6
Majority			514	9.9
Turnout			5198
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Jesmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Pagan	1,938	46.7
	Labour	Alison Orlandi	987	23.8
	Conservative	James Marwick	945	22.8
	Green	Tim Dowson	281	6.8
Majority			951	22.9
Turnout			4151
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ouseburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Kane	1,713	46.0
	Labour	Ian Preston	1201	32.3
	Conservative	Emma Carr	452	12.1
	Green	Dave Shepherdson	244	6.6
	BNP	Lisa Dunleavy	111	3.0
Majority			512	13.7
Turnout			3721
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Parklands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Packham	3,117	55.4
	Conservative	Keith Piper	1128	20.0
	Labour	Susan Pearson	1123	20.0
	Independent	Andrea Bell	144	2.6
	BNP	Ray Hall	116	2.1
Majority			1989	35.4
Turnout			5628
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Heaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie White	1,735	46.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Nelson	1394	37.0
	Conservative	Kenneth Wake	289	7.7
	Green	Andrew Gray	245	6.5
	BNP	Michael Strong	104	2.8
Majority			341	9.1
Turnout			3767
	Labour hold		Swing

South Jesmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Woodwark	1,936	48.6
	Labour	Tom Hardwick	997	25.0
	Conservative	Joanne Lavender	726	20.0
	Green	Tony Waterston	262	6.6
	BNP	Sheila Gregory	60	1.5
Majority			939	23.6
Turnout			3981
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Walker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Stokel-Walker	2,703	70.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Burn	626	16.2
	BNP	John Mitchell	281	7.3
	Conservative	Marian McWilliams	250	6.5
Majority			2077	53.8
Turnout			3860
	Labour hold		Swing

Walkergate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Lowson	2,009	46.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Besag	1706	39.1
	Conservative	Stephen Lowrey	346	7.9
	BNP	Shaun Russell	303	6.9
Majority			303	6.9
Turnout			4364
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

West Gosforth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Shepherd	2,847	50.9
	Conservative	Karen Jewers	1485	26.6
	Labour	Howard Elcock	941	16.8
	Green	Sandy Irvine	237	4.2
	BNP	Bill Curry	82	1.5
Majority			1363	24.3
Turnout			3981
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westerhope

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Hunter	1,947	36.5
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hamilton	1762	33.0
	Conservative	Jason Smith	1298	24.3
	BNP	Bill Armstrong	330	6.2
Majority			185	3.5
Turnout			5337
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Westgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geoff O'Brien	1,366	46.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Andras	843	28.7
	Conservative	Elaine Bamford	369	12.6
	BNP	Mick Roche	184	6.3
Majority			523	17.8
Turnout			2937
	Labour hold		Swing

Wingrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce McCarty	1,924	44.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Hollis	1078	24.7
	Conservative	Mehrban Sadiq	916	21.0
	Green	John Pearson	294	6.7
	BNP	Russ Rickerby	146	3.4
Majority			846	19.4
Turnout			4358
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolsington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Pattison	2,209	49.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Kenyon	1287	29.0
	Conservative	William Holloway	639	14.4
	BNP	Gary Gibson	307	6.9
Majority			922	20.7
Turnout			4442
	Labour hold		Swing