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Map showing the results of the 2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in England on the same day as other local elections.[1] One-third of the seats were up for election, with two wards (Birtley and Lamesley) electing two councillors.[2]

Results[edit]

2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 19 Steady 79.2 33 52 78.8 25,633 46.8 Increase2.5
  Liberal Democrats 5 Steady 20.8 8 13 19.7 11,261 20.6 Decrease6.2
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 1.5 213 0.4 Decrease0.2
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 12,324 22.5 Increase11.9
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,693 8.6 Increase0.1
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 288 0.5 New
  Workers Party 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 200 0.4 New
  Save Us Now 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 90 0.2 -0.7
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 71 0.1 New

Ward results[edit]

Birtley[edit]

Birtley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hazel Weatherley 977 53.2 +14.9%
Labour Catherine Davidson 898 49.0 +10.7%
Liberal Democrats Paul Elliott 764 41.6 +25.5%
Conservative Joseph Callanan 476 26.0 +20.6%
Conservative Richard Herdman 366 20.0 +12.6%
Green Jonathon Taylor 169 9.2 New
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Blaydon[edit]

Blaydon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Ronchetti 1,165 52.1 -3.5%
Conservative Susan Wilson 642 28.7 +17.4%
Green Simon Easton 290 13.0 -6.1%
Liberal Democrats Amelia Ord 139 6.2 -1.2%
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Bridges[edit]

Bridges[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Eagle 916 55.6 -5.7%
Conservative Martin Backley 357 21.7 +6.3%
Green Nicholas Rush-Cooper 237 14.4 New
Liberal Democrats Gareth Cooper 138 8.4 -14.9%
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill[edit]

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Bradford 1,464 53.7 +4.8%
Conservative Brian Derrick 672 24.7 +15.1%
Green David Castleton 275 10.1 -2.5%
Workers Party Andrew Metcalfe 200 7.3 New
Liberal Democrats Jean Callender 115 4.2 -5.1%
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Chowdene[edit]

Chowdene[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McElroy 1,254 52.6 +5.3%
Conservative David Potts 597 25.0 +12.5%
Liberal Democrats Dawn Welsh 298 12.5 -6.9%
Green Thomas Newell 167 7.0 New
TUSC Marika Smith 68 2.9 New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Crawcrook and Greenside[edit]

Crawcrook and Greenside[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathleen McCartney 1,241 42.9 +1.4%
Green Diane Cadman 920 31.8 +6.0%
Conservative Christopher Coxon 654 22.6 +12.8%
Liberal Democrats David Randall 81 2.8 -4.4%
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Deckham[edit]

Deckham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leigh Kirton 1,036 55.0 -2.8%
Conservative Josh Knotts 516 27.4 +13.6%
Liberal Democrats Norman Spours 169 9.0 -2.8%
Green Gary Brooks 94 5.0 -11.6%
TUSC Norman Hall 68 3.6 New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Dunston and Teams[edit]

Dunston and Teams[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brenda Clelland 1,118 62.1 +3.5%
Conservative Jordan-Lee Guthrie 388 21.6 +11.0%
Green Andy Banchflower 137 7.6 -7.8%
Liberal Democrats Beth Gordon 116 6.4 -1.9%
Save Us Now Susan Hall 41 2.3 -4.8%
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Dunston Hill and Whickham East[edit]

Dunston Hill and Whickham East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Maughan 1,325 48.6 -4.1%
Labour Lee-Ann Moir 843 30.9 +0.8%
Conservative Jak Hocking 376 13.8 +9.1%
Green Isabel Banchflower 153 5.6 -1.7%
Save Us Now Graham Steele 31 1.1 -4.1%
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Felling[edit]

Felling[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sonya Dickie 871 57.4 -6.7%
Conservative Peter Jackson 354 23.3 +10.5%
Liberal Democrats David Fawcett 178 11.7 -11.4%
Green Neil Grant 115 7.6 New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

High Fell[edit]

High Fell[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jill Green 861 50.1 -6.3%
Conservative Francis Athey 390 22.7 +10.0%
Independent Thomas Holder 189 11.0 New
TUSC Elaine Brunskill 102 5.9 -3.2%
Liberal Democrats Robinson Stanaway 81 4.7 -7.4%
Green Gabriel Rubinstein 70 4.1 New
Independent Andrew Marshall 24 1.4 New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Lamesley[edit]

Lamesley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Judith Turner 1,218 59.8 +7.0%
Labour Jane McCoid 1,040 51.0 -1.8%
Conservative Sheila Everatt 811 39.8 +18.7%
Conservative Ali Pargam 504 24.8 +3.7%
Green Ashleigh McLean 276 13.6 New
Liberal Democrats Daniel Clarke 225 11.0 +0.8%
Majority
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lobley Hill and Bensham[edit]

Lobley Hill and Bensham[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Catherine Donovan 1,295 56.6 +7.6%
Conservative Janice Hutchinson 605 26.4 +12.9%
Green Andy Redfern 211 9.2 -5.4%
Liberal Democrats Lynda Duggan 177 7.7 -9.8%
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Low Fell[edit]

Low Fell[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Daniel Duggan 1,730 51.0 -6.9%
Labour Calvin Lawson 1,166 34.4 +8.0%
Conservative Paul Sterling 312 9.2 +3.0%
Green Mark Gorman 186 5.5 -4.0%
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pelaw and Heworth[edit]

Pelaw and Heworth[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Patterson 1,392 56.2 +4.7%
Labour Vinnie Humphries 744 30.0 -0.6%
Conservative John Gardiner 176 7.1 +4.5%
Green Nick Boldrini 166 6.7 +1.4%
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ryton Crookhill and Stella[edit]

Ryton Crookhill and Stella[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Buckley 1,547 53.6 +4.4%
Conservative Lucinda Wilson 545 18.9 +11.7%
Liberal Democrats Julie Maughan 339 11.7 -5.7%
Green Andrew Mason 334 11.6 +5.1%
Reform UK Stephen Osborne 71 2.5 New
TUSC Ros Cooper 50 1.7 -0.2%
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Saltwell[edit]

Saltwell[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise Robson 877 44.1 -7.0%
Liberal Democrats Leanne Brand 590 29.6 +17.0%
Conservative Alan Bond 320 16.1 -3.2%
Green Rachel Cabral 185 9.3 -7.7%
Save Us Now Craig Gallagher 18 0.9 New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Wardley and Leam Lane[edit]

Wardley and Leam Lane[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Green 1,266 59.6 +5.7%
Conservative John McNeil 590 27.8 +17.9%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Wintcher 136 6.4 -7.3%
Green John Aspinall 131 6.2 New
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Whickham North[edit]

Whickham North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sonya Hawkins 1,464 56.8 -13.6%
Labour Jeff Bowe 574 22.3 -0.2%
Conservative John Callanan 448 17.4 +10.3%
Green Tom Jamieson 92 3.6 New
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whickham South and Sunniside[edit]

Whickham South and Sunniside[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Mohammed 1,471 49.1 -23.8%
Labour Pamela Burns 699 23.3 +5.1%
Conservative Perry Wilson 656 21.9 +13.1%
Green Bryony Taylor 170 5.7 New
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Windy Nook and Whitehills[edit]

Windy Nook and Whitehills[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Mullen 1,199 55.0 -3.4%
Conservative Kyle Murray 601 27.6 +14.6%
Liberal Democrats Susan Walker 220 10.1 -4.2%
Green Christina Grant 160 7.3 -7.0%
Majority
Labour hold Swing

Winlaton and High Spen[edit]

Winlaton and High Spen[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Simpson 1,364 49.8 -4.3%
Conservative Lewis Ormston 968 35.4 +16.8%
Green Paul McNally 292 10.7 -8.5%
Liberal Democrats Steven Hawkins 113 4.1 -4.0%
Majority
Labour hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ "NOTICE OF ELECTION Gateshead" (PDF). Gateshead.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. ^ Soden, Herbert (14 April 2021). "Full list of candidates standing in Gateshead Council local elections 2021". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "NOTICE OF POLL Gateshead" (PDF). Gateshead.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Gateshead_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election