2014 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

As part of the wider 2014 United Kingdom local elections, the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead had 22 of its 66 seats up for election under the common one-thirds system. All of these councillors were elected for four year terms.

Election Breakdown by Ward

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Birtley

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Birtley ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Foy 1,208 55.6
Liberal Kathy King 743 34.2
Conservative Andrea Gatiss 220 10.1
Majority 465
Turnout

Blaydon

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Blaydon ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathryn Ferdinand 1,302 57.7
UKIP Glynis Legatt 620 27
Conservative Edward Ainscow 205 9.1
Liberal Democrats Stuart John McClurey 128 5.7
Majority 682
Turnout

Bridges

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Bridges ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Douglas 1,065 61.1
UKIP Tom Hall 404 23.2
Conservative John Gardiner 149 8.5
Liberal Democrats Phil Hunter 126 7.2
Majority 661
Turnout

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

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Chopwell and Rowlands Gill ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Caffrey 1,701 60.0
UKIP Dave Brothers 718 25.2
Conservative Karl Gatiss 254 8.9
Liberal Democrats Amelia Louise Lowery 167 5.9
Majority 989
Turnout

Chowdene

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Chowdene ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maureen Goldsworthy 1,697 65.5
Conservative John Callanan 483 18.7
TUSC Mark Robertson 249 9.6
Liberal Democrats Edna May Graham 160 6.2
Majority 1,214
Turnout

Crawcrook and Greenside

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Crawcrook and Greenside ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Graham 1,562 61.5
Liberal Democrats Tom David Hancock 356 14.0
Green Ralf Russow 319 12.6
Conservative Jeremy Peter Fry 301 11.9
Majority 1,206
Turnout

Deckham

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Deckham ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Gannon 1,323 64.9
Conservative May Ainscow 240 11.8
TUSC Corrina Helene Smith 178 8.7
Liberal Democrats Daniel Stephen Duggan 113 5.5
Majority 1,083
Turnout

Dunston and Teams

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Dunston and Teams ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauline Dillon 1,053 58.4
UKIP Paul Innerd 468 26.0
Green Andy Blanchflower 104 5.8
Liberal Democrats David Lumsden 51 2.8
Conservative Christopher James MacAllister 127 7.0
Majority 585
Turnout

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

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Dunston Hill and Whickham East ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alison Elizabeth Chatto 1,046 37.1
Liberal Democrats Kevin Philip McClurey 968 34 34.4
UKIP Dot Lynch 527 18.7
Conservative Jak Hocking 167 5.9
Green Mary Blanchflower 108 3.8
Majority 78
Turnout

Felling

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Felling ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Dick 1,111 59.4
UKIP Mick McGuire 501 26.8
Conservative Trevor Charles Murray 142 6.7
Liberal Democrats Ian Gill 61 3.3
TUSC Sam Neill 54 2.9
Majority 610
Turnout

High Fell

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High Fell ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Doreen Davidson 1,107 58.9
UKIP Albert Mac 453 24.1
Conservative Edward Bohill 136 7.2
TUSC Elaine Brunskill 120 6.4
Liberal Democrats Norman Spours 63 3.4
Majority 654
Turnout

Lamesley

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Lamesley ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Foy (politician) 1,392 58.7
Independent Brian Weatherburn 449 18.9
Conservative Sheila Everatt 311 13.1
Liberal Betty Gallon 219 9.2
Majority 943
Turnout

Lobley Hill and Bensham

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Lobley Hill and Bensham ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Michael Dodds 1,182 48.9
UKIP Jenny Colls-Kitchener 704 29.2
Conservative Valerie Bond 189 7.8
Liberal Democrats Dave G Fawcett 181 7.5
Green Andy Redfern 159 6.6
Majority 478
Turnout

Low Fell

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Low Fell ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Susan Craig 1,348 43.1
Labour Stephen Gibson 997 31.9
UKIP John Tennant 538 17.2
Conservative Paul Sterling 213 6.8
People's Democratic Party Lee Robert Holmes 30 1.0
Majority 997
Turnout

Pelaw and Heworth

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Pelaw and Heworth ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Adelaide Wheeler 1,096 48.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Patterson 652 28.5
UKIP Mark Douglas 442 19.3
Conservative Maureen Moor 95 4.2
Majority
Turnout

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

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Ryton, Crookhill and Stella ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christine Margaret McHatton 1,158 37.4
Labour Jon Comb 1,027 33.2
UKIP Alan Robert Craig 671 21.7
Green Sarah McKeown 149 4.8
Conservative Antoinette Margaret Sterling 90 2.9
Majority 131
Turnout

Saltwell

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Saltwell ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Frederick Adams 1,218 62.0
UKIP John Kitchener 414 21.1
Conservative Alan Bond 213 10.9
Liberal Democrats Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway 118 6.0
Majority 804
Turnout

Wardley and Leam Lane

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Wardley and leam lane ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter James Mole 1,429 65.0
Green Stephen Watson 370 16.8
Conservative Elizabeth Alexandrina Parker 266 12.1
Liberal Democrats John Paul Diston 134 6.1
Majority 1,059
Turnout

Whickham North

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Whickham North ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Thomas Craig 1,264 44.9
Labour Chris McHugh 963 34.2
UKIP Andrea Wright 445 15.8
Conservative Beryl Theresa Bennison 144 5.1
Majority 301
Turnout

Whickham South and Sunniside

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Whickham South and Sunniside ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Marilynn Ord 1,511 53.5
Labour Peter De-Vere 619 21.9
UKIP Mark Bell 430 15.2
Conservative Edward Gardner Parker 214 7.6
TUSC Joel Byers 50 1.8
Majority 892
Turnout

Windy Nook and Whitehills

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Windy Nook and Whitehills ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Graham 1,364 58.9
UKIP Bill McCough 634 27.4
Conservative Kyle Murray 147 6.3
Liberal Democrats Karen Therese Crozier 105 4.5
TUSC Norman Hall 67 2.9
Majority 730
Turnout

Winlaton and High Spen

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Winlaton and High Spen ward 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marilyn Charlton 1,413 52.3
UKIP Ray Tolley 769 28.4
Conservative Diana Maria Moore 254 9.4
Liberal Democrats Sandra McClurey 139 5.1
Green Paul Martin Luke McNally 129 4.8
Majority 644
Turnout

References

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