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2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
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6 May 2021 (2021-05-06)
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22 out of 66 seats to Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
34 seats needed for a majority
Turnout51,301 (35.5%)
  First party Second party
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Leader Martin Gannon Jonathan Wallace
Party Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 52 seats, 44.5% 14 seats, 26.9%
Seats before 51 12
Seats won 19 5
Seats after 52 13
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 25,633 11,261
Percentage 46.8% 20.6%
Swing Increase 2.3% Decrease 6.3%
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Map showing the results of the 2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Council control before election

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Labour

 Council control after election


Labour

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 summary

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2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Candidates Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour {{{candidates}}} 19 Steady 79.2 33 52 78.8 25,633 46.8 Increase2.5
  Liberal Democrats {{{candidates}}} 5 Steady 20.8 8 13 19.7 11,261 20.6 Decrease6.2
  Independent {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 1.5 213 0.4 Decrease0.2
  Conservative {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 12,344 22.5 Increase11.9
  Green {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,830 8.8 Increase0.1
  TUSC {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 288 0.5 New
  Workers Party {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 200 0.4 New
  Save Us Now {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 90 0.2 -0.7
  Reform {{{candidates}}} 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 71 0.1 New

Ward results

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Birtley

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Birtley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hazel Weatherley 977 53.2 +14.9%
Labour Catherine Davison 898 49.0 +10.7%
Liberal Democrats Paul Elliott 764 41.6 +25.5%
Conservative Joseph Callanan 496 26.0 +20.6%
Conservative Richard Herdman 366 20.0 +12.6%
Green Jonathon Taylor 169 9.2 New
Majority 134 7.3
Turnout 1,841 28.9
Registered electors 6,159
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Blaydon

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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 523 23.2
Turnout 2,250 31.3
Registered electors 7,178
Labour hold Swing

Bridges

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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 559 33.6
Turnout 1,665 27.2
Registered electors 6,116
Labour hold Swing

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

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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 Metcalf 200 7.3 New
Liberal Democrats Jean Callender 115 4.2 −5.1%
Majority 792 28.9
Turnout 2,739 40.5
Registered electors 6,764
Labour hold Swing

Chowdene

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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 657 27.5
Turnout 2,391 35.5
Registered electors 6,742
Labour hold Swing

Crawcrook and Greenside

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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 321 11.0
Turnout 2,911 41.5
Registered electors 7,019
Labour hold Swing

Deckham

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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 Spurs 169 9.0 −2.8%
Green Gary Brooks 94 5.0 −11.6%
TUSC Norman Hall 68 3.6 New
Majority 520 27.4
Turnout 1,900 29.6
Registered electors 6,409
Labour hold Swing

Dunston and Teams

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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 Blanchflower 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 730 40.3
Turnout 1,811 28.8
Registered electors 6,294
Labour hold Swing

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

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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 Blanchflower 153 5.6 −1.7%
Save Us Now Graham Steele 31 1.1 −4.1%
Majority 482 17.6
Turnout 2,744 41.1
Registered electors 6,679
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Felling

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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 517 33.9
Turnout 1,523 26.8
Registered electors 5,686
Labour hold Swing

High Fell

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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 471 27.3
Turnout 1,727 28.4
Registered electors 6,072
Labour hold Swing

Lamesley

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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 229 11.2
Turnout 2,038 27.8
Registered electors 7,323
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lobley Hill and Bensham

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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 690 30.0
Turnout 2,300 33.1
Registered electors 6,959
Labour hold Swing

Low Fell

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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 564 16.6
Turnout 3,406 48.8
Registered electors 6,978
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Pelaw and Heworth

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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 648 26.1
Turnout 2,485 38.4
Registered electors 6,478
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Ryton Crookhill and Stella

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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 Stephen Osborne 71 2.5 New
TUSC Ros Cooper 50 1.7 −0.2%
Majority 1002 34.6
Turnout 2,894 41.9
Registered electors 6,909
Labour hold Swing

Saltwell

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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 287 14.3
Turnout 2,006 32.5
Registered electors 6,174
Labour hold Swing

Wardley and Leam Lane

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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 676 31.7
Turnout 2,133 35.4
Registered electors 6,022
Labour hold Swing

Whickham North

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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 1016 39.3
Turnout 2,586 41.3
Registered electors 6,258
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whickham South and Sunniside

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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 722 24.0
Turnout 3,005 45.7
Registered electors 6,573
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Windy Nook and Whitehills

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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 598 27.2
Turnout 2,197 31.2
Registered electors 7,049
Labour hold Swing

Winlaton and High Spen

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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 396 14.4
Turnout 2,749 40.5
Registered electors 6,788
Labour hold Swing

References

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  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Local election results 2021". Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Archived from the original on 18 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
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