Local Election Results 3rd May 2007 Andrew Teale

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Tyne and Wear

4.1

Birtley Neil Weatherley Lab 1,213 Bernadette Oliphant Lab 1,150 Betty Gallon Lib 814 Daniel Carr LD 398 Andrea Gatiss C 203 Allan Davidson C 277 Kevin Scott BNP 265 (2) Malcolm Brain Lab 1,338 Dunston and Teams Stephen Ronchetti Lab 1,047 Mark Gardner LD 764 Maureen Clelland Lab 940 Colin Ball LD 543 Michael Ruddy LD 357 Trevor Murray C 182 Andrew Swaddle BNP 252 Margaret Bell C 179 Bridges

Bob Goldsworthy Lab 888 Dunston Hill and East Peter Andras LD 352 George Johnson BNP 213 Yvonne McNicol LD 1,603 Ada Callanan C 193 Gary Haley Lab 1,082 John Callanan C 171 and Saira Munro BNP 165 Michael McNestry Lab 1,716 Raymond Callender LD 800 Maureen Moor C 269 Felling Kenneth Hutton BNP 171 Paul McNally Lab 1,149 David Lucas LD 316 Chowdene Keith McFarlane BNP 205 Steve Wraith C 189 Keith Wood Lab 1,523 Daniel Duggan C 578 Glenys Goodwill LD 425 Terrence Jopling BNP 231 High Fell

Malcolm Graham Lab 1,100 and Greenside Ann McCarthy LD 250 Derek Anderson LD 1,598 Jim Batty UKIP 194 Helen Hughes Lab 1,084 June Murray C 157 Leonard Davidson C 151 Ronald Fairlamb BNP 151

48 4.1. GATESHEAD 49

Consolidated Results — Gateshead Labour ...... 25,736 46.5% 14 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 19,641 35.5% 8 councillors Conservative ...... 4,863 8.8% British National Party ...... 2,701 4.9% Liberal Party ...... 1,371 2.5% Independents...... 805 1.5% UK Independence Party ...... 194 0.4%

Lamesley Saltwell

Christine Bradley Lab 1,183 Mick Henry Lab 1,193 Diane Miller Lib 557 Norman Spours LD 384 Brian Weatherburn Ind 461 Edward Bohill C 234 Sheila Everatt C 237 Jacqueline Swaddle BNP 172

Wardley and Leam Lane Lobley Hill and Stuart Green Lab 1,362 Frank Donovan Lab 1,222 John Diston LD 655 Susan Craig LD 1,169 Adrian Anderson C 259 George Bainbridge BNP 260 Hazel Anderson C 121 Whickham North Christopher Ord LD 1,484 Elaine Dobson Lab 854 Elaine Robertson C 288 Ron Beadle LD 1,647 Les Milne Lab 700 Whickham South and Sunniside Bob Avery Ind 344 Paul Sterling C 331 Jonathan Wallace LD 2,043 Peter de Vere Lab 570 John Robertson C 327 and Heworth and Whitehills Doreen Boyes LD 1,142 Iain Derrick Lab 900 Jim Turnbull Lab 1,556 Edward McFarlane BNP 207 Susan Walker LD 490 Michael Cassidy BNP 275 Eric Young C 194 Ryton, Crookhill and Stella Winlaton and High Spen Norman Callender LD 1,680 Joyce Harris Lab 761 Brenda Osborne LD 1,541 Antoinette Sterling C 168 Brenda Clelland Lab 1,205 Medina Gilham BNP 134 Karl Gatiss C 155 50 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Ryton, Crookhill & Stella

Bridges Blaydon Crawcrook Dunston Felling Pelaw & Heworth & Greenside & Teams

Deckham Whickham N. Dunston Winlaton & Hill &

High Spen Saltwell Whickham Lobley Hill E. Windy Nook & Bensham Wardley & & Whitehills Leam Lane Low High Fell Fell

Chowdene Whickham S. & Sunniside

Chopwell & Rowlands Gill

Lamesley

Birtley

Figure 4.1: Gateshead 2007

4.2

Note:— The election in Wingrove ward was postponed due to the death of a candidate. Comm = Communist Party

Benwell and Scotswood Denton Hazel Stephenson Lab 1,648 Graham Middleton LD 1,551 Catherine Pagan LD 465 Tracy Paul Lab 1,079 Maureen Smith C 450 Jon Aydon C 415 John Keys BNP 319 Sheila Gregory BNP 302 Laurence Ellacott Grn 149

East Michael Cookson LD 1,574 Philip Lower LD 1,511 Brian Moore C 653 Oskar Avery Lab 1,000 Catherine McKinnel Lab 559 Michael Roche BNP 230 David Coombes Grn 309 Kenneth Waker C 230

Elswick Dipu Ahad Lab 1,284 Andrew McQuillin LD 379 Veronica Dunn Lab 1,356 Ken Booth BNP 309 Simon Forrester LD 445 Ron Toward C 186 Steve Shears BNP 246 Dean Huggins Respect 137 Alice Gingell C 194

Fawdon Castle Ronald Clark LD 1,923 Ian Laverick LD 1,830 Jacky Foley Lab 778 Jennifer du Cane C 662 Timothy Troman C 230 Ash Nehmet Lab 589

Fenham Dene Terry Cooney Lab 1,377 Bob Renton LD 1,846 John McClurey LD 1,373 Yvonne Bell Lab 561 Duncan James C 305 Heather Chambers C 551 Tom Sisterton BNP 250 4.2. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 51

Kenton South

Stephen Lambert Lab 1,483 Bob Walker LD 908 David Turner LD 745 Barry Flux C 351 Charlotte Ives C 431 Elizabeth Mitsides Lab 309 Malcolm Shiel Grn 183 (2) [LD gain from Lab] Lawrence Hunter LD 1,617 Joanne Park LD 1,475 Walker Viv Browne BNP 303 Helen McStravick Lab 887 Margaret Wood Lab 1,625 Antoine Tinnion Lab 853 Michael Burn LD 455 Alan Birkmyre C 154 John Mitchell BNP 239 Mary Toward C 124 Deborah Storey C 137 Martin Levy Comm 26 [LD gain from Lab] Michael Lynch LD 1,403 John O’Shea Lab 1,371 Alan Patterson BNP 337 Pauline Allen LD 1,752 Christopher Martin C 157 Maureen Lowson Lab 1,005 Marian McWilliams C 153 North Heaton Karen Robinson LD 1,734 Christopher Wilkie Lab 698 Stephen Brownlee C 386 Andrew Gray Grn 293 Pat Hillicks LD 2,029 Brian Hunter Lab 917 North Jesmond Jason Smith C 523 Shaun Russell BNP 237 Ronald Armstrong LD 1,065 Stephen Maratos Lab 316 Stephen Warrick C 311 John Pearson Grn 202 Westgate Joanne Kingsland Lab 776 James Kenyon LD 354 Gareth Cooper LD 861 Alexander le Vey C 152 Farah McArdle Lab 472 Daniel Thorlby BNP 114 Alastair Bonnett Grn 221 Ann Wake C 111 Parklands Jackie Slesenger LD 2,111 David Brook LD 2,102 Benjamin Fletcher C 797 Neville Armstrong C 703 Bill Dodds Lab 461 Susan Pearson Lab 429 Dawn Shiel Grn 190 Andrea Bell Ind 222

South Heaton (2) [Lab gain from LD] (2) [Lab gain from LD] Henri Murison Lab 904 Christopher Bartlett Lab 879 Kevin Graham Lab 1,558 Ed Davies LD 824 Sharon Pattison Lab 1,548 Henry Gallagher LD 796 Bill Thorkildsen LD 1,333 Michael Rabley Grn 240 David Down LD 1,263 David Shepherdson Grn 194 Colin Forster C 221 Dominic Llewellyn C 114 Chris Carnegie BNP 206 Martin Robson C 98 Irene Forster C 188 52 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Newcastle upon Tyne Liberal Democrat ...... 32,190 46.3% 17 councillors Labour ...... 23,442 33.7% 11 councillors Conservative ...... 8,577 12.3% British National Party ...... 3,092 4.5% Green Party ...... 1,787 2.6% Independent ...... 222 0.3% Respect — The Unity Coalition . . . . . 137 0.2% Communist Party ...... 26 0.0%

Castle

Parklands

Woolsington

Fawdon

Dene West Westerhope E. Gosforth Kenton Gosforth Blakelaw Newburn North N. Heaton Jesmond Denton Walkergate Wingrove S. S. Jesmond Heaton Lemington

Benwell & Westgate Ouseburn Scotswood Byker Walker

Elswick

Figure 4.2: Newcastle upon Tyne 2007 4.3. 53

4.3 North Tyneside

NF = National Front NNP = New Nationalist Party

Battle Hill South Mary Glindon Lab 1,444 Ken Mewett C 1,838 Christopher Croft LD 1,433 Ian Grayson Lab 1,614 Gladys Dobinson BNP 265 Benton David Ord LD 1,650 John Goodfellow C 1,813 Gary Madden Lab 546 Joanne Cassidy Lab 1,480 Miriam Smith C 164 Sarah Richards LD 345 Preston Camperdown Linda Arkley C 1,936 Raymond Glindon Lab 1,330 Daniel Jackson Lab 1,071 Norma Peggs C 460 Patricia Dawson LD 328 Riverside Gordon Steel BNP 308 Norma Redfearn Lab 1,262 Chirton John Carter LD 1,003 David Corkey Lab 1,377 St Mary’s Sandy Carter Ind 606 Margaret Kelly C 387 Ed Hodson C 2,761 Iain Campbell LD 549 Collingwood Michael Green Lab 439 Julia Macaulay C 1,777 Margaret Hall Lab 1,490 Kenneth Jordan C 2,005 Jane Shaw Lab 1,093 Lawrence Goveas C 2,577 Vicki Gilbert Lab 1,252 Valley Carole Gambling Lab 1,306 Louise Partis C 530 David Charlton Lab 1,309 Paul Moat LD 455 Johnny Croney LD 898 Robert Batten NF 371 Nigel Huscroft LD 1,459 Alan Keith Lab 667 Nigel Clothier C 1,413 Mark Straker BNP 161 Alison Waggott-Fairly Lab 1,143 Jayne Fleet C 140 Kenneth McGarrigle LD 302 Martin Collins Grn 132

Longbenton Weetslade Kevin Conroy Lab 1,492 Muriel Green Lab 1,672 Ronnie Fletcher LD 614 Judy McLellan C 1,423 Robin Underwood C 353 Raymond Taylor LD 515 Mark Nicholls NF 242 Monkseaton North Alison Austin C 1,662 Bill Prendergast C 1,970 Sandra Graham Lab 1,029 Glen Stillaway Lab 569 Allan Pond UKIP 181 Alison Campbell LD 514 Christopher Wallis NNP 59 54 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — North Tyneside Labour ...... 23,585 39.9% 8 councillors Conservative ...... 23,209 39.2% 10 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 10,065 17.0% 2 councillors British National Party ...... 734 1.2% National Front...... 613 1.0% Independent ...... 606 1.0% UK Independence Party ...... 181 0.3% Green Party ...... 132 0.2% New Nationalist Party ...... 59 0.1%

St Mary’s

Weetslade

Camperdown Monkseaton N. Whitley Valley Bay Monk− seaton S.

Killingworth Cullercoats

Benton Collingwood

Long− Tynemouth benton Preston

Battle Hill Chirton

Howdon Northumberland

Riverside Wallsend

Figure 4.3: North Tyneside 2007

4.4

STP = South Tyneside Progressive

Beacon and Bents Biddick and All Saints [Lab gain from LD] Audrey McMillan Lab 905 Ahmed Khan Ind 872 Tom Pigott Lab 844 James Hills BNP 358 Steve Pattison Ind 719 Edward Russell C 174 Bill Troupe LD 308 Henry Pearce UKIP 130 David Richardson BNP 147 Lynne Barber Grn 126 Christopher Taylor C 96 Gordon Robertshaw Ind 121

Boldon Colliery

Linda Waggott Lab 1,279 Greenwell Jewitt Ind 1,132 Gerry Brebner C 320 Bede

Maisie Stewart Lab 1,150 and East Boldon Anita Campbell Ind 624 Ann Wilson LD 285 Donald Wood C 1,988 Michael Emms C 133 Joan Atkinson Lab 1,080 4.4. SOUTH TYNESIDE 55

Consolidated Results — South Tyneside Labour ...... 18,229 41.5% 12 councillors Independents...... 11,777 26.8% 3 councillors Conservative ...... 5,770 13.1% 1 councillor Liberal Democrat ...... 2,830 6.4% 1 councillor South Tyneside Progressive ...... 2,393 5.4% 1 councillor British National Party ...... 1,942 4.4% Green Party ...... 790 1.8% UK Independence Party ...... 130 0.3% Socialist Party ...... 78 0.2%

Cleadon Park Monkton George Elsom Ind 1,094 Alan Kerr Lab 863 Anne Walsh Lab 618 John Hodgson Ind 743 Timothy Williams C 198 Susan Troupe LD 282 Caroline McLaughlin BNP 221 John Cameron C 217 Fellgate and Hedworth [Ind gain John Bissett Soc 78 from Lab] George Waddle Ind 1,169 Primrose Moira Smith Lab 855 Barrie Scorrer Lab 1,066 David Fettis C 150 Peter Hodgkinson BNP 504 Bryan Atkinson Grn 139 Walter Armstrong C 270 Christopher Haine Grn 221 Harton [Lab gain from STP] Simonside and Rekendyke Rob Dix Lab 1,303 Gordon Finch STP 1,074 Michael Clare Lab 1,171 Bill Shield C 267 Gary Davison STP 427 Brian Paget Grn 211 Barbara Surtees C 235 Nader Ashfari-Naderi LD 231

Hebburn North Westoe John McKie LD 910 Jane Branley Ind 2,065 Peter McGinley Lab 847 Ken Stephenson Lab 516 Martin Vaughan BNP 342 Anthony Dailly C 226 Kevin Richardson C 104 West Park South Marjorie Robinson STP 892 Henry McAtominey Lab 1,347 Doreen Purvis Lab 618 Mac Hardy Ind 710 Carole Troupe LD 270 Billy Robinson LD 357 Marilyn Huartt C 211 John Coe C 181 Whitburn and Marsden Horsley Hill Sylvia Spraggon Lab 960 Harry Norman Ind 883 Iain Malcolm Lab 1,358 Fiona Milburn C 606 Mervyn Owen Ind 636 Patricia Pigott C 394 Leslie Lovelock BNP 370 Whiteleas Louise Clements LD 187 Ernest Gibson Lab 1,449 Rachel Taylor Grn 93 Robin Coombes Ind 1,009 56 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Beacon & Bents

Horsley Hill Westoe

West Park Hebburn N. Primrose Bede Harton

Monkton

Simonside & Rekendyke Cleadon Whiteleas Park

Hebburn S.

Biddick & All Saints Whitburn & Marsden

Cleadon & Boldon East Boldon Colliery Fellgate & Hedworth

Figure 4.4: South Tyneside 2007

4.5

N9S = British First Party (November 9th Society)

Barnes Hendon Lee Martin C 1,767 Thomas Martin Lab 1,045 Helmut Izaks Lab 747 Sammy Doran Ind 453 Robert Boyce LD 492 Deborah Lorraine C 442 John McCaffrey BNP 287 David Guynan BNP 362 Tafazzal Hussain Respect 129 Castle Denny Wilson Lab 1,675 Hetton Ian McDonald BNP 395 Ronald McQuillan Ind 276 Florence Anderson Lab 1,506 Martin Anderson C 191 Philip Dowell LD 489 John Richardson BNP 402 Copt Hill [Ind gain from Lab] George Brown C 328 Colin Wakefield Ind 1,382 Juliana Heron Lab 1,146 Houghton Richard Vardy C 358 Michael Webb BNP 176 Kath Rolph Lab 1,496 Margaret Gibbons LD 159 John Finn Ind 544 Douglas Middlemiss C 338 Doxford Avril Snowball LD 326 Peter Swain BNP 246 David Errington Lab 1,041 Mike Tansey Ind 924 Alistair Newton C 701 Millfield Lesley Dathan BNP 243 Kevin O’Connor Lab 754 Jim Major LD 698 Fulwell Gwennyth Gibson C 306 John Walton C 2,077 Christopher Lathan BNP 198 Bob Price Lab 968 Rachel Moore Ind 166 Geoffrey Pryke LD 507 Keith Adshead Respect 95 Joseph Dobbie BNP 304 Pauline Featonby-Warren UKIP 72 4.5. SUNDERLAND 57

Pallion Paul Watson Lab 1,061 John Scott Lab 1,656 Michael Leadbitter C 445 Eddie Wake C 740 Fred Dove Ind 314 George Parkin Ind 353 James Davison BNP 279 Sharon Leadbitter BNP 309 Ann Hollern LD 277 Silksworth Redhill Peter Gibson Lab 1,637 Richard Bell Lab 1,426 Patricia Francis C 929 Ian Leadbitter BNP 585 Anthony James BNP 395 Paula Wilkinson C 275 Lesley Dixon Ind 176 Southwick Julie Potter N9S 78 Christine Shattock Lab 1,193 Terence Docherty C 541 Alan Brettwood BNP 463 Ellen Ball Lab 1,194 Anne Griffin LD 278 Christopher Fairs C 872 Stephen Hanratty Ind 190 Patrick Lavelle Ind 443 Frederick Donkin BNP 383 Washington Central Eric Timmins Lab 1,522 St Anne’s Jackie Atkinson C 727 Sylvia Old Lab 1,172 David Snowball LD 556 Marjorie Matthews C 399 Clive Thompson BNP 329 Deborah Boyd BNP 260 John Martin N9S 257 Washington East [C gain from Lab] Leslie Wascoe LD 238 Ian Cuthbert C 1,245 Bryan Williams Lab 1,220 St Chad’s [C gain from Lab] Malcolm Bannister LD 441 BNP Michael Dixon C 1,563 David Laing 195 Stuart Porthouse Lab 1,348 Carol Dobbie BNP 248 Washington North Chain Singh Gill Ind 175 Peter Walker Lab 1,567 Paul Hillman LD 441 St Michael’s Kathleen Irvine C 441 Peter Wood C 1,928 Lynne Hudson BNP 254 Michael Mordey Lab 827 Martin Quinn Ind 293 Washington South [C gain from Ian Sayers BNP 196 Lab] Kathryn Chamberlin C 1,066 St Peter’s Louise Farthing Lab 1,019 Graham Hall C 1,361 David Griffin LD 444 Linda Mitchell Lab 968 William Ramshaw BNP 222 Diana Matthew LD 417 Walter Scott Ind 124 Derek Wright BNP 275 Robbie Menzies Ind 86 Washington West Harry Trueman Lab 1,540 Sandhill Irene Bannister LD 530 David Forbes Lab 1,420 Olwyn Bird C 509 Gordon Newton C 674 Jason Dent BNP 239 Joseph Dobbie BNP 408 Ian Snowball Ind 93 58 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2007

Consolidated Results — Sunderland Labour ...... 31,148 43.3% 17 councillors Conservative ...... 20,223 28.1% 7 councillors British National Party ...... 7,653 10.6% Liberal Democrat ...... 6,293 8.7% Independents...... 5,992 8.3% 1 councillor British First Party (November 9th So- 335 0.5% ciety) ...... Respect — The Unity Coalition . . . . . 224 0.3% UK Independence Party ...... 72 0.1%

Fulwell

Redhill Washington W. Southwick St Peter’s Washington N. Castle

Pallion Millfield Hendon St Anne’s Washing− ton C. Barnes St Michael’s

Washington E. Sandhill Silksworth Washington S. Shiney Row St Chad’s Ryhope

Doxford

Houghton Copt Hill

Hetton

Figure 4.5: Sunderland 2007 Index of Wards

Barnes (Sunderland), 56 Fenham, 50 Primrose, 55 Battle Hill, 53 Fulwell (Sunderland), 56 Beacon & Bents, 54 Redhill, 57 Bede, 54 Gateshead, 48 Riverside (N. Tyneside), 53 Benton, 53 Ryhope, 57 Benwell & Scotswood, 50 Harton, 55 Ryton, Crookhill & Stella, Biddick & All Saints, 54 Hebburn N., 55 49 Birtley, 48 Hebburn S., 55 Blakelaw, 50 Hendon (Sunderland), 56 St Anne’s (Sunderland), 57 Blaydon, 48 Hetton, 56 St Chad’s, 57 Boldon Colliery, 54 High Fell, 48 St Mary’s (N. Tyneside), 53 Bridges, 48 Horsley Hill, 55 St Michael’s (Sunderland), Byker, 50 Houghton, 56 57 Howdon, 53 St Peter’s (Sunderland), 57 Camperdown, 53 Saltwell, 49 Castle (Newcastle upon Kenton (Newcastle upon Sandhill, 57 Tyne), 50 Tyne), 51 Shiney Row, 57 Castle (Sunderland), 56 Killingworth, 53 Silksworth, 57 Chirton, 53 Simonside & Rekendyke, 55 Chopwell & Rowlands Gill, Lamesley, 49 South Heaton, 51 48 Lemington, 51 South Jesmond, 51 Chowdene, 48 Lobley Hill & Bensham, 49 South Tyneside, 54 Cleadon & East Boldon, 54 , 53 Southwick, 57 Cleadon Park, 55 Low Fell, 49 Sunderland, 56 Collingwood, 53 Copt Hill, 56 Millfield, 56 Tynemouth, 53 Crawcrook & Greenside, 48 Monkseaton N., 53 Cullercoats, 53 Monkseaton S., 53 Valley (N. Tyneside), 53 Monkton, 55 Deckham, 48 Walker, 51 Dene, 50 Newburn, 51 Walkergate, 51 Denton, 50 Newcastle upon Tyne, 50 Wallsend, 53 Doxford, 56 North Heaton, 51 Wardley & Leam Lane, 49 Dunston & Teams, 48 North Jesmond, 51 Washington C., 57 Dunston Hill & Whickham North Tyneside, 53 Washington E., 57 E., 48 Northumberland, 53 Washington N., 57 Washington S., 57 , 50 Ouseburn, 51 Washington W., 57 Elswick, 50 Weetslade, 53 Pallion, 57 West Gosforth, 51 Fawdon, 50 Parklands, 51 West Park (S. Tyneside), 55 Fellgate & Hedworth, 55 Pelaw & Heworth, 49 Westerhope, 51 Felling, 48 Preston (N. Tyneside), 53 Westgate, 51

212 4.5. SUNDERLAND 213

Westoe, 55 49 Windy Nook & Whitehills, Whitburn & Marsden, 55 49 Whickham N., 49 Whiteleas, 55 Winlaton & High Spen, 49 Whickham S. & Sunniside, Whitley Bay, 53 Woolsington, 51