Local Election Results 1st May 2008 Tyne and Wear Andrew Teale
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Tyne and Wear
7.1 Gateshead
Birtley Deckham Kathy King Lib 1,053 Brian Coates Lab 1,029 Tom Collins Lab 1,003 Lisa Bradley LD 456 Josephine Walker C 273 Allan Davidson C 349 Kevin Scott BNP 297
Blaydon Stephen Ronchetti Lab 1,211 Dunston and Teams David Osborne LD 869 David Bollands Lab 971 Paul Duggan C 272 Michael Ruddy LD 309 Kelly Mares BNP 257 Margaret Bell C 243 Bridges Paul Harper Ind 34 John Eagle Lab 840 Philip Allen LD 317 Val Bond C 232 Dunston Hill and Whickham East Keith McFarlane BNP 222 Peter Maughan LD 1,402 Jennifer Peace Lab 806 Chopwell and Rowlands Gill John Callanan C 351 Kevin Berry Ind 260 John Hamilton Lab 1,547 Raymond Callender LD 720 Lynda Duggan C 443 Felling
Chowdene David Napier Lab 1,128 Dorothy Ruddy LD 287 John McElroy Lab 1,403 Trevor Murray C 219 Daniel Duggan C 593 Edward McFarlane BNP 210 Glenys Goodwill LD 354 Terrence Jopling BNP 243 Ind John Crozier 129 High Fell
Jean Lee Lab 992 Crawcrook and Greenside Ann McCarthy LD 275 Noel Rippeth LD 1,405 Maureen Moor C 225 Helen Hughes Lab 948 Ronald Fairlamb BNP 221 Leonard Davidson C 264 Andrew Marshall Ind 104
60 7.1. GATESHEAD 61
Consolidated Results — Gateshead Labour ...... 22,727 42.1% 13 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 18,612 34.5% 9 councillors Conservative ...... 6,910 12.8% British National Party ...... 3,107 5.8% Liberal Party ...... 1,597 3.0% 1 councillor Independents...... 983 1.8%
Lamesley Saltwell
Michael Hood Lab 1,215 Ian Mearns Lab 1,181 Betty Gallon Lib 544 Norman Spours LD 273 Brian Weatherburn Ind 411 Alan Bond C 243 Sheila Everatt C 318 Jacqueline Swaddle BNP 199
Wardley and Leam Lane Lobley Hill and Bensham Linda Green Lab 1,239 John Diston LD 510 Catherine Donovan Lab 1,243 John Richards BNP 335 Peter Andras LD 1,069 Cheryle Walker C 251 George Bainbridge BNP 226 Ada Callanan C 172 Whickham North Mary Wallace LD 1,363 Low Fell (2) Elaine Dobson Lab 701 Elaine Robertson C 336 Frank Hindle LD 2,046 Robert Woodhall BNP 288 Susan Craig LD 1,656 Geraldine Costello Lab 695 Paul Sterling C 639 Whickham South and Sunniside John Young Lab 484 Alan Ord LD 1,997 John Robertson C 538 Joyce McAndrew Lab 396 Pelaw and Heworth Windy Nook and Whitehills Ian Patterson LD 1,352 Iain Derrick Lab 755 Pat Ronan Lab 1,410 Andy Swaddle BNP 283 Susan Walker LD 481 Andrea Gatiss C 140 Medina Gilham BNP 326 Keith Dakers Ind 45 Eric Young C 278
Winlaton and High Spen [LD gain Ryton, Crookhill and Stella from Lab] Ione Rippeth LD 1,753 Elaine Earl LD 1,374 Alexander Geddes Lab 704 Brenda Clelland Lab 1,310 Antoinette Sterling C 247 Karl Gatiss C 284 62 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2008
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 7.1: Gateshead 2008
FEP = Free England Party Left = Left List
Benwell and Scotswood Denton Robert Higgins Lab 1,441 Peter Arnold LD 1,707 Kelvin Gardiner LD 612 Helen McStravick Lab 882 Glen Watson BNP 429 Jon Aydon C 374 Neil Archibald C 366 Bill Curry BNP 337 Laurence Ellacott Grn 145 Ian Proud UKIP 135
Blakelaw East Gosforth Peter Leggott LD 1,892 Gerard Keating LD 1,396 Alan Birkmyre C 630 Antoine Tinnion Lab 855 Bialu Ngituka Lab 502 Margaret Johnson C 295 Mick Roche BNP 270 Elswick Byker Doreen James Lab 933 Ken Booth BNP 657 George Allison Lab 1,258 Amjad Aslam Ind 339 Annie Gravell LD 377 Andrew McQuillin LD 309 Steve Shears BNP 285 Ron Toward C 179 Alice Gingell C 208 Dean Huggins Left 27 Allen Divall Ind 97 Fawdon Castle Brenda Hindmarsh LD 1,770 Catherine McKinnell Lab 620 Ian Graham LD 1,869 Martin Thomson FEP 367 Jennifer du Cane C 771 Stephen Warrick C 194 Ash Nehmet Lab 481
Fenham [LD gain from Lab] Dene Colin Dalglish LD 1,491 Wendy Taylor LD 1,908 George Johnson Lab 1,188 Heather Chambers C 613 Shaun Russell BNP 295 Yvonne Bell Lab 525 Denis Flaherty C 290 7.2. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 63
Kenton South Jesmond Margaret Carter Lab 1,371 Chris Boyle LD 946 David Turner LD 752 Barry Flux C 430 Barney Baber C 471 Tom Hardwick Lab 354
Lemington [LD gain from Lab] Walker Liz Langfield LD 1,280 Barry Phillipson Lab 1,131 David Wood Lab 1,444 Graham Hodgson BNP 325 Michael Burn LD 496 Sarah Armstrong C 248 John Mitchell BNP 274 Marian McWilliams C 172 Anna Heyman Grn 97 Newburn [LD gain from Lab] Martin Levy Comm 31 Mike Curthoys LD 1,353 Anne Whittaker Lab 1,223 Sheila Gregory BNP 333 Walkergate Maureen Smith C 236 Peter Allen LD 1,596 Maureen Lowson Lab 809 North Heaton David Tullin BNP 278 Stephen Lowrey C 195 Doreen Huddart LD 1,693 David Denholm Lab 688 James Langley C 398 Westerhope Chris Hayday Grn 281 Marc Donnelly LD 2,085 North Jesmond (2) Brian Hunter Lab 847 Jason Smith C 652 Peter Breakey LD 1,013 Daniel Thorlby BNP 311 Catherine Pagan LD 944 Fiona Clarke Lab 486 Sophie White Lab 397 Westgate Ben Fletcher C 371 Rosie Fletcher C 340 Nick Forbes Lab 938 James Kenyon LD 305 Ouseburn Charlotte Ball C 206 Stephen Psallidas LD 814 Patrick Clarke Lab 451 West Gosforth Dave Shepherdson Grn 181 Nick Cott LD 2,084 Emma Carr C 146 Neville Armstrong C 840 Howard Elcock Lab 428 Parklands (2) John Shipley LD 2,255 David Down LD 1,984 Wingrove [Lab gain from LD] Mark Laing C 693 Irim Ali Lab 1,120 Pam Doyle C 621 Jaz Siddique LD 962 Susan Pearson Lab 409 Dominic Llewellyn C 300 Gordon Macfarlane Lab 329 John Pearson Grn 213 Andrea Bell Ind 249
South Heaton [Lab gain from LD] Woolsington [Lab gain from LD] Christopher Bartlett Lab 948 Sharon Pattison Lab 1,523 Henry Gallagher LD 813 Bill Thorkildsen LD 1,125 Andrew Gray Grn 190 Colin Forster C 281 Kenneth wake C 107 Gary Fawcett BNP 241 64 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2008
Consolidated Results — Newcastle upon Tyne Liberal Democrat ...... 32,903 45.8% 19 councillors Labour ...... 22,855 31.8% 9 councillors Conservative ...... 9,666 13.5% Green Party ...... 1,107 1.5% Independents...... 685 1.0% Free England Party ...... 367 0.5% UK Independence Party ...... 135 0.2% Communist Party ...... 31 0.0% Left List ...... 27 0.0%
Castle
Parklands
Woolsington
Fawdon
Dene West Westerhope E. Gosforth Kenton Gosforth Blakelaw Newburn North N. Heaton Jesmond Denton Walkergate Wingrove S. Fenham S. Jesmond Heaton Lemington
Benwell & Westgate Ouseburn Scotswood Byker Walker
Elswick
Figure 7.2: Newcastle upon Tyne 2008 7.3. NORTH TYNESIDE 65
7.3 North Tyneside
NF = National Front
Battle Hill Monkseaton South Christopher Croft LD 1,612 George Partis C 1,874 David Tingey-Blackbird Lab 1,110 Ian Grayson Lab 1,419 Jeffrey Rutherford BNP 316 Clare Hindmarsh LD 294
Benton [C gain from Lab] Northumberland Leslie Birkenfield C 1,802 Graeme Brett LD 1,639 Joanne Cassidy Lab 1,454 Ernest Nolan Lab 601 Sarah Richards LD 344 Miriam Smith C 244
Camperdown Preston Glynis Barrie C 2,111 James Allan Lab 1,312 Jonathan Narcross Lab 903 Martyn Peggs C 562 Charles Steel BNP 363 Norma Playle LD 231 Riverside Francis Lott Lab 1,199 Chirton Raymond Taylor LD 526 David Pygall C 369 John Stirling Lab 1,181 Martin Collins Grn 172 David Milton C 652 Thomas Barton LD 337 St Mary’s Collingwood [C gain from Lab] Judith Wallace C 3,156 Patricia Crowe Lab 627 Barbara Stevens C 1,859 Steven Cox Lab 1,379 Tynemouth Cullercoats Diana Page C 2,365 Shirley Mortimer C 2,744 Jane Shaw Lab 1,131 Vicki Gilbert Lab 985 Valley Howdon Thomas Mulvenna Lab 1,106 John Hunter Lab 1,304 Angela Potter LD 478 Paul Moat LD 1,100 John Burrows BNP 282
Killingworth [C gain from Lab] Wallsend Norma Peggs C 1,398 Michael Huscroft LD 1,561 David McGarr Lab 1,166 Gary Madden Lab 543 John Appleby LD 327 Paul Avison BNP 257 Jayne Fleet C 203 Longbenton Weetslade [C gain from Lab] Edward Darke Lab 1,725 Joseph Prince C 644 Duncan McLellan C 1,709 Mark Nicholls NF 305 Stuart Hill Lab 1,488 Patricia Dawson LD 408 Monkseaton North Whitley Bay Joan Bell C 2,088 Glenn Stillaway Lab 596 Michael McIntyre C 1,832 Eleanor Jellett LD 397 Keith Smiles Lab 969 66 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2008
Consolidated Results — North Tyneside Conservative ...... 25,612 43.6% 11 councillors Labour ...... 22,198 37.8% 6 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 9,254 15.7% 3 councillors British National Party ...... 1,218 2.1% National Front...... 305 0.5% Green Party ...... 172 0.3%
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 7.3: North Tyneside 2008
7.4 South Tyneside
STP = South Tyneside Progressive
Beacon and Bents [Ind gain from Boldon Colliery Lab] Joanne Bell Lab 1,222 Ahmed Khan Ind 1,388 Ed Keller Ind 743 John Wood Lab 955 Stewart Hay C 426 Jimmy Hills BNP 267 Geordie Gilchrist BNP 246 Edward Russell C 156 Carole Troupe LD 134 Cleadon and East Boldon Olive Elsom Ind 43 Jeff Milburn C 2,224 Joan Atkinson Lab 1,054 Bede Thomas Hanson Lab 1,030 Cleadon Park Kevin Lees Ind 789 Alexander Donaldson Lab 754 Ann-Marie McGourlay BNP 298 Paul Walker Ind 641 Gerry Brebner C 188 Phil More C 311 Dave Sundin BNP 184 Rachel Taylor Grn 79 Biddick and All Saints Anne Walsh Lab 758 Fellgate and Hedworth [Ind gain Steve Pattison Ind 748 from Lab] Bill Troupe LD 244 David Richardson BNP 184 Geraldine White Ind 1,212 Barbara Surtees C 138 Paul Waggott Lab 1,090 Bramany Nilsson Grn 45 Ian Armstrong C 209 7.4. SOUTH TYNESIDE 67
Consolidated Results — South Tyneside Labour ...... 16,785 37.4% 8 councillors Independents...... 11,340 25.2% 6 councillors Conservative ...... 7,164 15.9% 1 councillor British National Party ...... 4,139 9.2% South Tyneside Progressive ...... 2,605 5.8% 2 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 2,258 5.0% 1 councillor Green Party ...... 628 1.4%
Harton Primrose James Capstick STP 945 Jim Perry Lab 1,005 Neil Maxwell Lab 942 Pete Hodgkinson BNP 681 Adam Woods BNP 388 Walter Armstrong C 382 Marilyn Huartt C 345 Brian Paget Grn 184 Simonside and Rekendyke Hebburn North Edward Malcolm Lab 1,029 George Crozier STP 360 Joe Abbott LD 1,070 David Baker BNP 260 Richie Porthouse Lab 578 Graham Anderson C 257 Martin Vaughan BNP 395 Nader Asfari-Naderi LD 217 Laura Khan Ind 180 David Fettis C 102 Westoe Hebburn South [Lab gain from Allen Bramley Ind 1,768 Fay Cunningham Lab 509 Ind] Anthony Dailly C 293 John McCabe Lab 1,207 Lynne Barber Grn 127 Stephen Rhodes Ind 713 Susan Troupe LD 323 West Park Jo Durkin BNP 285 John Coe C 188 Enid Hetherington STP 922 Bob Watters Lab 610 Quintin Smith C 299 Horsley Hill [Ind gain from Lab] Bryan Atkinson Grn 193 Gordon Finch Ind 1,142 Arthur Meeks Lab 1,001 Whitburn and Marsden Martin Haskins C 421 Tracey Dixon Lab 1,247 Les Lovelock BNP 376 Fiona Milburn C 831 Mark Crozier STP 378 Monkton [Ind gain from Lab] John Hodgson Ind 967 Whiteleas Terry Fairley Lab 858 Terry Haram Ind 1,006 Caroline McLaughlan BNP 331 Doreen Purvis Lab 936 Peter McCarty LD 270 Alan Smith BNP 244 Marc Foster C 193 Christopher Taylor C 201 68 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2008
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 7.4: South Tyneside 2008
7.5 Sunderland
Left = Left List
Barnes Fulwell Anthony Morrissey C 1,712 Bob Francis C 2,092 Philip Routledge Lab 809 Bob Price Lab 1,032 Gulya Dixon LD 489 Geoffrey Pryke LD 459 Robert Fletcher BNP 308 Frederick Donkin BNP 352
Castle Hendon Tommy Foster Lab 1,376 John Humble BNP 350 Michael Mordey Lab 874 Clair Hall C 343 Sammy Doran Ind 557 Ronald McQuillan Ind 264 Deborah Lorraine C 517 Jon Dewart LD 182 Ian Sayers BNP 234 Gary Duncan Left 90 Nathan Hazlett LD 219
Copt Hill [Ind gain from Lab] Hetton Derrick Smith Ind 1,487 Joan Carthy Lab 1,123 Jim Blackburn Lab 1,843 George Brown C 451 Douglas Middlemiss C 821 Terence Woolford BNP 197
Doxford [C gain from Lab] Houghton [Ind gain from Lab]
Richard Vardy C 1,178 Sheila Ellis Ind 1,415 Linda Mitchell Lab 991 Joe Lawson Lab 1,168 Lewis Green LD 371 Edward Allen C 355 Peter Swain BNP 292 Kevin Robe BNP 219 7.5. SUNDERLAND 69
Millfield Sandhill Paul Dixon LD 1,059 Jim Scott Lab 1,196 Bob Bowman Lab 558 Paula Wilkinson C 662 Gwennyth Gibson C 346 Carl Donkin BNP 358 Christopher Lathan BNP 179 Robert Peel LD 327 Margaret Snaith Ind 84 Pauline Featonby-Warren UKIP 40 Shiney Row Gary Hollern Ind 35 Anne Hall Lab 1,571 Joyce Wake C 900 Pallion Carol Attewell LD 424 Amy Wilson Lab 1,055 Ian Baillie BNP 350 Michael Leadbitter C 645 Paul Humble BNP 377 Silksworth Sham Vedhara LD 305 Pat Smith Lab 1,503 Patricia Francis C 866 Redhill Anthony James BNP 406 Alf Fowler LD 275 Bryan Charlton Lab 1,315 John Martin BNP 517 Southwick Ian Leadbitter Ind 359 Martin Anderson C 279 Rosalind Copeland Lab 1,151 Rob Boyce LD 185 Terence Docherty C 702 Alan Brettwood BNP 530 Anne Griffin LD 263 Ryhope [C gain from Lab] Christopher Fairs C 1,012 Washington Central Ronald Bainbridge Lab 983 Dianne Snowdon Lab 1,283 Patrick Lavelle Ind 509 Hilary Johnson C 833 Wayne Watts BNP 291 John McLelland LD 741 David Slone LD 209 Clive Thompson BNP 328
St Anne’s Washington East [C gain from Lab] Susan Watson Lab 1,089 Ivan Richardson C 1,384 Shaun Cudworth C 528 Neville Padgett Lab 1,291 Julie Potter BNP 415 Malcolm Bannister LD 401 Simon Dawes LD 371 Paul Masters BNP 130
St Chad’s [C gain from Lab] Washington North John Kelly Lab 1,490 Alan Wright C 1,660 Kathleen Irvine C 625 Darryl Dixon Lab 1,206 Steve Thomas LD 365 Lynne Hudson BNP 249 Lynne Baillie BNP 329 Diana Lambton LD 185 Washington South [C gain from St Michael’s Lab] Margaret Forbes C 2,046 Eddie Wake C 1,326 Lewis Atkinson Lab 797 Linda Williams Lab 1,173 Les Wascoe LD 342 David Griffin LD 390 Joanne Cruickshanks BNP 216 Mildred Smart BNP 229
St Peter’s Washington West Lilian Walton C 1,501 Bernard Scaplehorn Lab 1,392 Stephen Bonallie Lab 840 Olwyn Bird C 763 Diana Talbott Matthew LD 443 Irene Bannister LD 538 Derek Wright BNP 358 Doreen Smart BNP 326 70 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2008
Consolidated Results — Sunderland Labour ...... 29,109 39.6% 13 councillors Conservative ...... 23,547 32.0% 9 councillors Liberal Democrat ...... 8,543 11.6% 1 councillor British National Party ...... 7,540 10.2% Independents...... 4,710 6.4% 2 councillors Left List ...... 90 0.1% UK Independence Party ...... 40 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 7.5: Sunderland 2008 Index of Wards
Barnes (Sunderland), 68 Fenham, 62 Primrose, 67 Battle Hill, 65 Fulwell (Sunderland), 68 Beacon & Bents, 66 Redhill, 69 Bede, 66 Gateshead, 60 Riverside (N. Tyneside), 65 Benton, 65 Ryhope, 69 Benwell & Scotswood, 62 Harton, 67 Ryton, Crookhill & Stella, Biddick & All Saints, 66 Hebburn N., 67 61 Birtley, 60 Hebburn S., 67 Blakelaw, 62 Hendon (Sunderland), 68 St Anne’s (Sunderland), 69 Blaydon, 60 Hetton, 68 St Chad’s, 69 Boldon Colliery, 66 High Fell, 60 St Mary’s (N. Tyneside), 65 Bridges, 60 Horsley Hill, 67 St Michael’s (Sunderland), Byker, 62 Houghton, 68 69 Howdon, 65 St Peter’s (Sunderland), 69 Camperdown, 65 Saltwell, 61 Castle (Newcastle upon Kenton (Newcastle upon Sandhill, 69 Tyne), 62 Tyne), 63 Shiney Row, 69 Castle (Sunderland), 68 Killingworth, 65 Silksworth, 69 Chirton, 65 Simonside & Rekendyke, 67 Chopwell & Rowlands Gill, Lamesley, 61 South Heaton, 63 60 Lemington, 63 South Jesmond, 63 Chowdene, 60 Lobley Hill & Bensham, 61 South Tyneside, 66 Cleadon & East Boldon, 66 Longbenton, 65 Southwick, 69 Cleadon Park, 66 Low Fell, 61 Sunderland, 68 Collingwood, 65 Copt Hill, 68 Millfield, 68 Tynemouth, 65 Crawcrook & Greenside, 60 Monkseaton N., 65 Cullercoats, 65 Monkseaton S., 65 Valley (N. Tyneside), 65 Monkton, 67 Deckham, 60 Walker, 63 Dene, 62 Newburn, 63 Walkergate, 63 Denton, 62 Newcastle upon Tyne, 62 Wallsend, 65 Doxford, 68 North Heaton, 63 Wardley & Leam Lane, 61 Dunston & Teams, 60 North Jesmond, 63 Washington C., 69 Dunston Hill & Whickham North Tyneside, 65 Washington E., 69 E., 60 Northumberland, 65 Washington N., 69 Washington S., 69 East Gosforth, 62 Ouseburn, 63 Washington W., 69 Elswick, 62 Weetslade, 65 Pallion, 68 West Gosforth, 63 Fawdon, 62 Parklands, 63 West Park (S. Tyneside), 67 Fellgate & Hedworth, 66 Pelaw & Heworth, 61 Westerhope, 63 Felling, 60 Preston (N. Tyneside), 65 Westgate, 63
71 72 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS 2008
Westoe, 67 Whiteleas, 67 Winlaton & High Spen, 61 Whickham N., 61 Whitley Bay, 65 Woolsington, 63 Whickham S. & Sunniside, Windy Nook & Whitehills, 61 61 Whitburn & Marsden, 67 Wingrove, 63