1996 Newcastle City Council election
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The 1996 Newcastle City Council election was held in May 1996. The Conservative Party was wiped out, the Liberal Democrats remained the Opposition and Labour slightly increased their majority.[1]
Party | Seats | Council Composition May 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Labour | 60 | 63 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 13 | 13 |
Results summary
[edit]1996 Newcastle City Council elections[1][2][3] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 23 | ![]() |
82.1 | 42 | 65 | 83.3 | 38,679 | 58.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 5 | ![]() |
17.9 | 8 | 13 | 16.7 | 16,774 | 25.3 | ||
Conservative | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9,665 | 14.6 | ||
Green | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 861 | 1.3 | ||
Independent Labour | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 169 | 0.3 | ||
Militant Labour | 0 | New | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 111 | 0.2 | New | |
Communist | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 0.1 |
Ward results
[edit]Benwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Montgomery | 974 | 74.4 | ||
Conservative | M. Easton | 213 | 16.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Lower | 123 | 9.4 | ||
Majority | 761 | 58.1 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,310 | 21.7 | |||
Registered electors | 6,042 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Blakelaw
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | A. Lower* | 2,061 | 53.8 | ||
Labour | F. Copley | 1,667 | 43.5 | ||
Conservative | H. Turner | 104 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 394 | 10.3 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,832 | 41.4 | |||
Registered electors | 9,259 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Byker
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Marr* | 1,344 | 84.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | T. Thompson | 156 | 9.8 | ||
Conservative | F. Goodenough | 96 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 1,188 | 74.4 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,596 | 22.7 | |||
Registered electors | 7,036 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | M. De Vere* | 2,092 | 59.2 | ||
Labour | D. Wright | 1,024 | 29.0 | ||
Conservative | E. Graham | 419 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 1,068 | 30.2 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,535 | 39.5 | |||
Registered electors | 8,947 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dene
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | W. Taylor* | 2,670 | 54.4 | ||
Labour | L. Marsden | 1,624 | 33.1 | ||
Conservative | J. Middleton | 613 | 12.5 | ||
Majority | 1,046 | 21.3 | |||
Total valid votes | 4,907 | 45.2 | |||
Registered electors | 10,846 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Denton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. White | 1,608 | 80.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Faulkner | 391 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | 1,217 | 60.9 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,999 | 24.6 | |||
Registered electors | 8,113 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elswick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Todd* | 1,000 | 78.2 | ||
Conservative | L. Elswick | 147 | 11.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | S. Mansfield | 131 | 10.3 | ||
Majority | 853 | 66.7 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,278 | 20.5 | |||
Registered electors | 6,240 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fawdon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Flynn* | 1,838 | 74.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | L. Rozner | 372 | 15.1 | ||
Conservative | J. Stepney | 247 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 1,466 | 59.7 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,457 | 32.4 | |||
Registered electors | 7,574 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I. Cooney | 1,769 | 70.1 | ||
Conservative | P. Oliver | 503 | 19.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | C. Schardt | 251 | 9.9 | ||
Majority | 1,266 | 50.2 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,523 | 30.0 | |||
Registered electors | 8,414 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Grange
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | D. Packham* | 2,159 | 62.3 | ||
Labour | M. Lydon | 870 | 25.1 | ||
Conservative | E. McQueen | 355 | 10.2 | ||
Green | B. Lukey | 81 | 2.3 | ||
Majority | 1,289 | 37.2 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,465 | 35.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,884 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Heaton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | W. Dodds* | 1,674 | 63.6 | ||
Conservative | E. Harding | 362 | 13.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | N. Brooks | 270 | 10.3 | ||
Independent Labour | B. Carpenter | 169 | 6.4 | ||
Green | C. Hayday | 157 | 6.0 | ||
Majority | 1,312 | 49.8 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,632 | 28.4 | |||
Registered electors | 9,266 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Jesmond
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Franks | 1,550 | 42.6 | ||
Conservative | C. Dempsey | 1,171 | 32.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Elliot | 792 | 21.8 | ||
Green | D. Alliband | 123 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 379 | 10.4 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,636 | 35.5 | |||
Registered electors | 10,241 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kenton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | G. Bell | 1,914 | 65.6 | ||
Conservative | E. Hannaford* | 751 | 25.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Besag | 251 | 8.6 | ||
Majority | 1,163 | 39.9 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,916 | 36.8 | |||
Registered electors | 7,915 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Lemington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Robson* | 1,415 | 77.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | M. Coulthard | 226 | 12.3 | ||
Conservative | J. McKie | 191 | 10.4 | ||
Majority | 1,189 | 64.9 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,832 | 23.2 | |||
Registered electors | 7,900 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Monkchester
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Povey* | 1,434 | 87.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Mansfield | 116 | 7.1 | ||
Conservative | G. Clark | 88 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | 1,318 | 80.5 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,638 | 25.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,503 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Moorside
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | I. Kirkham | 1,191 | 61.6 | ||
Labour | G. O'Brien* | 1,134 | |||
Conservative | M. Blenkinsop | 300 | 15.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Routhwaite | 272 | 14.1 | ||
Green | P. Hilton | 172 | 8.9 | ||
Green | J. Nicholson | 168 | |||
Majority | 891 | 46.0 | |||
Total valid votes | 19.1 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,502 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Newburn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Brown* | 1,511 | 81.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | B. Wilmot | 199 | 10.7 | ||
Conservative | S. McKie | 154 | 8.3 | ||
Majority | 1,312 | 70.4 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,864 | 26.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,136 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sandyford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Nesbit* | 1,773 | 70.9 | ||
Conservative | J. Wardle | 295 | 11.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | K. Murphy | 272 | 10.9 | ||
Green | D. Shepherdson | 160 | 6.4 | ||
Majority | 1,478 | 59.1 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,500 | 27.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,142 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Scotswood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Lamb* | 904 | 74.7 | ||
Militant Labour | K. Hattam | 111 | 9.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | C. Packham | 105 | 8.7 | ||
Conservative | D. Grant | 90 | 7.4 | ||
Majority | 793 | 65.5 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,210 | 23.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,249 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
South Gosforth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | L. Opik* | 2,525 | 58.7 | ||
Conservative | M. Summersby | 1,342 | 31.2 | ||
Labour | M. Scott | 433 | 10.1 | ||
Majority | 1,183 | 27.5 | |||
Total valid votes | 4,300 | 51.1 | |||
Registered electors | 8,418 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Walker
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Wood* | 1,261 | 86.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Cain | 119 | 8.2 | ||
Conservative | A. Barnes | 73 | 5.0 | ||
Majority | 1,142 | 78.6 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,453 | 23.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,270 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Walkergate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Rice* | 1,644 | 76.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | H. St. Clair | 275 | 12.8 | ||
Conservative | A. Gingell | 233 | 10.8 | ||
Majority | 1,369 | 63.6 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,152 | 26.9 | |||
Registered electors | 8,012 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
West City
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Malcolm | 827 | 79.5 | ||
Conservative | M. Kelly | 91 | 8.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | I. Morgan | 73 | 7.0 | ||
Communist | M. Levy | 49 | 4.7 | ||
Majority | 736 | 70.8 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,040 | 18.6 | |||
Registered electors | 5,597 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Westerhope
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | R. Morgan* | 2,090 | 68.4 | ||
Conservative | F. Kirkby | 634 | 20.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | G. Horey | 330 | 10.8 | ||
Majority | 1,456 | 47.7 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,054 | 29.3 | |||
Registered electors | 10,436 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wingrove
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. McCarty* | 1,577 | 63.6 | ||
Labour | Z. Khan | 1,521 | |||
Conservative | M. Elliott | 551 | 22.2 | ||
Conservative | J. Henry | 469 | |||
Liberal Democrats | J. Lawson | 352 | 14.2 | ||
Majority | 1,026 | 41.4 | |||
Total valid votes | 26.8 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,342 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Woolingston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Robson* | 1,108 | 75.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | K. O'Neill | 191 | 13.0 | ||
Conservative | P. Owers | 173 | 11.8 | ||
Majority | 917 | 62.3 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,472 | 24.6 | |||
Registered electors | 5,984 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Newcastle City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 1996" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ Clements, Rob (7 May 1996). "The local elections of 2 May 1996" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 24 February 2024.