Elections in Gateshead on Thursday May 1 2008 resulted in no overall change in political control of the Council.
Labour remains the largest group on the Council with 41 seats, the Liberal Democrats have 24 seats and the Liberals 1 seat.
To find results from your ward please select from the list below:
* Sitting Councillor
Birtley
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Tom COLLINS
|
Labour
|
1003
|
|
|
Kathy KING *
|
Liberal
|
1053
|
50
|
|
Josephine WALKER
|
Conservative
|
273
|
|
Size of electorate: 6472
Total ballots: 2329
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 35.6%
Blaydon
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Paul DUGGAN
|
Conservative
|
272
|
|
|
David John OSBORNE
|
Liberal Democrat
|
869
|
|
|
Stephen Christopher RONCHETTI*
|
Labour
|
1211
|
342
|
Size of electorate: 7051
Total ballots: 2352
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 33.5%
Bridges
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Philip Stanley ALLEN
|
Liberal Democrat
|
317
|
|
|
Val BOND
|
Conservative
|
232
|
|
|
John EAGLE*
|
Labour
|
840
|
523
|
|
Keith Edward MCFARLANE
|
British National Party
|
222
|
|
Size of electorate: 5893
Total ballots: 1611
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 27.5%
Chopwell & Rowlands Gill
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Raymond CALLENDER
|
Liberal Democrat
|
720
|
|
|
Lynda Ann DUGGAN
|
Conservative
|
443
|
|
|
John Walter HAMILTON*
|
Labour
|
1547
|
827
|
Size of electorate: 7357
Total ballots: 2710
Spoiled papers:
Turnout:37%
Chowdene
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
John Robert CROZIER
|
Independent
|
129
|
|
|
Daniel Stephen DUGGAN
|
Conservative
|
593
|
|
|
Glenys Marie GOODWILL
|
Liberal Democrat
|
354
|
|
|
Terrence JOPLING
|
British National Party
|
243
|
|
|
John MCELROY*
|
Labour
|
1403
|
810
|
Size of electorate: 7205
Total ballots: 2722
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 37.8%
Crawcrook and Greenside
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Leonard DAVIDSON
|
Conservative
|
264
|
|
|
Helen Elizabeth HUGHES
|
Labour
|
948
|
|
|
Noel George RIPPETH*
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1405
|
457
|
Size of electorate: 6723
Total ballots: 2617
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 39.1%
Deckham
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Lisa Angela Marie BRADLEY
|
Liberal Democrat
|
456
|
|
|
Brian COATES*
|
Labour
|
1029
|
573
|
|
Allan DAVIDSON
|
Conservative
|
349
|
|
|
Kevin SCOTT
|
British National Party
|
297
|
|
Size of electorate: 6885
Total ballots: 2131
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 31%
Dunston & Teams
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Margaret BELL
|
Conservative
|
243
|
|
|
David BOLLANDS*
|
Labour
|
971
|
662
|
|
Paul Michael John HARPER
|
Independent
|
34
|
|
|
Kelly MARES
|
British National Party
|
257
|
|
|
Michael George RUDDY
|
Liberal Democrat
|
309
|
|
Size of electorate: 6500
Total ballots: 1814
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 28%
Dunston Hill & Whickham East
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Kevin BERRY
|
Independent
|
260
|
|
|
John CALLANAN
|
Conservative
|
351
|
|
|
Peter James MAUGHAN*
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1402
|
596
|
|
Jennifer Anne PEACE
|
Labour
|
806
|
|
Size of electorate: 6914
Total ballots: 2819
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 40.9%
Felling
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Edward MCFARLANE
|
British National Party
|
210
|
|
|
Trevor Charles MURRAY
|
Conservative
|
219
|
|
|
David NAPIER*
|
Labour
|
1128
|
841
|
|
Dorothy RUDDY
|
Liberal Democrat
|
287
|
|
Size of electorate: 5835
Total ballots: 1844
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 31.7%
High Fell
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Ronald William FAIRLAMB
|
British National Party
|
221
|
|
|
Jean LEE*
|
Labour
|
992
|
717
|
|
Andrew Frederick MARSHALL
|
Independent
|
104
|
|
|
Ann MCCARTHY
|
Liberal Democrat
|
275
|
|
|
Maureen MOOR
|
Conservative
|
225
|
|
Size of electorate: 6562
Total ballots: 1817
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 27.7%
Lamesley
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Shelia EVERATT
|
Conservative
|
318
|
|
|
Betty GALLON
|
Liberal
|
544
|
|
|
Michael HOOD*
|
Labour
|
1215
|
671
|
|
Brian WEATHERBURN
|
Independent
|
411
|
|
Size of electorate: 6869
Total ballots: 2488
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 36.3%
Lobley Hill & Bensham Ward
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Peter Emil ANDRAS
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1069
|
|
|
George BAINBRIDGE
|
British National Party
|
226
|
|
|
Ada CALLANAN
|
Conservative
|
172
|
|
|
Catherine DONOVAN
|
Labour
|
1243
|
174
|
Size of electorate: 7542
Total ballots: 2710
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 36%
Low Fell Ward
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Geraldine COSTELLO
|
Labour
|
695
|
|
|
Susan CRAIG*
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1656
|
|
|
Frank HINDLE*
|
Liberal Democrat
|
2046
|
|
|
Paul STERLING
|
Conservative
|
639
|
|
|
John YOUNG
|
Labour
|
484
|
|
Size of electorate: 7155
Total ballots: 3050
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 42.8%
Pelaw and Heworth Ward
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Keith DAKERS
|
Independent
|
45
|
|
|
Iain DERRICK
|
Labour
|
755
|
|
|
Andrea GATISS
|
Conservative
|
140
|
|
|
Ian PATTERSON*
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1352
|
597
|
|
Andy SWADDLE
|
British National Party
|
283
|
|
Size of electorate: 6799
Total ballots: 2575
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 38%
Ryton, Crookhill and Stella
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Alexander Innes GEDDES
|
Labour
|
704
|
|
|
Ione RIPPETH*
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1753
|
1049
|
|
Antoinette Margaret STERLING
|
Conservative
|
247
|
|
Size of electorate: 6325
Total ballots: 2704
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 42.9%
Saltwell Ward
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Alan BOND
|
Conservative
|
243
|
|
|
Ian MEARNS
|
Labour
|
1181
|
908
|
|
Norman SPOURS
|
Liberal Democrat
|
273
|
|
|
Jacqueline Alexandria SWADDLE
|
British National Party
|
199
|
|
Size of electorate: 6457
Total ballots: 1896
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 29.4%
Wardley & Leam Lane
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
John Paul DISTON
|
Liberal Democrat
|
510
|
|
|
Linda GREEN*
|
Labour
|
1239
|
729
|
|
John RICHARDS
|
British National Party
|
335
|
|
|
Cheryle WALKER
|
Conservative
|
251
|
|
Size of electorate: 6369
Total ballots: 2335
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 36.7%
Whickham North
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Elaine DOBSON
|
Labour
|
701
|
|
|
Elaine ROBERTSON
|
Conservative
|
336
|
|
|
Mary WALLACE*
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1363
|
662
|
|
Robert William WOODHALL
|
British National Party
|
288
|
|
Size of electorate: 6711
Total ballots: 2688
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 40.2%
Whickham South and Sunniside
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Joyce MCANDREW
|
Labour
|
396
|
|
|
Alan Christopher ORD*
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1997
|
1459
|
|
John ROBERTSON
|
Conservative
|
538
|
|
Size of electorate: 6904
Total ballots: 2931
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 42.5%
Windy Nook and Whitehills
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Medina Jane GILHAM
|
British National Party
|
326
|
|
|
Pat RONAN*
|
Labour
|
1410
|
929
|
|
Susan WALKER
|
Liberal Democrat
|
481
|
|
|
Eric YOUNG
|
Conservative
|
278
|
|
Size of electorate: 7792
Total ballots: 2495
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 32.1%
Winlaton & High Spen
|
Candidate
|
Party
|
Votes
|
Majority
|
|
Brenda CLELLAND
|
Labour
|
1310
|
|
|
Elaine EARL
|
Liberal Democrat
|
1374
|
64
|
|
Karl GATISS
|
Conservative
|
284
|
|
Size of electorate: 6968
Total ballots: 2968
Spoiled papers:
Turnout: 42.7%