Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council (which styles itself "Gateshead Council") is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.

Council elections

Summary of recent election results:

Year	Labour	Lib Dem	Totals
2023	49	17	66
2022	51	15	66
2019	52	14	66
2018	54	12	66
2016	54	12	66
2015	55	11	66
2014	55	11	66

• 1998 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 1999 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2000 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2002 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2003 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2004 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election (whole council elected after boundary changes)^[1]
• 2006 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2007 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2008 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2010 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2011 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2012 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2014 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2015 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2016 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2018 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2019 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2021 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2022 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2023 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election
• 2024 Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council election

Results maps

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  2018 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

Changes between elections

1998-2002

Wickham South By-Election 17 September 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,598	83.6	+13.0
	Labour		314	16.4	−7.0
Majority			1,284	67.2
Turnout			1,912
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bede By-Election 29 March 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		780	63.9	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats		440	36.1	+19.2
Majority			340	27.8
Turnout			1,220	21.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Chowdene By-Election 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Wood	2,649	68.8	+4.5
	Conservative	Raymnond Swadling	604	15.7	−4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Glynis Goodwill	599	15.6	+0.3
Majority			2,045	53.1
Turnout			3,852	56.4	+28.0
	Labour hold		Swing

2002-2006

Felling By-Election 1 December 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul McNally	848	69.2	+6.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Lucas	208	17.0	+0.2
	BNP	Keith McFarlane	96	7.8	−2.3
	Conservative	Steve Wraith	74	6.0	−4.3
Majority			640	52.1
Turnout			1,226	20.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2006-2010

Dunston & Teams By-Election 28 September 2006^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Dillon	694	54.9	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ruddy	269	21.3	+3.6
	BNP	Andrew Swaddle	226	17.9	+4.6
	Conservative		76	6.0	−3.0
Majority			425	33.6
Turnout			1,265	21.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Dunston and Teams By-Election 5 July 2007^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Haley	793	62.1	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats		285	22.3	+1.6
	BNP		131	10.3	−4.3
	Conservative		69	5.4	−5.0
Majority			508	39.8
Turnout			1,278	20.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Wickham South and Sunniside By-Election 31 July 2008^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John McClurey	1,612	72.5	+4.4
	Labour	Elaine Dobson	394	17.7	+4.2
	Conservative	John Robertson	217	9.8	−8.6
Majority			1,218	54.8
Turnout			2,223	32.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill By-Election 14 May 2009^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Caffrey	1,221	53.2	−3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Callender	898	39.1	+12.5
	Conservative	Bill Thorkildsen	177	7.7	−8.6
Majority			323	14.1
Turnout			2,296	32.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2010-2014

Lobley Hill and Bensham By-Election 23 September 2010^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen McMaster	1,120	69.3	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Ruddy	298	18.4	−5.0
	BNP	Derrick Robson	101	6.3	−0.7
	Conservative	Val Bond	97	6.0	−6.5
Majority			822	50.9
Turnout			1,616
	Labour hold		Swing

Saltwell By-Election 23 September 2010^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Robson	793	68.8	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Turner	196	17.0	−5.2
	Conservative	Alan Bond	86	7.5	−5.9
	BNP	Janet Robson	77	6.7	+0.7
Majority			597	51.8
Turnout			1,152
	Labour hold		Swing

2014-2018

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill By-Election 22 September 2016^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Bradford	1,066	59.1	−3.6
	UKIP	Ray Tolley	282	15.6	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Amelia Ord	221	12.3	+7.9
	Conservative	John Lathan	156	8.6	−2.3
	Green	Dave Castleton	79	4.4	−3.2
Majority			784	43.5
Turnout			1,804
	Labour hold		Swing

2022-2026

Bridges By-Election 12 September 2024^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Waugh	320	30.6	−18.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Aibi	255	24.4	+16.8
	Green	Rachel Cabral	253	24.2	−8.5
	Reform UK	David Ayre	166	15.9	+15.9
	Conservative	Paul Sterling	53	5.1	−5.6
Majority			65	6.2
Turnout			1,047
	Labour hold		Swing

Whickham North By-Election 24 October 2024^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Craig	902	64.6	+6.7
	Labour	Jeff Bowe	285	20.4	−6.3
	Conservative	Robert Ableson	137	9.8	+0.9
	Green	Pat Chanse	72	5.2	−1.3
Majority			617	44.2
Turnout			1,396
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing