The 2003 Gateshead Council election was held on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Gateshead Council in Tyne and Wear, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2003.[1] The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]
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The boundary changes kept the number of wards and seats on the council unchanged while changing many of the wards. In total 216 candidates stood in the election, with the Labour and Conservative parties standing for all of the seats. The Liberal Democrats stood in all but two wards where the Liberal Party stood instead. There were also 17 British National Party candidates and one independent.[2]
The council was expected to remain under Labour control as it had been for the previous 30 years but the Liberal Democrats hoped to make gains. Labour called on voters to re-elect them in order to keep the services provided by the council improving.[2] The Liberal Democrats claimed that a local maternity unit and library were under threat of being closed but Labour accused them of scaremongering.[3] Local businessman Sir John Hall called on voters to re-elect the Labour council in order that a partnership with Newcastle council could continue.[4]
Printing problems meant that ballot papers for the election, which was held with all postal voting, were about a week late in being sent out with 150,000 ballots having to be reprinted.[5][6] As a result extra printers were used and ballot boxes were placed in local libraries.[6]
Gateshead Local Election Result 2004[7] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
Labour | 43 | -3 | 65.2 | 48.5 | 89,861 | -5.7% | ||||
Liberal Democrat | 22 | +3 | 33.3 | 34.4 | 63,801 | +4.7% | ||||
Liberal | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 6,272 | +0.4% | ||||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 18,719 | +1.7% | ||||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 5,315 | -0.8% | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 651 | +0.4% |
Bensham (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Sarah King | 1,694 | |||
Labour | Neil Weatherley | 1,305 | |||
Labour | Paul Foy | 1,237 | |||
Liberal | Betty Gallon | 1,227 | |||
Liberal | Henry Reid | 1,175 | |||
Labour | Mary Foy | 1,117 | |||
Conservative | Karen Sludden | 230 | |||
Conservative | Henry Justice | 222 | |||
Conservative | Angela Monaghan | 204 | |||
Turnout | 8,411 | 48.0 |
Blaydon (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Elsdon Watson | 1,484 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Brain | 1,461 | |||
Labour | Kathryn Ferdinand | 1,355 | |||
Liberal Democrat | June McFarling | 865 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Rook | 768 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Maxine Thompson | 743 | |||
Conservative | Mark Watson | 295 | |||
BNP | James Lovatt-McLeish | 248 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Wraith | 233 | |||
Conservative | John Wraith | 219 | |||
Turnout | 7,671 | 41.9 |
Bridges (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Eagle | 968 | |||
Labour | Patricia Murray | 949 | |||
Labour | Kenneth Childs | 925 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Bernard Shepherd | 413 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Claire Cowie | 391 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Colin Ball | 346 | |||
BNP | Kevin Bell | 277 | |||
Conservative | Diana Moore | 206 | |||
Conservative | Ruth Fearby | 195 | |||
Conservative | Joan Weihe | 172 | |||
Turnout | 4,842 | 38.1 |
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Hamilton | 2,096 | |||
Labour | Michael McNestry | 2,073 | |||
Labour | Maureen Chaplin | 1,939 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Raymond Callender | 1,050 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Eileen Blythe | 1,016 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mary Heslop | 821 | |||
Conservative | James Arthur | 358 | |||
Conservative | Lilian Arthur | 341 | |||
Conservative | Jeanne Waton | 339 | |||
BNP | Kenneth Hutton | 245 | |||
Turnout | 10,278 | 53.3 |
Chowdene (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John McElroy | 2,014 | |||
Labour | Keith Wood | 1,908 | |||
Labour | Maureen Goldsworthy | 1,749 | |||
Conservative | Michael Crossman | 710 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Susan Craig | 644 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Glenys Goodwill | 587 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ian Ball | 532 | |||
Conservative | Peter Lennon | 512 | |||
BNP | Peter Stewart | 343 | |||
Conservative | June Murray | 204 | |||
Turnout | 9,203 | 50.3 |
Crawcrook and Greenside (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Noel Rippeth | 1,751 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Derek Anderson | 1,704 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sally Danys | 1,635 | |||
Labour | Jack Graham | 1,200 | |||
Labour | Judith Brown | 1,173 | |||
Labour | Paul Mitchinson | 1,091 | |||
Conservative | Leonard Davidson | 246 | |||
Conservative | Daniel Duggan | 229 | |||
Conservative | Lynda Duggan | 219 | |||
Turnout | 9,248 | 51.0 |
Deckham (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Brian Coates | 1,276 | |||
Labour | June Joyce | 1,244 | |||
Labour | Martin Gannon | 1,180 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ann McCarthy | 626 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Grace Purdie | 517 | |||
Liberal Democrat | George Conder | 477 | |||
BNP | Kevin Scott | 448 | |||
Conservative | Allan Davidson | 344 | |||
Conservative | David Moor | 328 | |||
Conservative | Maureen Moor | 291 | |||
Turnout | 6,731 | 39.9 |
Dunston and Teams (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Bollands | 1,252 | |||
Labour | Maureen Clelland | 1,198 | |||
Labour | Patrick Rice | 1,180 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Samantha Harrison | 455 | |||
BNP | Michael Dafter | 444 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Anne Murray | 342 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Robson | 308 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Bell | 238 | |||
Conservative | Peter Callanan | 216 | |||
Conservative | Charles Heslop | 169 | |||
Turnout | 5,785 | 39.8 |
Dunston Hill and Whickham East (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Peter Maughan | 1,620 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Yvonne McNicol | 1,552 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Allison Chatto | 1,512 | |||
Labour | Frank Earl | 1,392 | |||
Labour | Pauline Dillon | 1,377 | |||
Labour | Margaret Duddin | 1,343 | |||
Conservative | John Callanan | 326 | |||
BNP | David Dafter | 315 | |||
Conservative | George Walker | 294 | |||
Conservative | Josephine Walker | 259 | |||
Turnout | 9,990 | 54.2 |
Felling (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Raymon Napier | 1,532 | |||
Labour | John Hird | 1,528 | |||
Labour | William Dick | 1,416 | |||
Liberal Democrat | David Lucas | 411 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Madeleine Jevon | 353 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jean Callender | 334 | |||
Conservative | John Wraith | 252 | |||
BNP | Terence Jopling | 246 | |||
Conservative | Suzanna Crossman | 222 | |||
Conservative | Trevor Murray | 218 | |||
Turnout | 6,512 | 42.2 |
High Fell (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Jean Lee | 1,455 | |||
Labour | Malcolm Graham | 1,401 | |||
Labour | Brian Richmond | 1,363 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Bird | 548 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Shakuntala Beadle | 444 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Philip Allen | 413 | |||
BNP | Ronald Fairlamb | 311 | |||
Conservative | Shirley McNall | 279 | |||
Conservative | Edward Parker | 221 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Parker | 204 | |||
Turnout | 6,639 | 40.4 |
Lamesley (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Joseph Hattam | 1,507 | |||
Labour | Nicholas O'Neil | 1,491 | |||
Labour | Craig Harrison | 1,461 | |||
Liberal | Robert Murphy | 731 | |||
Liberal | Edwina Leedale | 726 | |||
Liberal | Brian Bailey | 719 | |||
Independent | Brian Weatherburn | 651 | |||
BNP | Allan Burns | 352 | |||
Conservative | Charles Sludden | 302 | |||
Conservative | Alfred Sterling | 238 | |||
Conservative | Audrey Sterling | 214 | |||
Turnout | 8,392 | 48.7 |
Lobley Hill and Bensham (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Catherine Donovan | 1,520 | |||
Labour | Francis Donovan | 1,468 | |||
Labour | Kevin Dodds | 1,465 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alexander Simpson | 641 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Audrey Horton | 566 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Phyllis Callender | 539 | |||
BNP | George Bainbridge | 397 | |||
Conservative | Ada Callanan | 379 | |||
Conservative | Josaph Sharp | 341 | |||
Conservative | Alan Newton | 305 | |||
Turnout | 7,621 | 41.6 |
Low Fell (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Frank Hindle | 2,279 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ronald Beadle | 2,198 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Charles Jevon | 2,173 | |||
Labour | Peter Gannon | 961 | |||
Labour | Paul McNally | 884 | |||
Labour | Peter Wilson | 870 | |||
Conservative | Raymond Swadling | 567 | |||
Conservative | Cheryle Walker | 558 | |||
Conservative | Paul Sterling | 524 | |||
Turnout | 11,014 | 56.0 |
Pelaw and Heworth (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Patterson | 1,725 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Doreen Boyes | 1,561 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robinson Stanaway | 1,526 | |||
Labour | Robert Goldsworthy | 1,296 | |||
Labour | Lee Daniels | 1,198 | |||
Labour | Noor Mian | 1,081 | |||
BNP | Terence Armstrong | 240 | |||
Conservative | Alice Irving | 169 | |||
Conservative | Eleanor Justice | 164 | |||
Conservative | Eleanor Steeley | 125 | |||
Turnout | 9,085 | 51.7 |
Ryton, Cookhill and Stella (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Ione Rippeth | 2,166 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Norman Callender | 1,863 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Christine McHatton | 1,845 | |||
Labour | Valerie Murray | 960 | |||
Labour | Dane Roberts | 883 | |||
Labour | Brenda Graham | 806 | |||
BNP | Diane Young | 186 | |||
Conservative | Antoinette Sterling | 164 | |||
Conservative | Karl Gatiss | 154 | |||
Conservative | Andrea Gatiss | 148 | |||
Turnout | 9,175 | 53.8 |
Saltwell (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | James Mearns | 1,554 | |||
Labour | Michael Henry | 1,525 | |||
Labour | Joseph Mitchinson | 1,458 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paul Cowie | 507 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Herbert Anderson | 423 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Walter Danys | 393 | |||
Conservative | Lily Pearse | 332 | |||
Conservative | Edward Bohill | 322 | |||
BNP | Keith McFarlane | 240 | |||
Conservative | Brett Stephenson | 239 | |||
Turnout | 6,993 | 40.3 |
Wardley and Leam Lane (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Linda Green | 1,602 | |||
Labour | John Green | 1,558 | |||
Labour | Peter Mole | 1,454 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Susan Walker | 596 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Diston | 565 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Celia Wraith | 548 | |||
BNP | Brian Lindsay | 315 | |||
Conservative | John McNeil | 280 | |||
Conservative | Mary Peart | 268 | |||
Conservative | Thomas Peart | 229 | |||
Turnout | 7,415 | 45.6 |
Whickham North (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Mary Wallace | 1,819 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Ord | 1,803 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Peter Craig | 1,743 | |||
Labour | Thomas Herring | 1,196 | |||
Labour | James Hewson | 1,157 | |||
Labour | Jennifer Peace | 1,135 | |||
Conservative | Elaine Robertson | 339 | |||
Conservative | John Robertson | 323 | |||
Conservative | Beryl Bennison | 300 | |||
Turnout | 9,815 | 53.7 |
Whickham South and Sunniside (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Ord | 2,240 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Wallace | 2,238 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Marilynn Ord | 2,208 | |||
Labour | Gary Haley | 949 | |||
Labour | Peter De-Vere | 896 | |||
Labour | Patricia Todd | 894 | |||
Conservative | Sheila Everatt | 508 | |||
Conservative | Peter Ross | 437 | |||
Conservative | Eric Young | 398 | |||
Turnout | 10,768 | 54.0 |
Windy Nook and Whitehills (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Patricia Ronan | 1,939 | |||
Labour | James Turnbull | 1,925 | |||
Labour | Thomas Graham | 1,888 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Helen Robson | 675 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Norman Spours | 645 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Amanda Smith | 619 | |||
BNP | Michael Cassidy | 417 | |||
Conservative | Malcolm Campbell | 271 | |||
Conservative | George Walker | 246 | |||
Conservative | Ann Wheatley | 243 | |||
Turnout | 8,868 | 45.5 |
Winlaton and High Spen (3)[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | David Lynn | 1,667 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Brenda Osborne | 1,632 | |||
Labour | Julie Simpson | 1,517 | |||
Labour | Lynn Caffrey | 1,515 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Graham | 1,465 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Joanne Smith | 1,422 | |||
BNP | Joanne Paylor | 291 | |||
Conservative | Alan Bond | 230 | |||
Conservative | Valerie Bond | 215 | |||
Conservative | Dawn Wraith | 192 | |||
Turnout | 10,146 | 54.9 |
Preceded by Gateshead Council election, 2003 |
Gateshead local elections | Succeeded by Gateshead Council election, 2006 |
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