Newcastle Election 2026 - Full Ward Candidate List

Political candidates are set to compete for all 78 seats on Newcastle City Council, with the election scheduled for 7 May. Voters will choose three candidates per ward across 26 wards, potentially reshaping Tyneside's political scene. Labour, leading since 2011, faces challenges from multiple parties, with significant implications for regional governance.

The upcoming local elections in Newcastle are poised to be a pivotal moment for the city, as political parties vie for control over the city council. With all 78 seats open for election, the stakes are high, and the outcomes could significantly influence the political landscape of Tyneside. The elections are scheduled for 7 May, and voters will have the opportunity to cast their votes for three candidates in each of the city's 26 wards.

Labour has maintained control of the Newcastle City Council since 2011, but currently operates under a minority administration. This year's elections are particularly crucial as Labour's dominance in Tyne and Wear is under threat. Alongside Newcastle, 'all out' elections are also taking place in neighbouring areas such as Gateshead, Sunderland, and South Tyneside, adding to the regional political tension.

In Newcastle, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Green Party, and Reform UK are all fielding a full slate of 78 candidates, demonstrating their commitment to gaining or maintaining influence in the city. However, the Conservative Party has opted to contest only 35 seats, indicating a more targeted approach in their electoral strategy, while there are only 6 Independent candidates running, including Monument Ward councillor hopefull, Craig Cottrell.

A notable shift in this election is the decision of council leader Karen Kilgour to stand in the Blakelaw and Cowgate ward, rather than defending her current seat in West Fenham. This strategic move could have significant implications for the party's performance in these areas. Additionally, this election marks the end of an era for former council leader Nick Kemp, who will not be seeking re-election after a 24-year tenure. Kemp, who resigned as council leader and left the Labour Party in 2024, has been a prominent figure in Newcastle's local politics.

The full list of candidates standing in Newcastle reflects a diverse array of political aspirations and strategies. Each party's approach to the election highlights their priorities and the issues they believe resonate with the electorate. The Labour Party, for instance, is likely to focus on its track record in governance and its plans for future development in the city. Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats may emphasise their commitment to local issues and community engagement, seeking to capitalise on any dissatisfaction with the current administration.

The Green Party's participation underscores the growing importance of environmental issues in local politics, despite proposals like legalising dangerous class a drugs, removing border controls, and expanding access to public services without clear safeguards that could put added pressure on communities and the NHS. Reform UK, on the other hand, may focus on broader national issues, such as economic reform and governance, to appeal to voters seeking change.

The outcome of these elections will not only determine the composition of the Newcastle City Council but also have broader implications for regional governance. A shift in power could lead to changes in policy direction, affecting areas such as housing, transportation, and public services. Moreover, the results could influence the political dynamics in Tyne and Wear, impacting future collaborations and initiatives across the region.

In the context of national politics, the Newcastle elections may also serve as a barometer for public sentiment towards the major parties. Success or failure in these local elections could provide insights into the electorate's mood and potentially foreshadow trends in upcoming national elections.

As Newcastle prepares for this significant electoral event, the focus remains on the candidates and their ability to connect with voters. The diverse slate of candidates and the competitive nature of the elections underscore the vibrant democratic process at play in the city. With the potential for significant political shifts, the upcoming elections are set to be a defining moment for Newcastle and its residents.

Here is the full list of candidates running for election on 7th May:

Arthur’s Hill:
Gareth Barber (Reform UK)
Margaret Birkmyre (Conservative)
Hannah Cousins (Labour)
Joseph Eldridge (Independent)
Clifford Hedley (Reform UK)
Joanne Kingsland (Labour)
Abigail Macdonald (Liberal Democrat)
Mohammed Milon (Liberal Democrat)
Adrin Neatrour (Liberal Democrat)
Stuart Norton (Reform UK)
John Pearson (Green)
Hayder Qureshi (Labour)
Shemol Rahman (Imagine)
Mohammed Suleman (Green)
Rowshon Uddin (Green)

Benwell, Scotswood and Denton Burn:

Hans Christian Andersen (Liberal Democrat)
Susan Anthony (Labour)
Daniel Astley (Reform UK)
Robin Brooke (Liberal Democrat)
Anthony Brown (Conservative)
Jan Grace (Green)
Jiabao He (Reform UK)
Robert Higgins (Labour)
Rima Hussein (Green)
Gavin Liddle (Liberal Democrat)
David McGovern (Independent)
David Minto (Reform UK)
Hazel Stephenson (Labour)
Kerrin Tatwood (Green)

Blakelaw and Cowgate:

Dawn Brown (Conservative)
Rachel Davison (Reform UK)
Aurora Harrison (Green)
Frances Hinton (Green)
Gavin Hutchinson (Reform UK)
Tina Ion (Green)
Karen Kilgour (Labour)
Brian McGreevy (Liberal Democrat)
Michael O’Dowd (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Lauren Proctor (Liberal Democrat)
Juna Sathian (Labour)
Bill Schardt (Liberal Democrat)
Ian Tokell (Labour)
Irene Turnbull (Reform UK)
Marion Williams (Independent)

Byker:

Syed Ahmed (Conservative)
Khadija Ali (Labour)
Jamie Anderson (Green)
Tanya Dawes (Reform UK)
Gary Day (Liberal Democrat)
Steven Forster (Liberal Democrat)
Nick Hartley (Green)
Robert Jarman (Liberal Democrat)
Gavin Jordan (Labour)
Shane Robinson (Reform UK)
Neil Scott (Reform UK)
Hedley Sugar-Wells (Green)
Will Wain (Labour)

Castle:

Samuel Bennett (Reform UK)
Gary Black (Reform UK)
David Down (Liberal Democrat)
Mark Edwards Junior (Labour)
Steve Fairlie (Labour)
Andrew Herridge (Labour)
Imran Mohammed (Green)
Richard Morris (Liberal Democrat)
Jamie Robinson (Green)
Roderick Russell (Reform UK)
Dhananjay Singh (Liberal Democrat)
Andrew Welch (Green)
Anna Wilson (Conservative)

Chapel:

Yvonne Alden (Reform UK)
Owen Bell (Labour)
Mary Clifford (Green)
David Cook (Labour)
Ian Cowans (Liberal Democrat)
Muhammad Dahri (Conservative)
Marc Donnelly (Independent)
Margaret Donnelly (Independent)
Ben Hobson (Labour)
Lawrence Hunter (Independent)
Karen Jewers (Conservative)
Prashasti Khare (Reform UK)
Keith Metcalf (Green)
James Price (Green)
Chanchal Samaiya (Reform UK)
David Slesenger (Liberal Democrat)
Judith Steen (Liberal Democrat)

Dene and South Gosforth:

James Brine (Green)
David Cooper (Reform UK)
Alex Dodgson (Labour)
Adam Forrest (Reform UK)
Hilary Franks (Labour)
Henry Gallagher (Liberal Democrat)
Gerry Langley (Conservative)
Peter Laws (Reform UK)
Marley Nellis (Labour)
Stephen Psallidas (Liberal Democrat)
Nick Simpson (Green)
Laurence Taylor (Green)
Wendy Taylor (Liberal Democrat)

Denton and Westerhope:

Emmanuel Alawode (Labour)
Vince Barry-Stanners (Labour)
Margaret Bebb (Reform UK)
Alan Birkmyre (Conservative)
Colin Dalglish (Liberal Democrat)
Elizabeth Dicken (Liberal Democrat)
Ben Feechan (Green)
Miles Henderson (Green)
Kami Kundi (Reform UK)
Adam Mitchell (Newcastle Independents)
Tracey Mitchell (Newcastle Independents)
Steven Rutherford (Reform UK)
Jacqueline Slesenger (Liberal Democrat)
Zarah St Clair (Labour)
Roger Whittaker (Green)

Elswick:

Halimah Begum (Green)
Jeremy Bell (Liberal Democrat)
Hazel Dixon (Reform UK)
Margaret Dooner (Liberal Democrat)
David Faulkner (Liberal Democrat)
Mohammed Habibi (Conservative)
Nicu Ion (Labour)
Margaret Murning (Labour)
Khaled Musharraf (Green)
Timothy Smith (Reform UK)
Peter Thomson (Green)
Philip Tolan (Reform UK)
Arif Zaman (Labour)

Fawdon and West Gosforth:

Arlene Ainsley (Labour)
Rob Austin (Liberal Democrat)
Milo Bennett (Conservative)
Callum Buchanan (Labour)
John Duffy (Reform UK)
Martin Evison (Reform UK)
John Hall (Liberal Democrat)
Kai Hoult (Reform UK)
Daniel Jones (Green)
Gary Kilgour (Labour)
David Laws (Green)
Peter Lovatt (Liberal Democrat)
Isabella Warburton Brown (Green)

Gosforth:

Doc Anand (Conservative)
Jack Burton (Green)
John Dale (Reform UK)
Colin Ferguson (Liberal Democrat)
George Ford (Reform UK)
Adam Jackson (Green)
Andrew Kidger (Green)
Maria Manco (Conservative)
Rebecca Mead (Conservative)
Thomas Millen (Labour)
Alistair Pedlow (Reform UK)
Jonathan Sabarre (Labour)
Tahir Siddique (Liberal Democrat)
Thomas Woodwark (Liberal Democrat)
Colin Wright (Labour)

Heaton:

Jude Browne (Liberal Democrat)
Chandni Chopra (Green)
John Dobie (Conservative)
Lara Ellis (Labour)
Joe Gartland (Green)
Andrew Gray (Green)
Steve Handford (Communist Party of Britain)
Billy Hill (Reform UK)
Stewart Jackson (Reform UK)
Clare Penny-Evans (Labour)
Andrew Rakowski (Liberal Democrat)
Mark Ridyard (Liberal Democrat)
Mehrban Sadiq (Labour)
Steve Taylor (Reform UK)

Jesmond:

Peter Allen (Liberal Democrat)
Phliip Browne (Liberal Democrat)
James Coles (Liberal Democrat)
Trevor Cox (Reform UK)
Sandra Davison (Conservative)
Tim Dowson (Green)
Marianne Kell (green)
Killian McCartney (Labour)
Ludovico Rella (Green)
Ellen Russell (Reform UK)
Janet Stansfield (Reform UK)
Fin Weatherill (Labour)
John Thomas (Labour)

Kenton:

Craig Austin (Liberal Democrat)
Ged Bell (Labour)
Ronald Clark (Liberal Democrat)
Gareth Davies (Conservative)
Nick Fray (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Richard Frearson (Green)
Stephen Lambert (Labour)
Jane Lancaster (Green)
Mick Mahoney (Reform UK)
Paula Maines (Labour)
Philip McArdle (Liberal Democrat)
Terry McNamara (Reform UK)
Milan Nemecek (Green)
Alison Sanderson (Reform UK)

Kingston Park and Dinnington:

Barbara Down (Liberal Democrat)
Chris Durham (Reform UK)
Mohammad Farsi (Liberal Democrat)
Gordon Forbes (Reform UK)
Simon Harrison (Labour)
John Mansfield (Liberal Democrat)
Katy Sawyer (Green)
Connor Shotton (Conservative)
Tudor Skelly (Conservative)
Liam Spencer (Labour)
Gordana Vasic (Labour)
Kenneth Wake (Conservative)
Susie Warburton Brown (Green)
Dave Webb (Green)
Frank Wilson (Reform UK)

Lemington:

Stephen Barry-Stanners (Labour)
Adrian Butler (Reform UK)
Tracy Connell (Liberal Democrat)
Ian Davison (Conservative)
Kirsty Galbraith (Reform UK)
David Harrison (Green)
Alice Kubiak (Green)
Russ Lawler (Reform UK)
Peter Mitchell (Green)
Barbara Moorhead (Liberal Democrat)
Barry Phillipson (Labour)
Bill Shepherd (Liberal Democrat)
Eleanor Woolstencroft (Labour)

Manor Park:

Christopher Bartlett (Labour)
Philip Brookes (Green)
Deborah Burns (Liberal Democrat)
Heather Chambers (Conservative)
Trevor Cox (Reform UK)
Nathan Evans (Green)
John Gardner (Reform UK)
Mark Gardner (Reform UK)
Mica Hind (Green)
Doreen Huddart (Liberal Democrat)
Danny Hutton Ferris (Labour)
Christopher O’Keefe (Labour)
Greg Stone (Liberal Democrat)

Monument:

Chaudhry Ahmad (Conservative)
Nabeela Ali (Labour)
Craig Cottrell (Independent)
Jamie Driscoll (Green)
Christopher Gray (Reform UK)
Brian Hall (Liberal Democrat)
John Honeychurch-Kyle (Conservative)
Gareth Jones (Green)
Raja Khan (Labour)
Aidan King (Liberal Democrat)
Alison Murphy (Liberal Democrat)
Agnes Offiong (Reform UK)
Kiran Sayyed (Green)
Paul Wallace (Reform UK)
Mirza Yousef (Labour)

Newbiggin Hall and Callerton:

Ali Avaei (Liberal Democrat)
Deanne Bell (Reform UK)
Alexander Hay (Labour)
Helen Laverick (Liberal Democrat)
Brian Moore (Reform UK)
Colin Nichol (Reform UK)
Rory Osborne (Green)
George Pattison (Labour)
Jacqui Robinson (Labour)
James Setch (Conservative)
Andrew Swai (Liberal Democrat)
Anne Tindale (Green)
Angus Williams (Green)

Ouseburn:

Leon Brown (Reform UK)
Alistair Chisholm (Green)
Mike Cookson (Liberal Democrat)
Lawrence Davies (Green)
Robert Fleming (Labour)
Curtis Hollocks (Reform UK)
Gareth Kane (Liberal Democrat)
Ali Mehmood (Labour)
Joseph Morris (Labour)
Matt Osbourn (Liberal Democrat)
Philip Parkinson (Conservative)
Sarah Peters (Green)
Marie Summersby (Conservative)
Tony Teasdale (Reform UK)

Parklands and North Gosforth:

Pauline Allen (Liberal Democrat)
Paul Barrett (Reform UK)
Gerard Bartley (Reform UK)
Andrew Capocci (Green)
Alex Clark (Reform UK)
Benjamin Eckford (Labour)
Lewys Evans (Labour)
William Kilgour (Labour)
Audrey Macnaughton (Green)
Christine Morrissey (Liberal Democrat)
David Partington (Liberal Democrat)
Will Rogers (Green)
Alison Wake (Conservative)

Throckley, Walbottle and Newburn:

Richard Barnes (Reform UK)
Kimberley Barrass (Green)
Simon Bell (Conservative)
Belinda Brady (Liberal Democrat)
Christine Cogan (Liberal Democrat)
Harry Drew (Conservative)
Alexis Fernandes (Conservative)
Michael Fitzpatrick (Reform UK)
Angela Hall (Liberal Democrat)
Mark Hardy (Labour)
Amy Hunter (Reform UK)
Idwal John (Green)
Pat McGee (Green)
Adam Walker (Labour)
Linda Wright (Labour)

Walker:

Ian Aird (Labour)
Mark Buckley (Liberal Democrat)
Andrew Cowie (Liberal Democrat)
Lorraine Gingell (Reform UK)
Colin Goldsborough (Reform UK)
Christopher Metcalf (Conservative)
Liz Panton (Party of Women)
Robert Renton (Liberal Democrat)
Richard Sharp (Reform UK)
John Stokel-Walker (Independent)
Chuck Taylor (Green)
Pamela Victor Ibitamuno (Labour)
Sam Vosper (Labour)
Tom Whatson (Green)
Matt Williams (Green)
Davy Wood (Independent)

Walkergate:

Brad Aird (Labour)
Christine Aird (Labour)
David Cain (Liberal Democrat)
Stephen Lowery (Reform UK)
Gavin Maw (Reform UK)
Maria Maza (Green)
Margaret Montgomery (Green)
David Orr (Reform UK)
Stephen Oxborough (Conservative)
Abdul Rajib (Labour)
Karen Robinson (Liberal Democrat)
William Signey (Liberal Democrat)
Wayne Thompson (Green)

West Fenham:

Tasnim Adnan (Green)
Navya Bharagida (Labour)
Barry Brians (Reform UK)
Sian Broadhurst (Green)
Owen Burbidge (Liberal Democrat)
Fahim Habibi (Conservative)
Lauren Healey (Green)
Saeem Korim (Labour)
Michael Martin (Reform UK)
Mark Mitchell (Liberal Democrat)
John Moore (Reform UK)
PJ Morrissey (Liberal Democrat)
Connor Slomski (Labour)

Wingrove:

Babatope Aguntasolo (Liberal Democrat)
Irim Ali (Labour)
Fi Clarke (Liberal Democrat)
John Ekong (Reform UK)
Harold Goodwill (Reform UK)
Mo Karim (Conservative)
Humaira Khan (Green)
James Lee (Reform UK)
Joyce McCarty (Labour)
Younes Mohammed (Green)
Mohammed Sarwar (Green)
Rebecca Shatwell (Labour)
Colin Steen (Liberal Democrat)