The complete list of candidates for the local council elections in Gateshead has been confirmed. Gateshead Council, alongside neighbouring local authorities, will see an ‘all-out’ election on 7 May. This means that all 66 seats are up for contention across 22 electoral wards.
The current make up of the council consists of 46 Labour councillors, 18 Liberal Democrats, and two independents.
Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by midnight on Monday 20 April. Residents can register online.
The complete list of council candidates is as follows:
Birtley North and Lamesley:
Abbie Jayne Batey – Liberal Democrat
Andrew Philip Bex – Liberal Democrat
Robin Christopher Costello – Labour Party
John Nigel Dawson- Conservative Party
Andrea Jane Graham- Reform UK
David Robert Lowes- Labour Party
Steven John Mullins- Reform UK
Joe Painter – Green Party
Jason Price- Green Party
Michael Robert Robinson – Reform UK
Judith Turner – Labour Party
Cameron Mathew Wallace- Liberal Democrat
Birtley South:
Stephen Brownless – Green Party
Paul Thomas Elliot – Liberal Democrat
John Gardiner- Conservative Party
Michael Alan Hall – Labour Party
Michelle Mabel Hepburn – Independent
Kenneth Charles Jamieson – Labour Party
William Alfred Pay – Reform UK
Sandra Myra Pickering – Reform UK
Joe William Kenneth Sowerby – Liberal Democrat
Lauran Sowerby- Liberal Democrat
Shaun Tumelty – Labour Party
Martin Turnbull – Reform UK
Blaydon:
Malcolm Alfred Brain – Labour Party
Steve Campion – Reform UK
Gillian Susan Jackson – Reform UK
Margaret Kelly – Liberal Democrat
Alexander Mackay – Green Party
Lee-Ann Moir – Labour Party
Stephen Christopher Ronchetti – Labour Party
Pedro Santos – Reform UK
Emma Short – Green Party
Joanne Stanton – Liberal Democrat
Neil Wilde – Liberal Democrat
Isa Mackie Wilson – Green Party
Bridges:
Jonathan Shlomo Aibi – Liberal Democrat
Alistair James Carr Bassett – Labour Party
Chris Beer – Labour Party
Rachel Mary Cabral – Green Party
Peter Charlton – Reform UK
Linda Carolyn Cook – Labour Party
Leon Lesley Dobie – Reform UK
Mark Andrew Gorman – Green Party
Zahra Hakim – Liberal Democrat
Melissa Amity Harker – Green Party
Shane Lee Irwin – Reform UK
Luisa Scott – Liberal Democrat
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill:
Victoria Louise Anderson – Liberal Democrat
Lynne Caffrey – Labour Party
Jean Margaret Callender – Liberal Democrat
Matthew Davies – Conservative Party
Majead Farsi – Reform UK
Linda McFarlane – Reform UK
Michael McNestry – Labour Party
Josh Morland – Green Party
Jamie Joe Park – Labour Party
Howard Stephen Schofield – Green Party
Lee Spencer Wood – Reform UK
Jennifer Young – Green Party
Chowdene:
Roy Alexander – Liberal Democrat
Neil Carpenter – Reform UK
Ruth Christina Grant – Green Party
Josh Kemp – Labour Party
Catherine Mary Knell – Liberal Democrat
Caitlin McIsaac – Labour Party
Sam Morden – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Dev Patel – Green Party
Emma Jane Robinson – Liberal Democrat
Edwin Snaith – Reform UK
Andrew David Wallace – Reform UK
Perry Wilson – Conservative Party
Keith Wood – Labour Party
Crawcrook and Greenside:
John Clifford Barron – Reform UK
Keith Blackett – Reform UK
Pat Chanse – Green Party
Christopher Anthony Coxon- Conservative Party
Shaun Lloyd Edge – Labour Party
Hugo Fearnley – Green Party
Peter Gray – Reform UK
Jemma Louise Healey – Green Party
Kathryn Alexandra Henderson – Labour Party
Kathleen McCartney – Labour Party
Amelia Louise Ord – Liberal Democrat
David Graham Randall – Liberal Democrat
Deckham:
Alan John Brown – Reform UK
Barry Malcolm Flux – Conservative Party
Martin Gannon – Labour Party
Sam Grinsell – Green Party
Norman Hall – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Craig Heathcote – Reform UK
Leigh Kirton – Labour Party
Michaela McCaugherty – Liberal Democrat
Stephen McCaugherty – Liberal Democrat
Bernadette Teresa Oliphant – Labour Party
Patricia Ann Shield – Reform UK
Paul Stewart – Green Party
Roisin Taylor – Green Party
Dunston Hill and Whickham East:
Nick Allan – Reform UK
Mary Blanchflower – Green Party
Yvonne Dodds – Labour Party
Lynne Henderson-Lowe – Liberal Democrat
Sarah-Jane Homwer – Green Party
Ronnie Jackson – Reform UK
Jackie Kinnaird – Reform UK
Joseph March – Labour Party
Peter James Maughan – Liberal Democrat
Matthew McManus – Green Party
Jason Mark Meecham – Liberal Democrat
Aidan Smith – Conservative Party
Graham Steele – Save Us Now
James Frank Watson – Labour Party
Dunston Teams and Riverside:
Gosia Balwierz – Green Party
Dot Burnett – Labour Party
Diane Cadman – Green Party
Brenda Clelland – Labour Party
Shadrach Esene – Conservative Party
Gary Haley – Labour Party
Frank Hindle – Liberal Democrat
Andrew Christopher Jay – Green Party
Graham Keating – Reform UK
Roger James Lee – Liberal Democrat
Ronald Roger Maraj – Reform UK
Zoë Frances Meecham – Liberal Democrat
Alison Christina Porritt – Reform UK
Felling:
Sophia Elizabeth Beadle – Liberal Democrat
Gareth Cooper – Liberal Democrat
Sonya Dickie – Labour Party
Andy Dine – Reform UK
David Gilson Fawcett – Liberal Democrat
Derek Finch – Reform UK
George Kasfikis – Labour Party
Hugh Kelly – Labour Party
Ash Mclean – Green Party
Chrystian Rengifo – Conservative Party
Liam Snowball – Green Party
Garry Thompson – Reform UK
High Fell:
Joseph Anyanwu – Green Party
Shakuntala Beadle – Liberal Democrat
Leonard Bell – Liberal Democrat
Arthur Boylin – Reform UK
Elaine Brunskill – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Danielle Cavanagh – Reform UK
Judith Francesca Therese Gibson – Labour Party
Sidney Laws – Reform UK
Catherine O Donovan – Green Party
Gabriel Rubinstein – Green Party
Barry Robert Turnbull – Labour Party
Kathryn Dorothea Walker – Labour Party
Andrew Welsh – Liberal Democrat
Lobley Hill and Bensham:
Kevin Michael Dodds – Labour Party
Harry Farncombe – Green Party
Crystal Hicks – Labour Party
Michael Lamport – Reform UK
Michelle Susan Merrin – Reform UK
Corrina Mulholland – Liberal Democrat
Andy Redfern – Green Party
Michael George Ruddy – Liberal Democrat
David Simpson – Reform UK
Tom Whyman – Green Party
Jonny Witts – Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Shinu Yohannan – Labour Party
Low Fell:
John Atkinson – Reform UK
Ron Beadle – Liberal Democrat
Jonathan Dawson – Conservative Party
Daniel Stephen Duggan – Liberal Democrat
Shaun Alexander Dunlop – Labour Party
Neil Campbell Grant – Green Party
Iain Henderson – Reform UK
Simon James Morden – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Arthur Murray – Reform UK
George James Poxon – Green Party
Deacon Edward Robson – Green Party
Jerome Ruddick – Labour Party
Robert Taylor – Labour Party
Dawn Elizabeth Welsh – Liberal Democrat
Pelaw Heworth and Bill Quay:
Nicholas Boldrini – Green Party
Joel Cartwright – Green Party
James Edward Charlton – Reform UK
John Paul Diston – Liberal Democrat
Sam Daniel Grist – Labour Party
Emma Harrison – Labour Party
Amy Lowes – Labour Party
Daniel Edward McFadyen – Conservative Party
Caroline Murray – Reform UK
Nick Ng – Green Party
Ian Patterson – Liberal Democrat
Michael Vinton – Reform UK
Amanda Renee Wintcher – Liberal Democrat
Ryton Crookhill and Stella:
Eleanor Louise Craigan Baggaley – Labour Party
Christopher William Buckley – Labour Party
Ros Cooper – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Deborah Jacqueline English – Reform UK
Ollie Hemstock – Green Party
Stephen Paul Kelly – Liberal Democrat
Gemma Lockyer Turnbull – Green Party
Jack Thomas Muers – Liberal Democrat
Ralf Russow – Green Party
Shan-Louise Simpson – Liberal Democrat
Becky Skoyles – Labour Party
Paul Turnbull – Reform UK
Craig Stuart Waite – Reform UK
Saltwell:
John Frederick Adams – Labour Party
Ayo Akin – Conservative Party
David Ayre – Reform UK
Leanne May Brand – Liberal Democrat
Owain Curtis – Green Party
Stephen Gibson – Labour Party
Graham Hankinson – Green Party
Simon Michael James – Green Party
Edita Petrylaite – Liberal Democrat
David Robert Prior – Reform UK
Jamie Rickelton – Liberal Democrat
David Ronald Digby Roberts – Reform UK
Denise Marianne Robson – Labour Party
Wardley and Leam Lane:
Gavin Brierley – Reform UK
Catherine Emma Douglas – Liberal Democrat
Maria Dynes – Green Party
Jill Green – Labour Party
Michael Alexander Johnson – Independent
Fiona Anne Pearce – Reform UK
Carrie Poon – Green Party
Sharron Louise Potts – Labour Party
Peter John Ridden – Labour Party
Jordan Ridehalgh – Liberal Democrat
Neil Graham Whittley – Reform UK
Whickham North and Swalwell:
Jeff Bowe – Labour Party
Iona Brown- Green Party
Ruby Hazel Brown- Green Party
Lynne Chatt – Reform UK
Peter Thomas Craig – Liberal Democrat
Susan Craig – Liberal Democrat
Christopher James Ord – Liberal Democrat
Jennifer Anne Peace – Labour Party
Lynn Robinson – Conservative Party
Catriona Sibert-Peach – Green Party
Graeme Mark Wake – Reform UK
Charles John Whittle – Labour Party
Sebastian Michael Ziri-Sayle – Reform UK
Whickham South and Sunniside:
Lindsay Graham Atkinson – Reform UK
Alex Geddes – Labour Party
Joseph Gerrard – Green Party
Christopher Higham – Conservative Party
Nicola Ann March – Labour Party
Jonathan Mohammed – Liberal Democrat
Marilynn Ord – Liberal Democrat
Michael John Pickering – Labour Party
Mike Porritt – Reform UK
Wendy Elizabeth Prior – Reform UK
Ian David Roper – Green Party
Jonathan Charles Wallace – Liberal Democrat
Mary Winn – Green Party
Windy Nook and Whitehills:
Christine Craig – Liberal Democrat
James Robert Cummings – Green Party
James William Green – Labour Party
Rachel Hart – Labour Party
John Neville Sistron – Liberal Democrat
Jeff Smart – Reform UK
Julie Smart – Reform UK
Hillary Thompson – Reform UK
David William Tones- Green Party
Lee Turner – Green Party
Susan Walker – Liberal Democrat
Joanne Wilson- Labour Party
Winlaton and High Spen:
Pamela Marie Burns- Labour Party
Daniel Clayton – Green Party
Col Daughtry – Reform UK
Cheryl May Dixon – Green Party
Steven Frederick Dixon – Green Party
Maria Theresa Hall – Labour Party
David Leonard Potts – Liberal Democrat
Julie Simpson – Labour Party
Robinson Geoffrey Stanaway – Liberal Democrat
Steven Tweddle – Reform UK
Lynda Ann Wilde – Liberal Democrat
James Wright – Reform UK
