Gateshead Council local elections 2024: Full list of candidates standing in Gateshead

Austen Shakespeare

3 May 2024 at 5:26 am·3-min read

Gateshead Civic Centre -Credit:ChronicleLive

The results for Gateshead’s local election have now been confirmed. Voters headed to the polls on May 2 to elect their local representatives.

This year, there were 22 seats up for contention in Gateshead Council. The candidates are listed below, but this article has now been updated with a link to the results - see Gateshead's local election results here.

Voters must also display some form of photographic ID to cast their votes. The public has until 11:59 pm on April 16 to register to vote. The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5 pm on Wednesday, April 17.

The current political composition of the council consists of a ruling Labour administration of 49 councillors and a Liberal Democrat opposition of 17 councillors.

The full list of candidates is as follows:

Birtley

Joseph Ronald Callanan (Conservative)

Michelle Mabel Hepburn (Independent)

Joe Sowerby (Liberal Democrat)

Hazel Weatherley (Labour)

Blaydon

Tom Allen (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

John Michael McConnell (Conservative)

Stephen Christopher Ronchetti (Labour)

Ralf Russow (Green)

Joanne Stanton (Liberal Democrat)

Bridges

Edward Bohill (Conservative)

Rachel Mary Cabral (Green)

Gareth Cooper (Liberal Democrat)

John Eagle (Labour)

Chopwell and Rowlands Gill

Jean Callender (Liberal Democrat)

Jamie Joe Park (Labour Party)

Alexander Robert Telford (Conservative)

Chowdene

Damian Heslop (Reform UK)

Catherine Mary Knell (Liberal Democrat)

John McElroy (Labour)

Thomas Frederick Newell (Green)

Emile Persaud (The North East Party)

David William Potts (Conservative)

Crawcrook and Greenside

Pat Chanse (Green)

Kath McCartney (Labour)

Doug Musgrove (Independent)

Robin Stanaway (Liberal Democrat)

Susan Mary Wilson (Conservative)

Deckham

Gary Rutherford Brooks (Green)

Norman Hall (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Steven Hawkins (Liberal Democrat)

Leigh Kirton (Labour and Co-operative Party)

Josh Alan Knotts (Conservative)

Dunston and Teams

Andy Blanchflower (Green)

Brenda Clelland (Labour)

Mojgan Safaralinejad (Conservative)

Alexander Walls (Liberal Democrat)

Dunston Hill and Whickham East

Mary Blanchflower (Green)

Jak Hocking (Conservative)

Peter Maughan (Liberal Democrat)

Andrew Dylan Moir (Labour)

Graham Steele (Save Us Now)

Felling

Shakun Beadle (Liberal Democrat)

Sonya Dickie (Labour)

Peter Crompton Jackson (Conservative)

Ashleigh Taylor McLean (Green)

High Fell

Francis Thomas Athey (Conservative)

Len Bell (Liberal Democrat)

Elaine Brunskill (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Joe Painter (Green)

Barry Robert Turnbull (Labour)

Lamesley

Richard Herdman (Conservative)

Judith Turner (Labour)

Janice Wharton (Liberal Democrat)

Lobley Hill and Bensham

Catherine Donovan (Labour)

John Rogan Gardiner (Conservative)

Catherine Mulvie (Liberal Democrat)

Andy Redfern (Green)

Low Fell

Daniel Stephen Duggan (Liberal Democrat)

Campbell Grant (Green)

Simon James Morden (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Paul Sterling (Conservative)

Robert Lee Waugh (Labour)

Pelaw and Heworth

Nicholas Boldrini (Green)

Ali Reza Akbari Pargam (Conservative)

Ian Patterson (Liberal Democrat)

Jennifer Reay (Labour)

Ryton, Crookhill and Stella

Christopher Willian Buckley (Labour)

Ros Cooper (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Christopher Anthony Coxon (Conservative)

Stephen Paul Kelly (Liberal Democrat)

Andrew Mason (Green)

Saltwell

Robert Ableson (Conserviative)

Ravi Cabral (Green)

Jamie Rickelton (Liberal Democrat)

Denise Marianne Robson (Labour)

Wardley and Leam Lane

Jill Green (Labour)

John Robert McNeil (Conservative)

David Graham Randall (Liberal Democrat)

Whickham North

Jeff Bowe (Labour)

Diane Cadman (Green)

John Callanan (Conservative)

Sonya Hawkins (Liberal Democrat)

Whickham South and Sunniside

David Robert Lowes (Labour)

Jonathan Mohammed (Liberal Democrat)

James Richard Standaloft (Green)

Perry Wilson (Conservative)

Windy Nook and Whitehills

Ruth Christina Grant (Green)

Rachel Louise Mullen (Labour)

Kyle Lambert Murray (Conservative)

Susan Walker (Liberal Democrat)

Winlaton and High Spen

Lynda Duggan (Liberal Democrat)

Jordan-Lee Guthrie (Conservative)

Paul Martin McNally (Green)

Julie Simpson (Labour)

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