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Newcastle City Council Elections, 2015

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Turnout	65%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Nick Forbes Anita Lower Party Labour Liberal Democrats Independent Leader's seat Westgate Castle Last election 51 25 2 Popular vote 57,144 22,607 2,896 Percentage 45% 18% 2% Councillors 53 22 3 Councillors +/– 2 3 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Conservative UKIP Green Last election 0 0 0 Seats won 0 0 0 Popular vote 17,936 15,991 6,950 Percentage 14.0% 13.0% 6.0% Councillors 0 0 0 Councillors +/– ±0 ±0 ±0

The 2015 Newcastle City Council Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England.^[1] The elections took place on the same day as other local elections.

During the election campaign, hustings were held by JesmondLocal in the North and South Jesmond Wards.^[2]

The result saw the majority of governing Labour Party members increase in the council chamber, with winners in seats in the wards Castle and North Jesmond replacing one Liberal Democrat councillor in each for these. Westerhope saw its third independent councillor elected, Pat Hillicks winning the seat with a 1,319 majority over the Labour Party candidate.

In West Gosforth, the Conservative candidate Steve Kyte came close to victory, the last such occasion being 1992, coming 17 votes short. UKIP candidates attracted more support on average than in any previous year, coming second in Byker and in Lemington.

Newcastle City Council election, 2015[3][4]
Party	Seats	Popular vote
Won	Not up	Total	±	Votes	Percentage
	Labour	22	31	53	+2	57,144	45.0%
	Liberal Democrats	4	18	22	-3	22,607	17.8%
	Independent	1	2	3	+1	2,896	2.3%
	Conservative	0	0	0	±0	17,936	14.1%
	UKIP	0	0	0	±0	15,991	12.6%
	Green	0	0	0	±0	7,950	6.3%
	Newcastle First	0	0	0	±0	1,785	1.4%
	TUSC	0	0	0	±0	763	0.6%
Total	27	51	78	±0	127,072	–
Turnout	65%

The electoral division results are listed below:^[5]