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