Gateshead

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

8 cycles in our data

12.6% all-time seats elected below the quota (28 of 223)

22.0% all-time seats unfairly awarded (49 of 223 across 8 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2026

66 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2026)

In 2026, 66 seats were up across 22 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 66 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	67,437	37.0%	38	57.6%	25	37.9%	+13
Labour Party	49,614	27.3%	12	18.2%	18	27.3%	-6
Liberal Democrats	37,353	20.5%	13	19.7%	14	21.2%	-1
Green Party	24,667	13.6%	3	4.5%	9	13.6%	-6
Conservative Party	2,295	1.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Independent	324	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	303	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Save Us Now	34	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	182,027	100.0%	66	100.0%	66	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward	2016	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024	2026
Birtley	48%	59%	38%	53%	46%	57%	43%
Birtley North and Lamesley								50%
Birtley South								41%
Blaydon	62%	69%	56%	52%	53%	66%	61%	47%
Bridges	67%	66%	61%	56%	66%	58%	49%	39%
Chopwell and Rowlands Gill	63%	68%	49%	54%	62%	67%	71%	49%
Chowdene	59%	57%	47%	53%	55%	58%	50%	40%
Crawcrook and Greenside	59%	58%	41%	43%	45%	48%	54%	42%
Deckham	58%	65%	58%	55%	60%	57%	54%	42%
Dunston and Teams	63%	70%	59%	62%	62%	61%	61%
Dunston Hill and Whickham East	49%	53%	53%	49%	49%	52%	49%	41%
Dunston, Teams and Riverside								40%
Felling	68%	73%	64%	57%	59%	63%	63%	46%
High Fell	69%	66%	56%	50%	58%	73%	57%	49%
Lamesley	58%	64%	53%	60%	58%	63%	64%
Lobley Hill and Bensham	58%	62%	49%	57%	59%	60%	58%	44%
Low Fell	53%	51%	58%	51%	48%	59%	53%	53%
Pelaw and Heworth	45%	48%	51%	56%	52%	53%	55%
Pelaw, Heworth and Bill Quay								40%
Ryton Crookhill and Stella				54%	60%	57%	45%
Ryton, Crookhill and Stella	41%	50%	49%					40%
Saltwell	57%	62%	51%	44%	49%	45%	52%	41%
Wardley and Leam Lane	71%	65%	54%	60%	62%	66%	67%	51%
Whickham North	58%	60%	70%	57%	61%	64%	58%
Whickham North and Swalwell								46%
Whickham South and Sunniside	63%	67%	73%	49%	60%	64%	45%	53%
Windy Nook and Whitehills	65%	71%	58%	55%	59%	62%	56%	54%
Winlaton and High Spen	59%	64%	54%	50%	53%	57%	57%	47%