2011 Newcastle City Council election
The 2011 Newcastle City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect one third of the members of Newcastle City Council in England. The elections took place on the same day as other local elections.
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The result saw the Labour Party gain 12 seats from the Liberal Democrats, taking control of the council for the first time in seven years.
Results summary
| 2011 Newcastle City Council election[1][2][3] | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 21 | 9 | 77.8 | 22 | 43 | 55.1 | 40,540 | 50.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 12 | 22.2 | 26 | 32 | 41.0 | 23,914 | 29.9 | ||
| Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8,877 | 11.1 | |||
| BNP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,050 | 2.6 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,681 | 2.1 | |||
| Newcastle upon Tyne Community First Party | 0 | New | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,619 | 2.0 | New | |
| Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.3 | 1,266 | 1.6 | |||
| Communist | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 0.0 | |||
References
- Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Newcastle City Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Newcastle upon Tyne". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- "Election results 2011: English council summary results". The Guardian. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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