| Election Name: | Newcastle City Council Elections, 2015 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Newcastle upon Tyne City Council.png |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Newcastle City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Newcastle City Council elections |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
| 3Blank: | Councillors |
| 4Blank: | Councillors +/– |
| Turnout: | 65% |
| Leader1: | Nick Forbes |
| Leaders Seat1: | Westgate |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 51 |
| Popular Vote1: | 57,144 |
| Percentage1: | 45% |
| 1Data1: | 51 |
| 2Data1: | 2 |
| 3Data1: | 53 |
| 4Data1: | 2 |
| Leader2: | Anita Lower |
| Leaders Seat2: | Castle |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 25 |
| Popular Vote2: | 22,607 |
| Percentage2: | 18% |
| Swing2: | 1% |
| 1Data2: | 25 |
| 2Data2: | 3 |
| 3Data2: | 22 |
| 4Data2: | 3 |
| Last Election3: | 2 |
| Party3: | Independent (politician) |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,896 |
| Percentage3: | 2% |
| 1Data3: | 3 |
| 2Data3: | 1 |
| 3Data3: | 3 |
| 4Data3: | 1 |
| Last Election4: | 0 |
| Party4: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats4: | 0 |
| Popular Vote4: | 17,936 |
| Percentage4: | 14.0% |
| 1Data4: | 0 |
| 2Data4: | ±0 |
| 3Data4: | 0 |
| 4Data4: | ±0 |
| Last Election5: | 0 |
| Party5: | UK Independence Party |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 15,991 |
| Percentage5: | 13.0% |
| 1Data5: | 0 |
| 2Data5: | ±0 |
| 3Data5: | 0 |
| 4Data5: | ±0 |
| Last Election6: | 0 |
| Party6: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Popular Vote6: | 6,950 |
| Percentage6: | 6.0% |
| 1Data6: | 0 |
| 2Data6: | ±0 |
| 3Data6: | 0 |
| 4Data6: | ±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 | align=right | -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]