Candidates in Gateshead Central and Whickham — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
Bridges
Alistair James Carr Bassett
Chris Beer
Jonathan Shlomo Aibi
Leon Lesley Dobie
Linda Carolyn Cook
Luisa Scott
Mark Andrew Gorman
Melissa Amity Harker
Peter Charlton
Rachel Mary Cabral
Shane Lee Irwin
Zahra Hakim
Chowdene
Andrew David Wallace
Caitlin McIsaac
Catherine Mary Knell
Dev Patel
Edwin Snaith
Emma Jane Robinson
Josh Kemp
Keith Wood
Neil Carpenter
Perry Wilson
Roy Alexander
Ruth Christina Grant
Sam Morden
Deckham
Alan John Brown
Barry Malcolm Flux
Bernadette Teresa Oliphant
Craig Heathcote
Leigh Kirton
Martin Gannon
Michaela McCaugherty
Norman Hall
Patricia Ann Shield
Paul Stewart
Roisin Taylor
Sam Grinsell
Stephen McCaugherty
High Fell
Andrew Welsh
Arthur Boylin
Barry Robert Turnbull
Catherine O Donovan
Danielle Cavanagh
Elaine Brunskill
Gabriel Rubinstein
Joseph Anyanwu
Judith Francesca Therese Gibson
Kathryn Dorothea Walker
Leonard Bell
Shakuntala Beadle
Sidney Laws
Low Fell
Arthur Murray
Daniel Stephen Duggan
Dawn Elizabeth Welsh
Deacon Edward Robson
George James Poxon
Iain Henderson
Jerome Ruddick
John Atkinson
Jonathan Dawson
Neil Campbell Grant
Robert Taylor
Ron Beadle
Shaun Alexander Dunlop
Simon James Morden
Saltwell
Ayo Akin
David Ayre
David Robert Prior
David Ronald Digby Roberts
Denise Marianne Robson
Edita Petrylaite
Graham Hankinson
Jamie Rickelton
John Frederick Adams
Leanne May Brand
Owain Curtis
Simon Michael James
Stephen Gibson