Candidates in Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend — 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.
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Byker
13 candidates
Gary Michael Day
Gavin John Jordan
Hedley Sugar-Wells
Jamie Anderson
Khadija Ali
Neil Fraser Scott
Nick Hartley
Robert David Jarman
Shane Scott Robinson
Steven Thomas Forster
Syed Ahmed
Tanya Marie Dawes
Will Wain
Heaton
14 candidates
Lara Blanche Ellis
Active on State
Mehrban Sadiq
Active on State
Andrew Gray
Andrew Rakowski
Billy Hill
Chandni Chopra
Clare Penny-Evans
Joe Gartland
John Grierson Dobie
Jude Browne
Mark Ridyard
Steve Handford
Steve Taylor
Stewart Jackson
Howdon
4 candidates
Manor Park
13 candidates
Christopher John Bartlett
Christopher O'Keeffe
Danny Hutton Ferris
Deborah Elizabeth Burns
Doreen Huddart
Greg Stone
Heather Chambers
John Paul Gardner
Mark Gardner
Mica Hind
Nathan Evans
Philip Hedley Brookes
Trevor Brian Cox
Ouseburn
14 candidates
Ali Mehmood
Alistair Stuart Chisholm
Curtis John Hollocks
Gareth Kane
Joseph Morris
Lawrence Christopher Davies
Leon Brown
Marie Summersby
Matt Osbourn
Mike Cookson
Philip Douglas Parkinson
Robert Fleming
Sarah Peters
Tony Teasdale
Walker
16 candidates
Liz Panton
Active on State
Andrew Richard Thomas Cowie
Christopher Metcalf
Chuck Taylor
Colin Goldsborough
Davy Wood
Ian Leigh Aird
John Douglas Stokel-Walker
Lorraine Anne Gingell
Mark Daniel Buckley
Matt Williams
Pamela Victor Ibitamuno
Richard William Sharp
Robert Lambert Renton
Sam Vosper
Tom Whatson
Walkergate
13 candidates
Abdul Basit Muhammed Rajib
Brad Aird
Christine Aird
David Frederick Cain
David Gordon Orr
Gavin William Maw
Karen Lesley Robinson
Margaret Montgomery
Maria Maza
Stephen Oxborough
Stephen Thomas Lowrey
Wayne Thompson
William Frederick Signey
