Tag Archives: Local elections

Labour snatch South Jesmond seat, while Lib Dems retain North

Felicity Mendelson beats Chris Boyle with almost 50% of vote, reports Bob Cooper – listen here to his interviews with the candidates

Spoiling your ballot paper is better than not voting at all, argues comment editor Sam Wood

See David Hardman and Peter Andras in action in the video stream and live-blog of our hustings event

Pagan and Woodwark will represent Jesmond again, as Electoral Commission promises review of polling night chaos

Watch all the action with our review of what the candidates said – and some nice pics of the event too

Newcastle City Council confirms runners and riders for next month’s local elections

JesmondLocal’s Joe Mellor explains the timeline of events between now and May’s polling day