Labour’s Stephen Powers has been elected in the Ouseburn Ward by-election. The results for the are:
Stephen Powers, Labour – 714
Mark Nelson, LibDem – 665
Ian Fraser, Newcastle First – 73
Joshua Chew, Tory – 49
Stephen says: “Thank you to everyone who voted for me in the election. I will work hard on behalf of all residents of Ouseburn and I’ll hit the ground running”.