Mayor of North Tyneside
| Mayor of North Tyneside | |
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| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate of North Tyneside |
| Term length | Four years |
The Mayor of North Tyneside is the executive mayor of the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. The incumbent since 2013 is Norma Redfearn.[1] A Mayoral Referendum was held on 5 May 2016 to determine if residents wished to retain the Mayoral system or change to a Committee system. The number of votes for continuing with the mayoral system was 32,546, which was 57.5%, while 23,703 wanted a committee system - 41.8%.
Referendum
| Choice | Votes | % |
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 Elected Mayor
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30,262 | 57.6 |
| Cabinet System | 22,296 | 42.4 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Total votes | 52,558 | 100.00 |
| Source: House of Commons Library[2] | ||
| Choice | Votes | % |
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| Elected Mayor
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32,546 | 57.5 |
| Committee System | 24,059 | 42.5 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Total votes | 56,605 | 100.00 |
Elections
2002
| Mayor of North Tyneside election 2 May 2002 [3] | |||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | |||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | |||||
| Conservative | Christopher Morgan | 21,829 | 35.9% | 4,254 | 26,083 | 51.5% |
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| Labour | Eddie Darke | 19,601 | 32.2% | 4,930 | 24,531 | 48.5% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Michael Huscroft | 12,323 | 20.2% |
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| Independent | Allan Pond | 4,993 | 8.2% |
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| Socialist Alliance | Michael Elliott | 2,119 | 3.5% |
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| Conservative win | |||||||||
2003 by-election
A mayoral by-election was held on 12 June 2003, which was won by Linda Arkley of the Conservative Party, after Chris Morgan resigned after he was arrested in relation to police investigations over allegations of possessing indecent images of children. He was subsequently cleared of all charges.[4][5]
| Mayor of North Tyneside by-election 12 June 2003 [6] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | Linda Arkley | 18,478 | 43.1% | 2,750 | 21,228 | 56.4% |
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| Labour | Gordon Adam | 13,070 | 30.5% | 3,357 | 16,427 | 43.6% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Michael Huscroft | 8,404 | 19.8% |
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| BNP | Robert Batten | 2,554 | 6.0% |
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| Socialist Alliance | Louise van der Hoeven | 400 | 0.9% |
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| Majority | 4,801 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | ||||||||
2005
| Mayor of North Tyneside election 5 May 2005 [7] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | John Harrison | 34,053 | 40% | 6,407 | 40,460 | 50.6% |
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| Conservative | Linda Arkley | 35,467 | 42% | 3,991 | 39,458 | 49.4% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Joan Harvey | 12,761 | 15% |
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| National Front | Robert Batten | 2,470 | 3% |
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| Majority | 1,002 | |||||||
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2009
| Mayor of North Tyneside election 4 June 2009 [8] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Conservative | Linda Arkley | 24,784 | 45% | 2,299 | 27,083 | 54.5% |
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| Labour | John Harrison | 19,823 | 34% | 2,811 | 22,634 | 45.5% |
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| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Huscroft | 7,343 | 13% |
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| BNP | John Burrows | 3,398 | 6% |
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| Green | Martin Collins | 1,995 | 3% |
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| National Front | Robert Batten | 1,086 | 2% |
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| Majority | 4,449 | |||||||
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2013
| North Tyneside Mayoral Election 2 May 2013 [9] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Norma Redfearn | 27,905 | 55.76% |
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| Conservative | Linda Arkley | 18,083 | 36.14% |
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| Liberal Democrats | John Appleby | 4,054 | 8.10% |
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| Majority | 9,822 | |||||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | ||||||||
2017
| North Tyneside Mayoral Election 04 May 2017 [10] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round | ||||
| Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | ||||
| Labour | Norma Redfearn | 29,655 | 56.4% |
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| Conservative | Stewart Hay | 16,164 | 30.7% |
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| Liberal Democrats | John Appleby | 3,537 | 6.7% |
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| UKIP | Stuart Houghton | 3,248 | 6.2% |
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| Majority | 13,491 | |||||||
| Turnout | 52,604 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Swing |  6.1
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References
- ^ http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/browse-display.shtml?p_ID=541982&p_subjectCategory=688
- ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Arrested mayor resigns his post". BBC News. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "FORMER NORTH TYNESIDE MAYOR CLEARED OF CHILD PORN CHARGES". Local Government Chronicle. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002". House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Local and Mayoral elections 2005" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Local and Mayoral elections 2009" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Labour takes North Tyneside elected mayoral post". BBC News. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "Election 2017: North Tyneside mayoral election result". BBC. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.