South Tyneside Council elections
One third of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54 councillors are elected, 3 from each of the 18 wards.[1]
Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Labour | 1973–1978 |
No overall control | 1978–1979 |
Labour | 1979–present |
Council elections
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1998
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 1999
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2000
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2002
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2003
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2004 (whole council elected after boundary changes which reduced the number of seats by 6)[3]
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2006
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2007
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2008
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2010
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2011
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2012
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2014
- South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, 2015
Borough result maps
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2012 results map
By-election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 959 | 76.7 | |||
Independent | 154 | 12.3 | |||
Conservative | 137 | 11.0 | |||
Majority | 805 | 64.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,250 | 21.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 991 | 55.7 | +7.4 | ||
Conservative | 519 | 29.2 | +1.8 | ||
Labour | 249 | 14.0 | -10.4 | ||
Independent | 19 | 1.1 | +1.1 | ||
Majority | 471 | 26.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,778 | 24.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 685 | 80.4 | |||
Conservative | 98 | 11.5 | |||
Socialist | 69 | 7.9 | |||
Majority | 587 | 68.9 | |||
Turnout | 852 | 15.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 669 | 55.7 | +3.0 | ||
Labour | 452 | 37.6 | -5.8 | ||
Conservative | 42 | 3.5 | -3.4 | ||
Socialist Party | 39 | 3.2 | +3.2 | ||
Majority | 217 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,202 | 20.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeffrey Milburn | 1,057 | 43.1 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Mordain | 669 | 27.3 | +5.7 | |
Labour | Lewis Atkinson | 601 | 24.5 | +4.1 | |
Green | Christopher Haine | 124 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 388 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,451 | 35.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Allen Branley | 694 | 30.6 | -35.0 | |
Labour | Allan West | 567 | 25.0 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Anthony Dailly | 320 | 14.1 | +3.3 | |
BNP | Les Lovelock | 266 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bill Troupe | 225 | 9.9 | +9.9 | |
Independent | David Wood | 194 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Majority | 127 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,266 | 34.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Stephenson | 854 | 42.0 | -6.5 | |
BNP | Pete Hodgkinson | 566 | 27.9 | -5.1 | |
Independent | Aaron Luke | 213 | 10.5 | +10.5 | |
Independent | David Rice | 174 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Anthony Lanaghan | 124 | 6.1 | -12.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Susan Troupe | 100 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 288 | 14.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,031 | 32.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "About the council". southtyneside.info. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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