South Tyneside Council elections

South Tyneside Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. South Tyneside Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54 councillors are elected, 3 from each of the 18 wards.[1]

Political control

South Tyneside was created under the Local Government Act 1972 as a metropolitan borough, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in 1986 and South Tyneside became a unitary authority. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[2][3]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973–1978
No overall control1978–1979
Labour1979–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1997 have been:[4]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Paul Waggott[5] Labour19974 May 2008
Iain Malcolm[6] Labour13 May 200817 Nov 2020
Tracey Dixon Labour14 Jan 2021

Council elections

Borough result maps
  • 2012 results map
    2012 results map
  • 2018 results map
    2018 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map

By-election results

1994-1998
Whiteleas By-Election 27 February 1997
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
Cleadon & East Boldon By-Election 28 August 1997
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
Bede By-Election 3 September 1997
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

1998-2002
Hebburn Quay By-Election 17 December 1998
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

2006-2010
Cleadon & East Boldon By-Election 14 September 2006[8][9]
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
Westoe By-Election 10 September 2009[10]
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
Primrose By-Election 25 February 2010[11]
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

2010-2014
Cleadon and East Boldon By-Election 27 June 2013[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Meling 991 38.8 -7.2
Conservative Fiona Milburn 899 35.2 -18.8
UKIP Colin Campbell 666 26.1 +26.1
Majority 92 3.6
Turnout 2,556
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Primrose By-Election 27 June 2013[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Moira Smith 755 50.3 -25.0
UKIP John Clarke 520 34.6 +34.6
BNP Martin Vaughan 146 9.7 -3.6
Conservative John Coe 80 5.3 -6.1
Majority 235 15.7
Turnout 1,501
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018
Westoe By-Election 2 October 2014[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Norman Dennis 676 40.9 +2.9
Labour Katharine Maxwell 625 37.9 -6.9
Conservative John Coe 219 13.3 -3.9
Green Tony Bengtssom 90 5.5 +5.5
Liberal Democrats Carole Troupe 41 2.5 +2.5
Majority 51 3.1
Turnout 1,651
UKIP gain from Independent Swing

2018-2022
Fellgate and Hedworth By-Election 29 July 2021[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jay Potts 850 49.1 +9.6
Independent John Robertson 555 32.0 -15.8
Conservative Chris Smith 158 9.1 +4.7
Liberal Democrats David Wilkinson 125 7.2 -1.0
Green Kelly Hill 44 2.5 New
Majority 295 17.1 N/A
Turnout 1,738 30.6
Labour gain from Independent Swing Increase12.7
Cleadon & East Bolden By-Election 9 September 2021[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stan Wildhirt 989 35.1 -12.9
Green David Herbert 943 33.5 +20.6
Labour Philip Toulson 886 31.4 -5.9
Majority 46 1.6
Turnout 2,823 40.7
Conservative hold Swing Decrease16.8

References
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