South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough 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

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 Democrat		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 Democrat 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

Hebburn Quay By-Election 17 December 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat hold		Swing

Cleadon & East Boldon By-Election 14 September 2006[4][5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Milburn	1,057	43.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	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[6]
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 Democrat	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[7]
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 Democrat	Susan Troupe	100	4.9	+4.9
Majority			288	14.1
Turnout			2,031	32.3
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "About the council". southtyneside.info. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
2. "South Tyneside". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
3. "South Tynesdie council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
4. "Elections: 14 Sep 2006 Local Government Election". southtyneside.info. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
5. "Tories hold seat". Evening Chronicle. 2006-09-18. p. 8.
6. "Westoe By-Election Result". South Tyneside Council. 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
7. "Labour retain seat in by-election". Shields Gazette. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2010-02-26.

• By-election results

External links

• South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council