2014 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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Elections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 22 May 2014. They coincided with other local elections happening in the UK that day, as well as the 2014 election to the European Parliament.

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North Tyneside Council is elected "in thirds" which means one councillor from each three-member ward is elected each year with a fourth year when the mayoral election takes place.

One third of the councillors were elected in 2010 and the results below are compared to the last time the seats were fought, in 2012, or at by-elections in the case of Riverside and Wallsend.

North Tyneside Council Election Result 2014 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4420+273.346.925,917-11.2%
  Conservative 120002025.113,846-9.1%
  UKIP 0000021.111,656+21.1%
  Liberal Democrats 401-16.64.42,407-2.9%
  Independent 001-1021,116+2%
  TUSC 000000.4198+0.4%
  Green 000000.2131+0.2%

Resulting Political Composition

  PartySeatsCouncil Composition 23 May 2014
201220132014
  Labour 444244                                                            
  Conservative 121212                                                            
 Lib Dems454                                                            
  Independent 010                                                            

Candidates by party

20 / 20
20 / 20
4 / 20
1 / 20
20 / 20
7 / 20
3 / 20

There were a total of 75 candidates standing across the 20 seats - an average of 3.75 in each ward. The Labour Party, Conservative Party and United Kingdom Independence Party all fielded a full slate of 20 candidates. The Liberal Democrats fielded 7 candidates, whilst there were 4 Independents, 3 candidates representing the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and 1 candidate representing the Green Party.

Since the last local election in 2012, the number of candidates representing Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats was unchanged. UKIP, the TUSC and Green Party fielded no candidates in the 2012 election, so had increases of 20, 3 and 1 respectively. There were no Independent candidates in the 2012 election so there was an increase of 4.

Battle Hill

North Tyneside Council Elections: Battle Hill ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave McGarr1,14943.1-16.4
Independent Chris Croft79329.7+29.7
UKIP Phyllis Masters51819.4+19.4
Conservative John Snowdon2077.8+1.1
Majority35613.3-12.4
Turnout 2,66732.6+0.6
Labour hold Swing -23.1

Benton

North Tyneside Council Elections: Benton ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Earley1,69154.9-10.5
Conservative David McGrogan77425.1-9.5
UKIP Frederick Battey53517.4+17.4
TUSC Tim Wall812.6+2.6
Majority91729.8-1
Turnout 3,08139.5+0.5
Labour hold Swing -0.5

Camperdown

North Tyneside Council Elections: Camperdown ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Arkle1,39159.1-24.1
UKIP Brian Clarke69629.6+29.6
Conservative Ian Wallace26811.4-5.4
Majority69529.5-36.9
Turnout 2,35529.5-5.3
Labour hold Swing -26.9

Chirton

North Tyneside Council Elections: Chirton ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Reynolds1,23455.7-24.3
UKIP Stephen Brand58526.4+26.4
Conservative Heather Sarin23210.5-9.5
Independent Amanda Normand1657.4+7.4
Majority64929.3-30.7
Turnout 2,21627+3.1
Labour gain from Independent Swing -25.4

Collingwood

North Tyneside Council Elections: Collingwood ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steven Cox1,40147.6-32.4
UKIP Stephen Symington68123.1+23.1
Conservative Christopher Johnston67122.8+2.8
Independent Dave Taws1033.5+3.5
Liberal Democrats Pat Briscol862.9+2.9
Majority72024.5-35.5
Turnout 2,94235.8+1
Labour hold Swing -27.8

Cullercoats

North Tyneside Council Elections: Cullercoats ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Barrie1,42542.7-11.9
Labour Matthew Thirlaway1,26838-7.4
UKIP Stewart Hayes64219.3+19.3
Majority1574.7-4.5
Turnout 3,33545+1
Conservative hold Swing -2.3

Howdon

North Tyneside Council Elections: Howdon ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Madden1,34360-16.3
UKIP Robert Mather69930.2+30.2
Liberal Democrats June Smith1446.2-1.6
Conservative David Griffith-Owen1305.6+0.2
Majority64429.8-36.1
Turnout 2,31627.6+2.1
Labour hold Swing -23.3

Killingworth

North Tyneside Council Elections: Killingworth ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Darke1,45355.2-9.5
UKIP Billy Couchman62723.8+23.8
Conservative Karen Johnston55221-14.3
Majority82621.4-8
Turnout 2,63233.4+0.8
Labour hold Swing -16.7

Longbenton

North Tyneside Council Elections: Longbenton ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joan Walker1,58062.5-22.3
UKIP Margaret Smith63425.1+25.1
Conservative Robin Underwood31412.4-2.8
Majority94637.4-32.1
Turnout 2,52831.5+3.6
Labour hold Swing -23.7

Monkseaton North

North Tyneside Council Elections: Monkseaton North ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Miller1,21841.9-14.6
Labour William Samuel1,03735.7-0.5
UKIP Stephen Borlos46616+16
Liberal Democrats David Nisbet1856.4-0.9
Majority1816.2-14.1
Turnout 2,90642.2+3
Conservative hold Swing -7.1

Monkseaton South

North Tyneside Council Elections: Monkseaton South ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Grayson1,46645.4-5.4
Conservative George Partis1,16336-9.6
UKIP Gary Legg60318.7+18.7
Majority3039.4+4
Turnout 3,23242.8+1.7
Labour hold Swing +2.1

Northumberland

North Tyneside Council Elections: Northumberland ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Marian Huscroft86837.3-16.1
Labour Andy Newman84736.4-6
UKIP Mark Bickerton52922.7+22.7
Conservative Jessica Bushbye843.6-0.6
Majority210.9-10.1
Turnout 2,32825+1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -5

Preston

North Tyneside Council Elections: Preston ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kate Osborne 1,17243.3-8.4
Conservative Glynis Barrie98836.5-11.8
UKIP John Clarke54520.1+20.1
Majority1846.8+3.5
Turnout 2,70538.90
Labour hold Swing +1.7

Riverside

North Tyneside Council Elections: Riverside ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bruce Pickard1,37758.8-26.8
UKIP Bob Sword65628+28
Conservative Barbara Stevens23610.1-3.3
TUSC William Jarrett743.1+3.1
Majority72130.8-40.5
Turnout 2,34329.6+13.9
Labour hold Swing -27.4

A by-election was held in July 2013, and the changes are reflected from that result.

St. Mary's

North Tyneside Council Elections: St. Mary's ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela McIntyre2,03561.8-16
Labour David McMeekan64819.6+3.1
UKIP Elizabeth Borlos45013.7+13.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Day1624.9-0.8
Majority1,38742.1-19.1
Turnout 3,29548.4+0.5
Conservative hold Swing -9.6

Tynemouth

North Tyneside Council Elections: Tynemouth ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Day1,62144.3-4.6
Conservative Linda Arkley 1,58443.2-7.9
UKIP Marianne Follin45812.5+12.5
Majority371-1.2
Turnout 3,66344+6.2
Labour hold Swing +1.7

Valley

North Tyneside Council Elections: Valley ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Burdis1,36656.6-25
UKIP Angie Potter68328.3+28.3
Conservative Alan Furness36415.1-3.3
Majority68328.3-34.8
Turnout 2,41330.1+3.7
Labour hold Swing -26.7

Wallsend

North Tyneside Council Elections: Wallsend ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Bell91437.6+2.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Finlay85835.3-22.9
UKIP Frank Rogers44118.1+18.1
Green Martin Collins1315.4+2.1
Conservative John McGee863.5-0.1
Majority562.3-21.1
Turnout 2,43031.3+4.7
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing +12.9

A by-election was held in held in November 2012, and the changes are reflected from that result.

Weetslade

North Tyneside Council Elections: Weetslade ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joanne Cassidy1,44548.4-15.6
UKIP Irene Davidson83928.1+28.1
Conservative Andrew Elliott65922.1-13.9
TUSC Lynne Sample431.4+1.4
Majority60620.3-7.7
Turnout 2,98639.5+0.7
Labour hold Swing -21.9

Whitley Bay

North Tyneside Council Elections: Whitley Bay ward 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Hall1,51452.2+0.1
Conservative Frank Austin85629.5-18.4
UKIP Henry Marshall36912.7+12.7
Liberal Democrats John Appleby1083.7+3.7
Independent Carlos Caldeira551.9+1.9
Majority65822.7+18.5
Turnout 2,90240.7+1.9
Labour hold Swing +9.3
Preceded by
2013 North Tyneside Council mayoral election
North Tyneside local elections Succeeded by
2015 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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References

  1. "2014 Local Election Results". North Tyneside Council. Retrieved 5 February 2024.