2024 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2024 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)2026 

All 60 seats to North Tyneside Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37%Increase2.svg6 [1]
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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Leader Norma Redfearn Liam BonesCath Davis/Judith Wallace [lower-alpha 1]
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Last election51 seats, 55.5%7 seats, 26.9%2 seats, 3.2%
Seats before47 [lower-alpha 2] 7 [lower-alpha 3] 6
Seats won5181
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Increase2.svg1Decrease2.svg5

North Tyneside council election ward map 2024.svg

Council control before election


Labour

Control after election


Labour

The 2024 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, [3] alongside the other local elections held in the United Kingdom on the same day. All seats were up for election following boundary changes. Labour retained its majority on the council. [4]

Contents

Background

Results from the previous election in 2023 North Tyneside UK ward map 2023.svg
Results from the previous election in 2023

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. North Tyneside was a district of the Tyne and Wear metropolitan county. [5] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The North of Tyne Combined Authority was created in 2018 and began electing the mayor of the North of Tyne from 2019, which was given strategic powers covering a region covering some of the same area as the former Tyne and Wear metropolitan county, as well as Northumberland. [6]

Since its creation, North Tyneside has generally been under Labour control, with some periods of no overall control and Conservative Party control from 2008 to 2010. Labour has had an overall majority of seats on the council since the 2011 election, when the party gained seats. In the most recent council election in 2023, Labour won eighteen seats with 55.5% of the vote, while the Conservatives won three seats with 26.9% of the vote. [7] Norma Redfearn has been the Labour mayor of North Tyneside since 2013, and she was last re-elected in 2021. [8]

Due to a boundary review and change by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, all 60 seats to North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council will be up for election. [9]

Boundary changes

New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, requiring all seats to be contested instead of the usual third of the council. [10]

Old wards [11] No. of seatsNew wardsNo. of seats
Battle Hill3Backworth and Holystone3
Benton3Battle Hill3
Camperdown3Camperdown3
Chirton3Chirton and Percy Main3
Collingwood3Cullercoats and Whitley Bay South3
Cullercoats3Forest Hall3
Howdon3Howdon3
Killingworth3Killingworth3
Longbenton3Longbenton and Benton3
Monkseaton North3Monkseaton3
Monkseaton South3New York and Murton3
Northumberland3North Shields3
Preston3Preston with Preston Grange3
Riverside3Shiremoor3
St Mary's3St Mary's3
Tynemouth3Tynemouth3
Valley3Wallsend Central3
Wallsend3Wallsend North3
Weetslade3Weetslade3
Whitley Bay3Whitley Bay North3

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. [12] [13] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with all wards being represented by three councillors, one of whom is elected each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in North Tyneside aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

As a result of the Elections Act 2022 electors will be required to present photo ID in order to cast their vote at the polling station.

Previous council composition

After 2023 electionBefore 2024 electionAfter 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 51 Labour 46 Labour 51
Conservative 7 Conservative 6 Conservative 8
Independent 2 Independent 6 Independent 1

Changes:

Ward results

Sources for results: [19]

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor A double asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor who stood in a different ward not associated geographically with the ward they previously represented

Backworth and Holystone

Backworth and Holystone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Amanda Bell 1,167
Labour Nigel John Huscroft 964
Labour James Webster 926
Conservative Alexander James Amos533
Conservative Chike Anieto531
Green Aragorn Joe Jones506
Turnout 30.3

Battle Hill

Battle Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julie Elizabeth Cruddas* 1,614
Labour Carl John Johnson* 1,427
Labour Steve Phillips* 1,314
Conservative Janet Ilderton520
Green Nick Martin477
Turnout 32.9

Camperdown

Camperdown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tracy Ann Hallway* 1,136
Labour Steve Cox* 1,111
Labour Joan Isabel Walker** 999
Green Adam Paul Greenwold622
Turnout 27.9

Chirton and Percy Main

Chirton and Percy Main
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rebecca O'Keefe* 1,116
Labour Hannah Patricia Johnson* 1,079
Labour Charles Bruce Pickard* 896
Reform UK Michael Harrigan436
Conservative Stephen Patrick Bones360
Green Chloe Fawcett Reilly338
Green Janet Irene Mellor291
TUSC Peter Robson209
Turnout 24.2

Cullercoats and Whitley Bay South

Cullercoats and Whitley Bay South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jane Shaw** 2,222
Labour Willie Samuel* 2,036
Labour Andrew James Spowart* 1,730
Green Ian Appleby1,204
Conservative Ken Barrie884
Conservative David James Steven857
Green Claire Emma Wedderman742
Green Sophie Joanna McGlinn725
Independent Rie Pearson565
TUSC John Hoare200
Turnout 48.8

Forest Hall

Forest Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Janet Hunter* 1,797
Labour Peter Gerard Earley 1,569
Labour Joanna Marie Sharp 1,344
Independent Stuart Clark Hill886
Liberal Democrats John Christopher Appleby411
Green Deborah Altman406
Conservative Joshua Thomas Clark393
Green Julia Buus Florentine289
Green Mark James Martinez226
Turnout 40.2

Howdon

Howdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Isobel Bell** 1,281
Labour John Lawrence Langford Harrison* 1,273
Labour Matthew Brian Thirlaway** 1,061
Independent Maureen Louise Madden533
Reform UK Janice Richardson428
Green Michael John Renner322
Conservative Connor Bones250
Turnout 26.3

Killingworth

Killingworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Oliver** 1,356
Labour Paul Bunyan 1,287
Labour Bryan Shaun Clark 1,209
Conservative David Sarin617
Green Isaac Duncan Ford510
Turnout 35.5

Longbenton and Benton

Longbenton and Benton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Karen Anne Clark* 1,610
Labour Eddie Darke* 1,445
Labour Linda Darke 1,311
Green Fiona Gray619
Reform UK Brian Smith370
TUSC Dan George256
Turnout 32.8

Monkseaton

Monkseaton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Davey Drummond* 2,238
Labour Sarah Day** 1,967
Labour Martin James Murphy* 1,772
Conservative Stewart Thomas Hay1,073
Green Kate Elizabeth Percival605
Green Thomas Dehler473
Liberal Democrats Vera Elliott400
Green Neil Percival376
TUSC Lee Dickson157
Turnout 45.2

New York and Murton

New York and Murton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Olly Scargill* 1,346
Conservative Claire Louise McGinty 961
Conservative Jay Luca Bartoli 902
Labour Peter John Martin616
Labour Oskar Andrew Avery609
Labour Ryan Alexander Jason Carter599
Green Penny Remfry217
Turnout 34.7

North Shields

North Shields
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Lott* 1,316
Labour Josephine Mudzingwa** 1,289
Labour Frank Lott* 1,245
Green Martin Anthony Osborne583
Independent Karen Marie Weech490
Independent Sarah Elizabeth Graham472
Independent Chris Johnston469
Conservative Adam Thewlis390
Conservative David Charles Office367
Liberal Democrats Charis Pollard322
Workers Party William George Jarrett167
Turnout 35.4

Preston with Preston Grange

Preston with Preston Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liam Adam Bones* 1,717
Conservative John Joseph Johnsson* 1,557
Conservative David Wallace Lilly 1,394
Labour Mark Ellis1,136
Labour Michael Morris1,013
Independent Cath Davis*821
Labour Raz Razaq773
Green Nick Fitzsimons498
Turnout 47.4

Shiremoor

Shiremoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Burdis* 1,318
Labour Tommy Mulvenna* 1,189
Labour Kristin Dominica Nott 1,018
Green Caron Louise Kirkham633
Reform UK Gordon Fletcher515
Green Carole Ann Nissen362
Green Roger Werner Maier293
Turnout 30.0

St Mary's

St Mary's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian McAlpine* 1,510
Labour Andy Holdsworth 1,373
Independent Judith Wallace* 1,320
Labour David Charles Slater1,232
Independent Pam McIntyre*1,222
Conservative Trish Gargett1,182
Conservative Steven Paul Robinson1,179
Labour George Crighton Westwater947
Independent Stuart Gordon Murray818
Green Vicki Parry403
Liberal Democrats Janet Elizabeth Appleby341
Turnout 52.8

Tynemouth

Tynemouth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lewis Carlo Bartoli* 1,876
Labour Tom Bailey 1,757
Labour Julie Day 1,712
Conservative Chris Johnston*1,688
Conservative John Ord1,659
Labour Daniel George Gray1,380
Green Matt Williams692
Independent Helen Smith385
Turnout 53.6

Wallsend Central

Wallsend Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Dolores Marshall* 1,329
Labour Charlie Gray 1,267
Labour Ian Raymond Grayson* 1,233
Green Martin Collins590
Reform UK Richard Oliver483
Green Julia Hayward447
Green Sophie Hayward-Pattison401
Turnout 31.4

Wallsend North

Wallsend North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Newman* 1,416
Labour Jim Montague* 1,358
Labour Tricia Neira** 1,236
Reform UK Rosie Elliott571
Green Ian Jones553
Green Allie Wilson Craw380
Green John Graham Morley315
Turnout 29.9

Weetslade

Weetslade
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Ellen Burtenshaw* 1,426
Labour Anthony William McMullen* 1,378
Labour Liz McMullen 1,356
Conservative Michael Andrew Pickering785
Conservative Heather Victoria Halliday Amos784
Green Michael Andrew Newton614
Turnout 36.0

Whitley Bay North

Whitley Bay North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe Kirwin* 2,233
Labour John O'Shea* 2,161
Labour Sandra Maria Graham* 2,018
Green Alan Steele1,580
Green Helen MacKenzie Bell1,226
Green Richard Smithson988
Liberal Democrats David Nisbet507
Workers Party Gordon Bell174
Turnout 49.2

Notes

  1. Of the six independent councillors prior to the election, four formed the "Community Independent" group led by Cath Davis, the other two formed the "Independent Group" led by Judith Wallace. [2]
  2. Including one vacant seat last held by Labour.
  3. Including one vacant seat last held by Conservatives.

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