2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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18 of 54 seats to South Tyneside Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tracey Dixon Party Labour Independent Last election 38 seats, 44.0% 6 seats, 22.7% Seats before 38 6 Seats won 4 10 Seats after 28 15 Seat change 10 9 Popular vote 13,119 11,770 Percentage 35.5% 31.9% Swing 8.5% 9.2%   Third party Fourth party   Leader David Francis Party Green Conservative Last election 9 seats, 21.7% 1 seat, 10.3% Seats before 9 1 Seats won 4 0 Seats after 11 0 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 9,640 1,709 Percentage 26.1% 4.6% Swing 4.4% 5.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election Tracey Dixon Labour Leader after election Tracey Dixon Labour

The 2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council. ^[1] 18 of the 54 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England. ^[2]

Bucking the trend of the rest of the country, the election saw Labour's seat count drop dramatically, losing ten seats nearly entirely to independent candidates. With 28 seats, Labour was left with only just enough seats for control of the council. The party's poor performance was described as being down to a 'perfect storm' of issues by the council's Labour leader Tracey Dixon, ^[3] further adding that Labour needed to 'restart' and 'work more closely' with the council's communities. ^[4] The results were put down ^{[5] [3] [4] [6]} to growing dissatisfaction with the council due to ongoing bin collection strikes that began in late 2023, ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} the council's children services being rated "inadequate" by Ofsted, ^[11] and the fallout surrounding previous Labour Leader of the council, Iain Malcolm, being found in March 2024 to have inappropriately incurred £18,000 of personal costs on his corporate credit card ^[12] and bullied council staff. ^[13]

The Conservatives also lost their only seat on the council, with their Cleadon & East Bolden ward seat going to the Greens.

Summary

Election result

South Tyneside Council's composition after the 2024 local elections

2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	4	10	22.2	24	28	51.8	13,119	35.5	–8.5
	Independent	10	9	55.6	5	15	27.8	11,770	31.9	+9.2
	Green	4	2	22.2	7	11	20.4	9,640	26.1	+4.4
	Conservative	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1,709	4.6	–5.7
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	678	1.8	+1.3

Ward results

Beacon & Bents

Beacon & Bents

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sue Stonehouse*	1,762	67.6	+7.4
	Labour	Jabed Hossain	843	32.4	+3.5
Majority			919	35.2	+3.9
Turnout			2,662	38.7	+2.5
Registered electors			6,883
	Green hold		Swing	2.0

Bede

Bede

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Terry Foggon	1,025	59.7	+11.8
	Labour	Margaret Peacock*	497	29.0	–10.2
	Green	John Chilton	194	11.3	+4.7
Majority			528	30.7	+22.0
Turnout			1,734	29.4	+1.6
Registered electors			5,903
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	11.0

Biddick & All Saints

Biddick & All Saints

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Chris Davies	1,006	69.8	+17.1
	Labour	Shiela Hussain	436	30.2	–4.5
Majority			570	39.6	+21.5
Turnout			1,468	23.7	+0.5
Registered electors			6,207
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	10.8

Boldon Colliery

Boldon Colliery

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Simon Oliver	1,104	46.8	+11.3
	Labour	Joanne Bell*	1,087	46.1	–1.6
	Green	Darius Seago	166	7.0	+0.9
Majority			17	0.7	N/A
Turnout			2,377	33.6	+0.9
Registered electors			7,081
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	6.5

Cleadon & East Boldon

Cleadon & East Boldon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rhiannon Curtis	1,520	47.5	+7.4
	Conservative	Ian Forster*	958	29.9	+3.0
	Labour	Kevin Brydon	724	22.6	–8.2
Majority			562	17.6	+8.3
Turnout			3,221	46.8	–2.8
Registered electors			6,877
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	2.2

Cleadon Park

Cleadon Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Steven Harrison	917	53.2	+16.7
	Labour	Ken Stephenson	544	31.5	–5.4
	Green	John Riley	264	15.3	+2.7
Majority			373	21.7	N/A
Turnout			1,745	30.8	+2.3
Registered electors			5,674
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	11.1

Fellgate & Hedworth

Fellgate & Hedworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Roberts	913	46.6	N/A
	Labour	Audrey Fay-Huntley*	733	37.4	–16.7
	Green	Nicola Cook	171	8.7	+2.1
	Independent	Ian Diamond	142	7.2	–31.8
Majority			180	9.2	N/A
Turnout			1,955	34.8	+1.9
Registered electors			5,620
	Independent gain from Labour

Harton

Harton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Karen Myers	846	38.8	+4.0
	Labour	Karen Dix	653	30.0	–11.1
	Reform UK	Jim Mouat	414	19.0	+10.5
	Green	Colin Tosh	267	12.2	–3.1
Majority			193	8.8	N/A
Turnout			2,188	33.4	+1.8
Registered electors			6,543
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	7.6

Hebburn North

Hebburn North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz McHugh*	860	44.4	–27.5
	Independent	Brian Goodman	845	43.6	N/A
	Green	Annette Chapman	231	11.9	+1.5
Majority			15	0.8	–60.5
Turnout			1,949	28.3	+1.9
Registered electors			6,884
	Labour hold

Hebburn South

Hebburn South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John McCabe*	1,279	60.1	+9.4
	Green	Briony Sommers	849	39.9	+32.7
Majority			430	20.2	+0.9
Turnout			2,190	29.6	+0.4
Registered electors			7,399
	Labour hold		Swing	11.7

Horsley Hill

Horsley Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Phil Brown	887	39.2	+13.1
	Labour	Dorothy Grainger	713	31.5	–10.4
	Green	Carrie Richardson	428	18.9	+2.3
	Conservative	Stan Wildhirt	233	10.3	–4.9
Majority			174	7.7	N/A
Turnout			2,278	34.3	+2.2
Registered electors			6,645
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	11.8

Monkton

Monkton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Keegan*	887	42.8	–18.4
	Independent	Joan Hamilton	699	33.7	N/A
	Reform UK	Marian Stead	264	12.7	N/A
	Green	Matty McKenna	223	10.8	–9.3
Majority			188	9.1	–32.0
Turnout			2,089	31.3	+4.0
Registered electors			6,679
	Labour hold

Primrose

Primrose

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Kennedy*	1,004	56.7	+5.2
	Labour	Stephen Pearson	617	34.8	–3.8
	Green	Elaine Francis	150	8.5	+4.1
Majority			387	21.9	+9.0
Turnout			1,786	29.5	+1.5
Registered electors			6,056
	Independent hold		Swing	4.5

Simonside & Rekendyke

Simonside & Rekendyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kenneth Wood	750	41.8	+20.6
	Labour	Edward Malcolm	683	38.1	–12.6
	Green	Bethany Telford	361	20.1	–0.2
Majority			67	3.7	N/A
Turnout			1,804	28.2	+1.5
Registered electors			6,386
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	16.6

West Park

West Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Nicky Gynn	1,013	53.8	–1.7
	Independent	Justin Knight	507	26.9	+19.8
	Labour	Sean McDonagh	362	19.2	–11.6
Majority			506	26.9	+2.2
Turnout			1,894	35.3	+1.5
Registered electors			5,363
	Green hold		Swing	10.8

Westoe

Westoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kate Owens-Palmer	1,316	61.1	+12.6
	Labour	Sandra Duncan	498	23.1	–12.0
	Green	Georgina Holt	340	15.8	+5.8
Majority			818	38.0	+24.6
Turnout			2,180	36.2	+0.6
Registered electors			6,028
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	12.3

Whitburn & Marsden

Whitburn & Marsden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracey Dixon*	1,115	53.9	–0.6
	Green	Edward Littley	528	25.5	+7.2
	Conservative	Heidi Wildhirt	424	20.5	–5.8
Majority			587	28.4	+0.2
Turnout			2,093	35.7	+2.3
Registered electors			5,869
	Labour hold		Swing	3.9

Whiteleas

Whiteleas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robin Coombes	815	49.0	+23.8
	Labour	Michelle Turnbull	588	35.3	–22.1
	Green	Sophie-Jane Williams	167	10.0	–0.3
	Conservative	Dawn Wildhart	94	5.6	N/A
Majority			227	13.7	N/A
Turnout			1,677	27.4	+1.5
Registered electors			6,131
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	23.0

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