2025 North Tyneside mayoral election

The 2025 North Tyneside mayoral election was held on 1 May 2025 to elect the Mayor of North Tyneside. This was the mayoralty's first election since the Elections Act 2022 came into effect, and as such this election used first-past-the-post rather than supplementary vote used in previous elections. The incumbent Labour mayor Norma Redfearn, who had held the post since 2013, was not seeking re-election. ^[1] Labour candidate Karen Clark was elected. ^{[2] [3]}

2025 North Tyneside mayoral election

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First party Second party Third party   Ref Con Candidate Karen Clark John Falkenstein Liam Bones Party Labour Reform UK Conservative Last election 53.4% Did not stand 31.2% Popular vote 16,230 15,786 11,018 Percentage 30.2% 29.4% 20.5% Swing 23.2 pp 29.4 pp 10.7 pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Candidate Chloe-Louise Reilly John Appleby Party Green Liberal Democrats Last election 6.9% 5.7% Popular vote 3,980 3,453 Percentage 7.4% 6.4% Swing 0.5 pp 0.7 pp

Mayor before election Norma Redfearn Labour Elected mayor Karen Clark Labour

Results

2025 North Tyneside mayoral election ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Anne Clark	16,230	30.2%	−23.2
	Reform UK	John Roy Falkenstein	15,786	29.4%	N/A
	Conservative	Liam Adam Bones	11,017	20.5%	−10.7
	Green	Chloe-Louise Reilly	3,980	7.4%	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Christopher Appleby	3,453	6.4%	+0.7
	Independent	Cath Davis	1,780	3.3%	N/A
	Independent	Martin Henry Uren	1,460	2.7%	N/A
Majority			444	0.83
Turnout			53706	33.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.05

References

1. Shakespeare, Austen (13 May 2024). "North Tyneside mayor to step down". BBC News. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
2. "Labour narrowly beats Reform UK to win North Tyneside Mayoral election". Northumberland Gazette. 2025-05-02. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
3. Richardson, Helen; Shakespeare, Austen (2 May 2025). "Labour narrowly win North Tyneside mayoral race". BBC News. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
4. "Statement of persons nominated". North Tyneside Council. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
5. "Mayoral election results". North Tyneside Council. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.