Mayor of North Tyneside

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Mayor of North Tyneside
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Coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
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Incumbent
Norma Redfearn
since 6 May 2013
Style No courtesy title or style
AppointerElectorate of North Tyneside
Term length Four years

The Mayor of North Tyneside is the executive mayor of the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. The incumbent since 2013 is Norma Redfearn. [1] A Mayoral Referendum was held on 5 May 2016 to determine if residents wished to retain the Mayoral system or change to a committee system. The number of votes for continuing with the mayoral system was 32,546 (57.5%) against 23,703 (41.8%) for a committee system.[ citation needed ]

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Referendum

Mayor of North Tyneside referendum
18 October 2001
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Elected Mayor30,26257.6
Cabinet System22,29642.4
Required majority50
Total votes52,558100.00
Source: House of Commons Library [2]
Referendum on how North Tyneside is governed
6 May 2016
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Elected Mayor32,54657.5
Committee System24,05942.5
Required majority50
Total votes56,605100.00

Elections

2002

Mayor of North Tyneside election 2 May 2002 [3]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Christopher Morgan 21,82935.9%4,25426,08351.5%
Labour Eddie Darke19,60132.2%4,93024,53148.5%
Liberal Democrats Michael Huscroft12,32320.2%
Independent Allan Pond4,9938.2%
Socialist Alliance Michael Elliott2,1193.5%
Conservative win

2003 by-election

A mayoral by-election was held on 12 June 2003, which was won by Linda Arkley of the Conservative Party, after Chris Morgan resigned after he was arrested in relation to police investigations over allegations of possessing indecent images of children. [4] He was cleared of all charges the following year, [5] but was convicted of similar offences in 2019. [6]

Mayor of North Tyneside by-election 12 June 2003 [7]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Linda Arkley 18,47843.1%2,75021,22856.4%
Labour Gordon Adam 13,07030.5%3,35716,42743.6%
Liberal Democrats Michael Huscroft8,40419.8%
BNP Robert Batten2,5546.0%
Socialist Alliance Louise van der Hoeven4000.9%
Majority4,801
Conservative hold

2005

Mayor of North Tyneside election 5 May 2005 [8]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour John Harrison 34,05340%6,40740,46050.6%
Conservative Linda Arkley 35,46742%3,99139,45849.4%
Liberal Democrats Joan Harvey12,76115%
National Front Robert Batten2,4703%
Majority1,002
Labour gain from Conservative

2009

Mayor of North Tyneside election 4 June 2009 [9]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Conservative Linda Arkley 24,78445%2,29927,08354.5%
Labour John Harrison 19,82334%2,81122,63445.5%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Huscroft7,34313%
BNP John Burrows3,3986%
Green Martin Collins1,9953%
National Front Robert Batten1,0862%
Majority4,449
Conservative gain from Labour

2013

North Tyneside Mayoral Election 2 May 2013 [10]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Norma Redfearn 27,90555.76%
Conservative Linda Arkley 18,08336.14%
Liberal Democrats John Appleby4,0548.10%
Majority9,822
Labour gain from Conservative

2017

North Tyneside Mayoral Election 04 May 2017 [11]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Norma Redfearn 29,65556.4%
Conservative Stewart Hay16,16430.7%
Liberal Democrats John Appleby3,5376.7%
UKIP Stuart Houghton3,2486.2%
Majority13,491
Turnout 52,604
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 6.1

2021

North Tyneside Mayoral Election 06 May 2021
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Norma Redfearn 33,11953.3%
Conservative Steven Robinson19,36631.2%
Green Penny Remfry4,2786.9%
Liberal Democrats John Appleby3,5495.7%
UKIP Jack Thomson1,7532.8%
Majority13,753
Turnout 62,065
Labour hold Swing

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