North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear,England. It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation. North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park,Wallsend.
North Shields is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear,England. It is 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth.
Linda Arkley was a British Conservative politician who served as the elected mayor of North Tyneside from 2003 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2013.
Chris Morgan was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Mayor of North Tyneside,England,from his election in May 2002 until he resigned in April 2003.
John Harrison is a British Labour Party politician. He was the directly-elected Mayor of North Tyneside in England between 2005 and 2009 and is currently a Councillor on North Tyneside Council.
Mary Theresa Glindon is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend since 2024,and previously for North Tyneside from 2010 until the abolition of the constituency in 2024.
Elections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 5 May 2011 on the same day as other council elections in England and the UK AV referendum.
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. 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.
North Tyneside Council,or North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council,is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear,England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the North East Combined Authority since 2024.
South Tyneside Council is the local authority of for the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is one of five metropolitan boroughs in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in England. It provides the majority of local government services in South Tyneside. The council has been under Labour majority control since 1979. It is based at South Shields Town Hall. The council is a constituent member of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority.
Nicholas Ian Forbes is a British politician who served as the Leader of the Labour Group of the Local Government Association from 2016 to 2022. He was Leader of Newcastle City Council from 2011 to 2022. In 2020,Forbes was appointed to Labour Leader Keir Starmer's Shadow Cabinet,serving until 2022
The North of Tyne Combined Authority was a mayoral combined authority which consisted of the local authorities of Newcastle upon Tyne,North Tyneside,and Northumberland,all in North East England. The authority came into being on 2 November 2018 under the statutory name Newcastle upon Tyne,North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority. The three local authorities previously formed part of the North East Combined Authority,which continued to exist covering a smaller area. The two combined authorities cooperated on the North East Joint Transport Committee.
The inaugural North of Tyne mayoral election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect the first Mayor of the North of Tyne. The area is made up of Newcastle upon Tyne,North Tyneside and Northumberland. Subsequent elections will be held every five years.
Jamie Driscoll is a British independent politician who served as the metro mayor of the North of Tyne Combined Authority from 2019 to 2024. He was previously a councillor on Newcastle City Council for the Monument ward.
Katharine Helen Osborne is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jarrow and Gateshead East,formerly Jarrow since 2019.
The 2019 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council members in England. This took place on the same day as other local elections across the UK including the first of 2019 North of Tyne mayoral election.
A North Tyneside mayoral election was held in 2021. The Mayor of North Tyneside Norma Redfearn was seeking re-election.
The 2022 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors—20 out of 60—on North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.
The 2023 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council elections were held on 4 May 2023 alongside other local elections in the United Kingdom. One third of the seats on the council were contested at this election. Labour retained its majority on the council.
The 2024 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024,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.
