South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear,England.
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.
The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear,England. It includes Gateshead,Rowlands Gill,Whickham,Blaydon,Ryton,Felling,Birtley,Pelaw,Dunston and Low Fell. The borough forms part of the Tyneside conurbation,centred on Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2021 census,the borough had a population of 196,154.
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.
Tynemouth is a constituency in Tyne and Wear represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Sir Alan Campbell,a member of the Labour Party.
Newcastle City Council is the local authority for Newcastle upon Tyne,a metropolitan borough with city status in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. The council consists of 78 councillors,three for each of the 26 wards in the city. It has been under Labour majority control since 2011. The council is a constituent member of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority.
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 the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tyneside since 2010.
Dame Norma Redfearn is a Labour politician currently serving as the directly-elected Mayor of North Tyneside.
Sunderland City Council is the local authority of Sunderland,a metropolitan borough with city status in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is one of five such councils in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in England. It provides the majority of local government services in Sunderland.
North Tyneside Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear,England. It is one of five such councils in Tyne and Wear,and one of 36 in England. It provides the majority of local government services in North Tyneside.
The North East Combined Authority (NECA),officially the Durham,Gateshead,South Tyneside and Sunderland Combined Authority,was one of the combined authorities in North East England. It was created in 2014,and consisted of the City of Sunderland;Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead,South Tyneside;and Durham County local authorities.
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.
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 2024 North East mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the first mayor of the North East,a role created under the North East devolution deal announced in 2022. The election took place the same day as council elections within the region,as well as local elections across England and Wales.
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 in all wards were up for election. Labour retained its majority on the council.
