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. 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.

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, further adding that Labour needed to 'restart' and 'work more closely' with the council's communities. The results were put down to growing dissatisfaction with the council due to ongoing bin collection strikes that began in late 2023, the council's children services being rated "inadequate" by Ofsted, 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 and bullied council staff.

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 Bolden

Cleadon & East Bolden
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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