South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council elections

One third of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54 councillors are elected, 3 from each of the 18 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Cleadon & East Boldon By-Election 28 August 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	991	55.7	+7.4
	Conservative	519	29.2	+1.8
	Labour	249	14.0	-10.4
	Independent	19	1.1	+1.1
Majority		471	26.5
Turnout		1,778	24.5
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Hebburn Quay By-Election 17 December 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	669	55.7	+3.0
	Labour	452	37.6	-5.8
	Conservative	42	3.5	-3.4
	Socialist Party	39	3.2	+3.2
Majority		217	18.1
Turnout		1,202	20.0
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Cleadon & East Boldon By-Election 14 September 2006^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jeffrey Milburn	1,057	43.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Mordain	669	27.3	+5.7
	Labour	Lewis Atkinson	601	24.5	+4.1
	Green	Christopher Haine	124	5.1	+5.1
Majority			388	15.8
Turnout			2,451	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westoe By-Election 10 September 2009^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Allen Branley	694	30.6	-35.0
	Labour	Allan West	567	25.0	+6.1
	Conservative	Anthony Dailly	320	14.1	+3.3
	BNP	Les Lovelock	266	11.7	+11.7
	Liberal Democrat	Bill Troupe	225	9.9	+9.9
	Independent	David Wood	194	8.6	+8.6
Majority			127	5.6
Turnout			2,266	34.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Primrose By-Election 25 February 2010^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Ken Stephenson	854	42.0	-6.5
	BNP	Pete Hodgkinson	566	27.9	-5.1
	Independent	Aaron Luke	213	10.5	+10.5
	Independent	David Rice	174	8.6	+8.6
	Conservative	Anthony Lanaghan	124	6.1	-12.4
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Troupe	100	4.9	+4.9
Majority			288	14.1
Turnout			2,031	32.3
	Labour hold		Swing

↑ "About the council". southtyneside.info. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
↑ "South Tyneside". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
↑ "South Tynesdie council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
↑ "Elections: 14 Sep 2006 Local Government Election". southtyneside.info. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
↑ "Tories hold seat". Evening Chronicle. 2006-09-18. p. 8. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Westoe By-Election Result". South Tyneside Council. 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
↑ "Labour retain seat in by-election". Shields Gazette. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2010-02-26.

Council elections in Tyne and Wear

Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Newcastle City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Sunderland City Council	1973 1975 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Tyne and Wear County Council	1973 1977 1981 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Metropolitan districts of England

Districts	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Councils	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Local elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

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