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Winner of each seat at the 2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council.[1] 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.[2]
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,[3] further adding that Labour needed to 'restart' and 'work more closely' council's communities.[4] The results were put down[5][3][4][6] to growing dissatisfaction with the council due to ongoing bin collection strikes that began in late 2023,[7][8][9][10] the council's children services being rated "inadequate" by Ofsted,[11] 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[12] and bullied council staff.[13]
The Conservatives also lost their only seat on the council, with their Cleadon & East Bolden ward seat going to the Greens.
2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |