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2022 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2022 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of South Tyneside Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 19 of the 54 seats were up for election, with 1 ward (Harton) electing 2 councillors.^[1]

Background[edit]

Since the first election in 1973, South Tyneside has always been under Labour control, aside from a brief period of no overall control from 1978 to 1979.^[2] In the 2021 election, Labour lost 4 seats with a vote share of 43.3%, independents gained 1 with 20.2%, the Green Party gained 2 with 13.8%, and the Conservatives gained their first seat since 2018 with 21.5% of the vote.^[3]

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 1 seat with 57.3%, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 22.9% of the vote, and the Green Party failed to make any further gains with 13.5%.^[4]

Previous council composition[edit]

Changes:

• June 2021: John Robertson (independent) resigns from council^[6]
• July 2021: Jay Potts wins by-election for Labour from independent,^[7] Jeff Milburn (independent) disqualified from council^[8]
• September 2021: Stan Wildhirt wins by-election for Conservatives from independent^[9]
• February 2022: Rob Dix (Labour) dies; seat left vacant until May election^[10]

Results[edit]

2022 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	14	4	73.7	26	40	75.5	19,186	48.6	+5.3
	Green	3	3	15.8	3	6	11.3	7,607	19.2	+5.4
	Independent	2	2	10.5	4	6	11.3	6,408	16.2	-4.0
	Conservative	0	1	0.0	1	1	1.9	6,145	15.5	-6.0
	North East	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	172	0.4	N/A

Results by ward[edit]

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Beacon and Bents[edit]

Beacon and Bents^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sarah McKeown	1,346	54.6	+15.5
	Labour	Fay Cunningham	848	34.4	-15.9
	Conservative	Ali Hayder	165	6.7	-3.9
	Independent	David Wood	106	4.3	N/A
Majority			498	20.2	+9.0
Turnout			2,474	36.0
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	15.7

Bede[edit]

Biddick and All Saints[edit]

Biddick and All Saints^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katharine Maxwell	795	57.9	+8.1
	Green	Rachael Milne	362	26.4	+15.3
	Conservative	Mark Auton	215	15.7	-1.6
Majority			433	31.5
Turnout			1,373	21.8
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Boldon Colliery[edit]

Boldon Colliery^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Strike*	1,396	55.2	+5.7
	Independent	Simon Oliver	439	17.4	-5.0
	Conservative	Donald Wood	366	14.5	-6.3
	North East	Vincent Richardson	172	6.8	N/A
	Green	Peter Collins	157	6.2	-1.0
Majority			957	37.8
Turnout			2,533	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing	5.4

Cleadon and East Boldon[edit]

Cleadon and East Boldon^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Herbert	1,267	36.2	+25.1
	Conservative	Stan Wildhirt*	1,138	32.5	-16.1
	Labour	Philip Toulson	1,095	31.3	-9.1
Majority			129	3.7
Turnout			3,514	50.6
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	20.6

Cleadon Park[edit]

Fellgate and Hedworth[edit]

Harton[edit]

Hebburn North[edit]

Hebburn North^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richie Porthouse*	1,396	72.0	+15.8
	Green	Emmanuel Michael	275	14.2	+4.8
	Conservative	Costi Dumitru	267	13.8	-2.6
Majority			1,121	57.8
Turnout			1,953	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5

Hebburn South[edit]

Horsley Hill[edit]

Horsley Hill^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eileen Leask*	1,126	47.8	+11.6
	Conservative	Carl Duncan	424	18.0	-8.6
	Independent	Phil Brown	398	16.9	N/A
	Green	Carrie Richardson	311	13.2	-2.0
	Independent	Gary Bryant	98	4.2	N/A
Majority			702	29.8
Turnout			2,362	35.1
	Labour hold		Swing	10.1

Monkton[edit]

Monkton^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Dean	1,190	59.2	+11.8
	Conservative	Simon Salloway	332	16.5	+3.0
	Independent	Marian Stead	293	14.6	N/A
	Green	Rhiannon Curtis	195	9.7	+0.9
Majority			858	42.7
Turnout			2,011	31.3
	Labour hold		Swing	4.4

Primrose[edit]

Simonside and Rekendyke[edit]

Simonside and Rekendyke^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynne Proudlock*	868	46.0	-0.9
	Green	Leyla Al-Sayadi	622	32.9	+22.4
	Conservative	Craig Slater	224	11.9	-5.6
	Independent	Julie Angell	174	9.2	N/A
Majority			246	13.1
Turnout			1,894	29.8
	Labour hold		Swing	11.7

West Park[edit]

West Park^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Guy	1,054	57.0	+47.5
	Labour	Masuda Rahman	571	30.9	-14.1
	Conservative	Moyra Day	223	12.1	-11.9
Majority			483	26.1
Turnout			1,854	34.5
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	30.8

Westoe[edit]

Westoe^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Brenen	949	41.5	+12.0
	Labour	Michelle Turnbull	921	40.3	+1.8
	Green	Georgie Holt	322	14.1	+4.3
	Independent	Nigel Reedman	94	4.1	N/A
Majority			28	1.2
Turnout			2,298	37.8
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	5.1

Whitburn and Marsden[edit]

Whitburn and Marsden^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Carter	1,183	57.5	+0.7
	Conservative	Dawn Wildhirt	532	25.9	-0.1
	Green	Rachel Lowe	342	16.6	+5.3
Majority			651	31.6
Turnout			2,068	35.4
	Labour hold		Swing	0.4

Whiteleas[edit]

References[edit]