title: South Tyneside Council elections
text: # South Tyneside Council elections
  
  South Tyneside Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. South Tyneside Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 54 councillors are elected, 3 from each of the 18 wards.
  
  ## Council elections
  
  * 1998 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 1999 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2000 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2002 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2003 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2004 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election (whole council elected after boundary changes which reduced the number of seats by 6)
  * 2006 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2007 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2008 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2010 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2011 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2012 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2014 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2015 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2016 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2018 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2019 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2021 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2022 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  * 2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
  
  ## Borough result maps
  
  * 2012 results map
  * 2018 results map
  * 2021 results map
  
  ## By-election results
  
  ### 1994-1998
  
  Whiteleas By-Election 27 February 1997 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | | 959 | 76.7 |
  | | Independent | | 154 | 12.3 |
  | | Conservative | | 137 | 11.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 805 | 64.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,250 | 21.5 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Cleadon & East Boldon By-Election 28 August 1997 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 991 | 55.7 | +7.4 |
  | | Conservative | | 519 | 29.2 | +1.8 |
  | | Labour | | 249 | 14.0 | -10.4 |
  | | Independent | | 19 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 471 | 26.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,778 | 24.5 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  Bede By-Election 3 September 1997 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | | 685 | 80.4 |
  | | Conservative | | 98 | 11.5 |
  | | Socialist | | 69 | 7.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 587 | 68.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 852 | 15.2 |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  ### 1998-2002
  
  Hebburn Quay By-Election 17 December 1998 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | | 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 | Majority | Majority | 217 | 18.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,202 | 20.0 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2006-2010
  
  Cleadon & East Boldon By-Election 14 September 2006 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Jeffrey Milburn | 1,057 | 43.1 | +2.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Alan Mordain | 669 | 27.3 | +5.7 |
  | | Labour | Lewis Atkinson | 601 | 24.5 | +4.1 |
  | | Green | Christopher Haine | 124 | 5.1 | +5.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 388 | 15.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,451 | 35.2 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
  
  Westoe By-Election 10 September 2009 :
  
  | Party | 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 Democrats | Bill Troupe | 225 | 9.9 | +9.9 |
  | | Independent | David Wood | 194 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | 5.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,266 | 34.5 | |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
  
  Primrose By-Election 25 February 2010 :
  
  | Party | 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 Democrats | Susan Troupe | 100 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 288 | 14.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,031 | 32.3 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2010-2014
  
  Cleadon and East Boldon By-Election 27 June 2013 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Margaret Meling | 991 | 38.8 | -7.2 |
  | | Conservative | Fiona Milburn | 899 | 35.2 | -18.8 |
  | | UKIP | Colin Campbell | 666 | 26.1 | +26.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 92 | 3.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,556 | | |
  | | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
  
  Primrose By-Election 27 June 2013 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Moira Smith | 755 | 50.3 | -25.0 |
  | | UKIP | John Clarke | 520 | 34.6 | +34.6 |
  | | BNP | Martin Vaughan | 146 | 9.7 | -3.6 |
  | | Conservative | John Coe | 80 | 5.3 | -6.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 235 | 15.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,501 | | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2014-2018
  
  Westoe By-Election 2 October 2014 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | UKIP | Norman Dennis | 676 | 40.9 | +2.9 |
  | | Labour | Katharine Maxwell | 625 | 37.9 | -6.9 |
  | | Conservative | John Coe | 219 | 13.3 | -3.9 |
  | | Green | Tony Bengtssom | 90 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Carole Troupe | 41 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 3.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,651 | | |
  | | UKIP gain from Independent | UKIP gain from Independent | Swing | | |
  
  ### 2018-2022
  
  Fellgate and Hedworth By-Election 29 July 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Jay Potts | 850 | 49.1 | +9.6 |
  | | Independent | John Robertson | 555 | 32.0 | -15.8 |
  | | Conservative | Chris Smith | 158 | 9.1 | +4.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Wilkinson | 125 | 7.2 | -1.0 |
  | | Green | Kelly Hill | 44 | 2.5 | New |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 17.1 | N/A |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,738 | 30.6 | |
  | | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | 12.7 | |
  
  Cleadon & East Bolden By-Election 9 September 2021 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Stan Wildhirt | 989 | 35.1 | -12.9 |
  | | Green | David Herbert | 943 | 33.5 | +20.6 |
  | | Labour | Philip Toulson | 886 | 31.4 | -5.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 46 | 1.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,823 | 40.7 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 16.8 | |
  