2022 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2022 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. One third of councillors—20 out of 60—on North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

2022 North Tyneside Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 2023 →
20 of 60 seats on North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Norma Redfearn Sean Brockbank Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat Mayoralty Monkseaton South (defeated) Last election 50 seats, 48.6% 9 seats, 35.7% Seats won 51 seats, 54.9% 9 seats, 28.9% Seat change 0 0 Swing 6.3% 6.8%
Map of the results
Council control before election Labour Elected Council control Labour

In the previous council election in 2021, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, holding 50 seats after the election, with nine other councillors from the Conservative Party.

Background

Result of the 2021 council election

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. North Tyneside was a district of the Tyne and Wear metropolitan county.^[1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The North of Tyne Combined Authority was created in 2018 and began electing the mayor of the North of Tyne from 2019, which was given strategic powers covering a region covering some of the same area as the former Tyne and Wear metropolitan county, as well as Northumberland.^[2]

Since its creation, North Tyneside has generally been under Labour control, with some periods of no overall control and Conservative Party control from 2008 to 2013. Labour has had an overall majority of seats on the council since the 2011 election, when the party gained seats. In the most recent council election in 2021, Labour won eighteen seats with 48.6% of the vote to hold 50 overall, while the Conservatives won five seats with 35.7% of the vote to hold nine seats overall. The Green Party received 7.1% of the vote and the Liberal Democrats received 6.2% of the vote but neither party won any seats.^[3] North Tyneside has had a single authority mayor since 2001, a position which has been held by Labour and Conservative politicians. Most recently, Norma Redfearn has been the Labour mayor of North Tyneside since 2013, and she was last re-elected in 2021.^[4]

The positions up for election in 2021 were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour won eighteen seats on 56.8% of the vote while the Conservatives won two seats with 31.8% of the vote. The Liberal Democrats received 5.9% of the vote but didn't win any seats.^[5]

Electoral process

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.^[6][7] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with all wards being represented by three councillors, one of whom is elected each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in North Tyneside aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

Previous council composition

After 2021 election			After 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	50		Labour	51
	Conservative	9		Conservative	9
	Independent	1		Independent	0

Results summary

2022 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	18		90.0	33	51	85.0	31,620	54.9	+6.3
	Conservative	2		10.0	7	9	15.0	16,644	28.9	-6.8
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	978	1.7	+1.3
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	5,436	9.4	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,992	3.5	-2.7
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	427	0.7	-0.2
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	380	0.7	-0.2
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	110	0.2	±0.0

Ward Results

Battle Hill

Battle Hill Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steven Phillips *	1,716	66.8	2.5
	Conservative	Jean Murray	528	20.6	2.3
	Green	Helen Bell	212	8.3	N/A
	UKIP	Jane McEachan	113	4.4	N/A
Majority			1188	46.2	4.8
Turnout			2,569	32.4	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4

Benton

Benton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Mudzingwa	1,577	50.3	15.3
	Independent	David Arthur	594	18.9	N/A
	Conservative	Wayne Kavanagh	534	17.0	9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jay Beyer	244	7.8	0.1
	Green	Allie Wilson Craw	194	6.2	N/A
Majority			983	31.3	7.8
Turnout			3,143	40.5	1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	17.1

Camperdown

Camperdown Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Ferasin	1,427	68.4	5.7
	Conservative	David Wallace Lilly	508	24.3	1.6
	Green	John Graham Morley	152	7.3	N/A
Majority			919	44.0	4.2
Turnout			2,087	26.7	0.7
	Labour hold		Swing	2.1

Chirton

Chirton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca o' Keefe	1,093	54.3	−6.2
	Conservative	Stephen Patrick Bones	446	22.2	−10.5
	TUSC	Graeme Cansdale	230	11.4	−4.0
	Green	Ian William Appleby	154	7.7	−4.5
	UKIP	Jack James Thomson	89	4.4	−3.8
Majority			647	32.2
Turnout			2,012	26.0	2.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Collingwood

Collingwood Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Olly Scargill	1,604	51.9	+9.6
	Labour	Steve Cox	1,273	41.2	−8.4
	Green	Penny Remfry	213	6.9	−1.2
Majority			331	10.7
Turnout			3,090	37.4	2.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cullercoats

Cullercoats Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Willie Samuel	1,801	48.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Steven Paul Robinson	1,519	40.7	−5.0
	Green	Sophie Joanna McGlinn	310	8.3	+1.3
	UKIP	Pamela Ann Hood	60	1.6	+1.6
	TUSC	John Hoare	37	1	−1.2
Majority			282	7.5	+3.8
Turnout			3,727	49.9	1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

Howdon

Howdon Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tricia Neira	1,437	70.0	+7.8
	Conservative	Robert White	403	19.6	−2.4
	Green	Laura Marley	213	10.4	+1.4
Majority			1,034	50.4
Turnout			2,053	26.4	3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Killingworth

Killingworth Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Jamieson	1,698	58.9	+5.9
	Conservative	John Ord	822	28.5	−7.6
	Green	Deb Altman	197	6.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Kieran Mather Shone	166	5.8	−5.2
Majority			876	30.4	5.4
Turnout			2,883	31.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Longbenton

Longbenton Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Isabel Walker	1,645	68.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Victoria Mary Bones	428	17.9	−5.3
	Green	Steve Manchee	313	13.1	+1.4
Majority			1,217	51.0
Turnout			2,386	28.5	4.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Monkseaton North

Monkseaton North Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Kirwin	2,336	67.8	+15.8
	Conservative	George Partis	784	22.7	−14.2
	Green	Claire Emma Wedderman	181	5.2	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Nisbet	146	4.2	−0.6
Majority			1,552	45.0	+29.9
Turnout			3,447	50.4	4.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+15

Monkseaton South

Monkseaton South Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin James Murphy	1,798	50.6	+5.8
	Conservative	Sean Michael Brockbank	1,412	39.7	−3.9
	Green	Neil Oliver Percival	345	9.7	+2.9
Majority			386	10.9	+9.7
Turnout			3,555	47.4	2.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.9

Northumberland

Northumberland Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Isobel Bell	1,368	64.6	+20.7
	Conservative	Haylee Elizabeth Josendale	500	23.6	+3.8
	Green	Alice Felicity Barnes	251	11.8	N/A
Majority			868	41.0
Turnout			2,119	28.5	5.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston

Preston Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cath Davis	1,526	49.4	−1.9
	Conservative	Neil David Graham	1,268	41.0	+3.2
	Green	Rob Wylie	155	5.0	−7.9
	Independent	Frank Stephen Austin	92	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	William Hugh Jackson	49	1.6	−2.2
Majority			258	8.3
Turnout			3,090	46.8	3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Riverside

Riverside Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Bruce Pickard	1,274	60.2	+4.6
	Conservative	Maureen Jeffrey	472	22.3	−4.2
	Green	Nick Martin	254	12.0	+3.1
	TUSC	William George Jarrett	116	5.5	+1.4
Majority			802	37.9
Turnout			2,116	25.8	4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela McIntyre	1,811	49.9	−19.5
	Labour	Grant Michael Morris	1,195	32.9	+2.7
	Independent	Alison Austin	292	8.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Elizabeth Appleby	170	4.7	−6.1
	Green	Kate Percival	164	4.5	−5.7
Majority			616	17.0
Turnout			3,632	51.5	4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tynemouth

Tynemouth Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Day*	2,045	49.8	8.3
	Conservative	Ian McAlpine	1,576	38.4	5.5
	Green	Simon Smithson	410	10.0	0.3
	UKIP	Henry Marshall	69	1.7	N/A
Majority			469	11.4	9.8
Turnout			4,100	49.8	2.3
	Labour hold		Swing	6.9

Valley

Valley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Burdis	1,823	64.5	+6.8
	Conservative	Julian Pratt	591	20.9	−6.9
	Green	Roger Werner Maier	304	10.7	+1.0
	Reform UK	Gordon Fletcher	110	3.9	−0.9
Majority			1,232	43.6
Turnout			2,828	28.1	3.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Wallsend

Wallsend Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Dolores Marshall	1,498	67.0	+15.2
	Conservative	Ian Jones	358	16.0	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Harriet Annabella Stanway	202	9.0	−12.8
	Green	Julia Hayward	178	8.0	+0.2
Majority			1,140	51.0
Turnout			2,236	29.7	2.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Weetslade

Weetslade Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Maria Fox	1,330	43.9	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel John Elsom	1,064	35.1	+9.5
	Conservative	Trish Gargett	635	21.0	−11.2
Majority			266	8.8
Turnout			3,029	37.6	3.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitley Bay

Whitley Bay Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Hall	1,760	50.5	+6.0
	Green	Alan Steele	1,236	35.5	+7.4
	Conservative	Stewart Thomas Hay	445	12.7	−8.1
	TUSC	Gordon Bell	44	1.2	−0.1
Majority			524	15.0	−1.3
Turnout			3,485	47.5	2.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.7

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