South Tyneside local election results 2024 in full

Daniel Holland & James Robinson & Chris Binding

3 May 2024 at 0:36 am·3-min read

The 2024 Local Election count in South Shields -Credit:James Robinson/ChronicleLive

It was a bad night for Labour in South Tyneside, as it suffered a series of losses across the borough - including the deputy leader.

The party remain in overall control of the council - but the number of seats held fell from 38 to 28 in what was a fantastic night for independent candidates. With Labour facing numerous issues locally, there were nine gains for independent candidates.

It was also a successful night for the Greens, which gained a seat from Labour and the Conservatives. It means the Conservatives, who only stood four candidates on the night, have been wiped from the political map of South Tyneside.

Labour now hold 28 of the council's 54 seats, while the Greens hold 11 and the remaining 15 are held by independents. Labour's poor performance was put down to an ongoing bin collection strike, as well as an "inadequate" rating of the council's children's services by Ofsted.

The party is also dealing with the fallout of controversial claims around long-serving former council leader Iain Malcolm.

Below is the full, ward by ward list of candidates in South Tyneside which we will update with results as they are announced:

BEACON AND BENTS

Jabed Hossain (Labour Party) 843

Sue Stonehouse (Green Party) 1,762

Green hold

BEDE

John Michael Chilton (Green Party) 194

Terry Foggon (Independent) 1,025

Margaret Peacock (Labour Party) 497

Independent gain

BIDDICK AND ALL SAINTS

Chris Davies (Green Party) 1,006

Shiela Hussain (Labour Party) 436

Green gain

BOLDON COLLIERY

Joanne Bell (Labour Party) 1,087

Simon Kevin Oliver (Independent) 1,104

Darius Seago (Green Party) 166

Independent gain

CLEADON AND EAST BOLDON

Kevin Brydon (Labour Party) 724

Rhiannon Sian Curtis (Green Party) 2,520

Ian Forster (Conservative Party) 958

Green gain

CLEADON PARK

Steven Alexander Harrison (Independent) 917

John Gordon Riley (Green Party) 264

Ken Stephenson (Labour Party) 544

Independent gain

FELLGATE AND HEDWORTH

Nicola Alison Cook (Green Party) 171

Ian Jason Diamond (Independent) 142

Audrey Elizabeth Fay-Huntley (Labour and Co-operative Party) 733

Tony Roberts (Independent) 913

Independent gain

HARTON

Karen Dix (Labour Party) 653

Jim Mouat (Reform UK) 414

Karen Myers (Independent) 846

Colin Robert Tosh (Green Party) 267

Independent gain

HEBBURN NORTH

Annette Chapman (Green Party) 231

Brian Goodman (Independent) 845

Liz McHugh (Labour Party) 860

Labour hold

HEBBURN SOUTH

John Gerard McCabe (Labour Party) 1,279

Briony Sommers (Green Party) 849

Labour hold

HORSLEY HILL

Phil Brown (Independent) 887

Dorothy Grainger (Labour Party) 713

Carrie Danielle Richardson (Green Party) 428

Stan Wildhirt (Conservative Party) 233

Independent gain

MONKTON

Joan Hamilton (Independent) 699

Joan Margaret Keegan (Labour Party) 887

Matty McKenna (Green Party) 223

Marian Elizabeth Stead (Reform UK) 264

Labour hold

PRIMROSE

Elaine Francis (Green Party) 150

David Kennedy (Independent) 1,004

Stephen Pearson (Labour Party) 617

Independent hold

SIMONSIDE AND REKENDYKE

Edward Malcolm (Labour Party) 683

Bethany Dionne Telford (Green Party) 361

Kenneth George Wood (Independent) 750

Independent gain

WEST PARK

Nicky Gynn (Green Party) 1,013

Justin Knight (Independent) 507

Sean McDonagh (Labour and Co-operative Party) 362

Green hold

WESTOE

Sandra Duncan (Labour Party) 498

Georgina Holt (Green Party) 340

Kate Owens-Palmer (Independent) 1,316

Independent gain

WHITBURN AND MARSDEN

Tracey Allison Dixon (Labour Party) 1,115

Edward Anthony Littley (Green Party) 528

Heidi Wildhirt (Conservative Party) 424

Labour hold

See local election results for South Tyneside from 2023 here.

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