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.^[1]

Council elections

Cleadon & East Boldon By-Election 28 August 1997
Party		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		471	26.5
Turnout		1,778	24.5
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Hebburn Quay By-Election 17 December 1998
Party		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		217	18.1
Turnout		1,202	20.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Cleadon & East Boldon By-Election 14 September 2006^[3]^[4]
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			388	15.8
Turnout			2,451	35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westoe By-Election 10 September 2009^[5]
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			127	5.6
Turnout			2,266	34.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Primrose By-Election 25 February 2010^[6]
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			288	14.1
Turnout			2,031	32.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Cleadon and East Boldon By-Election 27 June 2013^[7]
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			92	3.6
Turnout			2,556
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Primrose By-Election 27 June 2013^[8]
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			235	15.7
Turnout			1,501
	Labour hold		Swing

Westoe By-Election 2 October 2014^[9]
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			51	3.1
Turnout			1,651
	UKIP gain from Independent		Swing

Fellgate and Hedworth By-Election 29 July 2021^[10]
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			295	17.1	N/A
Turnout			1,738	30.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing	12.7

Cleadon & East Bolden By-Election 9 September 2021^[11]
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			46	1.6
Turnout			2,823	40.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.8

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^ "South Tynesdie council". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
^ "Elections: 14 Sep 2006 Local Government Election". southtyneside.info. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
^ "Tories hold seat". Evening Chronicle. 18 September 2006. p. 8.
^ "Westoe By-Election Result". South Tyneside Council. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Labour retain seat in by-election". Shields Gazette. 25 February 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cleadon and East Boldon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Primrose Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Westoe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Fellgate and Hedworth Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cleadon and East Boldon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2022.