2015 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2015 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election was held 7 May 2015 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey McMillan	2,241	58.4	+17.1
	Conservative	Ali Hayder	819	21.4	+9.0
	Green	Rhiannon Curtis	773	20.2	N/A
Majority			1,422	37.0
Turnout			3,906	57.4	+17.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fay Cunningham	1,847	57.2	+1.5
	UKIP	Anita Campbell	720	22.3	N/A
	Conservative	Mary Golightly	319	9.9	+4.6
	Independent	Alan Raine	221	6.8	N/A
	Green	Tony Gair	123	3.8	−0.3
Majority			1,127	34.9
Turnout			3,243	54.2	+18.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Amar	1,915	62.1	−0.4
	UKIP	Kenneth Taylor	759	24.6	N/A
	Conservative	Elizabeth Turnbull	319	8.2	+1.8
	Green	Dave Herbert	160	5.2	N/A
Majority			1,156	37.5
Turnout			3,094	48.1	+15.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Duncan	2,440	57.4	+5.6
	Conservative	Ian Armstrong	1,111	26.1	+15.0
	Green	Colin Tosh	700	16.5	N/A
Majority			1,329	31.3
Turnout			4,285	58.5	+18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Atkinson	2,631	52.0	+1.8
	Conservative	Fiona Milburn	2,043	40.4	−0.9
	Green	Philip Berry	383	7.6	N/A
Majority			588	11.6
Turnout			5,077	72.9	+17.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Results by electoral ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Traynor	1,801	56.6	+17.7
	Conservative	Brian Gilchrist	923	29.0	+21.0
	Green	Steven Laval	458	14.4	N/A
Majority			878	27.6
Turnout			5,077	72.9	+17.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Huntley	2,042	57.1	+13.5
	UKIP	Linda Hemmer	1,075	30.0	−18.9
	Conservative	James Milburn	329	9.2	+4.7
	Green	Lesley Hanson	131	3.7	N/A
Majority			967	27.1
Turnout			3,583	61.4	+19.0
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Dix	2,048	50.0	−3.0
	UKIP	Henry Pearce	1,060	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	Craig Robinson	698	17.0	+5.6
	Green	Brian Paget	292	7.1	N/A
Majority			988	24.1
Turnout			4,112	61.2	+19.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Ellison	1,950	50.3	−4.4
	Independent	Joe Abbott	1,159	29.9	N/A
	Conservative	Amy-Jane Milburn	354	9.1	−2.6
	Green	Matthew Giles	222	5.7	N/A
	Independent	Ian Harkus	191	4.9	−49.8
Majority			791	20.4
Turnout			3,895	57.0	+21.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wilf Flynn	2,215	57.5	−21.4
	UKIP	Vikki Lawlor	891	23.1	N/A
	Conservative	Jack Gibbons	445	11.5	−9.6
	Green	James Cunningham	304	7.9	N/A
Majority			1,324	34.4
Turnout			3,864	63.4	+20.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iain Malcolm	2,205	50.2	−4.1
	UKIP	Geraldine White	971	22.1	N/A
	Conservative	Marilyn Huartt	319	15.9	+3.8
	Green	Angela Curtis	264	6.0	N/A
	Independent	David Wood	252	5.7	+3.2
Majority			1,234	28.1
Turnout			4,396	62.0	+16.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Kerr	2,156	57.6	+2.4
	UKIP	Steven Harrison	910	24.3	N/A
	Conservative	Oliver Wallhead	413	11.0	+2.8
	Green	Helen Milburn	264	7.1	N/A
Majority			1,246	33.3
Turnout			3,757	59.9	+22.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Stephenson	1,923	58.3	+5.3
	UKIP	John Clarke	870	26.4	N/A
	Conservative	David Fettis	326	9.9	+2.4
	Green	Robert Reay	182	5.5	N/A
Majority			1,053	31.9
Turnout			3,318	52.8	+17.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Clare	2,271	68.8	+2.5
	Conservative	Stan Wallace	525	15.9	+6.0
	Green	David Ridley	505	15.3	+6.5
Majority			1,745	52.9
Turnout			3,347	52.8	+20.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Hetherington	1,508	45.5	−0.6
	UKIP	Stephen Dagg	952	28.7	N/A
	Conservative	Anthony Dailly	559	16.9	+3.0
	Green	David Francis	295	8.9	+2.9
Majority			556	16.8
Turnout			3,326	59.9	+23.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Westoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Katharine Maxwell	1,786	47.6	+11.9
	UKIP	Malcolm Pratt	804	21.4	N/A
	Conservative	Eddy Russell	743	19.8	+8.2
	Green	Tony Bengtsson	418	11.1	+5.3
Majority			982	26.2
Turnout			3,769	60.7	+19.3
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Whitburn & Marsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Welsh	1,703	46.1	−21.1
	UKIP	Charles McKenzie-Smith	911	24.6	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Gosling	807	21.8	−11.0
	Green	Colette Hume	275	7.4	N/A
Majority			792	21.5
Turnout			3,706	64.0	+21.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Gibson	2,471	70.6	+7.7
	Conservative	Dennis Maccoy	622	17.8	+10.4
	Green	Malcolm Giles	407	11.6	N/A
Majority			1,849	52.8
Turnout			3,538	54.4	+17.2
	Labour hold		Swing