2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2022 4 May 2023 2024 →
18 out of 54 seats to South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council; 28 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Leader before election; Tracey Dixon; Labour	Leader after election ; Tracey Dixon; Labour

The 2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect members of the South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in Tyne and Wear, England.^[4] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Quick facts 18 out of 54 seats to South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

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Labour retained its majority on the council.^[5]^[6]

2023 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	11	3	61.11	27	38	70.37	15,646	43.96
	Green	4	3	22.22	5	9	16.67	7,722	21.70
	Independent	3		16.67	3	6	11.1	8,065	22.66
	Conservative	0		0.00	1	1	1.85	3,676	10.33
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.00	0	0	0.00	181	0.51
	Reform	0		0.00	0	0	0.00	176	0.50

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Roger Francis	1,494	60.19	+5.6
	Labour	Masuda Piya Rahman	717	28.89	−5.5
	Independent	David Wood	140	5.64	+1.3
	Conservative	Ali Hayder	119	4.80	−1.9
Majority			777	31.3
Turnout			2,482	36.2
Registered electors			6,851
	Green hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Roberts	775	47.87	*N/A*
	Labour	Sean McDonagh	635	39.22	−12.9
	Green	John Chilton	107	6.61	−1.2
	Conservative	William Smith	98	6.05	−8.2
Majority			140	8.65
Turnout			1,619	27.8
Registered electors			5,827
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Rachael Milne	762	52.70	+26.3
	Labour	Moynul Hussain	501	34.65	−12.2
	Independent	Natalie Bell	95	6.57	N/A
	Conservative	John Wood	81	5.60	−10.1
Majority			261	18.05
Turnout			1,446	23.2
Registered electors			6,240
	Green gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fay Cunningham	1,110	47.70	−7.5
	Independent	Simon Oliver	826	35.50	+18.1
	Conservative	Donald Wood	243	10.44	−4.1
	Green	Darius Seago	142	6.10	−0.1
Majority			284	12.20
Turnout			2,327	32.7
Registered electors			7,118
	Labour hold

Summary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Shirley Florence Ford	1,367	40.08	+3.9
	Labour	Georgia Jamieson	1,051	30.81	−0.5
	Conservative	Stan Wildhirt	918	26.91	−5.6
	Independent	Jeff Milburn	70	2.05	N/A
Majority			316	9.27
Turnout			3,411	49.6
Registered electors			6,882
	Green gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Malcolm Traynor	598	36.87	−2.5
	Independent	Steven Harrison	592	36.50	+12.8
	Conservative	Chris Sanderson	225	13.87	−8.5
	Green	John Riley	202	12.64	−1.9
Majority			6	0.37
Turnout			1,622	28.5
Registered electors			5,683
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jay Potts	1,006	54.14	−13.6
	Independent	Ian Diamond	725	39.02	+22.1
	Green	Nic Cook	123	6.62	+2.5
Majority			281	15.12
Turnout			1,858	32.9
Registered electors			5,641
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Maxwell	853	41.11	+3.3
	Independent	Lawrence Nolan	722	34.80	−2.1
	Green	Rhiannon Sian Curtis	318	15.33	−6.1
	Reform	Jim Mouat	176	8.48	N/A
Majority			131	6.31
Turnout			2,075	31.6
Registered electors			6,564
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Ellison	1,310	71.94	−0.1
	Conservative	Tia Jade McMurray Sinclair	193	10.60	−3.2
	Green	Colin Robert Tosh	189	10.38	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Shay Whitehead	123	6.76	N/A
Majority			1,117	61.34
Turnout			1,821	26.4
Registered electors			6,904
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shane Andrew Smith	1,087	50.68	−9.5
	Independent	Brian Goodman	673	31.38	+11.7
	Conservative	Carl Duncan	220	10.26	−4.2
	Green	Briony Elizabeth Sommers	155	7.23	+1.6
Majority			414	19.3
Turnout			2,145	29.2
Registered electors			7,345
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ruth Rachael Berkley	893	41.93	−5.9
	Independent	Phil Brown	555	26.06	+9.2
	Green	Carrie Richardson	354	16.62	+3.4
	Conservative	Chloe Grant	324	15.21	−2.8
Majority			338	15.87
Turnout			2,130	32.1
Registered electors			6,640
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Mary Meling	1,087	61.24	+2.0
	Green	Chris Davies	357	20.11	+10.4
	Conservative	Michael Robert Ferry	315	17.75	+1.3
Majority			730	41.13
Turnout			1,775	27.3
Registered electors			6,505
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul James Milburn	869	51.48	*N/A*
	Labour	Kevin Brydon	651	38.57	−1.7
	Conservative	Luke Robson	89	5.27	−3.0
	Green	Emmanuel Michael	75	4.44	+0.1
Majority			218	12.91
Turnout			1,688	28.0
Registered electors			6,030
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Helen Taylor	856	50.71	+4.7
	Independent	Kenneth George Wood	357	21.15	N/A
	Green	Bethany Dionne Telford	342	20.26	−12.6
	Conservative	Aaron Michael Cain	128	7.58	−4.3
Majority			499	29.56
Turnout			1,688	26.7
Registered electors			6,320
	Labour hold

West Park^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jim Yare	996	55.49	−1.5
	Labour	Anne Mellanby Hetherington	552	30.75	−0.1
	Independent	Justin Knight	128	7.13	N/A
	Conservative	Shaun Connolly	97	5.40	−6.7
	Independent	Julie Angela Angell	20	1.11	N/A
Majority			444	24.74
Turnout			1,795	33.8
Registered electors			5,304
	Green gain from Labour

Westoe^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Glenn Michael Thompson	1,042	48.47	*N/A*
	Labour	Michelle Teresa Turnbull	755	35.12	−5.2
	Green	Georgina Holt	215	10.00	−4.1
	Independent	Nigel Mark Reedman	74	3.44	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ireland	58	2.70	N/A
Majority			287	13.35
Turnout			2,150	35.6
Registered electors			6,034
	Independent hold

Whitburn & Marsden^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joyce Welsh	1,068	54.46	−3.0
	Conservative	Heidi Wildhirt	515	26.26	+0.4
	Green	Edward Littley	359	18.31	+1.7
Majority			553	28.20
Turnout			1,961	33.4
Registered electors			5,874
	Labour hold

Whiteleas^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Matthew Gibson	916	57.36	+5.4
	Independent	Robin Anthony Coombes	402	25.17	N/A
	Green	Sophie Jane Williams	165	10.33	−0.8
	Conservative	Dawn Wildhirt	111	6.95	−6.7
Majority			514	32.19
Turnout			1,597	25.9
Registered electors			6,172
	Labour hold