2021 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

2021 UK local government election

The 2021 South Tyneside Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of South Tyneside Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. One-third of the seats were up for election. The previous election in the area was in 2019.

Results

2021 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	16	4	80.0	28	44	81.5	19,238	43.3	+1.4
	Independent	1	1	5.0	5	6	11.1	8,999	20.2	+3.5
	Green	2	2	10.0	1	3	5.6	6,124	13.8	-4.6
	Conservative	1	1	5.0	0	1	1.9	9,576	21.5	+8.5
	SDP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	354	0.8	New
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	153	0.3	New

Ward results

Beacon and Bents

Beacon and Bents
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sue Stonehouse	1,282	46.5	+34.1
	Labour	Fay Cunningham	781	28.3	−28.8
	Independent	Ahmed Khan	467	16.9	+16.9
	Conservative	Ali Hayder	229	8.3	−1.3
Majority			501	18.2	N/A
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Bede

Bede
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Peacock	715	39.7	−16.7
	Independent	Shaun Sadler	577	32.0	+0.4
	Conservative	Bill Smith	387	21.5	+15.2
	Green	John Chilton	122	6.8	+1.1
Majority			138
	Labour hold		Swing

Biddick and All Saints

Biddick and All Saints
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Walsh	794	49.8	−12.0
	Independent	Patricia Oliver	346	21.7	+21.7
	Conservative	Jack White	276	17.3	+12.1
	Green	Bethany Telford	177	11.1	+2.5
Majority			448
	Labour hold		Swing

Boldon Colliery

Boldon Colliery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Bell	1,336	49.5	−16.2
	Independent	Simon Oliver	605	22.4	+22.4
	Conservative	Anthony Spinks	561	20.8	−0.1
	Green	Peter Collins	195	7.2	−6.1
Majority			731
	Labour hold		Swing

Cleadon and East Boldon

Cleadon and East Boldon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Forster	1,673	48.0	+3.2
	Labour	Jane Carter	1,300	37.3	−8.6
	Green	David Herbert	450	12.9	+3.6
	Reform UK	Daniel Fisher	63	1.8	+1.8
Majority			373	10.7	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cleadon Park

Cleadon Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alex Donaldson	752	41.5
	Conservative	Gary Thoburn	462	25.5
	Green	John Riley	243	13.4
	Independent	George Elsom	242	13.3
	Independent	Ian Campbell	114	6.3
Majority			290
	Labour hold		Swing

Fellgate and Hedworth

Fellgate and Hedworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Fay	1,264	54.3	+14.8
	Independent	John Cullen	643	27.6	N/A
	Conservative	Holly Wright	290	12.5	+8.1
	Green	Kelly Hill	69	3.0	N/A
	Independent	Paul D'Ambrosie	61	2.6	N/A
Majority			621
	Labour hold		Swing

Harton

Harton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Hay	801	33.9	−14.5
	Conservative	Chloe Grant	710	30.1	+13.7
	Independent	Lawrence Nolan	610	25.8	+13.5
	Green	Sarah Drummond	241	10.2	+10.2
Majority			91
	Labour hold		Swing

Hebburn North

Hebburn North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Liz McHugh	1,202	56.2
	Independent	Brian Goodman	384	17.9
	Conservative	Margaret Robson	352	16.4
	Green	Sian Ford	202	9.4
Majority			850
	Labour hold		Swing

Hebburn South

Hebburn South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John McCabe	1,437	59.6
	Conservative	Moyra Day	444	18.4
	SDP	Mark Conway	354	14.7
	Green	Colin Tosh	175	7.3
Majority			993
	Labour hold		Swing

Horsley Hill

Horsley Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mark Walsh	888	34.8
	Labour	Ruth Berkley	887	34.7
	Conservative	Ethan Thoburn	653	25.6
	Independent	Phil Brown	542	21.2
	Conservative	Tia Sinclair	529	20.7
	Green	Jack Ford	372	14.6
	Green	Andrew Guy	239	9.4
	Independent	Angie Fisher	168	6.6
	Independent	Oliver Wallhead	161	6.3
	Independent	David Morris	157	6.1
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Monkton

Monkton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Joan Keegan	1,022	45.9
	Labour	Margaret Meling	707	31.8
	Independent	Graeme Slator	655	29.4
	Independent	Peter Hamilton	640	28.8
	Conservative	Chris Smith	292	13.1
	Conservative	Margaret Snowling	252	11.3
	Green	Rhiannon Curtis	189	8.5
	Reform UK	Marian Stead	90	4.0
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Primrose

Primrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	David Kennedy	793	42.9
	Labour	Ken Stephenson	683	36.9
	Conservative	Walter Armstrong	283	15.3
	Green	Kevin Alderson	91	4.9
Majority			110
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Simonside and Rekendyke

Simonside and Rekendyke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Edward Malcolm	927	46.9
	Independent	Kenneth Wood	352	17.8
	Conservative	Christopher Sanderson	345	17.5
	Green	Sarah McKeown	207	10.5
	Independent	David Wood	146	7.4
Majority			582
	Labour hold		Swing

West Park

West Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Peter Bristow	1,036	51.2
	Labour	Gladys Hobson	628	31.0
	Conservative	Mark Auton	360	17.8
Majority			408
	Green gain from Labour		Swing

Westoe

Westoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Best	922	38.5
	Independent	Paul Brennen	707	29.5
	Conservative	Heidi Wildhirt	530	22.1
	Green	Anna-Louise Lambie	235	9.8
Majority			215
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitburn and Marsden

Whitburn and Marsden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tracey Dixon	1,337	56.8
	Conservative	Stan Wildhirt	612	26.0
	Green	Trevor Sewell	266	11.3
	Independent	Denis Burns	137	5.8
Majority			725
	Labour hold		Swing

Whiteleas

Whiteleas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Doreen Purvis	855	46.0
	Independent	Blake Robson	372	20.0
	Conservative	Dawn Wildhirt	336	18.1
	Green	Rachael Milne	176	9.5
	Independent	Julie Angell	120	6.5
Majority			483
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections

Fellgate and Hedworth

Independent candidate John Robertson has previously been a councillor on South Tyneside council. In 2011, he deliberately drove a lorry into a council office building following a row over contracts. This resulted in over £160,000 in damage. He received 40 weeks in prison, was suspended from the council, and subsequently declared bankrupt.

The by-election was triggered by Robertson resigning. He was unsuccessful in attempting to retract his own resignation, so subsequently contested the by-election.

Fellgate and Hedworth: 29 July 2021
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 Boldon

Cleadon & East Boldon: 9 September 2021
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

References

"Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections - 6 May 2021". southtyneside.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
"Election results - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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"Bede Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"Biddick & All Saints Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"Boldon Colliery Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"Beacon & Bents Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"Cleadon Park Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"Fellgate & Hedworth Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"Harton Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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"Hebburn South Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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"Monkton Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"Primrose Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
"Simonside and Rekendyke Ward - 06 May 2021 Local Government Election". South Tyneside Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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