South Tyneside council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 18 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats
16
Labour Party
Seats contested
20
across 18 wards
Turnout
44.2%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 16 +2 19,238 43.4% +1.5
Green Party 2 +1 5,967 13.5% -4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 1 +1 9,576 21.6% +8.3
Independent 1 -3 8,999 20.3% +3.6
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 354 0.8% —
Reform UK 0 +0 153 0.3% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 20
Independent 23
Conservative and Unionist Party 20
Labour Party 20
Green Party 19
Reform UK 2
Social Democratic Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 20 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Beacon and Bents

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sue Stonehouse Elected 1,282 46.3% -20.8
Labour Party Fay Cunningham 781 28.2% -0.4
Independent Ahmed Khan 467 16.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ali Hayder 229 8.3% +3.9
Majority501
Turnout40.5%
Registered electors6,837
Ballots cast2,770

Green Party hold

Bede

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Margaret Peacock Elected 715 39.7% +6.5
Independent Shaun Sadler 577 32.0% -29.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Bill Smith 387 21.5% +16.5
Green Party John Chilton 122 6.8% —
Majority138
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,801

Labour Party gain from Independent

Biddick and All Saints

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Anne Josephine Walsh Elected 794 49.8% +3.6
Independent Patricia May Oliver 346 21.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Oliver White 276 17.3% +12.0
Green Party Bethany Dionne Telford 177 11.1% -6.3
Majority448
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,593

Labour Party hold

Boldon Colliery

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Joanne Bell Elected 1,336 49.5% +7.1
Independent Simon Kevin Oliver 605 22.4% -4.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Maurice Spinks 561 20.8% +6.8
Green Party Peter Collins 195 7.2% -3.6
Majority731
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,697

Labour Party hold

Cleadon Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alex Donaldson Elected 752 41.5% -2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Thoburn 462 25.5% +0.1
Green Party John Riley 243 13.4% -17.3
Independent George Robert William Elsom 242 13.3% —
Independent Ian James Campbell 114 6.3% —
Majority290
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,813

Labour Party hold

Cleadon and East Boldon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Forster Elected 1,673 47.9% +20.0
Labour Party Jane Carter 1,300 37.2% -12.8
Green Party David Herbert 450 12.9% +0.8
Reform UK Daniel McLean Fisher 63 1.8% —
Majority373
Turnout51.0%
Registered electors6,892
Ballots cast3,496

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Fellgate and Hedworth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Audrey Elizabeth Fay-Huntley Elected 1,264 54.0% +14.5
Independent John Bede Cullen 643 27.5% -20.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Holly May Wright 290 12.4% +7.9
Green Party Kelly Louise Hill 69 2.9% —
Independent Paul d'Ambrosie 61 2.6% —
Majority621
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors5,700
Ballots cast2,340

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Independent

Harton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pat Hay Elected 801 33.9% -12.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Chloe Joanne Grant 710 30.1% +9.0
Independent Lawrence Nolan 610 25.8% —
Green Party Sarah Elizabeth Ashton Drummond 241 10.2% —
Majority91
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,362

Labour Party hold

Hebburn North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Liz McHugh Elected 1,202 56.2% +4.6
Independent Brian Goodman 384 17.9% +9.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Mary Robson 352 16.4% +10.7
Green Party Sian Sarah Ford 202 9.4% +2.4
Majority818
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,140

Labour Party hold

Hebburn South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Gerard McCabe Elected 1,437 59.6% +8.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Moyra Day 444 18.4% +5.6
Social Democratic Party Mark Conway 354 14.7% —
Green Party Colin Tosh 175 7.3% -19.1
Majority993
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,410

Labour Party hold

Horsley Hill 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mark Walsh Elected 888 38.6% -2.7
Labour Party Ruth Rachael Berkley Elected 887 38.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ethan Thoburn 653 28.4% +16.2
Independent Phil Brown 542 23.6% +14.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Tia Sinclair 529 23.0% —
Green Party Jack Ford 372 16.2% -0.9
Green Party Andrew Guy 239 10.4% —
Independent Angie Fisher 168 7.3% —
Independent Oliver Raymond Raife Wallhead 161 7.0% —
Independent David Albert Morris 157 6.8% —
Majority234
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,298

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Monkton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Joan Margaret Keegan Elected 1,022 53.1% +11.1
Labour Party Margaret Mary Meling Elected 707 36.7% —
Independent Graeme Slator 655 34.0% +2.7
Independent Peter Hamilton 640 33.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Smith 292 15.2% +7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Theresa Snowling 252 13.1% —
Green Party Rhiannon Sian Curtis 189 9.8% -1.7
Reform UK Marian Elizabeth Stead 90 4.7% —
Majority52
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,924

Labour Party gain · Labour Party hold

Primrose

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent David Kennedy Elected 793 42.9% +1.7
Labour Party Ken Stephenson 683 36.9% +0.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Walter Featherston Armstrong 283 15.3% +8.3
Green Party Kevin Alderson 91 4.9% -3.6
Majority110
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,850

Independent hold

Simonside and Rekendyke

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Edward Malcolm Elected 927 46.9% -7.9
Independent Kenneth George Wood 352 17.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher James Sanderson 345 17.5% +1.7
Green Party Sarah McKeown 207 10.5% -19.0
Independent David Wood 146 7.4% —
Majority575
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,977

Labour Party hold

West Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Peter James Bristow Elected 1,036 51.2% +13.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Gladys Hobson 628 31.0% -9.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Ashley Auton 360 17.8% -3.8
Majority408
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,024

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Westoe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ann Margaret Best Elected 922 38.5% +10.0
Independent Paul Brenen 707 29.5% -2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Heidi Wildhirt 530 22.1% +11.5
Green Party Anna-Louise Lambie 235 9.8% -0.1
Majority215
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,394

Labour Party gain from Independent

Whitburn and Marsden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tracey Allison Dixon Elected 1,337 56.8% +19.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Stan Wildhirt 612 26.0% +8.8
Green Party Trevor Sewell 266 11.3% -9.1
Independent Denis Burns 137 5.8% —
Majority725
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,352

Labour Party hold

Whiteleas

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Doreen Purvis Elected 855 46.0% -9.0
Independent Blake Robson 372 20.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dawn Wildhirt 336 18.1% +6.6
Green Party Rachael Taylor 176 9.5% -24.1
Independent Julie Angela Angell 120 6.5% —
Majority483
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,859

Labour Party hold

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