South Tyneside council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 18 wards · 54 seats contested

Most seats
41
Reform UK
Seats contested
54
across 18 wards
Turnout
43.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 41 +41 57,266 40.4% +38.6
Green Party 10 +6 35,197 24.8% -1.3
Independent 2 -8 20,288 14.3% -17.6
Labour and Co-operative Party 1 -3 26,476 18.7% -16.9
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 1,956 1.4% -3.2
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 588 0.4% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 54
Reform UK 55
Green Party 54
Labour Party 54
Independent 39
Conservative and Unionist Party 13
Liberal Democrats 2

A party standing a full slate could field 54 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 & Bents 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Rana Rahman Elected 1,470 44.6% —
Green Party Sue Stonehouse Elected 1,324 40.2% —
Green Party Sarah McKeown Elected 1,275 38.7% —
Reform UK Daniel Edward Stuart O'Neill 903 27.4% —
Reform UK James Michael Stark 860 26.1% —
Reform UK Edith Tye 841 25.5% —
Labour Party Jabed Hossain 641 19.5% —
Independent Ahmed Khan 526 16.0% —
Labour Party Fay Cunningham 377 11.4% —
Independent Mark Andrew Berriman 325 9.9% —
Independent Scott Lancaster 291 8.8% —
Labour Party Georgia Partridge 283 8.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Michael Cain 79 2.4% —
Majority372
Turnout50.5%
Registered electors6,518
Ballots cast3,294

Bede 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Michael Oughton Elected 936 41.0% —
Reform UK Chris Wears Elected 901 39.4% —
Reform UK Alan Rice Elected 892 39.0% —
Independent Keith Roberts 571 25.0% —
Independent Terry Foggon 540 23.6% —
Independent Donna Foggon 535 23.4% —
Labour Party Stephen Dean 373 16.3% —
Green Party John Chilton 364 15.9% —
Green Party Lynne Saunders 360 15.8% —
Green Party Tony Gair 355 15.5% —
Labour Party Margaret Mary Peacock 297 13.0% —
Labour Party Sean Anthony Stonehouse 269 11.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mo Karim 62 2.7% —
Majority321
Turnout38.6%
Registered electors5,921
Ballots cast2,285

Biddick & All Saints 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Steve Maddison Elected 871 42.6% —
Reform UK Steven Smith Elected 843 41.2% —
Green Party Rachael Taylor Elected 825 40.3% —
Reform UK Michelle Teresa Turnbull 806 39.4% —
Green Party Chris Davies 795 38.9% —
Green Party Darius Seago 726 35.5% —
Labour Party Katharine Emma Maxwell 262 12.8% —
Labour Party Alan Lawless 244 11.9% —
Labour Party Martin Edward Lightfoot 231 11.3% —
Independent Lee Theaker 158 7.7% —
Majority19
Turnout33.2%
Registered electors6,163
Ballots cast2,045

Boldon Colliery 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Ian Jason Diamond Elected 987 33.5% —
Independent Simon Kevin Oliver Elected 970 32.9% —
Reform UK Chris Fox Elected 947 32.2% —
Reform UK Michael Gerard Girdlestone 878 29.8% —
Independent Ethan Moffatt-Oliver 822 27.9% —
Labour Party Alison Strike 806 27.4% —
Independent John Lennox 748 25.4% —
Labour Party Ruth Brown 480 16.3% —
Labour Party Paul Freemen 438 14.9% —
Green Party Peter Collins 325 11.0% —
Green Party Ben Allison 300 10.2% —
Green Party Mason Gilhespy 251 8.5% —
Liberal Democrats Thomas William Stradling 156 5.3% —
Majority69
Turnout42.6%
Registered electors6,908
Ballots cast2,945

Cleadon Park & Harton Moor 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Russell Stephen Clifton Elected 938 41.1% —
Reform UK Helen Louise Ross Elected 921 40.3% —
Reform UK Heidi Wildhirt Elected 882 38.6% —
Independent Steve Harrison 435 19.0% —
Independent George Robert William Elsom 428 18.7% —
Green Party Daniel Cook 406 17.8% —
Independent Vicky Harrison 368 16.1% —
Green Party Colin Noble 361 15.8% —
Labour Party Ken Mitchell 351 15.4% —
Labour Party Karen Wood 339 14.8% —
Green Party Richard Pressling 334 14.6% —
Labour Party Tariq Jaman 309 13.5% —
Independent Justin Knight 306 13.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis Bridgewood 155 6.8% —
Majority447
Turnout40.6%
Registered electors5,630
Ballots cast2,284

Cleadon Village & East Boldon 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party David Herbert Elected 1,614 39.4% —
Green Party Shirley Ford Elected 1,592 38.9% —
Green Party Abbey Muquith Elected 1,278 31.2% —
Reform UK Dawn Wildhirt 1,226 29.9% —
Reform UK Dawn Wildhirt 1,226 29.9% —
Reform UK Nick Markwick 1,190 29.1% —
Reform UK Peter Atherton 1,051 25.7% —
Labour Party Tina Lindsay Roche 581 14.2% —
Labour Party John Robert Temple 563 13.7% —
Independent Scott Oliver 528 12.9% —
Labour Party Mervyn Carl William Owen 513 12.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Hill 492 12.0% —
Liberal Democrats Phil Barron 432 10.5% —
Majority52
Turnout—
Registered electors7,100
Ballots cast (estimated)4,095

Fellgate & Hedworth 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Jean Murray Elected 949 37.9% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Geraldine Margaret Teresa Kilgour Elected 924 36.9% —
Reform UK Mal Bell Elected 883 35.2% —
Reform UK Katie Groom 875 34.9% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Taz Ali 726 29.0% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Nick Lamb 661 26.4% —
Independent Tony Roberts 388 15.5% —
Independent Kerry Redhead 378 15.1% —
Green Party Melanie Maughan 289 11.5% —
Green Party Pauline Stoker 254 10.1% —
Green Party Badri Bechlem 250 10.0% —
Independent Patrick Balmer 243 9.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Allan Michael Fitzgerald 89 3.6% —
Majority8
Turnout43.7%
Registered electors5,739
Ballots cast2,507

Harton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Shaun Barclay Elected 1,171 42.6% —
Reform UK Alex Robert Clarke Elected 1,136 41.4% —
Reform UK Jim Mouat Elected 1,133 41.2% —
Independent Karen Louise Myers 674 24.5% —
Independent Ann Margaret Brenen 658 24.0% —
Independent Pat Hay 559 20.3% —
Green Party Michael Thomas Pittuck 530 19.3% —
Green Party Declan Guiney 455 16.6% —
Green Party Kathryn Kaupa 435 15.8% —
Labour Party Neil Maxwell 413 15.0% —
Labour Party Michael Henry Clare 391 14.2% —
Labour Party Susan Traynor 381 13.9% —
Majority459
Turnout43.6%
Registered electors6,306
Ballots cast2,747

Hebburn North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Andy Heywood Elected 1,171 42.6% —
Reform UK Mike Smith Elected 1,101 40.1% —
Reform UK Susan Sybenga Elected 1,006 36.6% —
Labour Party Stephen George Rutherford 790 28.7% —
Labour Party Liz McHugh 742 27.0% —
Labour Party Yvonne McShane 615 22.4% —
Independent Brian Goodman 535 19.5% —
Green Party George Currie 524 19.1% —
Green Party John Riley 444 16.2% —
Green Party Colin Tosh 411 15.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard George Scott 100 3.6% —
Majority216
Turnout40.6%
Registered electors6,763
Ballots cast2,748

Hebburn South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Elliott Curry Elected 1,387 43.4% —
Reform UK Gary Elsender Elected 1,372 42.9% —
Reform UK Mark Francis Richardson Elected 1,324 41.4% —
Green Party Amy Andrews 700 21.9% —
Green Party Annette Chapman 694 21.7% —
Green Party Neil Newton 616 19.3% —
Labour Party Angela Lamonte 597 18.7% —
Labour Party Wilf Flynn 593 18.6% —
Labour Party Jackie Griffin 590 18.5% —
Independent Sean Halligan 484 15.1% —
Independent Shane Andrew Smith 452 14.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ayo Akin 164 5.1% —
Majority624
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors6,941
Ballots cast3,195

Horsley Hill & Westoe Crown 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Charlie Medcalf Elected 1,354 40.8% —
Reform UK Pat Newman Elected 1,319 39.7% —
Reform UK Audrey Fenwick Elected 1,293 39.0% —
Independent Phil Brown 771 23.2% —
Green Party Owen Batchelor 690 20.8% —
Independent Gill Brown 627 18.9% —
Green Party Darren Henry 615 18.5% —
Independent Vicki Gardener 566 17.1% —
Green Party Shamol Shahran 538 16.2% —
Labour Party Eileen Leask 529 15.9% —
Labour Party Dorothy Jane Grainger 448 13.5% —
Labour Party Erin Maxwell 441 13.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason Stephen Carr 173 5.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jason Stephen Carr 173 5.2% —
Majority522
Turnout48.6%
Registered electors6,827
Ballots cast3,319

Monkton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Sheryl Jones Elected 1,152 41.2% —
Reform UK Matt Ling Elected 1,120 40.0% —
Reform UK Marian Elizabeth Stead Elected 1,058 37.8% —
Labour Party Emma Kate Corr 845 30.2% —
Labour Party Paul Dean 767 27.4% —
Labour Party John Watson 740 26.4% —
Green Party Tony Easter 514 18.4% —
Green Party Tracey Stephenson 477 17.0% —
Green Party Kasia Parker 456 16.3% —
Independent Graeme Slator 325 11.6% —
Independent Rory Cunningham Page 249 8.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sonia Teasdale-Banks 133 4.8% —
Majority213
Turnout42.5%
Registered electors6,578
Ballots cast2,799

Primrose 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Alex Barr Elected 946 36.6% —
Reform UK Adam Nicholas Smith Elected 882 34.1% —
Reform UK Elaine Cecilia Thomas Elected 823 31.8% —
Independent David Kennedy 653 25.3% —
Independent Joan Hamilton 536 20.7% —
Independent Karen Kennedy 532 20.6% —
Labour Party Lindsey Brown 439 17.0% —
Labour Party Adam James Naylor 431 16.7% —
Labour Party Bob Farrell 429 16.6% —
Independent John Andrew Robertson 383 14.8% —
Green Party Lauren Bradley 354 13.7% —
Independent Joanne McKie 319 12.3% —
Green Party Andrew Lockney 288 11.1% —
Green Party Stephen Wheeler 273 10.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anita Ashbridge 93 3.6% —
Majority170
Turnout38.9%
Registered electors6,650
Ballots cast2,585

Simonside & Rekendyke 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Luke Perry Elected 959 36.7% —
Reform UK Phillip Charles Brown Elected 955 36.6% —
Reform UK Michelle Fascione Elected 948 36.3% —
Green Party Anthony Fenwick 799 30.6% —
Green Party Sophia Malik 764 29.3% —
Green Party Abdul Rob Mohammed 712 27.3% —
Independent Kenneth George Wood 449 17.2% —
Labour Party Edward Malcolm 437 16.7% —
Labour Party Lynne Ann Proudlock 421 16.1% —
Labour Party Mark Nellist 380 14.6% —
Independent Jimmy King 345 13.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adrian Thomas Cartwright 124 4.7% —
Majority149
Turnout39.1%
Registered electors6,682
Ballots cast2,611

West Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Tony Leather Elected 1,193 46.3% —
Green Party Matt Blair Elected 1,185 46.0% —
Green Party Jasim Uddin Elected 1,093 42.4% —
Reform UK Richard Saunders 1,009 39.2% —
Reform UK Adam John Stevenson 956 37.1% —
Reform UK Tom Veitch 913 35.5% —
Labour Party Helen Hudson 351 13.6% —
Labour Party Jeff Lazenby 337 13.1% —
Labour Party Syed Shorif Ahmed 304 11.8% —
Majority84
Turnout45.1%
Registered electors5,711
Ballots cast2,575

Westoe 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Kate Owens-Palmer Elected 919 32.4% —
Reform UK Sharlene May Tooley Elected 909 32.1% —
Reform UK Karen Pittuck Elected 891 31.4% —
Independent Paul Brenen 878 31.0% —
Independent Andrew Guy 814 28.7% —
Reform UK Abhinav Kumar 741 26.1% —
Green Party Jordan Duncan 597 21.1% —
Green Party Nathan Slight 555 19.6% —
Green Party Noor Ahmed 542 19.1% —
Labour Party Liam Walker 397 14.0% —
Labour Party William Alan Jamieson 332 11.7% —
Labour Party Tracey Windle 306 10.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Andrew Robson 119 4.2% —
Majority13
Turnout50.3%
Registered electors5,643
Ballots cast2,836

Whitburn & Marsden 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Tony Humphrey Elected 1,373 45.9% —
Reform UK Steve Cain Elected 1,324 44.2% —
Reform UK David Royal Elected 1,262 42.2% —
Green Party Steve Lavelle 895 29.9% —
Green Party Trevor Sewell 819 27.4% —
Labour Party Tracey Allison Dixon 811 27.1% —
Green Party Lewis Spence 787 26.3% —
Labour Party Joyce Welsh 617 20.6% —
Labour Party Anne Hetherington 582 19.4% —
Majority367
Turnout51.1%
Registered electors5,855
Ballots cast2,993

Whiteleas 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Chris Turnbull Elected 1,195 52.8% —
Reform UK Paul Anthony Mackings Elected 1,159 51.2% —
Reform UK Stan Wildhirt Elected 1,118 49.4% —
Green Party Lisa Cooley 535 23.6% —
Labour Party Ernest Matthew Gibson 499 22.1% —
Green Party Sophie-Jane Williams 490 21.7% —
Green Party Phoenix Haynes 469 20.7% —
Labour Party Ken Dawes 437 19.3% —
Labour Party Doreen Purvis 416 18.4% —
Majority583
Turnout37.2%
Registered electors6,081
Ballots cast2,263

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