The 2012 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. One third (18) of the seats were being contested, of which Labour won 17, and the Conservatives one.
New make-up of the council
editParty | Seats | Council composition (4 May 2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010[2] | 2011[3] | 2012 [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 36 | 39 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 10 | 11 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Progressives | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Ward results
editAn asterisk denotes an incumbent.
Beacon & Bents ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Anglin | 1,120 | 43.48 | +11.03 | |
Independent | Ahmed Khan* | 917 | 35.60 | −11.56 | |
Conservative | Ali Hayder | 173 | 6.72 | +1.42 | |
Independent | Phil Brown | 147 | 5.71 | N/A | |
BNP | James Hills | 123 | 4.77 | −4.30 | |
Liberal | Ashleigh Brewer | 50 | 1.94 | N/A | |
Independent | Siamak Kaikavoosi | 46 | 1.79 | N/A | |
Majority | 203 | 7.88 | |||
Turnout | 2,576 | 36.97 | −6.41 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Bede ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Margaret Peacock | 922 | 47.53 | +2.84 | |
Independent | Lee Hughes | 842 | 43.40 | N/A | |
Green | Tony Gair | 95 | 4.90 | N/A | |
Conservative | Oliver Wallhead | 81 | 4.18 | −3.98 | |
Majority | 80 | 4.12 | |||
Turnout | 1,945 | 32.55 | −5.85 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Biddick & All Saints ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anne Walsh* | 1,193 | 67.40 | +31.60 | |
Independent | Kraig White | 316 | 17.85 | N/A | |
BNP | Donna Watson | 107 | 6.01 | −2.65 | |
Conservative | Brian Gilchrist | 78 | 4.41 | −2.11 | |
Liberal | David Selby | 76 | 4.29 | N/A | |
Majority | 877 | 49.55 | |||
Turnout | 1,778 | 28.01 | −5.18 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Boldon Colliery ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joanne Bell* | 1,534 | 61.38 | +15.04 | |
Independent | Ian Diamond | 647 | 25.89 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stewart Hay | 203 | 8.12 | −8.03 | |
BNP | Ileene Gilchrist | 115 | 4.60 | −4.73 | |
Majority | 887 | 35.49 | |||
Turnout | 2,507 | 34.15 | −3.44 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cleadon & East Boldon ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeff Milburn* | 1,692 | 53.97 | −13.87 | |
Labour | Margaret Meling | 1,443 | 46.03 | +13.87 | |
Majority | 249 | 7.94 | |||
Turnout | 3,145 | 45.45 | −2.50 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Cleadon Park ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alexander Donaldson* | 820 | 45.89 | +7.59 | |
Independent | June Elsom | 799 | 44.71 | N/A | |
Conservative | Quintin Smith | 168 | 9.40 | −6.39 | |
Majority | 21 | 1.18 | |||
Turnout | 1,793 | 33.60 | −5.09 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Fellgate & Hedworth ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Smith | 1,226 | 55.50 | +7.23 | |
Independent | Geraldine White | 786 | 35.58 | N/A | |
BNP | Maureen Scott | 83 | 3.76 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ian Armstrong | 81 | 3.67 | −4.66 | |
Liberal | Andrew Cotton | 33 | 1.49 | N/A | |
Majority | 440 | 19.89 | |||
Turnout | 2,212 | 37.49 | −4.00 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Harton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Hay | 1,356 | 59.53 | +25.93 | |
Progressives | Marjorie Robinson | 602 | 26.43 | −7.28 | |
Conservative | Marilyn Huartt | 227 | 9.96 | −2.34 | |
Liberal | David Wood | 93 | 4.08 | N/A | |
Majority | 754 | 33.10 | |||
Turnout | 2,290 | 34.16 | −7.45 | ||
Labour gain from Progressives | Swing |
Hebburn North ward
editIn 2008, Joe Abbott stood, and won, in this ward as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Butler | 972 | 48.92 | +24.06 | |
Independent | Joe Abbott* | 771 | 38.80 | −7.22 | |
BNP | Martin Vaughan | 184 | 9.26 | −7.73 | |
Conservative | David Fettis | 60 | 3.02 | −1.37 | |
Majority | 201 | 10.12 | |||
Turnout | 1,988 | 30.24 | −7.18 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Hebburn South ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John McCabe* | 1,877 | 86.58 | +42.14 | |
Conservative | John Coe | 291 | 13.42 | +6.50 | |
Majority | 1,586 | 73.15 | |||
Turnout | 2,193 | 36.00 | −8.51 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Horsley Hill ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Walsh | 1,407 | 53.28 | +19.23 | |
Independent | Gordon Finch | 959 | 36.31 | −2.53 | |
Conservative | Ross Huartt | 204 | 7.72 | −6.60 | |
Liberal | Joseph Stephenson | 71 | 2.69 | N/A | |
Majority | 448 | 19.96 | |||
Turnout | 2,650 | 37.84 | −6.73 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Monkton ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Melanie Cartwright | 1,154 | 56.35 | +23.59 | |
Independent | John Hodgson | 763 | 37.26 | +0.33 | |
Conservative | James Milburn | 131 | 6.40 | −0.97 | |
Majority | 391 | 19.09 | |||
Turnout | 2,060 | 32.10 | −8.58 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Primrose ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Perry* | 1,284 | 75.26 | −26.67 | |
BNP | George Gilchrist | 227 | 13.31 | −19.62 | |
Conservative | David Ireland | 195 | 11.43 | −7.04 | |
Majority | 1,057 | 61.96 | |||
Turnout | 1,717 | 27.95 | −5.30 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Simonside & Rekendyke ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Edward Malcolm* | 1,348 | 80.62 | +32.15 | |
Labour | Lynne Proudlock | 1,262 | 75.48 | +27.01 | |
Liberal | Melanie Baker | 265 | 15.85 | N/A | |
BNP | Peter Foreman | 238 | 14.23 | +1.99 | |
Conservative | George Smith | 231 | 13.82 | +1.71 | |
Majority | 997 | 59.63 | |||
Turnout | 1,858 | 29.14 | −3.39 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
West Park ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gladys Hobson | 944 | 49.66 | +19.52 | |
Progressives | Enid Hetherington* | 653 | 34.35 | −11.20 | |
Conservative | Anthony Dailly | 191 | 10.05 | −4.73 | |
Green | Anna Heyman | 113 | 5.94 | −3.59 | |
Majority | 291 | 15.31 | |||
Turnout | 1,912 | 33.16 | −1.10 | ||
Labour gain from Progressives | Swing |
Westoe ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sheila Stephenson | 1,013 | 47.25 | +28.38 | |
Independent | Victor Thompson | 639 | 29.80 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Russell | 265 | 12.36 | +1.50 | |
Progressives | Paul Walker | 165 | 7.70 | N/A | |
Liberal | Stephen Flower | 62 | 2.89 | N/A | |
Majority | 374 | 17.44 | |||
Turnout | 2,149 | 32.82 | −8.79 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Whitburn & Marsden ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tracey Dixon* | 1,661 | 76.19 | +25.42 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Turnbull | 519 | 23.81 | −10.03 | |
Majority | 1,142 | 52.39 | |||
Turnout | 2,208 | 37.81 | −4.07 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Whiteleas ward
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Doreen Purvis | 1,098 | 56.26 | +13.05 | |
Independent | John Haram* | 632 | 30.08 | −12.06 | |
BNP | Christopher Thornton | 185 | 8.81 | −1.42 | |
Independent | Robin Coombes | 124 | 5.90 | N/A | |
Conservative | Christopher Taylor | 62 | 2.95 | −5.47 | |
Majority | 466 | 22.18 | |||
Turnout | 2,107 | 32.24 | −3.76 | ||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ "Elections | South Tyneside". southtyneside.info. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
- ^ "Elections | South Tyneside". southtyneside.info. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011.
- ^ "Elections | South Tyneside - 03 May 2012". southtyneside.info. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012.