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 edit
Party | 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 edit
An asterisk denotes an incumbent.
Beacon & Bents ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | 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 edit
In 2008, Joe Abbott stood, and won, in this ward as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | 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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 edit
Party | 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.