# 2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council. 18 of the 54 seats of the council were up for election. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.
Bucking the trend of the rest of the country, the election saw Labour's seat count drop dramatically, losing ten seats nearly entirely to independent candidates. With 28 seats, Labour was left with only just enough seats for control of the council. The party's poor performance was described as being down to a 'perfect storm' of issues by the council's Labour leader Tracey Dixon, further adding that Labour needed to 'restart' and 'work more closely' with the council's communities. The results were put down to growing dissatisfaction with the council due to ongoing bin collection strikes that began in late 2023, the council's children services being rated "inadequate" by Ofsted, and the fallout surrounding previous Labour Leader of the council, Iain Malcolm, being found in March 2024 to have inappropriately incurred £18,000 of personal costs on his corporate credit card and bullied council staff.
The Conservatives also lost their only seat on the council, with their Cleadon & East Bolden ward seat going to the Greens.

## Summary
### Election result

2024 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 4 | 10 | 22.2 | 24 | 28 | 51.8 | 13,119 | 35.5 | –8.5 |
| | Independent | 10 | 9 | 55.6 | 5 | 15 | 27.8 | 11,770 | 31.9 | +9.2 |
| | Green | 4 | 2 | 22.2 | 7 | 11 | 20.4 | 9,640 | 26.1 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,709 | 4.6 | –5.7 |
| | Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 678 | 1.8 | +1.3 |

## Ward results
### Beacon & Bents

Beacon & Bents :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Sue Stonehouse* | 1,762 | 67.6 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | Jabed Hossain | 843 | 32.4 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 919 | 35.2 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,662 | 38.7 | +2.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,883 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | 2.0 | |

### Bede

Bede :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Terry Foggon | 1,025 | 59.7 | +11.8 |
| | Labour | Margaret Peacock* | 497 | 29.0 | –10.2 |
| | Green | John Chilton | 194 | 11.3 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 528 | 30.7 | +22.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,734 | 29.4 | +1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,903 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 11.0 | |

### Biddick & All Saints

Biddick & All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Chris Davies | 1,006 | 69.8 | +17.1 |
| | Labour | Shiela Hussain | 436 | 30.2 | –4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 570 | 39.6 | +21.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,468 | 23.7 | +0.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,207 | | |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | 10.8 | |

### Boldon Colliery

Boldon Colliery :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Simon Oliver | 1,104 | 46.8 | +11.3 |
| | Labour | Joanne Bell* | 1,087 | 46.1 | –1.6 |
| | Green | Darius Seago | 166 | 7.0 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17 | 0.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,377 | 33.6 | +0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,081 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 6.5 | |

### Cleadon & East Bolden

Cleadon & East Bolden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Rhiannon Curtis | 1,520 | 47.5 | +7.4 |
| | Conservative | Ian Forster* | 958 | 29.9 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | Kevin Brydon | 724 | 22.6 | –8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 562 | 17.6 | +8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,221 | 46.8 | –2.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,877 | | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.2 | |

### Cleadon Park

Cleadon Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Steven Harrison | 917 | 53.2 | +16.7 |
| | Labour | Ken Stephenson | 544 | 31.5 | –5.4 |
| | Green | John Riley | 264 | 15.3 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 373 | 21.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,745 | 30.8 | +2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,674 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 11.1 | |

### Fellgate & Hedworth

Fellgate & Hedworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Tony Roberts | 913 | 46.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Audrey Fay-Huntley* | 733 | 37.4 | –16.7 |
| | Green | Nicola Cook | 171 | 8.7 | +2.1 |
| | Independent | Ian Diamond | 142 | 7.2 | –31.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 180 | 9.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,955 | 34.8 | +1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,620 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour |

### Harton

Harton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Karen Myers | 846 | 38.8 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Karen Dix | 653 | 30.0 | –11.1 |
| | Reform UK | Jim Mouat | 414 | 19.0 | +10.5 |
| | Green | Colin Tosh | 267 | 12.2 | –3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 193 | 8.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,188 | 33.4 | +1.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,543 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 7.6 | |

### Hebburn North

Hebburn North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Liz McHugh* | 860 | 44.4 | –27.5 |
| | Independent | Brian Goodman | 845 | 43.6 | N/A |
| | Green | Annette Chapman | 231 | 11.9 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15 | 0.8 | –60.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,949 | 28.3 | +1.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,884 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hebburn South

Hebburn South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John McCabe* | 1,279 | 60.1 | +9.4 |
| | Green | Briony Sommers | 849 | 39.9 | +32.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 430 | 20.2 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,190 | 29.6 | +0.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,399 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 11.7 | |

### Horsley Hill

Horsley Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Phil Brown | 887 | 39.2 | +13.1 |
| | Labour | Dorothy Grainger | 713 | 31.5 | –10.4 |
| | Green | Carrie Richardson | 428 | 18.9 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Stan Wildhirt | 233 | 10.3 | –4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 174 | 7.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,278 | 34.3 | +2.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,645 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 11.8 | |

### Monkton

Monkton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joan Keegan* | 887 | 42.8 | –18.4 |
| | Independent | Joan Hamilton | 699 | 33.7 | N/A |
| | Reform UK | Marian Stead | 264 | 12.7 | N/A |
| | Green | Matty McKenna | 223 | 10.8 | –9.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 188 | 9.1 | –32.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,089 | 31.3 | +4.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,679 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Primrose

Primrose :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | David Kennedy* | 1,004 | 56.7 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Stephen Pearson | 617 | 34.8 | –3.8 |
| | Green | Elaine Francis | 150 | 8.5 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 387 | 21.9 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,786 | 29.5 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,056 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | 4.5 | |

### Simonside & Rekendyke

Simonside & Rekendyke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Kenneth Wood | 750 | 41.8 | +20.6 |
| | Labour | Edward Malcolm | 683 | 38.1 | –12.6 |
| | Green | Bethany Telford | 361 | 20.1 | –0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 67 | 3.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,804 | 28.2 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,386 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 16.6 | |

### West Park

West Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Nicky Gynn | 1,013 | 53.8 | –1.7 |
| | Independent | Justin Knight | 507 | 26.9 | +19.8 |
| | Labour | Sean McDonagh | 362 | 19.2 | –11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 506 | 26.9 | +2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,894 | 35.3 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,363 | | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | 10.8 | |

### Westoe

Westoe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Kate Owens-Palmer | 1,316 | 61.1 | +12.6 |
| | Labour | Sandra Duncan | 498 | 23.1 | –12.0 |
| | Green | Georgina Holt | 340 | 15.8 | +5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 818 | 38.0 | +24.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,180 | 36.2 | +0.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,028 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 12.3 | |

### Whitburn & Marsden

Whitburn & Marsden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tracey Dixon* | 1,115 | 53.9 | –0.6 |
| | Green | Edward Littley | 528 | 25.5 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | Heidi Wildhirt | 424 | 20.5 | –5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 587 | 28.4 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,093 | 35.7 | +2.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,869 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.9 | |

### Whiteleas

Whiteleas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Robin Coombes | 815 | 49.0 | +23.8 |
| | Labour | Michelle Turnbull | 588 | 35.3 | –22.1 |
| | Green | Sophie-Jane Williams | 167 | 10.0 | –0.3 |
| | Conservative | Dawn Wildhart | 94 | 5.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 13.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,677 | 27.4 | +1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,131 | | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 23.0 | |