# 2016 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2016 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
All of the seats being contested were last contested in 2012, and these results are compared to the results of 2015.

## Result

North Tyneside Council Election Result 2016 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 51 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 85 | 51.6 | 28,387 | -0.2% |
| Conservative | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 11.6 | 27.1 | 14,960 | -0.3% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 6,458 | -4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 | 4.7 | 2,512 | +1.8% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 1,740 | +3.1% |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 287 | 0 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 268 | -1.8% |

## Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 49 | 9 | 2 |
| Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 51 | 7 | 2 |
| Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem |

## Candidates by party

| 20 / 20 16 / 20 3 / 20 1 / 20 | 20 / 20 4 / 20 3 / 20 |
There are a total of 67 candidates standing across the 20 seats - an average of 3.35 in each ward. The Labour Party and Conservative Party are both fielding a full slate of 20 candidates. The United Kingdom Independence Party are fielding 16 candidates. There are 4 candidates representing the Liberal Democrats and 3 representing the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and standing as Independent candidates respectively. 1 candidate is representing the Green Party.
Since the last local election in 2015, the number of candidates representing Labour, the Conservatives, and the TUSC was unchanged. Independent candidates increased by 3, the Liberal Democrats had an increase of 1 candidate, and the Green Party and United Kingdom Independence Party both had a decrease of 4 candidates.

## Results by ward
### Battle Hill

Battle Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Carl Johnson | 1,914 | 73.9 | +13.5 |
| | Conservative | Jessica Bushbye | 507 | 19.6 | +5.1 |
| | TUSC | John Hoare | 169 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,407 | 54.3 | +18.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,590 | 32 | −28.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.2 | |

### Benton

Benton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Pat Oliver | 1,849 | 60.7 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | George Partis | 530 | 17.3 | −9.7 |
| | Independent | David Arthur | 380 | 12.4 | +12.4 |
| | UKIP | Maureen Gallon | 304 | 9.9 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,319 | 43.1 | +14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,063 | 39.7 | −28.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +7.6 | |

### Camperdown

Camperdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jim Allan | 1,457 | 58.6 | −5.5 |
| | Independent | Paul Bunyan | 790 | 31.8 | +31.8 |
| | Conservative | David Sarin | 240 | 9.7 | −7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 667 | 26.8 | −18 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,487 | 31.8 | −25.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -18.7 | |

### Chirton

Chirton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Stirling | 1,270 | 61.5 | −2.4 |
| | UKIP | Norman Morse | 581 | 28.1 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | Yasmin West | 213 | 10.3 | −4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 689 | 33.4 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,064 | 26.1 | −3.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -4.5 | |

### Collingwood

Collingwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Debbie Cox | 1,463 | 51.6 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | Lewis Austin | 779 | 27.5 | −1.9 |
| | UKIP | Sylvia Simpson | 546 | 19.2 | +0.9 |
| | TUSC | David Taws | 49 | 1.7 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 684 | 24.1 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,837 | 34.5 | −27.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +2.4 | |

### Cullercoats

Cullercoats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Karen Lee-Duffy | 1,897 | 49.9 | +10.2 |
| | Conservative | George Westwater | 1,526 | 40.2 | +0.9 |
| | UKIP | Phyl Masters | 375 | 9.9 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 371 | 9.8 | +9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,798 | 50.5 | −23.2 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.7 | |

### Howdon

Howdon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Hunter | 1,562 | 70.1 | +2.8 |
| | UKIP | Robert Mather | 446 | 20 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | David Griffith-Owen | 155 | 6.9 | −3.2 |
| | TUSC | Timothy Wall | 69 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,119 | 50.1 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,232 | 28.4 | −24.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.6 | |

### Killingworth

Killingworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gary Bell | 1,791 | 66.6 | +9 |
| | UKIP | Brian Needham | 459 | 17.1 | −9.9 |
| | Conservative | Karen Johnston | 441 | 16.4 | +1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,332 | 49.4 | +18.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,691 | 32.8 | −29.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +9.5 | |

### Longbenton

Longbenton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Eddie Darke | 2,087 | 81.7 | +19.6 |
| | Conservative | Robin Underwood | 468 | 18.3 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,619 | 63.4 | +18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,555 | 31.1 | −27.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.6 | |

### Monkseaton North

Monkseaton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alison Austin | 1,507 | 46.1 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Willie Samuel | 1,313 | 40.2 | +5.2 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Borlos | 245 | 7.5 | −1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Nisbet | 205 | 6.2 | +0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 5.9 | −1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,270 | 47.4 | −28.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | -0.9 | |

### Monkseaton South

Monkseaton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Naomi Craven | 1,351 | 40 | −2 |
| | Conservative | Sean Brockbank | 1,317 | 39 | +2.9 |
| | UKIP | Gary Legg | 444 | 13.1 | −2 |
| | Green | Julia Erskine | 268 | 7.9 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 1 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,380 | 45.1 | −26.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.5 | |

### Northumberland

Northumberland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Huscroft | 1,217 | 52 | +22 |
| | Labour | Joe Kirwin | 988 | 42.2 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Miriam Smith | 137 | 5.8 | −2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 229 | 9.8 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,342 | 35.5 | −23.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +12.4 | |

### Preston

Preston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Catherine Davis | 1,402 | 49.5 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Glynis Barrie | 1,085 | 38.3 | +0.2 |
| | UKIP | Sheena Patterson | 347 | 12.2 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 317 | 11.2 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,834 | 42.8 | −26.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.5 | |

### Riverside

Riverside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Lott | 1,411 | 66.5 | +3.2 |
| | UKIP | Neil Mather | 470 | 22.2 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Maureen Jeffrey | 240 | 11.3 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 941 | 44.4 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,121 | 26.2 | −25.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.8 | |

### St. Mary's

St. Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Judith Wallace | 2,383 | 65.7 | +7.3 |
| | Labour | Theresa Maltman | 904 | 24.9 | −4.2 |
| | UKIP | Hugh Jackson | 339 | 9.3 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,479 | 40.8 | +11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,626 | 52.7 | −26.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.8 | |

### Tynemouth

Tynemouth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frances Weetman | 1,563 | 40.8 | −6.2 |
| | Conservative | David Lilly | 1,402 | 36.5 | −5.8 |
| | Independent | Jean McLaughlin | 570 | 14.9 | +14.9 |
| | UKIP | Henry Marshall | 301 | 7.8 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 161 | 4.2 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,835 | 45.7 | −26.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | -0.2 | |

### Valley

Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tommy Mulvenna | 1,501 | 63.8 | +4.1 |
| | UKIP | Elizabeth Borlos | 476 | 20.2 | +1.9 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Furness | 376 | 16 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,025 | 43.6 | +6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,353 | 27.8 | −31.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +1.1 | |

### Wallsend

Wallsend :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gary Madden | 1,144 | 46.3 | −1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Finlay | 950 | 38.4 | +7.1 |
| | UKIP | Jean McEachan | 275 | 11.1 | −2.5 |
| | Conservative | Claire Griffith-Owen | 101 | 4.1 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 194 | 7.9 | −9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,470 | 31.5 | −25.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -8.9 | |

### Weetslade

Weetslade :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anthony McMullen | 1,577 | 54.1 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Elliott | 731 | 25.1 | −0.8 |
| | UKIP | Irene Davidson | 608 | 20.9 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 846 | 29 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,916 | 37.3 | −27.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.6 | |

### Whitley Bay

Whitley Bay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sandra Graham | 1,792 | 59.8 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Frank Austin | 822 | 27.4 | −5.6 |
| | UKIP | David Cory | 242 | 8.1 | −2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Finlay | 140 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 970 | 32.4 | +8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,996 | 41.2 | −27.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 | |