# 2018 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2018 South Tyneside Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of South Tyneside Council in England, the same day as other local elections.

## Candidates
### Beacon & Bents ward

Beacon & Bents :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Angela Hamilton | 1,235 | 50.3 | −0.4 |
| Green | David Francis | 960 | 39.1 | N/A |
| Conservative | Ali Hayder | 261 | 10.6 | −4.3 |

### Bede ward

Bede :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Stephen Dean | 951 | 53.1 | +11.6 |
| Independent | Keith Roberts | 599 | 33.5 | N/A |
| Conservative | Gerard Leake | 158 | 8.8 | +3.8 |
| Green | Tony Gair | 82 | 4.6 | N/A |

### Biddick & All Saints ward

Biddick & All Saints :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Olive Punchion | 1,100 | 69.2 | +8.8 |
| Conservative | Oliver Wallhead | 249 | 15.7 | +9.5 |
| Green | David Herbert | 241 | 15.2 | N/A |

### Boldon Colliery ward

Boldon Colliery :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Alison Strike | 1,499 | 64.3 | +5.8 |
| Conservative | Ian Armstrong | 575 | 24.6 | +10.4 |
| Green | Colin Tosh | 259 | 11.1 | N/A |

### Cleadon & East Boldon ward

Cleadon & East Boldon :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jeff Milburn | 1,601 | 48.6 | +11.6 |
| Labour | Margaret Meling | 1330 | 40.4 | +0.3 |
| Green | Sarah McKeown | 365 | 11.1 | N/A |

### Cleadon Park ward

Cleadon Park :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jim Foreman | 959 | 52.8 | +15.0 |
| Conservative | Sam Prior | 646 | 35.6 | +28.1 |
| Green | Angela Curtis | 212 | 11.7 | N/A |

### Fellgate & Hedworth ward

Fellgate & Hedworth :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Geraldine Kilgour | 1,365 | 58.1 | +7.0 |
| Independent | John Robertson | 460 | 19.6 | N/A |
| Conservative | David Morris | 140 | 6.0 | +0.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Wilkinson | 325 | 13.8 | N/A |
| Green | Malcolm Giles | 61 | 2.6 | N/A |

### Harton ward

Harton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Neil Maxwell | 1,137 | 52.1 | +2.2 |
| Conservative | Holly Wright | 775 | 35.5 | +19.5 |
| Green | Rhiannon Curtis | 269 | 12.3 | N/A |

### Hebburn North ward

Hebburn North :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Richie Porthouse | 1,430 | 72.9 | +27.1 |
| Conservative | Keith Sumby | 273 | 13.9 | +9.5 |
| Green | Steve Richards | 259 | 13.2 | N/A |

### Hebburn South ward

Hebburn South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Nancy Maxwell | 1,527 | 69.0 | +3.3 |
| Conservative | Fiona Milburn | 371 | 16.8 | +8.1 |
| Green | Matthew Giles | 316 | 14.3 | N/A |

### Horsley Hill ward

Horsley Hill :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Eileen Leask | 1,393 | 55.7 | +7.3 |
| Conservative | Marilyn Huartt | 608 | 24.3 | +11.1 |
| Independent | Philip Bates | 255 | 10.2 | N/A |
| Green | Jack Ford | 247 | 9.9 | N/A |

### Monkton ward

Monkton :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Jim Sewell | 1,369 | 68.2 | +6.8 |
| Conservative | Vanessa Green | 358 | 17.8 | +8.5 |
| Green | Matthew McKenna | 279 | 13.9 | N/A |

### Primrose ward

Primrose :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Moira Smith | 1,122 | 66.9 | +9.1 |
| Conservative | Jonathan Lunness | 325 | 19.4 | +12.1 |
| Green | Lesley Hanson | 229 | 13.7 | N/A |

### Simonside & Rekendyke ward

Simonside & Rekendyke :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Lynne Proudlock | 1,276 | 68.1 | +12.0 |
| Conservative | David Gamblin | 341 | 18.2 | +12.7 |
| Green | Peter Bristow | 256 | 13.7 | N/A |

### West Park ward

West Park :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Norman Dick | 795 | 45.0 | 0.0 |
| Conservative | John Stanton | 424 | 24.0 | +8.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Sayer | 207 | 11.7 | N/A |
| Independent | Robert Atkinson | 171 | 9.7 | N/A |
| Green | Thomas Mower | 168 | 9.5 | N/A |

### Westoe ward

Westoe :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Allan West | 888 | 42.2 | −2.6 |
| Conservative | Jack White | 617 | 29.3 | +12.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Hailey | 355 | 16.9 | N/A |
| Green | Nicola Usher | 246 | 11.7 | N/A |

### Whitburn & Marsden ward

Whitburn & Marsden :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Peter Boyack | 1,059 | 50.7 | +0.3 |
| Conservative | Adam Stewart | 648 | 31.0 | +15.1 |
| Green | Colette Hume | 381 | 18.2 | N/A |

### Whiteleas ward

Whiteleas :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Bill Brady | 1,307 | 68.1 | +10.0 |
| Conservative | Colin Lemon | 327 | 17.0 | +10.8 |
| Green | Ryan Bell | 284 | 14.8 | N/A |