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1998 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council Election
Elections to North Tyneside Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Labour 43 *Conservative 8 *Liberal Democrat 7 *Independent 2 Election result Monkseaton North Shields Tynemouth Seatonville Cullercoats St. Mary's Whitley Bay References {{DEFAULTSORT:North Tyneside Council Election, 1998 1998 English local elections 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ... 20th century in Tyne and Wear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Tyneside
North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation. North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park, Wallsend. North Tyneside is bordered by Newcastle upon Tyne to the west, the North Sea to the east, the River Tyne to the south and Northumberland to the north. Within its bounds are the towns of Wallsend, North Shields, Killingworth and Whitley Bay, which form a continuously built-up area contiguous with Newcastle. History The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the county borough of Tynemouth, with the borough of Wallsend, part of the borough of Whitley Bay, the urban district of Longbenton and part of the urban district of Seaton Valley, all of which were in Northumberland. Geography The following places are located in North Tyneside: *Annitsford *Backworth * Battle Hill * Benton * Burradon * Camperdown *Cullercoats *Dudley *Earsdon *Forest Hall *Holysto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
