Elections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 1 May 2003 on the same day as other local council elections in England.

North Tyneside Council North Tyneside Council is the local authority of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of lo ...

is elected "in thirds" which means one councilor from each three-member ward is elected each year with a third year when the mayoral election takes place. There was also a mayoral by-election held, which was won by

Linda Arkley Linda Arkley is a British Conservative politician who served as the elected Mayor of North Tyneside from 2003 to 2005 and from 2009 to 2013. Early life Arkley attended The Bede School in Sunderland, and studied at both Sunderland University ...

of the

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, after Chris Morgan was forced to resign due to allegations of possessing indecent images of children on his computer. He was subsequently cleared of all charges.

Mayoral by-election

Battle Hill

Benton

Camperdown

Chirton

Collingwood

Cullercoats

Holystone

Howdon

Longbenton

Monkseaton

North Shields

Northumberland

Riverside

Seatonville

St Mary's

Tynemouth

A further

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was held on 14 August 2003. Details of this can be found

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Valley

Wallsend

Weetslade

Whitley Bay

References

North Tyneside Council website Elections 2003BBC North Tyneside election 2003
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