Elections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 1 May 2008 on the same day as other
local council elections in England.
North Tyneside Council
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is elected "in thirds" which means one councillor from each three-member ward is elected each year with a fourth year when the mayoral election takes place.
One-third of the councillors were elected in 2008. The
Conservative
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Party gained an overall majority of one on the council after the election which previously had been under
no overall control. However the
directly elected mayor, John Harrison, belongs to the
Labour
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Party, meaning Labour remained in effective control of the council, as he can only be overruled by a two-thirds majority of the council.
Battle Hill
Benton
Camperdown
Chirton
Collingwood
Cullercoats
Howdon
Killingworth
Longbenton
Monkseaton North
A further
by-election
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was held in June 2008. Details can be found
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Monkseaton South
Northumberland
Preston
A further
by-election
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was held on 24 September 2009. Details can be found
here
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Riverside
St Mary's
Tynemouth
A further
by-election
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was held on 5 February 2009. Details can be found
here
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Valley
The sitting councillor, Angela Potter, had previously defected to the Liberal Democrats from the Labour Party.
Wallsend
Weetslade
Whitley Bay
References
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2000s in Tyne and Wear