Elections to North Tyneside Metropolitan Council took place on 5 May 2011 on the same day as other
council elections in England and the
UK AV referendum.
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 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 2007. The
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
Party gained 6 seats, and lost none. giving them an overall majority of councillors. The
Conservative
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Party remain in control however as the mayor continues to be
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 ...
. Arkley now has to seek the support of other parties to get her budget passed as the Conservatives lost 5 seats and the 20 seats required to pass such legislature. The
Liberal Democrats also lost one seat for the second consecutive year. Labour won 14 seats in 2010 and 2011 combined, with the Conservative losing 12, switching the balance of power in the council chamber.
Battle Hill
Benton
Camperdown
Chirton
Collingwood
Cullercoats
Howdon
Killingworth
Longbenton
Monkseaton North
Monkseaton South
Northumberland
Preston
Riverside
St Mary's
Tynemouth
Valley
Wallsend
Weetslade
Whitley Bay
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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 b ...
2010s in Tyne and Wear