The 2015 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to one third of the members of

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough 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 ...

in England. This was on the same day as other

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and the

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. All of the seats being contested were last contested in 2011, and these results are compared to the results of 2014.

Result

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was: After the election the composition of the council was:

Candidates by party

There are a total of 72 candidates standing across the 20 seats - an average of 3.6 in each ward. The Labour Party,

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and

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are all fielding a full slate of 20 candidates. The

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are fielding 5 candidates, whilst there are 3 candidates representing the Liberal Democrats and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition respectively. 1 candidate is representing the National Front. Since the last local election in 2014, the number of candidates representing Labour, the Conservatives, UKIP and the TUSC was unchanged. The Green Party had an increase of 4 candidates, the National Front an increase of 1 candidate, whilst the Liberal Democrats had a decrease of 4 candidates.

Results by ward

The

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results listed below are based on the changes from the

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, not taking into account any mid-term

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s or party defections.

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

References

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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 ...

2015 2010s in Tyne and Wear