North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. North Tyneside Borough Council, generally known as

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 the local authority for the

metropolitan borough A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan ...

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 ...

Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newcastl ...

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. Since 2002 the borough has been led by the directly elected

Mayor of North Tyneside The Mayor of North Tyneside is the executive mayor of the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. The incumbent since 2013 is Norma Redfearn. A Mayoral Referendum was held on 5 May 2016 to determine if residents wished to retain th ...

Political control

North Tyneside was created under the

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as a

, with Tyne and Wear County Council providing county-level services. The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in 1986 and North Tyneside became a

unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

Prior to 2002, political leadership was provided by the

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. In 2002 the council changed to having a directly elected mayor. The mayors since 2002 have been:

Council elections

Mayoral elections

* North Tyneside Council mayoral election, 2002 * North Tyneside Council mayoral by-election, 2003 * North Tyneside Council mayoral election, 2005 * North Tyneside Council mayoral election, 2009 * North Tyneside Council mayoral election, 2013 * North Tyneside Council mayoral election, 2017

By-election results

St Mary's by-election, 1 May 1997

Holystone by-election, 22 May 1997

Valley by-election, 26 November 1998

Riverside by-election, 11 March 1999

St Mary's by-election, 27 June 2002

Seatonville by-election, 27 June 2002

Tynemouth by-election, 14 August 2003

Weetslade by-election, 23 June 2005

Preston by-election, 6 October 2005

Benton by-election, 28 September 2006

St Mary's by-election, 5 July 2007

Monkseaton North by-election, 19 June 2008

Tynemouth by-election, 5 February 2009

Preston by-election, 24 September 2009

Battle Hill by-election, 30 September 2010

Wallsend by-election, 16 November 2012

Riverside by-election, 4 July 2013

Camperdown by-election, 9 September 2021

Camperdown by-election, 14 July 2022

References

External links

North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
{{Metropolitan districts of England Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside Council elections in Tyne and Wear Metropolitan borough council elections in England