2024 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

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2024 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 60 seats to North Tyneside Council
31 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Norma Redfearn Liam Bones Cath Davis/Judith Wallace[a]
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Last election 51 seats, 55.5% 7 seats, 26.9% 2 seats, 3.2%
Current seats 46 6 6
Seats needed Steady Increase 25 Increase 25
Incumbent Council control


Labour



The 2024 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024,[2] alongside the other local elections held in the United Kingdom on the same day.

Background[edit]

Results from the most recent election in 2023

The Local Government Act 1972 created a two-tier system of metropolitan counties and districts covering Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, the West Midlands, and West Yorkshire starting in 1974. North Tyneside was a district of the Tyne and Wear metropolitan county.[3] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. The North of Tyne Combined Authority was created in 2018 and began electing the mayor of the North of Tyne from 2019, which was given strategic powers covering a region covering some of the same area as the former Tyne and Wear metropolitan county, as well as Northumberland.[4]

Since its creation, North Tyneside has generally been under Labour control, with some periods of no overall control and Conservative Party control from 2008 to 2010. Labour has had an overall majority of seats on the council since the 2011 election, when the party gained seats. In the most recent council election in 2023, Labour won eighteen seats with 55.5% of the vote, while the Conservatives won three seats with 26.9% of the vote.[5] Norma Redfearn has been the Labour mayor of North Tyneside since 2013, and she was last re-elected in 2021.[6]

Due to a boundary review and change by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England, all 60 seats to North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council will be up for election.[7]

Electoral process[edit]

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[8][9] The election will take place by first-past-the-post voting, with all wards being represented by three councillors, one of whom is elected each election year to serve a four-year term.

All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) living in North Tyneside aged 18 or over will be entitled to vote in the election. People who live at two addresses in different councils, such as university students with different term-time and holiday addresses, are entitled to be registered for and vote in elections in both local authorities. Voting in-person at polling stations will take place from 07:00 to 22:00 on election day, and voters will be able to apply for postal votes or proxy votes in advance of the election.

As a result of the Elections Act 2022 electors will be required to present photo ID in order to cast their vote at the polling station.

Previous council composition[edit]

After 2023 election Before 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 51 Labour 46
Conservative 7 Conservative 6
Independent 2 Independent 6

Changes:

  • June 2023: Cath Davis and Gary Madden both resign from the Labour Party and sit as independents.[10]
  • July 2023: Michelle Fox and Val Jamieson resign from the Labour Party and form the Community Independent Group with Cath Davis and Gary Madden.[11][12]
  • 13 October 2023: Linda Arkley (Conservative) died; seat remains vacant until the regularly scheduled May 2024 elections.[13]
  • 15 January 2024: Carole Burdis (Labour) died; seat remained vacant until the regularly scheduled May 2024 elections.[14]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Of the six independent councillors prior to the election, four formed the "Community Independent" group led by Cath Davis, the other two formed the "Independent Group" led by Judith Wallace.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Council minutes, 21 September 2023" (PDF). North Tyneside Council. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Election notice for 2024 Local Elections". North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ Local Government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 7. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
  4. ^ Walker, Jonathan (2 November 2018). "It's official: New North of Tyne Combined Authority is launched". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ "North Tyneside result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Election 2021: Norma Redfearn re-elected North Tyneside Mayor". BBC News. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  7. ^ LGBCE. "North Tyneside | LGBCE". www.lgbce.org.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF).
  10. ^ Shakespeare, Austen (27 June 2023). "Two councillors quit Labour party over claims of bullying and misogyny". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  11. ^ Shakespeare, Austen (19 July 2023). "Councillor resigns from Labour over 'cronyism' in Jamie Driscoll row". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Janner joy for Labour | LocalCouncils.co.uk". www.localcouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  13. ^ Shakespeare, Austen (16 October 2023). "Tributes paid after death of former North Tyneside mayor". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Councillor Carole Burdis dies after 30 years serving North Tyneside". BBC News. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
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