2014 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2014 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Map of results
Party political make-up of South Tyneside Council
   Party Seats Council Composition 1 December 2014
2011 2012 2014
  Labour 39 48 49                                                                                                            
  UKIP 0 1 2                                                                                                            
  Independent 11 4 2                                                                                                            
  Conservative 3 1 1                                                                                                            
  Progressives 2 0 0                                                                                                            
  Liberal Democrats 2 1 0                                                                                                            

Results by electoral ward

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Beacon & Bents ward

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Beacon & Bents
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Wood 1,254 50.7 +3.4
UKIP John Clarke 735 29.7 N/A
Conservative Ali Hayder 367 14.9 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Bill Troupe 115 4.7 N/A
Majority 519 21.0
Turnout 2,483 36.0 −19.4
Labour hold Swing

Bede ward

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Bede
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent - Putting People First Lee Hughes 1,055 53.5 N/A
Labour Arthur Meeks 818 41.5 −9.2
Conservative Oliver Wallhead 99 5.0 N/A
Majority 237 12.0
Turnout 1,987 33.0 −19.1
Independent - Putting People First gain from Labour Swing

Biddick & All Saints ward

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Biddick & All Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Olive Punchion 1,076 60.5 +8.2
UKIP John Wright 593 33.3 N/A
Conservative Dorothy Byers 111 6.2 −1.9
Majority 483 27.2
Turnout 1,788 27.7 −22.6
Labour hold Swing

Boldon Colliery ward

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Boldon Colliery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alison Strike 1,459 58.5 −6.9
UKIP Joseph Quirk 681 27.3 N/A
Conservative Stewart Hay 353 14.2 −10.3
Majority 778 31.2
Turnout 2503 34.1 −25.0
Labour hold Swing

Cleadon & East Boldon ward

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Cleadon & East Boldon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Meling 1,249 40.1 +0.1
Conservative Fiona Milburn 1,153 37.0 −4.6
UKIP Russell Sanderson 713 22.9 N/A
Majority 96 3.1
Turnout 3,127 44.9 −27.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cleadon Park ward

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Cleadon Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Foreman 726 37.8 −4.2
Independent - Putting People First June Elsom 673 35.1 +8.8
Independent Colin Campbell 376 19.6 N/A
Conservative Barbara Surtees 144 7.5 −9.3
Majority 53 2.7
Turnout 1,930 34.6 −20.9
Labour hold Swing

Fellgate & Hedworth ward

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Fellgate & Hedworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Geraldine Kilgour 1,163 51.1 +9.4
UKIP Steven Harrison 981 43.1 +1.0
Conservative Ian Armstrong 132 5.8 −3.7
Majority 182 8.0
Turnout 2,286 39.1 −20.2
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Harton ward

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Harton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Maxwell 1,144 49.9 +6.8
UKIP Malcolm Pratt 783 34.1 N/A
Conservative Mark Ralston 367 16.0 +1.9
Majority 361 15.8
Turnout 2,306 34.1 −25.4
Labour hold Swing

Hebburn North ward

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Hebburn North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richie Porthouse 941 45.8 −4.6
Independent Joe Abbott 635 30.9 N/A
UKIP David Lawson 389 18.9 N/A
Conservative Amy-Jane Milburn 91 4.4 N/A
Majority 306 14.9
Turnout 2,065 30.7 −23.5
Labour hold Swing

Hebburn South ward

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Hebburn South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nancy Maxwell 1,509 65.7 +6.9
UKIP Victoria Morris 589 25.6 N/A
Conservative John Coe 200 8.7 −5.4
Majority 920 40.1
Turnout 2,311 38.5 −23.9
Labour hold Swing

Horsley Hill ward

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Horsley Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eileen Leask 1,271 48.4 +0.4
UKIP Kelly Loftus 715 27.2 N/A
Conservative Marilyn Huartt 346 13.2 +0.9
Independent Socialist Party Phil Brown 293 11.2 N/A
Majority 556 21.2
Turnout 2,637 37.1 −24.6
Labour hold Swing

Monkton ward

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Monkton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jim Sewell 1,267 61.5 +18.4
UKIP Jackie Quirk 603 29.2 N/A
Conservative James Milburn 192 9.3 +0.6
Majority 664 32.2
Turnout 2,074 32.9 −28.0
Labour hold Swing

Primrose ward

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Primrose
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Moira Smith 1,070 57.8 +5.1
UKIP Anita Campbell 647 34.9 N/A
Conservative Jack Gibbons 135 7.3 −1.9
Majority 423 22.9
Turnout 1,862 29.4 −22.5
Labour hold Swing

Simonside & Rekendyke ward

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Simonside & Rekendyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynne Proudlock 1,056 56.1 +1.3
UKIP Sandra Scoular 643 34.1 N/A
Conservative Stan Wallace 104 5.5 −5.9
Liberal Democrats Carole Troupe 81 4.3 −11.5
Majority 413 22.0
Turnout 1,883 30.3 −20.1
Labour hold Swing

West Park ward

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West Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norman Dick 818 45.1 +7.7
UKIP Henry Pearce 714 39.3 N/A
Conservative Anthony Dailly 284 15.6 +1.3
Majority 104 5.8
Turnout 1,821 32.5 −23.0
Labour hold Swing

Westoe ward

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Westoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allan West 966 44.8 +7.1
UKIP Norman Dennis 818 38.0 N/A
Conservative Eddy Russell 371 17.2 +2.6
Majority 148 6.8
Turnout 2,178 34.7 −24.4
Labour hold Swing

Whitburn & Marsden ward

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Whitburn & Marsden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Boyack 1,124 50.4 −2.4
UKIP Steven Dorothy 751 33.7 N/A
Conservative Sharon Surtees 355 15.9 −8.2
Majority 373 16.7
Turnout 2,248 38.1 −26.1
Labour hold Swing

Whiteleas ward

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Whiteleas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Brady 1,223 58.1 −1.5
UKIP Paul McKean 750 35.7 N/A
Conservative Cyril Campbell 131 6.2 −4.6
Majority 473 22.4
Turnout 2,114 32.5 −21.8
Labour hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.