The 2026 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election were held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 54 members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were elected.[2] The election was held after boundary changes.[3]

Council leader Tracey Dixon was not re-elected in her Whitburn and Marsden ward and walked out half way through her count, choosing not to stand on stage and hear the final result. The incumbent party Labour returned just one councillor.[4][5] Reform UK, who held no seats on the council prior to the election, won a majority of the councillors with 41, whilst 10 Green Party councillors were elected alongside two independents.[5] Reform UK named Paul Mackings, councillor for Whiteleas, as their group leader on 13 May, with Hebburn North councillor Susan Sybenga chosen as his deputy.[6]

Background

In 2024, Labour retained control of the council.[7]

Election result

2026 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election[8]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Reform 54 41 Increase 41 75.93 39.92 56,040 Increase 38.12
  Green 54 10 Decrease 1 18.52 25.08 35,197 Decrease 1.02
  Independent 39 2 Decrease 13 3.70 14.45 20,288 Decrease 17.45
  Labour 54 1 Decrease 27 1.85 18.86 26,476 Decrease 16.64
  Conservative 12 0 Steady 0.00 1.27 1,783 Decrease 3.33
  Liberal Democrats 2 0 Steady 0.00 0.42 588 NEW

Ward results

Beacon and Bents

Beacon and Bents[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Rana Rahman 1,470 44.6
Green Sue Stonehouse 1,324 40.2
Green Sarah McKeown 1,275 38.7
Reform Daniel Edward Stuart O'Neill 903 27.4
Reform James Michael Stark 860 26.1
Reform Edith Tye 841 25.5
Labour Jabed Hossain 641 19.5
Independent Ahmed Khan 526 16
Labour Fay Cunningham 377 11.4
Independent Mark Andrew Berriman 325 9.9
Independent Scott Lancaster 291 8.8
Labour Georgia Partridge 283 8.6
Conservative Aaron Michael Cain 79 2.4
Turnout 3294 50.5
Green hold
Green hold
Green hold

Bede

Bede[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Michael Oughton 936 41
Reform Chris Wears 901 39.4
Reform Alan Rice 892 39
Independent Keith Roberts 571 25
Independent Terry Foggon 540 23.6
Independent Donna Foggon 535 23.4
Labour Stephen Dean 373 16.3
Green John Chilton 364 15.9
Green Lynne Saunders 360 15.8
Green Tony Gair 355 15.5
Labour Margaret Mary Peacock 297 13
Labour Sean Anthony Stonehouse 269 11.8
Conservative Mo Karim 62 2.7
Turnout 2285 38.6
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Independent
Reform gain from Independent

Biddick and All Saints

Biddick and All Saints[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Steve Maddison 871 42.6
Reform Steven Smith 843 41.2
Green Rachael Taylor 825 40.3
Reform Michelle Turnbull 806 39.4
Green Chris Davies 795 38.9
Green Darius Seago 726 35.5
Labour Katharine Maxwell 262 12.8
Labour Alan Lawless 244 11.9
Labour Martin Edward Lightfoot 231 11.3
Independent Lee Theaker 158 7.7
Turnout 2045 33.2
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Green
Green hold

Boldon Colliery

Boldon Colliery[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Ian Diamond 987 33.5
Independent Simon Oliver 970 32.9
Reform Chris Fox 947 32.2
Reform Michael Girdlestone 878 29.8
Independent Ethan Moffatt-Oliver 822 27.9
Labour Alison Strike 806 27.4
Independent John Lennox 748 25.4
Labour Ruth Brown 480 16.3
Labour Paul Freeman 438 14.9
Green Peter Collins 325 11
Green Ben Allison 300 10.2
Green Mason Gilhespy 251 8.5
Liberal Democrats Thomas Stradling 156 5.3
Turnout 2945 42.6
Reform gain from Labour
Independent hold
Reform gain from Labour

Cleadon Park and Harton Moor

Cleadon Park and Harton Moor[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Russell Clifton 938 41.1
Reform Helen Louise Ross 921 40.3
Reform Heidi Wildhirt 882 38.6
Independent Steve Harrison 435 19
Independent George Elsom 428 18.7
Green Daniel Cook 406 17.8
Independent Vicky Harrison 368 16.1
Green Colin Noble 361 15.8
Labour Ken Mitchell 351 15.4
Labour Karen Wood 339 14.8
Green Richard Pressling 334 14.6
Labour Tariq Jaman 309 13.5
Independent Justin Knight 306 13.4
Conservative Lewis Bridgewood 155 6.8
Turnout 2284 40.6
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Independent

Cleadon Village and East Boldon

Cleadon Village and East Boldon[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green David Herbert 1,614 40.7
Green Shirley Ford 1,592 40.2
Green Abbey Muquith 1,278 32.3
Reform Dawn Wildhirt 1,226 30.9
Reform Nick Markwick 1,190 30
Reform Peter Atherton 1,051 26.5
Labour Tina Lindsay Roche 581 14.7
Labour John Robert Temple 563 14.2
Independent Scott Oliver 528 13.3
Labour Mervyn Carl William Owen 513 12.9
Conservative Samuel Thomas Hill 492 12.4
Liberal Democrats Phil Barron 432 10.9
Turnout 3962 55.8
Green hold
Green hold
Green hold

Fellgate and Hedworth

Fellgate and Hedworth[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Jean Murray 949 37.9
Labour Geraldine Margaret Teresa Kilgour 924 36.9
Reform Mal Bell 883 35.2
Reform Katie Groom 875 34.9
Labour Taz Ali 726 29
Labour Nick Lamb 661 26.4
Independent Tony Roberts 388 15.5
Independent Kerry Redhead 378 15.1
Green Melanie Maughan 289 11.5
Green Pauline Stoker 254 10.1
Green Badri Bechlem 250 10
Independent Patrick Balmer 243 9.7
Conservative Allan Michael Fitzgerald 89 3.6
Turnout 2507 43.7
Reform gain from Labour
Labour hold
Reform gain from Independent

Harton

Harton[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Shaun Barclay 1,171 42.6
Reform Alex Robert Clarke 1,136 41.4
Reform Jim Mouat 1,133 41.2
Independent Karen Louise Myers 674 24.5
Independent Ann Margaret Brenen 658 24
Independent Pat Hay 559 20.3
Green Michael Thomas Pittuck 530 19.3
Green Declan Guiney 455 16.6
Green Kathryn Kaupa 435 15.8
Labour Neil Maxwell 413 15
Labour Michael Henry Clare 391 14.2
Labour Susan Traynor 381 13.9
Turnout 2747 43.6
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Independent

Hebburn North

Hebburn North[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Andy Heywood 1,171 42.6
Reform Mike Smith 1,101 40.1
Reform Susan Sybenga 1,006 36.6
Labour Stephen George Rutherford 790 28.7
Labour Liz McHugh 742 27
Labour Yvonne McShane 615 22.4
Independent Brian Goodman 535 19.5
Green George Currie 524 19.1
Green John Riley 444 16.2
Green Colin Tosh 411 15
Conservative Richard George Scott 100 3.6
Turnout 2748 40.6
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour

Hebburn South

Hebburn South[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Elliott Curry 1,387 43.4
Reform Gary Elsender 1,372 42.9
Reform Mark Francis Richardson 1,324 41.4
Green Amy Andrews 700 21.9
Green Annette Chapman 694 21.7
Green Neil Newton 616 19.3
Labour Angela Lamonte 597 18.7
Labour Wilf Flynn 593 18.6
Labour Jackie Griffin 590 18.5
Independent Sean Halligan 484 15.1
Independent Shane Andrew Smith 452 14.1
Conservative Ayo Akin 164 5.1
Turnout 3195 46.0
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Independent
Reform gain from Labour

Horsley Hill and Westoe Crown

Horsley Hill and Westoe Crown[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Charlie Medcalf 1,354 40.8
Reform Pat Newman 1,319 39.7
Reform Audrey Fenwick 1,293 39
Independent Phil Brown 771 23.2
Green Owen Batchelor 690 20.8
Independent Gill Brown 627 18.9
Green Darren Henry 615 18.5
Independent Vicki Gardner 566 17.1
Green Shamol Shahran 538 16.2
Labour Eileen Leask 529 15.9
Labour Dorothy Jane Grainger 448 13.5
Labour Erin Maxwell 441 13.3
Conservative Jason Stephen Carr 173 5.2
Turnout 3319 48.6
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Independent

Monkton

Monkton[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Sheryl Jones 1,152 41.2
Reform Matt Ling 1,120 40
Reform Marian Elizabeth Stead 1,058 37.8
Labour Emma Kate Corr 845 30.2
Labour Paul Dean 767 27.4
Labour John Watson 740 26.4
Green Tony Easter 514 18.4
Green Tracey Stephenson 477 17
Green Kasia Parker 456 16.3
Independent Graeme Slator 325 11.6
Independent Rory Cunningham Page 249 8.9
Conservative Sonia Teasdale-Banks 133 4.8
Turnout 2799 42.6
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour

Primrose

Primrose[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Alex Barr 946 36.6
Reform Adam Nicholas Smith 882 34.1
Reform Elaine Cecilia Thomas 823 31.8
Independent David Kennedy 653 25.3
Independent Joan Hamilton 536 20.7
Independent Karen Kennedy 532 20.6
Labour Lindsey Brown 439 17
Labour Adam James Naylor 431 16.7
Labour Bob Farrell 429 16.6
Independent John Andrew Robertson 383 14.8
Green Lauren Bradley 354 13.7
Independent Joanne McKie 319 12.3
Green Andrew Lockney 288 11.1
Green Stephen Wheeler 273 10.6
Conservative Anita Ashbridge 93 3.6
Turnout 2585 38.9
Reform gain from Independent
Reform gain from Independent
Reform gain from Labour

Simonside and Rekendyke

Simonside and Rekendyke[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Luke Perry 959 36.7
Reform Philip Charles Brown 955 36.6
Reform Michelle Fascione 948 36.3
Green Anthony Fenwick 799 30.6
Green Sophia Malik 764 29.3
Green Abdul Rob Mohammed 712 27.3
Independent Kenneth George Wood 449 17.2
Labour Edward Malcolm 437 16.7
Labour Lynne Ann Proudlock 421 16.1
Labour Mark Nellist 380 14.6
Independent Jimmy King 345 13.2
Conservative Adrian Thomas Cartwright 124 4.7
Turnout 2611 39.1
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Independent

West Park

West Park[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Tony Leather 1,193 46.3
Green Matt Blair 1,185 46
Green Jasim Uddin 1,093 42.4
Reform Richard Saunders 1,009 39.2
Reform Adam John Stevenson 956 37.1
Reform Tom Veitch 913 35.5
Labour Helen Hudson 351 13.6
Labour Jeff Lazenby 337 13.1
Labour Syed Shorif Ahmed 304 11.8
Turnout 2575 45.1
Green hold
Green gain from Independent
Green gain from Independent

Westoe

Westoe[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Kate Owens-Palmer 919 32.4
Reform Sharlene May Tooley 909 32.1
Reform Karen Pittuck 891 31.4
Independent Paul Brenen 878 31
Independent Andrew Guy 814 28.7
Reform Abhinav Kumar 741 26.1
Green Jordan Duncan 597 21.1
Green Nathan Slight 555 19.6
Green Noor Ahmed 542 19.1
Labour Liam Walker 397 14
Labour William Alan Jamieson 332 11.7
Labour Tracey Windle 306 10.8
Conservative Luke Andrew Robson 119 4.2
Turnout 2836 50.3
Independent hold
Reform gain from Independent
Reform gain from Independent

Whitburn and Marsden

Whitburn and Marsden[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Tony Humphrey 1,373 45.9
Reform Steve Cain 1,324 44.2
Reform David Royal 1,262 42.2
Green Steve Lavelle 895 29.9
Green Trevor Sewell 819 27.4
Labour Tracey Allison Dixon 811 27.1
Green Lewis Spence 787 26.3
Labour Joyce Welsh 617 20.6
Labour Anne Hetherington 582 19.4
Turnout 2993 51.1
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour

Whiteleas

Whiteleas[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Chris Turnbull 1,195 52.8
Reform Paul Mackings 1,159 51.2
Reform Stan Wildhirt 1,118 49.4
Green Lisa Cooley 535 23.6
Labour Ernest Gibson 499 22.1
Green Sophie-Jane Williams 490 21.7
Green Phoenix Haynes 469 20.7
Labour Ken Dawes 437 19.3
Labour Doreen Purvis 416 18.4
Turnout 2263 37.2
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Independent

References

  1. ↑ Of the 18 Independent councillors before the election, 11 sat in the South Tyneside Alliance Group, 4 sat in The REAL Independent Councillors group, and 3 were non-aligned.
  2. ↑ Labour minority.
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