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South Tyneside 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

18 ward races

54 seats

0 elected below the proportional quota

0.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 18 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 54 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	56,040	39.9%	41	75.9%	22	40.7%	+19
Green Party	35,197	25.1%	10	18.5%	14	25.9%	-4
Labour Party	26,476	18.9%	1	1.9%	10	18.5%	-9
Independent	20,288	14.5%	2	3.7%	8	14.8%	-6
Conservative Party	1,783	1.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Liberal Democrats	588	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	140,372	100.0%	54	100.0%	54	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Council composition: what this election replaced

The 2026 cycle was an all-out election — every seat was contested. The two opencouncildata snapshots below show the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and on the eve of it (2025), so you can see what the result replaced.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Westoe · 3 seats · won at 33.4% · above quota
Primrose · 3 seats · won at 33.5% · above quota
Cleadon Village and East Boldon · 3 seats · won at 34.7% · above quota
Boldon Colliery · 3 seats · won at 35.0% · above quota
Fellgate and Hedworth · 3 seats · won at 38.3% · above quota
Simonside and Rekendyke · 3 seats · won at 39.0% · above quota
Cleadon Park and Harton Moor · 3 seats · won at 40.5% · above quota
Monkton · 3 seats · won at 40.5% · above quota
Hebburn North · 3 seats · won at 40.6% · above quota
Horsley Hill and Westoe Crown · 3 seats · won at 41.4% · above quota
Bede · 3 seats · won at 41.5% · above quota
Beacon and Bents · 3 seats · won at 41.6% · above quota
Harton · 3 seats · won at 42.8% · above quota
Biddick and All Saints · 3 seats · won at 43.0% · above quota
Hebburn South · 3 seats · won at 44.3% · above quota
West Park · 3 seats · won at 44.7% · above quota
Whitburn and Marsden · 3 seats · won at 44.7% · above quota
Whiteleas · 3 seats · won at 53.1% · above quota

Race results

Westoe · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 33.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +8.4 pts Valid ballots 2,666.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Kate Owens-Palmer	Independent	919	34.5%	+9.5 pts	Elected
2	Sharlene May Tooley	Reform UK	909	34.1%	+9.1 pts	Elected
3	Karen Pittuck	Reform UK	891	33.4%	+8.4 pts	Elected
4	Paul Brenen	Independent	878	32.9%	—
5	Andrew Guy	Independent	814	30.5%	—
6	Abhinav Kumar	Reform UK	741	27.8%	—
7	Jordan Duncan	Green Party	597	22.4%	—
8	Nathan Slight	Green Party	555	20.8%	—
9	Noor Ahmed	Green Party	542	20.3%	—
10	Liam Walker	Labour Party	397	14.9%	—
11	William Alan Jamieson	Labour Party	332	12.5%	—
12	Tracey Windle	Labour Party	306	11.5%	—
13	Luke Andrew Robson	Conservative Party	119	4.5%	—

Electorate 5,643 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.westoe.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Primrose · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 33.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +8.5 pts Valid ballots 2,460.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Alex Barr	Reform UK	946	38.5%	+13.5 pts	Elected
2	Adam Nicholas Smith	Reform UK	882	35.8%	+10.8 pts	Elected
3	Elaine Cecilia Thomas	Reform UK	823	33.5%	+8.5 pts	Elected
4	David Kennedy	Independent	653	26.5%	—
5	Joan Hamilton	Independent	536	21.8%	—
6	Karen Kennedy	Independent	532	21.6%	—
7	Lindsey Brown	Labour Party	439	17.8%	—
8	Adam James Naylor	Labour Party	431	17.5%	—
9	Bob Farrell	Labour Party	429	17.4%	—
10	John Andrew Robertson	Independent	383	15.6%	—
11	Lauren Bradley	Green Party	354	14.4%	—
12	Joanne McKie	Independent	319	13.0%	—
13	Andrew Lockney	Green Party	288	11.7%	—
14	Stephen Wheeler	Green Party	273	11.1%	—
15	Anita Ashbridge	Conservative Party	93	3.8%	—

Electorate 6,650 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.primrose.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Cleadon Village and East Boldon · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 34.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +9.7 pts Valid ballots 3,686.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	David Herbert	Green Party	1,614	43.8%	+18.8 pts	Elected
2	Shirley Ford	Green Party	1,592	43.2%	+18.2 pts	Elected
3	Abbey Muquith	Green Party	1,278	34.7%	+9.7 pts	Elected
4	Dawn Wildhirt	Reform UK	1,226	33.3%	—
5	Nick Markwick	Reform UK	1,190	32.3%	—
6	Peter Atherton	Reform UK	1,051	28.5%	—
7	Tina Lindsay Roche	Labour Party	581	15.8%	—
8	John Robert Temple	Labour Party	563	15.3%	—
9	Scott Oliver	Independent	528	14.3%	—
10	Mervyn Carl William Owen	Labour Party	513	13.9%	—
11	Samuel Thomas Hill	Conservative Party	492	13.3%	—
12	Phil Barron	Liberal Democrats	432	11.7%	—

Electorate 7,100 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.cleadon-village-east-boldon.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Boldon Colliery · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 35.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +10.0 pts Valid ballots 2,702.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Ian Jason Diamond	Reform UK	987	36.5%	+11.5 pts	Elected
2	Simon Kevin Oliver	Independent	970	35.9%	+10.9 pts	Elected
3	Chris Fox	Reform UK	947	35.0%	+10.0 pts	Elected
4	Michael Gerard Girdlestone	Reform UK	878	32.5%	—
5	Ethan Moffatt-Oliver	Independent	822	30.4%	—
6	Alison Strike	Labour Party	806	29.8%	—
7	John Lennox	Independent	748	27.7%	—
8	Ruth Brown	Labour Party	480	17.8%	—
9	Paul Freemen	Labour Party	438	16.2%	—
10	Peter Collins	Green Party	325	12.0%	—
11	Ben Allison	Green Party	300	11.1%	—
12	Mason Gilhespy	Green Party	251	9.3%	—
13	Thomas William Stradling	Liberal Democrats	156	5.8%	—

Electorate 6,908 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.boldon-colliery.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Fellgate and Hedworth · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 38.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +13.3 pts Valid ballots 2,303

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Jean Murray	Reform UK	949	41.2%	+16.2 pts	Elected
2	Geraldine Margaret Teresa Kilgour	Labour Party	924	40.1%	+15.1 pts	Elected
3	Mal Bell	Reform UK	883	38.3%	+13.3 pts	Elected
4	Katie Groom	Reform UK	875	38.0%	—
5	Taz Ali	Labour Party	726	31.5%	—
6	Nick Lamb	Labour Party	661	28.7%	—
7	Tony Roberts	Independent	388	16.8%	—
8	Kerry Redhead	Independent	378	16.4%	—
9	Melanie Maughan	Green Party	289	12.5%	—
10	Pauline Stoker	Green Party	254	11.0%	—
11	Badri Bechlem	Green Party	250	10.9%	—
12	Patrick Balmer	Independent	243	10.6%	—
13	Allan Michael Fitzgerald	Conservative Party	89	3.9%	—

Electorate 5,739 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.fellgate-hedworth.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Simonside and Rekendyke · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 39.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +14.0 pts Valid ballots 2,431

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Luke Perry	Reform UK	959	39.4%	+14.4 pts	Elected
2	Phillip Charles Brown	Reform UK	955	39.3%	+14.3 pts	Elected
3	Michelle Fascione	Reform UK	948	39.0%	+14.0 pts	Elected
4	Anthony Fenwick	Green Party	799	32.9%	—
5	Sophia Malik	Green Party	764	31.4%	—
6	Abdul Rob Mohammed	Green Party	712	29.3%	—
7	Kenneth George Wood	Independent	449	18.5%	—
8	Edward Malcolm	Labour Party	437	18.0%	—
9	Lynne Ann Proudlock	Labour Party	421	17.3%	—
10	Mark Nellist	Labour Party	380	15.6%	—
11	Jimmy King	Independent	345	14.2%	—
12	Adrian Thomas Cartwright	Conservative Party	124	5.1%	—

Electorate 6,682 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.simonside-rekendyke.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Cleadon Park and Harton Moor · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 40.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +15.5 pts Valid ballots 2,177.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Russell Stephen Clifton	Reform UK	938	43.1%	+18.1 pts	Elected
2	Helen Louise Ross	Reform UK	921	42.3%	+17.3 pts	Elected
3	Heidi Wildhirt	Reform UK	882	40.5%	+15.5 pts	Elected
4	Steve Harrison	Independent	435	20.0%	—
5	George Robert William Elsom	Independent	428	19.7%	—
6	Daniel Cook	Green Party	406	18.6%	—
7	Vicky Harrison	Independent	368	16.9%	—
8	Colin Noble	Green Party	361	16.6%	—
9	Ken Mitchell	Labour Party	351	16.1%	—
10	Karen Wood	Labour Party	339	15.6%	—
11	Richard Pressling	Green Party	334	15.3%	—
12	Tariq Jaman	Labour Party	309	14.2%	—
13	Justin Knight	Independent	306	14.1%	—
14	Lewis Bridgewood	Conservative Party	155	7.1%	—

Electorate 5,630 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.cleadon-park-harton-moor.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Monkton · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 40.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +15.5 pts Valid ballots 2,612

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Sheryl Jones	Reform UK	1,152	44.1%	+19.1 pts	Elected
2	Matt Ling	Reform UK	1,120	42.9%	+17.9 pts	Elected
3	Marian Elizabeth Stead	Reform UK	1,058	40.5%	+15.5 pts	Elected
4	Emma Kate Corr	Labour Party	845	32.4%	—
5	Paul Dean	Labour Party	767	29.4%	—
6	John Watson	Labour Party	740	28.3%	—
7	Tony Easter	Green Party	514	19.7%	—
8	Tracey Stephenson	Green Party	477	18.3%	—
9	Kasia Parker	Green Party	456	17.5%	—
10	Graeme Slator	Independent	325	12.4%	—
11	Rory Cunningham Page	Independent	249	9.5%	—
12	Sonia Teasdale-Banks	Conservative Party	133	5.1%	—

Electorate 6,578 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.monkton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Hebburn North · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 40.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +15.6 pts Valid ballots 2,479.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Andy Heywood	Reform UK	1,171	47.2%	+22.2 pts	Elected
2	Mike Smith	Reform UK	1,101	44.4%	+19.4 pts	Elected
3	Susan Sybenga	Reform UK	1,006	40.6%	+15.6 pts	Elected
4	Stephen George Rutherford	Labour Party	790	31.9%	—
5	Liz McHugh	Labour Party	742	29.9%	—
6	Yvonne McShane	Labour Party	615	24.8%	—
7	Brian Goodman	Independent	535	21.6%	—
8	George Currie	Green Party	524	21.1%	—
9	John Riley	Green Party	444	17.9%	—
10	Colin Tosh	Green Party	411	16.6%	—
11	Richard George Scott	Conservative Party	100	4.0%	—

Electorate 6,763 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.hebburn-north.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Horsley Hill and Westoe Crown · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 41.4% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +16.4 pts Valid ballots 3,121.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Charlie Medcalf	Reform UK	1,354	43.4%	+18.4 pts	Elected
2	Pat Newman	Reform UK	1,319	42.3%	+17.3 pts	Elected
3	Audrey Fenwick	Reform UK	1,293	41.4%	+16.4 pts	Elected
4	Phil Brown	Independent	771	24.7%	—
5	Owen Batchelor	Green Party	690	22.1%	—
6	Gill Brown	Independent	627	20.1%	—
7	Darren Henry	Green Party	615	19.7%	—
8	Vicki Gardener	Independent	566	18.1%	—
9	Shamol Shahran	Green Party	538	17.2%	—
10	Eileen Leask	Labour Party	529	16.9%	—
11	Dorothy Jane Grainger	Labour Party	448	14.4%	—
12	Erin Maxwell	Labour Party	441	14.1%	—
13	Jason Stephen Carr	Conservative Party	173	5.5%	—

Electorate 6,827 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.horsley-hill-westoe-crown.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Bede · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 41.5% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +16.5 pts Valid ballots 2,151.667

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Michael Oughton	Reform UK	936	43.5%	+18.5 pts	Elected
2	Chris Wears	Reform UK	901	41.9%	+16.9 pts	Elected
3	Alan Rice	Reform UK	892	41.5%	+16.5 pts	Elected
4	Keith Roberts	Independent	571	26.5%	—
5	Terry Foggon	Independent	540	25.1%	—
6	Donna Foggon	Independent	535	24.9%	—
7	Stephen Dean	Labour Party	373	17.3%	—
8	John Chilton	Green Party	364	16.9%	—
9	Lynne Saunders	Green Party	360	16.7%	—
10	Tony Gair	Green Party	355	16.5%	—
11	Margaret Mary Peacock	Labour Party	297	13.8%	—
12	Sean Anthony Stonehouse	Labour Party	269	12.5%	—
13	Mo Karim	Conservative Party	62	2.9%	—

Electorate 5,921 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.bede.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Beacon and Bents · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 41.6% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +16.6 pts Valid ballots 3,065

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Rana Rahman	Green Party	1,470	48.0%	+23.0 pts	Elected
2	Sue Stonehouse	Green Party	1,324	43.2%	+18.2 pts	Elected
3	Sarah McKeown	Green Party	1,275	41.6%	+16.6 pts	Elected
4	Daniel Edward Stuart O'Neill	Reform UK	903	29.5%	—
5	James Michael Stark	Reform UK	860	28.1%	—
6	Edith Tye	Reform UK	841	27.4%	—
7	Jabed Hossain	Labour Party	641	20.9%	—
8	Ahmed Khan	Independent	526	17.2%	—
9	Fay Cunningham	Labour Party	377	12.3%	—
10	Mark Andrew Berriman	Independent	325	10.6%	—
11	Scott Lancaster	Independent	291	9.5%	—
12	Georgia Partridge	Labour Party	283	9.2%	—
13	Aaron Michael Cain	Conservative Party	79	2.6%	—

Electorate 6,518 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.beacon-bents.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Harton · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 42.8% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +17.8 pts Valid ballots 2,645.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Shaun Barclay	Reform UK	1,171	44.3%	+19.3 pts	Elected
2	Alex Robert Clarke	Reform UK	1,136	42.9%	+17.9 pts	Elected
3	Jim Mouat	Reform UK	1,133	42.8%	+17.8 pts	Elected
4	Karen Myers	Independent	674	25.5%	—
5	Ann Margaret Brenen	Independent	658	24.9%	—
6	Pat Hay	Independent	559	21.1%	—
7	Michael Thomas Pittuck	Green Party	530	20.0%	—
8	Declan Guiney	Green Party	455	17.2%	—
9	Kathryn Kaupa	Green Party	435	16.4%	—
10	Neil Maxwell	Labour Party	413	15.6%	—
11	Michael Henry Clare	Labour Party	391	14.8%	—
12	Susan Traynor	Labour Party	381	14.4%	—

Electorate 6,306 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.harton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Biddick and All Saints · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 43.0% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +18.0 pts Valid ballots 1,920.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Steve Maddison	Reform UK	871	45.4%	+20.4 pts	Elected
2	Steven Smith	Reform UK	843	43.9%	+18.9 pts	Elected
3	Rachael Taylor	Green Party	825	43.0%	+18.0 pts	Elected
4	Michelle Teresa Turnbull	Reform UK	806	42.0%	—
5	Chris Davies	Green Party	795	41.4%	—
6	Darius Seago	Green Party	726	37.8%	—
7	Katharine Emma Maxwell	Labour Party	262	13.6%	—
8	Alan Lawless	Labour Party	244	12.7%	—
9	Martin Edward Lightfoot	Labour Party	231	12.0%	—
10	Lee Theaker	Independent	158	8.2%	—

Electorate 6,163 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.biddick-all-saints.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Hebburn South · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 44.3% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +19.3 pts Valid ballots 2,991

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Elliott Curry	Reform UK	1,387	46.4%	+21.4 pts	Elected
2	Gary Elsender	Reform UK	1,372	45.9%	+20.9 pts	Elected
3	Mark Francis Richardson	Reform UK	1,324	44.3%	+19.3 pts	Elected
4	Amy Andrews	Green Party	700	23.4%	—
5	Annette Chapman	Green Party	694	23.2%	—
6	Neil Newton	Green Party	616	20.6%	—
7	Angela Lamonte	Labour Party	597	20.0%	—
8	Wilf Flynn	Labour Party	593	19.8%	—
9	Jackie Griffin	Labour Party	590	19.7%	—
10	Sean Halligan	Independent	484	16.2%	—
11	Shane Andrew Smith	Independent	452	15.1%	—
12	Ayo Akin	Conservative Party	164	5.5%	—

Electorate 6,941 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.hebburn-south.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

West Park · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 44.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +19.7 pts Valid ballots 2,447

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Tony Leather	Green Party	1,193	48.8%	+23.8 pts	Elected
2	Matt Blair	Green Party	1,185	48.4%	+23.4 pts	Elected
3	Jasim Uddin	Green Party	1,093	44.7%	+19.7 pts	Elected
4	Richard Saunders	Reform UK	1,009	41.2%	—
5	Adam John Stevenson	Reform UK	956	39.1%	—
6	Tom Veitch	Reform UK	913	37.3%	—
7	Helen Hudson	Labour Party	351	14.3%	—
8	Jeff Lazenby	Labour Party	337	13.8%	—
9	Syed Shorif Ahmed	Labour Party	304	12.4%	—

Electorate 5,711 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.west-park.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Whitburn and Marsden · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 44.7% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +19.7 pts Valid ballots 2,823.333

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Tony Humphrey	Reform UK	1,373	48.6%	+23.6 pts	Elected
2	Steve Cain	Reform UK	1,324	46.9%	+21.9 pts	Elected
3	David Royal	Reform UK	1,262	44.7%	+19.7 pts	Elected
4	Steve Lavelle	Green Party	895	31.7%	—
5	Trevor Sewell	Green Party	819	29.0%	—
6	Tracey Allison Dixon	Labour Party	811	28.7%	—
7	Lewis Spence	Green Party	787	27.9%	—
8	Joyce Welsh	Labour Party	617	21.9%	—
9	Anne Hetherington	Labour Party	582	20.6%	—

Electorate 5,855 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.whitburn-marsden.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Whiteleas · 3-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 53.1% Proportional quota 25.0% Below quota +28.1 pts Valid ballots 2,106

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Chris Turnbull	Reform UK	1,195	56.7%	+31.7 pts	Elected
2	Paul Anthony Mackings	Reform UK	1,159	55.0%	+30.0 pts	Elected
3	Stan Wildhirt	Reform UK	1,118	53.1%	+28.1 pts	Elected
4	Lisa Cooley	Green Party	535	25.4%	—
5	Ernest Matthew Gibson	Labour Party	499	23.7%	—
6	Sophie-Jane Williams	Green Party	490	23.3%	—
7	Phoenix Haynes	Green Party	469	22.3%	—
8	Ken Dawes	Labour Party	437	20.8%	—
9	Doreen Purvis	Labour Party	416	19.8%	—

Electorate 6,081 · EC ward code local.south-tyneside.whiteleas.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index