South Tyneside Council - Wards and Councillors

Metropolitan borough · North East · 54 seats in 18 wards · A third of seats elected in three years out of four · Next election 6 May 2027

Reform UK have a majority on South Tyneside Council. The council has 54 councillors in 18 wards. Seats by party: Reform 40, Green 10, Other 3, Labour 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

Control

Seats by party

Reform UK (Majority)

54 seats - 28 for a majority

Reform 40Labour 1Green 10Other 3

Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Other +1 Reform −1

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (54 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Other31.3%2

Reform30.0%41

Green19.5%10

Labour15.5%1

Conservative2.8%0

Lib Dem0.9%0

2026 election results for South Tyneside, ward by ward

Next election

6 May 2027

18 of 54 seats up, elected by thirds

Largest party

Reform 40

majority of 26; 28 needed

Closest result

Fellgate & Hedworth

Reform won the last seat by 8 votes over another Reform candidate, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Harton

Reform hold, 6 August 2026 (2 since 2021)

Constituencies

2 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

62%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

ReformGreen

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 18 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Beacon & Bents Rana Rahman, Sue Stonehouse, Sarah McKeown	7 May 2026 Green 34.7% lead 13.4 pts
Bede Alan Rice, Michael Oughton, Chris Wears	7 May 2026 Reform 27.7% lead 10.8 pts
Biddick & All Saints Rachael Taylor, Steve Maddison, Steven Smith	7 May 2026 Reform 41.2% lead 2.2 pts
Boldon Colliery Chris Fox, Ian Diamond, Simon Oliver	7 May 2026 Reform 20.5% lead 0.4 pts
Cleadon Park & Harton Moor Helen Ross, Heidi Wildhirt, Russell Clifton	7 May 2026 Reform 27.7% lead 14.9 pts
Cleadon Village & East Boldon Shirley Ford, Abbey Muquith, David Herbert	7 May 2026 Green 33.1% lead 7.9 pts
Fellgate & Hedworth Jean Murray, Geraline Kilgour, Mal Bell	7 May 2026 Reform 29.1% lead 0.8 pts
Harton Jim Mouat, Shaun Barclay, Katie Groom	7 May 2026 Reform 29.2% lead 12.4 pts
Hebburn North Susan Sybenga, Andy Heywood, Mike Smith	7 May 2026 Reform 37.5% lead 12.2 pts
Hebburn South Gary Elsender, Mark Richardson, Elliott Curry	7 May 2026 Reform 36.7% lead 18.2 pts
Horsley Hill & Westoe Crown Pat Newman, Audrey Fenwick, Charlie Medcalf	7 May 2026 Reform 28.7% lead 12.3 pts
Monkton Matt Ling, Marian Stead, Sheryl Jones	7 May 2026 Reform 35.8% lead 9.5 pts
Primrose Alex Barr, Adam Smith, Elaine Thomas	7 May 2026 Reform 22.2% lead 6.9 pts
Simonside & Rekendyke Michelle Fascione, Luke Perry, Phillip Brown	7 May 2026 Reform 30.8% lead 5.1 pts
West Park Jasim Uddin, Tony Leather, Matt Blair	7 May 2026 Green 46.7% lead 7.2 pts
Westoe Sharlene Tooley, Karen Pittuck, Kate Owens-Palmer	7 May 2026 Independent 19.8% lead 0.2 pts
Whitburn & Marsden Steve Cain, David Royal, Tony Humphrey	7 May 2026 Reform 44.6% lead 15.5 pts
Whiteleas Chris Turnbull, Paul Mackings, Stan Wildhirt	7 May 2026 Reform 53.6% lead 29.6 pts

Beacon & Bents

Rana Rahman GreenSarah McKeown GreenSue Stonehouse Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green34.7%

Reform21.3%

Labour15.1%

Independent12.4%

Independent7.7%

Independent6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rana Rahman Elected	Green	1,470
Sue Stonehouse Elected	Green	1,324
Sarah McKeown Elected	Green	1,275
Daniel Edward Stuart O'Neill	Reform	903
James Michael Stark	Reform	860
Edith Tye	Reform	841
Jabed Hossain	Labour	641
Ahmed Khan	Independent	526
Fay Cunningham	Labour	377
Mark Andrew Berriman	Independent	325
Scott Lancaster	Independent	291
Georgia Partridge	Labour	283
Aaron Michael Cain	Conservative	79

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bede

Alan Rice ReformChris Wears ReformMichael Oughton Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform27.7%

Independent16.9%

Independent16.0%

Independent15.8%

Labour11.0%

Green10.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Michael Oughton Elected	Reform	936
Chris Wears Elected	Reform	901
Alan Rice Elected	Reform	892
Keith Roberts	Independent	571
Terry Foggon	Independent	540
Donna Foggon	Independent	535
Stephen Dean	Labour	373
John Chilton	Green	364
Lynne Saunders	Green	360
Tony Gair	Green	355
Margaret Mary Peacock	Labour	297
Sean Anthony Stonehouse	Labour	269
Mo Karim	Conservative	62

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Biddick & All Saints

Rachael Taylor GreenSteve Maddison ReformSteven Smith Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform41.2%

Green39.0%

Labour12.4%

Independent7.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Steve Maddison Elected	Reform	871
Steven Smith Elected	Reform	843
Rachael Taylor Elected	Green	825
Michelle Teresa Turnbull	Reform	806
Chris Davies	Green	795
Darius Seago	Green	726
Katharine Emma Maxwell	Labour	262
Alan Lawless	Labour	244
Martin Edward Lightfoot	Labour	231
Lee Theaker	Independent	158

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Boldon Colliery

Chris Fox ReformIan Diamond ReformSimon Oliver Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform20.5%

Independent20.1%

Independent17.1%

Labour16.7%

Independent15.5%

Green6.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ian Jason Diamond Elected	Reform	987
Simon Kevin Oliver Elected	Independent	970
Chris Fox Elected	Reform	947
Michael Gerard Girdlestone	Reform	878
Ethan Moffatt-Oliver	Independent	822
Alison Strike	Labour	806
John Lennox	Independent	748
Ruth Brown	Labour	480
Paul Freemen	Labour	438
Peter Collins	Green	325
Ben Allison	Green	300
Mason Gilhespy	Green	251
Thomas William Stradling	Lib Dem	156

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Cleadon Park & Harton Moor

Heidi Wildhirt ReformHelen Ross ReformRussell Clifton Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform27.7%

Independent12.8%

Independent12.6%

Green12.0%

Independent10.9%

Labour10.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Russell Stephen Clifton Elected	Reform	938
Helen Louise Ross Elected	Reform	921
Heidi Wildhirt Elected	Reform	882
Steve Harrison	Independent	435
George Robert William Elsom	Independent	428
Daniel Cook	Green	406
Vicky Harrison	Independent	368
Colin Noble	Green	361
Ken Mitchell	Labour	351
Karen Wood	Labour	339
Richard Pressling	Green	334
Tariq Jaman	Labour	309
Justin Knight	Independent	306
Lewis Bridgewood	Conservative	155

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Cleadon Village & East Boldon

Abbey Muquith GreenDavid Herbert GreenShirley Ford Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green33.1%

Reform25.2%

Labour11.9%

Independent10.8%

Conservative10.1%

Lib Dem8.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
David Herbert Elected	Green	1,614
Shirley Ford Elected	Green	1,592
Abbey Muquith Elected	Green	1,278
Dawn Wildhirt	Reform	1,226
Nick Markwick	Reform	1,190
Peter Atherton	Reform	1,051
Tina Lindsay Roche	Labour	581
John Robert Temple	Labour	563
Scott Oliver	Independent	528
Mervyn Carl William Owen	Labour	513
Sam Hill	Conservative	492
Phil Barron	Lib Dem	432

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Fellgate & Hedworth

Geraline Kilgour LabourJean Murray ReformMal Bell Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform29.1%

Labour28.3%

Independent11.9%

Independent11.6%

Green8.9%

Independent7.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jean Murray Elected	Reform	949
Geraldine Margaret Teresa Kilgour Elected	Labour	924
Mal Bell Elected	Reform	883
Katie Groom	Reform	875
Taz Ali	Labour	726
Nick Lamb	Labour	661
Tony Roberts	Independent	388
Kerry Redhead	Independent	378
Melanie Maughan	Green	289
Pauline Stoker	Green	254
Badri Bechlem	Green	250
Patrick Balmer	Independent	243
Allan Michael Fitzgerald	Conservative	89

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Harton

Jim Mouat ReformKatie Groom ReformShaun Barclay Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform29.2%

Independent16.8%

Independent16.4%

Independent14.0%

Green13.2%

Labour10.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shaun Barclay Elected	Reform	1,171
Alex Robert Clarke Elected	Reform	1,136
Jim Mouat Elected	Reform	1,133
Karen Louise Myers	Independent	674
Ann Margaret Brenen	Independent	658
Pat Hay	Independent	559
Michael Thomas Pittuck	Green	530
Declan Guiney	Green	455
Kathryn Kaupa	Green	435
Neil Maxwell	Labour	413
Michael Henry Clare	Labour	391
Susan Traynor	Labour	381

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 6 August 2026

Reform35.3%

Labour19.9%

Green17.5%

Independent16.0%

Independent6.7%

Conservative3.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Katie Groom Elected	Reform	628	35.3%
Neil Maxwell	Labour	354	19.9%
Kathryn Kaupa	Green	312	17.5%
Karen Louise Myers	Independent	285	16.0%
Phil Brown	Independent	119	6.7%
Sam Hill	Conservative	57	3.2%
Mark Robson	Lib Dem	24	1.3%

Hebburn North

Andy Heywood ReformMike Smith ReformSusan Sybenga Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform37.5%

Labour25.3%

Independent17.1%

Green16.8%

Conservative3.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andy Heywood Elected	Reform	1,171
Mike Smith Elected	Reform	1,101
Susan Sybenga Elected	Reform	1,006
Stephen George Rutherford	Labour	790
Liz McHugh	Labour	742
Yvonne McShane	Labour	615
Brian Goodman	Independent	535
George Currie	Green	524
John Riley	Green	444
Colin Tosh	Green	411
Richard George Scott	Conservative	100

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hebburn South

Elliott Curry ReformGary Elsender ReformMark Richardson Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform36.7%

Green18.5%

Labour15.8%

Independent12.8%

Independent11.9%

Conservative4.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Elliott Curry Elected	Reform	1,387
Gary Elsender Elected	Reform	1,372
Mark Francis Richardson Elected	Reform	1,324
Amy Andrews	Green	700
Annette Chapman	Green	694
Neil Newton	Green	616
Angela Lamonte	Labour	597
Wilf Flynn	Labour	593
Jackie Griffin	Labour	590
Sean Halligan	Independent	484
Shane Andrew Smith	Independent	452
Ayo Akin	Conservative	164

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Horsley Hill & Westoe Crown

Audrey Fenwick ReformCharlie Medcalf ReformPat Newman Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform28.7%

Independent16.4%

Green14.6%

Independent13.3%

Independent12.0%

Labour11.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Charlie Medcalf Elected	Reform	1,354
Pat Newman Elected	Reform	1,319
Audrey Fenwick Elected	Reform	1,293
Phil Brown	Independent	771
Owen Batchelor	Green	690
Gill Brown	Independent	627
Darren Henry	Green	615
Vicki Gardener	Independent	566
Shamol Shahran	Green	538
Eileen Leask	Labour	529
Dorothy Jane Grainger	Labour	448
Erin Maxwell	Labour	441
Jason Stephen Carr	Conservative	173

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Monkton

Marian Stead ReformMatt Ling ReformSheryl Jones Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform35.8%

Labour26.3%

Green16.0%

Independent10.1%

Independent7.7%

Conservative4.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sheryl Jones Elected	Reform	1,152
Matt Ling Elected	Reform	1,120
Marian Elizabeth Stead Elected	Reform	1,058
Emma Kate Corr	Labour	845
Paul Dean	Labour	767
John Watson	Labour	740
Tony Easter	Green	514
Tracey Stephenson	Green	477
Kasia Parker	Green	456
Graeme Slator	Independent	325
Rory Cunningham Page	Independent	249
Sonia Teasdale-Banks	Conservative	133

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Primrose

Adam Smith ReformAlex Barr IndependentElaine Thomas Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform22.2%

Independent15.3%

Independent12.6%

Independent12.5%

Labour10.3%

Independent9.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Alex Barr Elected	Reform	946
Adam Nicholas Smith Elected	Reform	882
Elaine Cecilia Thomas Elected	Reform	823
David Kennedy	Independent	653
Joan Hamilton	Independent	536
Karen Kennedy	Independent	532
Lindsey Brown	Labour	439
Adam James Naylor	Labour	431
Bob Farrell	Labour	429
John Andrew Robertson	Independent	383
Lauren Bradley	Green	354
Joanne McKie	Independent	319
Andrew Lockney	Green	288
Stephen Wheeler	Green	273
Anita Ashbridge	Conservative	93

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Simonside & Rekendyke

Luke Perry ReformMichelle Fascione ReformPhillip Brown Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform30.8%

Green25.7%

Independent14.4%

Labour14.0%

Independent11.1%

Conservative4.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Luke Perry Elected	Reform	959
Phillip Charles Brown Elected	Reform	955
Michelle Fascione Elected	Reform	948
Anthony Fenwick	Green	799
Sophia Malik	Green	764
Abdul Rob Mohammed	Green	712
Kenneth George Wood	Independent	449
Edward Malcolm	Labour	437
Lynne Ann Proudlock	Labour	421
Mark Nellist	Labour	380
Jimmy King	Independent	345
Adrian Thomas Cartwright	Conservative	124

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

West Park

Jasim Uddin GreenMatt Blair GreenTony Leather Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green46.7%

Reform39.5%

Labour13.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tony Leather Elected	Green	1,193
Matt Blair Elected	Green	1,185
Jasim Uddin Elected	Green	1,093
Richard Saunders	Reform	1,009
Adam John Stevenson	Reform	956
Tom Veitch	Reform	913
Helen Hudson	Labour	351
Jeff Lazenby	Labour	337
Syed Shorif Ahmed	Labour	304

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Westoe

Karen Pittuck ReformKate Owens-Palmer IndependentSharlene Tooley Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Independent19.8%

Reform19.6%

Independent19.0%

Independent17.6%

Green12.9%

Labour8.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kate Owens-Palmer Elected	Independent	919
Sharlene May Tooley Elected	Reform	909
Karen Pittuck Elected	Reform	891
Paul Brenen	Independent	878
Andrew Guy	Independent	814
Abhinav Kumar	Reform	741
Jordan Duncan	Green	597
Nathan Slight	Green	555
Noor Ahmed	Green	542
Liam Walker	Labour	397
William Alan Jamieson	Labour	332
Tracey Windle	Labour	306
Luke Andrew Robson	Conservative	119

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Whitburn & Marsden

David Royal ReformSteve Cain ReformTony Humphrey Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform44.6%

Green29.1%

Labour26.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Tony Humphrey Elected	Reform	1,373
Steve Cain Elected	Reform	1,324
David Royal Elected	Reform	1,262
Steve Lavelle	Green	895
Trevor Sewell	Green	819
Tracey Allison Dixon	Labour	811
Lewis Spence	Green	787
Joyce Welsh	Labour	617
Anne Hetherington	Labour	582

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Whiteleas

Chris Turnbull ReformPaul Mackings ReformStan Wildhirt Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform53.6%

Green24.0%

Labour22.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chris Turnbull Elected	Reform	1,195
Paul Anthony Mackings Elected	Reform	1,159
Stan Wildhirt Elected	Reform	1,118
Lisa Cooley	Green	535
Ernest Matthew Gibson	Labour	499
Sophie-Jane Williams	Green	490
Phoenix Haynes	Green	469
Ken Dawes	Labour	437
Doreen Purvis	Labour	416

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Primrose	Alex Barr	Reform 2026	Independent

Next election

Seats up on 6 May 2027

18 of 54 seats are up. Seats held now, by party:

Reform 14 Green 4

Ward	Councillor whose term ends
Beacon & Bents	Sarah McKeown Green
Bede	Alan Rice Reform
Biddick & All Saints	Rachael Taylor Green
Boldon Colliery	Chris Fox Reform
Cleadon Park & Harton Moor	Heidi Wildhirt Reform
Cleadon Village & East Boldon	Abbey Muquith Green
Fellgate & Hedworth	Mal Bell Reform
Harton	Jim Mouat Reform
Hebburn North	Susan Sybenga Reform
Hebburn South	Mark Richardson Reform
Horsley Hill & Westoe Crown	Audrey Fenwick Reform
Monkton	Marian Stead Reform
Primrose	Elaine Thomas Reform
Simonside & Rekendyke	Michelle Fascione Reform
West Park	Jasim Uddin Green
Westoe	Karen Pittuck Reform
Whitburn & Marsden	David Royal Reform
Whiteleas	Stan Wildhirt Reform

Term end dates from Open Council Data.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

2 by-elections since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
6 August 2026	Harton	Reform hold	35.3%
27 June 2024	Primrose	Other hold	54.2%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
South Shields	62%	Labour	Labour 44%
Jarrow and Gateshead East	38%	Labour	Labour 48%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in South Tyneside

147,780 residents in 68,292 households

Voted Leave in 2016

62% 10 above GB

Degree or higher

26% 8 below GB

No qualifications

20% 2 above GB

Own their home

57% 4 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

30% 13 above GB

Rent privately

13% 7 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

27% 4 below GB

Aged 65 and over

25% 3 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.