Mayor of North Tyneside

Not to be confused with Mayor of the North of Tyne.

Mayor of North Tyneside
Coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
since 6 May 2013
StyleNo courtesy title or style
AppointerElectorate of North Tyneside
Term lengthFour years

The Mayor of North Tyneside is the executive mayor of the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. The incumbent since 2013 is Norma Redfearn.[1] A Mayoral Referendum was held on 5 May 2016 to determine if residents wished to retain the Mayoral system or change to a committee system. The number of votes for continuing with the mayoral system was 32,546 (57.5%) against 23,703 (41.8%) for a committee system.[citation needed]

Referendum

Mayor of North Tyneside referendum
18 October 2001
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Elected Mayor 30,262 57.6
Cabinet System 22,296 42.4
Required majority 50
Total votes 52,558 100.00
Source: House of Commons Library[2]
Referendum on how North Tyneside is governed
6 May 2016
Choice Votes %
Referendum passed Elected Mayor 32,546 57.5
Committee System 24,059 42.5
Required majority 50
Total votes 56,605 100.00

Elections

2002

Mayor of North Tyneside election 2 May 2002[3]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Christopher Morgan 21,829 35.9% 4,254 26,083 51.5%
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Labour Eddie Darke 19,601 32.2% 4,930 24,531 48.5%
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Liberal Democrats Michael Huscroft 12,323 20.2%
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Independent Allan Pond 4,993 8.2%
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Socialist Alliance Michael Elliott 2,119 3.5%
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Conservative win

2003 by-election

Main article: North Tyneside Council election, 2003 § Mayoral by-election

A mayoral by-election was held on 12 June 2003, which was won by Linda Arkley of the Conservative Party, after Chris Morgan resigned after he was arrested in relation to police investigations over allegations of possessing indecent images of children.[4] He was cleared of all charges the following year,[5] but was convicted of similar offences in 2019.[6]

Mayor of North Tyneside by-election 12 June 2003[7]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Linda Arkley 18,478 43.1% 2,750 21,228 56.4%
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Labour Gordon Adam 13,070 30.5% 3,357 16,427 43.6%
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Liberal Democrats Michael Huscroft 8,404 19.8%
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BNP Robert Batten 2,554 6.0%
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Socialist Alliance Louise van der Hoeven 400 0.9%
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Majority 4,801
Conservative hold

2005

Mayor of North Tyneside election 5 May 2005[8]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour John Harrison 34,053 40% 6,407 40,460 50.6%
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Conservative Linda Arkley 35,467 42% 3,991 39,458 49.4%
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Liberal Democrats Joan Harvey 12,761 15%
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National Front Robert Batten 2,470 3%
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Majority 1,002
Labour gain from Conservative

2009

Mayor of North Tyneside election 4 June 2009[9]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Conservative Linda Arkley 24,784 45% 2,299 27,083 54.5%
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Labour John Harrison 19,823 34% 2,811 22,634 45.5%
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Liberal Democrats Nigel Huscroft 7,343 13%
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BNP John Burrows 3,398 6%
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Green Martin Collins 1,995 3%
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National Front Robert Batten 1,086 2%
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Majority 4,449
Conservative gain from Labour

2013

North Tyneside Mayoral Election 2 May 2013[10]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Norma Redfearn 27,905 55.76%
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Conservative Linda Arkley 18,083 36.14%
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Liberal Democrats John Appleby 4,054 8.10%
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Majority 9,822
Labour gain from Conservative

2017

North Tyneside Mayoral Election 04 May 2017[11]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Norma Redfearn 29,655 56.4%
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Conservative Stewart Hay 16,164 30.7%
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Liberal Democrats John Appleby 3,537 6.7%
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UKIP Stuart Houghton 3,248 6.2%
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Majority 13,491
Turnout 52,604
Labour hold Swing Increase 6.1

2021

North Tyneside Mayoral Election 06 May 2021
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Norma Redfearn 33,119 53.3%
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Conservative Steven Robinson 19,366 31.2%
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Green Penny Remfry 4,278 6.9%
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Liberal Democrats John Appleby 3,549 5.7%
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UKIP Jack Thomson 1,753 2.8%
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Majority 13,753
Turnout 62,065
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Shakespeare, Austen (13 May 2024). "North Tyneside mayor to step down". BBC News. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Arrested mayor resigns his post". BBC News. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Ex-Mayor cleared of porn charges". BBC News. 6 September 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ^ Kennedy, Rob (17 October 2019). "Former Tory elected mayor from Whitley Bay shared paedophile images online". ChronicleLive. Reach. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002". House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.[dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Local and Mayoral elections 2005" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2013.[dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Local and Mayoral elections 2009" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2013.[dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Labour takes North Tyneside elected mayoral post". BBC News. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Election 2017: North Tyneside mayoral election result". BBC News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.