Local Election Results 2008
South Tyneside
STP = South Tyneside Progressive
Other results for South Tyneside:20022003200420062007201020112012201420152016201820192021202220232024
By-elections for South Tyneside (may be incomplete): 14th September 2006 (Cleadon & East Boldon) — 10th September 2009 (Westoe) — 25th February 2010 (Primrose) — 27th June 2013 (Cleadon & East Boldon;Primrose) — 2nd October 2014 (Westoe) — 29th July 2021 (Fellgate & Hedworth) — 9th September 2021 (Cleadon & East Boldon) — 27th June 2024 (Primrose)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party | Votes | Percent | Seats |
|---|
| Labour | 16785 | 37.4% | 8 |
| Independent | 11340 | 25.2% | 6 |
| Conservative | 7164 | 15.9% | 1 |
| British National Party | 4139 | 9.2% | 0 |
| South Tyneside Progressives | 2605 | 5.8% | 2 |
| Liberal Democrat | 2258 | 5.0% | 1 |
| Green Party | 628 | 1.4% | 0 |
| Ahmed Khan | Ind | 1388 | 47.2% |
|---|
| John Wood | Lab | 955 | 32.4% |
|---|
| Jimmy Hills | BNP | 267 | 9.1% |
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| Edward Russell | C | 156 | 5.3% |
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| Carole Troupe | LD | 134 | 4.6% |
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| Olive Elsom | Ind | 43 | 1.5% |
|---|
| Thomas Hanson | Lab | 1030 | 44.7% |
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| Kevin Lees | Ind | 789 | 34.2% |
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| Ann-Marie McGourlay | BNP | 298 | 12.9% |
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| Gerry Brebner | C | 188 | 8.2% |
|---|
| Anne Walsh | Lab | 758 | 35.8% |
|---|
| Steve Pattison | Ind | 748 | 35.3% |
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| Bill Troupe | LD | 244 | 11.5% |
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| David Richardson | BNP | 184 | 8.7% |
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| Barbara Surtees | C | 138 | 6.5% |
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| Bramany Nilsson | Grn | 45 | 2.1% |
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| Joanne Bell | Lab | 1222 | 46.3% |
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| Ed Keller | Ind | 743 | 28.2% |
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| Stewart Hay | C | 426 | 16.2% |
|---|
| Geordie Gilchrist | BNP | 246 | 9.3% |
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| Jeff Milburn | C | 2224 | 67.8% |
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| Joan Atkinson | Lab | 1054 | 32.2% |
|---|
| Alexander Donaldson | Lab | 754 | 38.3% |
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| Paul Walker | Ind | 641 | 32.6% |
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| Phil More | C | 311 | 15.8% |
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| Dave Sundin | BNP | 184 | 9.3% |
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| Rachel Taylor | Grn | 79 | 4.0% |
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| Geraldine White | Ind | 1212 | 48.3% |
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| Paul Waggott | Lab | 1090 | 43.4% |
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| Ian Armstrong | C | 209 | 8.3% |
|---|
| James Capstick | STP | 945 | 33.7% |
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| Neil Maxwell | Lab | 942 | 33.6% |
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| Adam Woods | BNP | 388 | 13.8% |
|---|
| Marilyn Huartt | C | 345 | 12.3% |
|---|
| Brian Paget | Grn | 184 | 6.6% |
|---|
| Joe Abbott | LD | 1070 | 46.0% |
|---|
| Richie Porthouse | Lab | 578 | 24.9% |
|---|
| Martin Vaughan | BNP | 395 | 17.0% |
|---|
| Laura Khan | Ind | 180 | 7.7% |
|---|
| David Fettis | C | 102 | 4.4% |
|---|
| John McCabe | Lab | 1207 | 44.4% |
|---|
| Stephen Rhodes | Ind | 713 | 26.3% |
|---|
| Susan Troupe | LD | 323 | 11.9% |
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| Jo Durkin | BNP | 285 | 10.5% |
|---|
| John Coe | C | 188 | 6.9% |
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| Gordon Finch | Ind | 1142 | 38.8% |
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| Arthur Meeks | Lab | 1001 | 34.0% |
|---|
| Martin Haskins | C | 421 | 14.3% |
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| Les Lovelock | BNP | 376 | 12.8% |
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| John Hodgson | Ind | 967 | 36.9% |
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| Terry Fairley | Lab | 858 | 32.8% |
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| Caroline McLaughlan | BNP | 331 | 12.6% |
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| Peter McCarty | LD | 270 | 10.3% |
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| Marc Foster | C | 193 | 7.4% |
|---|
| Jim Perry | Lab | 1005 | 48.6% |
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| Pete Hodgkinson | BNP | 681 | 32.9% |
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| Walter Armstrong | C | 382 | 18.5% |
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| Edward Malcolm | Lab | 1029 | 48.5% |
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| George Crozier | STP | 360 | 17.0% |
|---|
| David Baker | BNP | 260 | 12.2% |
|---|
| Graham Anderson | C | 257 | 12.1% |
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| Nader Asfari-Naderi | LD | 217 | 10.2% |
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| Enid Hetherington | STP | 922 | 45.6% |
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| Bob Watters | Lab | 610 | 30.1% |
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| Quintin Smith | C | 299 | 14.8% |
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| Bryan Atkinson | Grn | 193 | 9.5% |
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| Allen Bramley | Ind | 1768 | 65.6% |
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| Fay Cunningham | Lab | 509 | 18.9% |
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| Anthony Dailly | C | 293 | 10.9% |
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| Lynne Barber | Grn | 127 | 4.7% |
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| Tracey Dixon | Lab | 1247 | 50.8% |
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| Fiona Milburn | C | 831 | 33.8% |
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| Mark Crozier | STP | 378 | 15.4% |
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| Terry Haram | Ind | 1006 | 42.1% |
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| Doreen Purvis | Lab | 936 | 39.2% |
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| Alan Smith | BNP | 244 | 10.2% |
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| Christopher Taylor | C | 201 | 8.4% |
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