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Local Election Results 2008

South Tyneside

STP = South Tyneside Progressive

Other results for South Tyneside: 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
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)

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Consolidated results — South Tyneside 2008

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

Beacon and Bents [Ind gain from Lab]

Ahmed Khan Ind 1388 47.2%
John Wood Lab 955 32.4%
Jimmy Hills BNP 267 9.1%
Edward Russell C 156 5.3%
Carole Troupe LD 134 4.6%
Olive Elsom Ind 43 1.5%

Bede

Thomas Hanson Lab 1030 44.7%
Kevin Lees Ind 789 34.2%
Ann-Marie McGourlay BNP 298 12.9%
Gerry Brebner C 188 8.2%

Biddick and All Saints

Anne Walsh Lab 758 35.8%
Steve Pattison Ind 748 35.3%
Bill Troupe LD 244 11.5%
David Richardson BNP 184 8.7%
Barbara Surtees C 138 6.5%
Bramany Nilsson Grn 45 2.1%

Boldon Colliery

Joanne Bell Lab 1222 46.3%
Ed Keller Ind 743 28.2%
Stewart Hay C 426 16.2%
Geordie Gilchrist BNP 246 9.3%

Cleadon and East Boldon

Jeff Milburn C 2224 67.8%
Joan Atkinson Lab 1054 32.2%

Cleadon Park

Alexander Donaldson Lab 754 38.3%
Paul Walker Ind 641 32.6%
Phil More C 311 15.8%
Dave Sundin BNP 184 9.3%
Rachel Taylor Grn 79 4.0%

Fellgate and Hedworth [Ind gain from Lab]

Geraldine White Ind 1212 48.3%
Paul Waggott Lab 1090 43.4%
Ian Armstrong C 209 8.3%

Harton

James Capstick STP 945 33.7%
Neil Maxwell Lab 942 33.6%
Adam Woods BNP 388 13.8%
Marilyn Huartt C 345 12.3%
Brian Paget Grn 184 6.6%

Hebburn North

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%

Hebburn South [Lab gain from Ind]

John McCabe Lab 1207 44.4%
Stephen Rhodes Ind 713 26.3%
Susan Troupe LD 323 11.9%
Jo Durkin BNP 285 10.5%
John Coe C 188 6.9%

Horsley Hill [Ind gain from Lab]

Gordon Finch Ind 1142 38.8%
Arthur Meeks Lab 1001 34.0%
Martin Haskins C 421 14.3%
Les Lovelock BNP 376 12.8%

Monkton [Ind gain from Lab]

John Hodgson Ind 967 36.9%
Terry Fairley Lab 858 32.8%
Caroline McLaughlan BNP 331 12.6%
Peter McCarty LD 270 10.3%
Marc Foster C 193 7.4%

Primrose

Jim Perry Lab 1005 48.6%
Pete Hodgkinson BNP 681 32.9%
Walter Armstrong C 382 18.5%

Simonside and Rekendyke

Edward Malcolm Lab 1029 48.5%
George Crozier STP 360 17.0%
David Baker BNP 260 12.2%
Graham Anderson C 257 12.1%
Nader Asfari-Naderi LD 217 10.2%

West Park

Enid Hetherington STP 922 45.6%
Bob Watters Lab 610 30.1%
Quintin Smith C 299 14.8%
Bryan Atkinson Grn 193 9.5%

Westoe

Allen Bramley Ind 1768 65.6%
Fay Cunningham Lab 509 18.9%
Anthony Dailly C 293 10.9%
Lynne Barber Grn 127 4.7%

Whitburn and Marsden

Tracey Dixon Lab 1247 50.8%
Fiona Milburn C 831 33.8%
Mark Crozier STP 378 15.4%

Whiteleas

Terry Haram Ind 1006 42.1%
Doreen Purvis Lab 936 39.2%
Alan Smith BNP 244 10.2%
Christopher Taylor C 201 8.4%

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