Local Election Results 2003
South Tyneside
One-third of council up for election.
STP = South Tyneside Progressive
Other results for South Tyneside:
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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)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
25685 |
49.0% |
15 |
| Liberal Democrat |
8811 |
16.8% |
1 |
| Conservative |
8351 |
15.9% |
1 |
| Independent |
4747 |
9.0% |
2 |
| South Tyneside Progressives |
4445 |
8.5% |
1 |
| British National Party |
420 |
0.8% |
0 |
| James Caine |
Lab |
1096 |
50.8% |
| Robert Burdon |
STP |
1063 |
49.2% |
| John Wood |
Lab |
1349 |
51.3% |
| Gordon Finch |
STP |
602 |
22.9% |
| David Delaney |
BNP |
420 |
16.0% |
| William Mitcheson |
Ind |
261 |
9.9% |
| Thomas Defty |
Lab |
1381 |
67.7% |
| Muriel Coe |
LD |
464 |
22.7% |
| Christopher Taylor |
C |
195 |
9.6% |
| Linda Waggott |
Lab |
1473 |
69.8% |
| James Cain |
C |
636 |
30.2% |
| William Lynch |
Lab |
1864 |
59.2% |
| Frederick Taylor |
LD |
675 |
21.4% |
| Gerald Brebner |
C |
350 |
11.1% |
| Colin Campbell |
Ind |
262 |
8.3% |
| Donald Wood |
C |
1570 |
41.0% |
| Peter Carlin-Page |
LD |
1567 |
40.9% |
| David Wood |
Lab |
696 |
18.2% |
| James Foreman |
Lab |
1205 |
48.6% |
| Martin Anderson |
C |
719 |
29.0% |
| Alison Taylor |
LD |
553 |
22.3% |
| Paul Waggott |
Lab |
1634 |
58.1% |
| George Waddle |
Ind |
835 |
29.7% |
| Philip Parkinson |
C |
342 |
12.2% |
| Robert Dix |
Lab |
1156 |
43.5% |
| Lawrence Nolan |
STP |
632 |
23.8% |
| Dorothy Grainger |
LD |
445 |
16.8% |
| Karl Arthur |
C |
423 |
15.9% |
| Constance Ridgway |
LD |
1348 |
49.7% |
| John Hodgson |
Lab |
1209 |
44.5% |
| Stewart Jackson |
C |
157 |
5.8% |
| John McCabe |
Ind |
1175 |
49.6% |
| Thomas Bamford |
Lab |
988 |
41.7% |
| John Coe |
C |
204 |
8.6% |
| Arthur Meeks |
Lab |
1418 |
46.2% |
| Patricia Pigott |
C |
966 |
31.4% |
| John Mortson |
LD |
688 |
22.4% |
| James Sewell |
Lab |
1478 |
56.6% |
| Sheila Bennett |
LD |
785 |
30.0% |
| John Cameron |
C |
350 |
13.4% |
| James Perry |
Lab |
1658 |
64.6% |
| Walter Armstrong |
C |
594 |
23.1% |
| John Bissett |
Ind |
316 |
12.3% |
| Scott Duffy |
Lab |
1140 |
50.3% |
| Dorothy Golightly |
Ind |
500 |
22.1% |
| Susan Troupe |
LD |
395 |
17.4% |
| Marjorie Robinson |
STP |
230 |
10.2% |
| Edward Malcolm |
Lab |
1202 |
64.6% |
| Gary Ahmed |
LD |
658 |
35.4% |
| James Capstick |
STP |
1918 |
70.8% |
| Mervyn Owen |
Lab |
791 |
29.2% |
| Allen Branley |
Lab |
1243 |
40.7% |
| George Wilkinson |
C |
1118 |
36.6% |
| Jennifer Burke |
LD |
691 |
22.6% |
| John Haram |
Ind |
1398 |
50.1% |
| Ernest Gibson |
Lab |
1392 |
49.9% |
| Shirley Stratford |
Lab |
1312 |
50.8% |
| Miles Atkinson |
C |
727 |
28.2% |
| David Selby |
LD |
542 |
21.0% |
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