Labour maintained its foothold on South Tyneside Council, while the Green Party and Independents also celebrated small gains across a number of wards.
The Labour Party has been steadily losing seats over the past few years across South Tyneside, missing the mark with four wards in 2021 and a further nine in 2019. And Labour's run of bad luck continued somewhat in tonight's elections - losing a further four seats when the results came in with the Independents and Green Party taking two a piece from the wall of red.
Sarah McKeown took Beacon & Bents from Labour, while Andrew Guy reigned supreme in West Park. Independents John Robinson and Paul Brenen also took a seat each from Labour with Primrose and Westoe respectively.
