Here is everything you need to know about North Tyneside Council ahead of election day on Thursday, May 5, from registration deadlines to potentially swinging seats.
This article was published in advance of the local elections but the winning candidates are indicated in bold below. Full results by ward including how every candidate scored are here.
You can see the full results from election night here.
How many councillors are up for election?
North Tyneside council is made up of 20 wards, each represented by three councillors. One third of the seats on the council are up for grabs at each election.
What is the current political make up of the council?:
Labour is the largest party in the council with 50 of the authority's 60 seats, followed in a distant second by the Conservatives' nine. Independent councillor Maureen Madden represents Howdon.
Who is the leader of North Tyneside council?
Unlike other councils in the North East, North Tyneside has a directly elected mayor rather than a council leader and has done since 2002.
Norma Redfearn CBE was elected as the borough's Labour mayor for the third time in May 2021. The former teacher has been in the job since 2013, when she defeated former Tory mayor Linda Arkley.
Which are the seats to look out for?
In 2021 Monkseaton South saw a tight battle between Labour's Naomi Louise Craven and Conservative candidate Stewart Thomas Hay. With a turnout of 49.6% Coun Craven won her seat with 1,665 votes and a thin majority of just 45.
Tynemouth bore witness to a close-run race last year between Tory candidate Christopher Johnston and Labour hopeful Tricia Neira. He won with 1,879 votes with a majority of 105 with a 52% turnout.
In the same election, the neighbouring ward of Cullercoats once again saw Conservative and Labour slug it out. Fomer mayor Linda Arkley managed to oust Labour's Kareen Lee with a majority of 141.
Full list of candidates standing in North Tyneside's 2022 local elections:
Battle Hill:
Helen MacKenzie Bell (Green)
Jane Mceachen (UKIP)
Jean Murray (Conservative)
Steven Alan Phillips (Labour)
Benton:
David Arthur (Independent)
Jay Beyer (Liberal Democrat)
Wayne Kavanagh (Conservative)
Josephine Mudzingwa (Labour)
Allie Wilson Craw (Green)
Camperdown:
Lisa Ferasin (Labour)
David Wallace Lilly (Conservative)
John Graham Morley (Green)
Chirton:
Ian William Appleby (Green)
Stephen Patrick Bones (Conservative)
Graeme Cansdale (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Rebecca O'Keefe (Labour)
Jack James Thomson (UKIP)
Collingwood:
Steve Cox (Labour)
Penny Remfrey (Green)
Olly Scargill (Conservative)
Cullercoats:
John Hoare (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
Pamela Ann Hood (UKIP)
Sophie Joanna McGlin (Green)
Steven Paul Robinson (Conservative)
Willie Samuel (Labour and co-operate party)
Howdon:
Laura Marley (Green)
Tricia Neira (Labour)
Robert White (Conservative)
Killingworth:
Deb Altman (Green)
Val Jamieson (Labour)
John Ord (Conservative)
Nathan Kieran Mather Shone (Liberal Democrat)
Longbenton:
Victoria Mary Bones (Conservative)
Steve Manchee (Green)
Joan Isabel Walker (Labour)
Monkseaton North:
Joe Kirwin (Labour)
David Nisbet (Lib Dem)
George Partis (Conservative)
Claire Emma Wedderman (Green)
Monkseaton South:
Sean Michael Brockbank (Conservative)
Martin James Murphy (Labour)
Neil Oliver Percival (Green)
Northumberland:
Alice Felicity Baines (Green)
Linda Isobel Bell (Labour)
Haylee Elizabeth Josendale (Conservative)
Preston:
Frank Steven Austin (Independent)
Cath Davis (Labour and co-operative party)
Neil David Graham (Conservative)
Jackson William Hugh (UKIP)
Rob Wylie (Green)
Riverside:
William George Jarrett (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition)
Maureen Jeffrey (Conservative)
Nick Martin (Green)
Charles Bruce Pickard (Labour)
St Mary's:
Janet Elizabeth Appleby (Liberal Democrat)
Allison Austin (Independent)
Pamela McIntyre (Conservative)
Grant Michael Morris (Labour)
Kate Percival (Green)
Tynemouth:
Sarah Louise Day (Labour)
Henry Marshall (UKIP)
Ian McAlpine (Conservative)
Simon Richard Smithson (Green)
Valley:
Brian Burdis (Labour)
Gordon Fletcher (Reform UK)
Roger Werner Maier (Green)
Julian Pratt (Conservative)
Wallsend:
Julia Hayward (Green)
Ian Jones (Conservative)
Louise Dolores Marshall (Labour)
Harriet Annabella Stanway (Conservative)
Weetslade:
Daniel John Elsom (Liberal Democrat)
Michelle Maria Fox (Labour)
Trish Gargett (Conservative)
Whitley Bay:
Gordon Bell (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition)
Margaret Hall (Labour)
Stewart Thomas Hay (Conservative)
Alan Steele (Green)
