The 2012 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections. One third (18) of the seats were being contested, of which Labour won 17, and the Conservatives one.
New make-up of the council +Party political make-up of South Tyneside Council Party Seats Council composition (4 May 2012) 2010 2011 2012 Labour 36 39 48 Independent 10 11 4 Conservative 3 1 1 UKIP 0 0 1 Progressives 3 2 0 Liberal Democrats 2 1 0
Ward results An asterisk denotes an incumbent.
Beacon & Bents ward
Bede ward
Biddick & All Saints ward
Boldon Colliery ward
Cleadon & East Boldon ward
Cleadon Park ward
Fellgate & Hedworth ward
Harton ward
Hebburn North ward In 2008, Joe Abbott stood, and won, in this ward as a Liberal Democrat candidate.
Hebburn South ward
Horsley Hill ward
Monkton ward
Primrose ward
Simonside & Rekendyke ward
West Park ward
Westoe ward
Whitburn & Marsden ward
Whiteleas ward
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