2012 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election explained

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.^[1] 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

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Party	Seats			Council composition (4 May 2012)
2010^[2]	2011^[3]	2012 ^[4]
	Labour	36	39	48
	Independent	10	11	4
	Conservative	3	1	1
	UKIP	0	0	1
		3	2	0
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	0

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent.

Hebburn North ward

In 2008, Joe Abbott stood, and won, in this ward as a Liberal Democrat candidate.

Whiteleas ward

Notes and References

1. News: Local elections 2012 . 2012-04-30 . BBC News. 24 April 2012 .
2. Web site: Elections South Tyneside. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001033556/http://www.southtyneside.info/applications/2/elections/LocalGovernment.aspx?id=19. 2011-10-01. southtyneside.info.
3. Web site: Elections South Tyneside. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001033518/http://www.southtyneside.info/applications/2/elections/LocalGovernment.aspx?id=22. 2011-10-01. southtyneside.info.
4. Web site: Elections South Tyneside - 03 May 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120508235647/http://www.southtyneside.info/applications/2/elections/LocalGovernment.aspx?id=23. 2012-05-08. southtyneside.info.