Mayor of North Tyneside

The Mayor of North Tyneside is the executive mayor of the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. The incumbent since 2013 is Norma Redfearn.[1] A Mayoral Referendum was held on 5 May 2016 to determine if residents wished to retain the Mayoral system or change to a committee system. The number of votes for continuing with the mayoral system was 32,546 (57.5%) against 23,703 (41.8%) for a committee system.

Mayor of North Tyneside
Coat of arms of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
Incumbent
Norma Redfearn
since 6 May 2013
StyleNo courtesy title or style
AppointerElectorate of North Tyneside
Term lengthFour years

Referendum

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Mayor of North Tyneside referendum
18 October 2001
ChoiceVotes%
Elected Mayor30,26257.6
Cabinet System22,29642.4
Required majority50
Total votes52,558100.00
Source: House of Commons Library[2]
Referendum on how North Tyneside is governed
6 May 2016
ChoiceVotes%
Elected Mayor32,54657.5
Committee System24,05942.5
Required majority50
Total votes56,605100.00

Elections

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2002

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Mayor of North Tyneside election 2 May 2002 [3]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
ConservativeChristopher Morgan21,82935.9%4,25426,08351.5%
LabourEddie Darke19,60132.2%4,93024,53148.5%
Liberal DemocratsMichael Huscroft12,32320.2%
IndependentAllan Pond4,9938.2%
Socialist AllianceMichael Elliott2,1193.5%
Conservative win

2003 by-election

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A mayoral by-election was held on 12 June 2003, which was won by Linda Arkley of the Conservative Party, after Chris Morgan resigned after he was arrested in relation to police investigations over allegations of possessing indecent images of children.[4] He was cleared of all charges the following year,[5] but was convicted of similar offences in 2019.[6]

Mayor of North Tyneside by-election 12 June 2003 [7]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
ConservativeLinda Arkley18,47843.1%2,75021,22856.4%
LabourGordon Adam13,07030.5%3,35716,42743.6%
Liberal DemocratsMichael Huscroft8,40419.8%
BNPRobert Batten2,5546.0%
Socialist AllianceLouise van der Hoeven4000.9%
Majority4,801
Conservative hold

2005

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Mayor of North Tyneside election 5 May 2005 [8]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
LabourJohn Harrison34,05340%6,40740,46050.6%
ConservativeLinda Arkley35,46742%3,99139,45849.4%
Liberal DemocratsJoan Harvey12,76115%
National FrontRobert Batten2,4703%
Majority1,002
Labour gain from Conservative

2009

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Mayor of North Tyneside election 4 June 2009 [9]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
ConservativeLinda Arkley24,78445%2,29927,08354.5%
LabourJohn Harrison19,82334%2,81122,63445.5%
Liberal DemocratsNigel Huscroft7,34313%
BNPJohn Burrows3,3986%
GreenMartin Collins1,9953%
National FrontRobert Batten1,0862%
Majority4,449
Conservative gain from Labour

2013

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North Tyneside Mayoral Election 2 May 2013 [10]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
LabourNorma Redfearn27,90555.76%
ConservativeLinda Arkley18,08336.14%
Liberal DemocratsJohn Appleby4,0548.10%
Majority9,822
Labour gain from Conservative

2017

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North Tyneside Mayoral Election 04 May 2017 [11]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
LabourNorma Redfearn29,65556.4%
ConservativeStewart Hay16,16430.7%
Liberal DemocratsJohn Appleby3,5376.7%
UKIPStuart Houghton3,2486.2%
Majority13,491
Turnout52,604
Labour holdSwing 6.1

2021

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North Tyneside Mayoral Election 06 May 2021
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
LabourNorma Redfearn33,11953.3%
ConservativeSteven Robinson19,36631.2%
GreenPenny Remfry4,2786.9%
Liberal DemocratsJohn Appleby3,5495.7%
UKIPJack Thomson1,7532.8%
Majority13,753
Turnout62,065
Labour holdSwing

References

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  1. ^ http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/browse-display.shtml?p_ID=541982&p_subjectCategory=688
  2. ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Arrested mayor resigns his post". BBC News. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Ex-Mayor cleared of porn charges". BBC News. 6 September 2004. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ^ Kennedy, Rob (17 October 2019). "Former Tory elected mayor from Whitley Bay shared paedophile images online". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002". House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Local and Mayoral elections 2005" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Local and Mayoral elections 2009" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Labour takes North Tyneside elected mayoral post". BBC News. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
  11. ^ "Election 2017: North Tyneside mayoral election result". BBC. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.