Mayor of North Tyneside
| Mayor of North Tyneside | |
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| Style | No courtesy title or style |
| Appointer | Electorate 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]
Referendum
| Mayor of North Tyneside referendum 18 November 2001 | ||
| Choice | Votes | % |
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 Elected Mayor |
30,262 | 57.6 |
| Cabinet System | 22,296 | 42.4 |
| Required majority | 50 | |
| Total votes | 0 | |
| Source: House of Commons Library[2] | ||
Elections
2002
| Mayor of North Tyneside election 2 May 2002 [3] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | ||||
| Conservative | Christopher Morgan | 21,829 | 35.9% | 4,254 | 26,083 |
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| Labour | Eddie Darke | 19,601 | 32.2% | 4,930 | 24,531 |
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| Liberal Democrat | Michael Huscroft | 12,323 | 20.2% |
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| Independent | Allan Pond | 4,993 | 8.2% |
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| Socialist Alliance | Michael Elliott | 2,119 | 3.5% |
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| Conservative win | ||||||||||
2003 By-election
A mayoral bye-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. He was subsequently cleared of all charges.[4][5]
| Mayor of North Tyneside Bye-election 12 June 2003 [6] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | ||||
| Conservative | Linda Arkley | 18,478 | 43.1% | 2,750 | 21,228 |
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| Labour | Gordon Adam | 13,070 | 30.5% | 3,357 | 16,427 |
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| Liberal Democrat | Michael Huscroft | 8,404 | 19.8% |
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| BNP | Robert Batten | 2,554 | 6.0% |
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| Socialist Alliance | Louise van der Hoeven | 400 | 0.9% |
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| Conservative hold | ||||||||||
2005
| Mayor of North Tyneside election 5 May 2005 [7] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | ||||
| Labour | John Harrison | 34,053 | 40% | 6,407 | 40,460 |
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| Conservative | Linda Arkley | 35,467 | 42% | 3,991 | 39,458 |
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| Liberal Democrat | Joan Harvey | 12,761 | 15% |
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| National Front | Robert Batten | 2,470 | 3% |
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| Labour gain from Conservative | ||||||||||
2009
| Mayor of North Tyneside election 4 June 2009 [8] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | ||||
| Conservative | Linda Arkley | 24,784 | 45% | 2,299 | 27,083 |
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| Labour | John Harrison | 19,823 | 34% | 2,811 | 22,634 |
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| Liberal Democrat | Nigel Huscroft | 7,343 | 13% |
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| BNP | John Burrows | 3,398 | 6% |
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| Green | Martin Collins | 1,995 | 3% |
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| National Front | Robert Batten | 1,086 | 2% |
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| Conservative gain from Labour | ||||||||||
2013
| North Tyneside Mayoral Election 2 May 2013 [9] | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Round | % | 2nd Round | Total | First Round Votes Transfer Votes | ||||
| Labour | Norma Redfearn | 27,905 | 55.76% |
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| Conservative | Linda Arkley | 18,083 | 36.14% |
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| Liberal Democrat | John Appleby | 4,054 | 8.10% |
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| Labour gain from Conservative | ||||||||||
References
- ↑ http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/browse-display.shtml?p_ID=541982&p_subjectCategory=688
- ↑ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ↑ "Arrested mayor resigns his post". BBC News. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ↑ "FORMER NORTH TYNESIDE MAYOR CLEARED OF CHILD PORN CHARGES". Local Government Chronicle. 8 September 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ↑ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002". House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ↑ "Local and Mayoral elections 2005" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 31 December 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ↑ "Local and Mayoral elections 2009" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ↑ "Labour takes North Tyneside elected mayoral post". BBC News. 2013-05-03. Retrieved 2013-05-03.
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