2000 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2000 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election to the North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were held in 2000 alongside other local elections. Labour held control of the council after the election.

Results summary

2000 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	4	47.6	24	34	56.7	22373	41.3
	Conservative	8	4	38.1	9	17	28.3	22420	41.4
	Liberal Democrats	3	1	14.3	6	9	15	8834	16.3
	Independent	0		0	0	0	0	498	0.92

Ward results

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Battle Hill

Battle Hill(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	E. Buckton	1,533	54.0	+1.4
	Labour	M. Jones	1114	39.2	−8.2
	Conservative	E. Smith	193	6.8	New
Majority			419	14.8	+9.5
Turnout				32.8
Registered electors			8,683
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.8

Benton

Benton(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M. Madden*	1,088	48.0	−27.6
	Conservative	P. McIntyre	680	30.0	+8.6
	Independent	T. Harding	498	22.0	New
Majority			408	18.0	−33.3
Turnout				34.6
Registered electors			6,572
	Labour hold		Swing	18.1

Camperdown

Camperdown(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Conway*	1,101	64.8	−13.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Gilmore	331	19.5	+4.7
	Conservative	F. Austin	268	15.8	+8.8
Majority			770	45.3	−18.1
Turnout				24.2
Registered electors			7,045
	Labour hold		Swing	9.1

Chirton

Chirton(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Ross	1,043	66.8	−10.7
	Conservative	T. Morgan	518	33.2	+21.9
Majority			525	33.6	−32.7
Turnout				28.5
Registered electors			5,525
	Labour hold		Swing	16.3

Collingwood

Collingwood(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. Grayson	1,284	63.4	−19.6
	Conservative	M. Carr	741	36.6	+19.6
Majority			543	26.8	−39.2
Turnout				30.3
Registered electors			6,719
	Labour hold		Swing	19.6

Cullercoats

Cullercoats(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Stevens	2,185	54.4	+5.2
	Labour	K. Smiles	1544	38.4	−12.4
	Liberal Democrats	G. Moore	289	7.2	New
Majority			641	16.0
Turnout				52.8
Registered electors			7,622
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	8.8

Holystone

Holystone(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Lackenby*	1,654	69.7	−14.5
	Conservative	R. Phillifent	718	30.3	+14.5
Majority			936	39.5	−28.9
Turnout				24.8
Registered electors			9,648
	Labour hold		Swing	14.5

Howdon

Howdon(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. Cruikshanks*	1,132	61.4	−14.7
	Liberal Democrats	S. Farrell	713	38.6	+25.7
Majority			419	22.7	−40.5
Turnout				32.9
Registered electors			5,618
	Labour hold		Swing	20.2

Longbenton

Longbenton(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Fletcher*	946	64.7	+33.3
	Liberal Democrats	K. McGarrigle	360	24.6	+13.7
	Conservative	W. Perera	157	10.7	+7.3
Majority			586	40.1
Turnout				32.7
Registered electors			4,475
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Monkseaton

Monkseaton(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. Jackson	2,135	59.2	+13.9
	Labour	G. Stillaway	1045	29.0	−20.1
	Liberal Democrats	J. Smith	429	11.9	New
Majority			1090	30.2
Turnout				44.6
Registered electors			8,094
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	17.0

North Shields

North Shields(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. Van der Merwe	1,919	59.2	+23.0
	Labour	H.Bruce*	1324	40.8	−14.0
Majority			595	18.3
Turnout				39.2
Registered electors			8,332
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	18.5

Northumberland

Northumberland(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Williamson	2,011	65.3	+25.4
	Labour	S. McKean	932	30.3	−29.8
	Conservative	P. Gill	135	4.4	New
Majority			1079	35.1
Turnout				35.3
Registered electors			8,740
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	27.6

Riverside

Riverside(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Stringfellow*	968	61.7	−17.7
	Liberal Democrats	D. Wood	376	23.9	New
	Conservative	A. Austin	226	14.4	+5.1
Majority			592	37.7
Turnout				25.4
Registered electors			6,207
	Labour hold		Swing	20.8

Seatonville

Seatonville(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Hall	1,658	52.1	+22.7
	Labour	P. Davison	783	24.6	−14.9
	Liberal Democrats	E. Jellett	739	23.2	−7.9
Majority			875	27.5
Turnout				43.7
Registered electors			7,286
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	18.8

St. Mary's

St. Mary's(2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	E. Hodson	2,712
	Conservative	C. Morgan*	2,673
	Labour	M. Cross	713
	Labour	M. Ormston	615
Turnout				48.2
Registered electors			7,315
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tynemouth

Tynemouth(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Arkley*	2,032	65.4	+13.8
	Labour	A. Walker	798	25.7	−16.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Smith	277	8.9	+2.3
Majority			1234	39.7
Turnout				45.1
Registered electors			6,908
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.9

Valley

Valley(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Potter*	1,368	68.1
	Conservative	S. Summers	642	31.9
Majority			726	36.1
Turnout				29.1
Registered electors			6,944
	Labour hold		Swing

Wallsend

Wallsend(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Huscroft*	1,500	64.0	−3.6
	Labour	A. Keith	764	32.6	+0.2
	Conservative	M. Smith	79	3.4	New
Majority			736	31.4
Turnout				37.7
Registered electors			6,229
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.9

Weetslade

Weetslade(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Harrison*	1,402	54.9	−21.3
	Conservative	A. Appleton	1150	45.1	+21.3
Majority			252	9.9	−42.4
Turnout				32.8
Registered electors			7,808
	Labour hold		Swing	21.3

Whitley Bay

Whitley Bay(1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	M. McIntyre	1,599	60.8	+12.8
	Labour	L. Darke	755	28.7	−17.6
	Liberal Democrats	M. Rudling	276	10.5	+4.7
Majority			844	32.1
Turnout				38.8
Registered electors			6,811
	Conservative hold		Swing	15.2