1996 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1996 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election to the North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council was held on 2 May 1996 alongside other local elections. Labour held control of the council after the elections, gaining seats from the Conservatives, matching the national trend.[1]
Results summary
[edit]1996 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election[1][2][3] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 15 | ![]() | 71.4 | 30 | 45 | 75.0 | 29,610 | 56.4 | ||
Conservative | 3 | ![]() | 14.3 | 5 | 8 | 13.3 | 13,297 | 25.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | ![]() | 9.5 | 4 | 6 | 10.0 | 7,209 | 13.7 | ||
Independent | 1 | ![]() | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 1,799 | 3.4 | ||
Militant Labour | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 363 | 0.7 | ||
Green | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 | 0.4 |
Ward results
[edit]Battle Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | D. Monaghan* | 1,709 | 52.6 | ||
Labour | B. Kane | 1,538 | 47.4 | ||
Majority | 171 | 5.3 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,247 | 35.3 | |||
Registered electors | 9,186 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Benton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Seagroatt* | 1,601 | 75.6 | ||
Conservative | D. Watson | 516 | 24.4 | ||
Majority | 1,085 | 51.3 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,117 | 31.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,790 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Camperdown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Conway* | 1,470 | 78.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Dudley | 279 | 14.8 | ||
Conservative | A. Austin | 131 | 7.0 | ||
Majority | 1,191 | 63.4 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,880 | 26.4 | |||
Registered electors | 7,124 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chirton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | M. Nolan* | 1,225 | 77.5 | ||
Conservative | T. Morgan | 178 | 11.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | M. Rudling | 177 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | 1,047 | 66.3 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,580 | 26.2 | |||
Registered electors | 6,036 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Collingwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. O'Keefe* | 1,707 | 83.0 | ||
Conservative | H. Perks | 350 | 17.0 | ||
Majority | 1,357 | 66.0 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,057 | 27.4 | |||
Registered electors | 7,500 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Cullercoats
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Cox | 2,021 | 50.8 | ||
Conservative | Keith Smiles | 1,955 | 49.2 | ||
Majority | 66 | 1.7 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,976 | 50.9 | |||
Registered electors | 7,818 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Holystone
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Lackenby* | 1,973 | 84.2 | ||
Conservative | F. Austin | 370 | 15.8 | ||
Majority | 1,603 | 68.4 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,343 | 24.8 | |||
Registered electors | 9,462 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Howdon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | T. Cruikshanks* | 1,269 | 76.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | E. Monaghan | 215 | 12.9 | ||
Militant Labour | R. Taylor | 184 | 11.0 | ||
Majority | 1,054 | 63.2 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,668 | 26.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,659 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Longbenton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | R. Fletcher | 1,230 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | B. Flood* | 712 | 31.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | K. McGarrigle | 248 | 10.9 | ||
Conservative | K. Tatam | 78 | 3.4 | ||
Majority | 518 | 22.8 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,268 | 37.8 | |||
Registered electors | 5,993 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Monkseaton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Nugent | 1,697 | 49.1 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Howe* | 1,565 | 45.3 | ||
Green | D. Clarkson | 193 | 5.6 | ||
Majority | 143 | 3.8 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,455 | 43.5 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
North Shields
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Bruce | 1,542 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | S. Mortimer | 1,019 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | F. Goodfellow | 251 | 8.9 | ||
Majority | 523 | 18.6 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,812 | 35.1 | |||
Registered electors | 8,019 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Northumberland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Usher* | 1,477 | 60.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Ord | 980 | 39.9 | ||
Majority | 497 | 20.2 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,457 | 27.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,068 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Riverside
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. Stringfellow* | 1,261 | 79.4 | ||
Militant Labour | A. Costello | 179 | 11.3 | ||
Conservative | M. Beryy | 148 | 9.3 | ||
Majority | 1,082 | 68.1 | |||
Total valid votes | 1,588 | 23.0 | |||
Registered electors | 6,896 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Seatonville
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Smith | 1,154 | 39.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Thomas | 910 | 31.1 | ||
Conservative | P. Wilkinson | 859 | 29.4 | ||
Majority | 244 | 8.3 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,923 | 39.8 | |||
Registered electors | 7,353 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
St. Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | C. Morgan | 2,091 | 62.0 | ||
Labour | M. Cross | 936 | 27.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | F. Rosner | 343 | 10.2 | ||
Majority | 1,155 | 34.3 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,370 | 44.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,635 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tynemouth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | L. Arkely | 1,736 | 51.6 | ||
Labour | B. Burdis | 1,404 | 41.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. McManus | 223 | 6.6 | ||
Majority | 332 | 9.9 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,363 | 47.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,134 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Long | 1,438 | 63.7 | ||
Labour | C. Gambling* | 1,315 | |||
Independent | J. Dodd | 569 | 25.2 | ||
Conservative | H. Pope | 252 | 11.2 | ||
Majority | 869 | 38.5 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,574 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,151 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Wallsend
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | M. Huscroft* | 1,686 | 67.6 | ||
Labour | M. Warne | 809 | 32.4 | ||
Majority | 877 | 35.2 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,495 | 36.7 | |||
Registered electors | 6,792 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Weetslade
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Harrison* | 1,555 | 76.2 | ||
Conservative | A. Tatam | 487 | 23.8 | ||
Majority | 1,068 | 52.3 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,042 | 25.4 | |||
Registered electors | 8,031 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Whitley Bay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | M. McIntyre* | 1,562 | 48.0 | ||
Labour | M. Hall | 1,506 | 46.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D. Penn | 188 | 5.8 | ||
Majority | 56 | 1.7 | |||
Total valid votes | 3,256 | 46.2 | |||
Registered electors | 7,042 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Clements, Rob (7 May 1996). "The local elections of 2 May 1996" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 1996" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ a b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "North Tyneside Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 26 February 2024.