North Tyneside Council

North Tyneside Council
Type
Type
History
Founded 1 April 1974
Leadership
Elected Mayor
Norma Redfearn, Labour Party
Opposition Leader
Judith Wallace, Conservative Party
Opposition Leader
Nigel Huscroft, Liberal Democrats
Structure
Seats Elected mayor
60 councillors
Political groups
Administration
     Labour (53)
Other parties
     Conservative (6)
     Liberal Democrat (1)
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
 5 May 2016
Next election
 3 May 2018
Website
my.northtyneside.gov.uk

North Tyneside Council is the local authority of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in North Tyneside.

History

The current local authority was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside on 1 April 1974. The council gained borough status, entitling it to be known as North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Party in controlYears
Labour1973 - 1986
No overall control1986 - 1987
Labour1987 - 2004
No overall control2004 - 2008
Conservative2008 - 2010
No overall control2010 - 2011
Labour2011–present

Mayor of North Tyneside

Since 2013, the mayor of North Tyneside post has been held by Norma Redfearn[2] of the Labour Party. Her predecessor was Linda Arkley of the Conservative Party.

References

  1. ↑ "North Tyneside". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  2. ↑ Norma Redfearn
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