North Tyneside Council
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.
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Type | |
Type | Metropolitan district council |
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Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Leadership | |
Chair of the Council | Councillor Wendy Lott, Labour Party since May 2019 |
Elected Mayor of North Tynesdie | Norma Redfearn, Labour Party |
Chief executive | Paul Hanson since 17 November 2018 |
Opposition Leader | Judith Wallace, Conservative Party |
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Seats | Elected mayor 60 councillors |
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Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 2 May 2019 |
Next election | 7 May 2020 |
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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 control | Years |
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Labour | 1973 - 1986 |
No overall control | 1986 - 1987 |
Labour | 1987 - 2004 |
No overall control | 2004 - 2008 |
Conservative | 2008 - 2010 |
No overall control | 2010 - 2011 |
Labour | 2011–present |
Mayor of North Tyneside
Since 2002 the council has had a Directly elected mayor, which means the party with an overall majority of councillors may not be the same party exercising executive functions. 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.
Mayor | Years |
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Chris Morgan | 2002 - 2003 |
Linda Arkley | 2003 - 2005 |
John Harrison | 2005 - 2009 |
Linda Arkley | 2009 - 2013 |
Norma Redfearn | 2013 - present |
References
- "North Tyneside". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- Norma Redfearn