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.

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:
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 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 of the Labour Party. Her predecessor was Linda Arkley of the Conservative Party.
MayorYears
Chris Morgan2002 - 2003
Linda Arkley2003 - 2005
John Harrison2005 - 2009
Linda Arkley2009 - 2013
Norma Redfearn2013 - present