Austen Shakespeare

Local democracy reporter for @ChronicleLive covering Gateshead and North Tyneside council.
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While North Tyneside Labour received a bruising today, it retains its majority alongside a new Reform UK opposition. The new political makeup of the council is as follows:
Labour: 38
Reform:11
Conservatives: 8
Green: 2
Independent: 1

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St Mary’s:
•Janet Elizabeth Appleby (LD): 135
•Joanne Beynon (GRN): 393
•Naysin Maria Lambert (REF): 801
•George Partis (CON): 1,207
•Jack Lee Proud (LAB): 729
•Judith Wallace (IND): 1,507
Independent hold

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Cullercoats and Whitley Bay South:
•Ken Barrie (CON): 187
•Mark Belshaw (WP): 49
•Paula Clough (LAB): 1,473
•Mark Holmes (REF): 1,015
•Penny Reid (LD): 257
•Alan Steele (GRN):1,192
Labour hold

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Wallsend Central:
•Valerie Anderson (CON):  187
•Ian Appleby (GRN): 700
•Ian Raymond Grayson (LAB): 945 
•Richard Julian Oliver (REF): 1,022
Reform gain from Labour

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Camperdown:
•Michael Christopher Gibson (GRN):  390
•Rosemary Ann Kinghorn (CON):260
•Martin Henry Uren (REF):1,010
•Joan Isabel Walker (LAB): 818
Reform gain from Labour

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Monkseaton:
•John Christopher Appleby (LD): 346
•David Steven (CON): 612
•Martin James Murphy (LAB):1,470
•Nigel Christopher Parkinson (REF):1,149
•Chloe-Louise Reilly (GRN): 783
Labour hold

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New York and Murton:
•Peter Daniel Anderson (LAB): 386
•Daniel John Inglis (CON):  588
•Keith McAllister (REF):  800
•Sophie Joanna McGlinn (GRN): 367
Reform gain from Conservatives

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Howdon:
•Connor Patrick Archie Bones (CON): 190
•Carole Ann Nissen (GRN): 500
•Dan Robson (REF): 1,294
•Matthew Brian Thirlaway (LAB): 736
Reform gain from Labour

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Forest Hall:
•Stuart Clark Hill (NTCI): 564
•Sam Lambert (REF):  916
•Michael Andrew Newton (GRN): 500
•Susan Rodgerson (CON): 238
•Joanne Marie Sharp (LAB):1,204  
Labour hold

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Weetslade:
•Martin William Collins (GRN):465
•Matt Johnsson (CON): 488
•Liz McMullen (LAB): 979
•Richard Ross (REF): 1,531
Reform gain from Labour

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Wallsend North:
•Alexander James Amos (CON): 226
•Iain Paul Graham (REF): 1,463
•Alex Martin (LD): 317
•Tricia Neira (LAB): 906
•Sue Woolmore (GRN): 429
Reform gain from Labour

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Longbenton and Benton:
•Mark James Anderson (REF):  885
•Ryan Crawford (GRN): 612
•Linda Darke (LAB):  1,019
•Deborah Jayne Lennox (CON):  163
•Emma Lilian Vinton (LD):149
Labour hold

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Whitley Bay North:
•Helen MacKenzie Bell (GRN): 1,868
•Sandra Maria Graham (LAB):1,586 
•Dominique Stanislaus Mikula (CON):  331
•Ben Mooney (REF): 702
•David Nisbet (LED): 215
Green gain from Labour

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Shiremoor:
•Michael Harrigan (REF): 1,076
•John Honeychurch-Kyle (CON): 237
•Caron Louise Kirkham (GRN):1,012 
•Kristin Dominica Nott (LAB): 576
Reform gain from Labour

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We have just had our 7th result. So far we have had three Reform, two conservatives, one Labour, and one Green!

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Preston with Preston Grange:
•David Wallace Lilly (CON): 1,343
•Phillip McGuire (REF): 909
•Helen Smith McGuire (GRN):651
•Fletcher Sowerby (LAB): 902
Conservative Hold

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Battle Hill:
•Christopher Michael Croft (REF):1,299
•Nick Martin – (GRN): 413
•David Charles Office (CON): 231
•Steven Alan Phillips (LAB):1,058
Reform gain from Labour

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The acceptance speech from newly elected Green councillor for North Shields, Martin Anthony Osborne.

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North Shields:
•Maureen Jeffrey (CON): 274
•Frank Lott (LAB): 934
•Andrew Anthony Mitchinson (REF): 938
•Martin Anthony Osborne (GRN): 1,156
•Charis Pollard (LD): 154
Green gain from Labour

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Backworth and Holystone:
•John Falkenstein (REF): 973
•Christopher Johnston (CON):279
•Yara Rodrigues Fowler (GRN):358
•Adam Ian Thompson (LAB): 1,042
Labour hold