Labour maintained its foothold on South Tyneside Council, while the Green Party and Independents also celebrated small gains across a number of wards.
The Labour Party has been steadily losing seats over the past few years across South Tyneside, missing the mark with four wards in 2021 and a further nine in 2019. And Labour's run of bad luck continued somewhat in tonight's elections - losing a further four seats when the results came in with the Independents and Green Party taking two a piece from the wall of red.
Sarah McKeown took Beacon & Bents from Labour, while Andrew Guy reigned supreme in West Park. Independents John Robinson and Paul Brenen also took a seat each from Labour with Primrose and Westoe respectively.
Read more: Full results for every ward that held a vote on South Tyneside Council
However, despite losing four seats - the Labour Party retained its majority control over South Tyneside Council with 41 complete seats. The Green Party also took a further seat from the Conservative Party, as David Herbert bested Stan Wildhirt by 129 votes when the dust settled in Cleadon and East Boldon.
The Conservative Party now only have one sole seat within South Tyneside Council, in the form of Councillor Ian Forster who is still serving his term in the same ward.
Labour also won an extra seat in Harton on the night, as two seats were available due to the death of long-serving councillor Rob Dix in February this year. Michael Henry Clare (853 votes) and Neil Maxwell (833) won both seats for the Labour Party in Harton.
The turnout on South Tyneside was 38,148.
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