North Tyneside

North Tyneside
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Geography
Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
Shown within Tyne and Wear
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North East England
Admin. County:	Tyne and Wear
Area: Total:	Ranked 260th 82.39 km²
Admin. HQ:	Wallsend
ONS code:	00CK
Demographics
Population: Total (2007 est.): Density:	Ranked 72nd 196,000 2379 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.1% White
Politics
North Tyneside Council http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk

Leadership:	Mayor & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
Mayor:	John Harrison (Labour)
MPs:	Nick Brown, Stephen Byers, Alan Campbell

North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear in the North East of England. Its seat is at the Town Hall, Wallsend.

Created in 1974, the borough lies within the historic county boundaries of Northumberland.

1 Location
2 History
3 Administration and elections
- 3.1 Past election results
4 Economy
5 Transport
6 Places of interest
7 External links

Location

North Tyneside is bounded by Newcastle to the West, the river Tyne to the South and Northumberland to the North. The main towns are Wallsend, North Shields and Whitley Bay, which form a continuously built-up area contiguous with Newcastle. Other places in North Tyneside include:

History

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the county borough of Tynemouth, with the borough of Wallsend, part of the borough of Whitley Bay, the urban district of Longbenton and part of the urban district of Seaton Valley.

Administration and elections

Unlike most English districts, its council is led by a directly-elected mayor, currently John Harrison

The council is elected "in thirds", with one councillor from each three-member ward elected each year for the first three years, the mayoral election being held on the fourth year. With three councillors elected from each of 20 wards, there are 60 councillors in total.

Past election results

2008 Results

A third of the councillors were elected as part of the English local elections of 2008.

Party	No. of 2007 Councillors	No. of 2008 Councillors	%	±%
Labour	23	21	35	-3.3 from 2007
Conservative	28	31	52	+5 from 2007
Liberal Democrats	9	8	13	-1.6 from 2007

2007 Results

A third of the councillors were elected as part of the English local elections of 2007.

Party	No. of 2006 Councillors	No. of 2007 Councillors	%	±%
Labour	23	23	38.3	0 from 2006
Conservative	28	28	46.6	0 from 2006
Liberal Democrats	8	9	15	+1.6 from 2006
Independent	1	0	0	- 1.6 from 2006

2006 Results

Party	No. of 2004 Councillors	No. of 2006 Councillors	%	±%
Labour	26	23	38.3	-5 from 2004
Conservative	27	28	46.6	+1.6 from 2004
Liberal Democrats	7	8	13.3	+1.6 from 2004
Independent	0	1	1.6	+1.6 from 2004

2005 Mayoral Results

Party	Name of Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	John Lawrence Langford Harrison	40,460	42.52
Conservative	Linda Arkley	39,458	41.47
Liberal Democrats	Dr Joan Harvey	12,761	13.41
British National Front	Robert Nigel Batten	2,470	2.6

2004 Results

Party	No. of 2003 Councillors	No. of 2004 Councillors	%	±%
Labour	29	26	43.3	-4.8 from 2003
Conservative	21	27	45	+9.6 from 2003
Liberal Democrats	8	7	11.6	-1.6 from 2003
Independent	2	0	0	-3.3 from 2003

2003 Mayoral and Election Results

Party	Name of Candidate	Votes	%
Conservative	Linda Arkley	21,288	43.38
Labour	Gordon Adam	16,427	33.47
Liberal Democrats	Michael Huscroft	8,404	17.12
British National Front	Robert Nigel Batten	2,554	5.20
Socialist Alliance	Louise Van Der Hoeven	400	0.81

Party	No. of 2002 Councillors	No. of 2003 Councillors	%	±%
Labour	34	29	48.3	-8.3 from 2003
Conservative	19	21	35	+3.3 from 2002
Liberal Democrats	7	8	13.3	+1.6 from 2002
Independent	0	2	3.2	+3.3 from 2002

2002 Results

Party	No. of 2001 Councillors	No. of 2002 Councillors	%	±%
Labour	35	34	56.6	-1.6 from 2001
Conservative	17	19	31.6	+3.3 from 2001
Liberal Democrats	8	7	11.6	-1.6 from 2001

Economy

North Tyneside lies in the coalfield that covers the South-East of the historic county of Northumberland. It has traditionally been a centre of heavy industry along with the rest of Tyneside, with for example the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend, and export of coal. Today most of the heavy industry has gone, leaving high unemployment in some areas (over the borough, 3.2% compared to 2.7% for the UK). The borough is the 69th most deprived in England, out of 354. However some parts function as relatively wealthy dormitory suburbs of Newcastle. Recent growth has come in the A19 corridor with new industrial estates and retail parks.

Transport

Two key roads serve North Tyneside:

The A19 which leaves the A1 north of Newcastle and runs through the borough and then through the Tyne Tunnel to South Tyneside, Teesside and towards the South.
The Coast Road (A1058) runs from Newcastle to the coast. For most of its length it is grade-separated.

North Tyneside is served by 17 stations on the Tyne & Wear Metro on a loop from Newcastle through Wallsend, North Shields, Whitley Bay, Benton and back to Newcastle. There are no National Rail stations in the borough.

The Shields Ferry links North Shields to South Shields, in South Tyneside.

There is an international ferry terminal at Royal Quays in North Shields, with services to Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Places of interest

Segedunum Roman fort is in Wallsend (at the end of Hadrian's wall).
The Stephenson Railway Museum in New York, named after George Stephenson and Robert Stephenson who hailed from Tyneside and lived in West Moor in North Tyneside 1802-1824.
Tynemouth Castle and Priory