South Tyneside Council elections 2023: Full list of candidates for every ward ahead of polling day

Around 70 candidates have put their names forward in the latest round of local government elections scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 4.

As South Tyneside Council holds its elections by ‘thirds’ for its 54 councillors, one seat is up for grabs in each council ward with 18 councillors due to be elected.

Former borough councillors and previous candidates are just some of the people throwing their hats in the ring to contest seats.

With a number of councillors standing down at the end of their terms this year, the Local Authority is expected to see several new faces once the polls have closed.

The council’s ruling Labour Group and opposition Conservatives, Green Party and independents will be contesting and defending seats across the borough.

This includes the Labour Group and Green Party standing candidates in all 18 wards and the Conservatives standing candidates in 15 wards.

Around 16 independent candidates are also standing across the majority of the borough’s wards with two independent candidates each in both Westoe and West Park.

Elsewhere, Reform UK will be standing one candidate in the Harton ward while the Liberal Democrats will be standing candidates in Hebburn North and Westoe.

This May, for the first time, voters will need to show photo ID at a polling station.

This is a new requirement, introduced by the Government’s Elections Act. To find out which ID you can use in the polling station, visit the Electoral Commission website.

The deadline to register to vote is midnight on Monday, April 17, and you can apply online at https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

Here is the full list of the people vying for your vote next month:

BEACON AND BENTS

David Roger Francis (Green Party)

Ali Hayder (Conservative Party)

Masuda Piya Rahman (Labour Party)

David Wood (Independent)

BEDE

John Michael Chilton (Green Party)

Sean McDonagh (Labour Party)

Keith Roberts (Independent)

William Smith (Conservative Party)

BIDDICK AND ALL SAINTS

Natalie Bell (Independent)

Moynul Hussain (Labour Party)

Rachael Milne (Green Party)

John Wood (Conservative Party)

BOLDON COLLIERY

Fay Cunningham (Labour Party)

Simon Kevin Oliver (Independent)

Darius Seago (Green Party)

Donald Wood (Conservative Party)

CLEADON AND EAST BOLDON

Shirley Florence Ford (Green Party)

Georgia Jamieson (Labour Party)

Jeff Milburn (No description)

Stan Wildhirt (Conservative Party)

CLEADON PARK

Steven Harrison (Independent)

John Gordon Riley (Green Party)

Chris Sanderson (Conservative Party)

Susan Malcolm Traynor (Labour Party)

FELLGATE AND HEDWORTH

Nic Cook (Green Party)

Ian Jason Diamond (Independent)

Jay Potts (Labour Party)

HARTON

Rhiannon Sian Curtis (Green Party)

Neil Maxwell (Labour Party)

Jim Mouat (Reform UK)

Lawrence Nolan (Independent)

HEBBURN NORTH

Adam Ellison (Labour Party)

Tia Jade McMurray Sinclair (Conservative Party)

Colin Robert Tosh (Green Party)

Shay Whitehead (Liberal Democrats)

HEBBURN SOUTH

Carl Duncan (Conservative Party)

Brian Goodman (Independent)

Shane Andrew Smith (Labour Party)

Briony Elizabeth Sommers (Green Party)

HORSLEY HILL

Ruth Rachael Berkley (Labour Party)

Phil Brown (Independent)

Chloe Joanne Grant (Conservative Party)

Carrie Richardson (Green Party)

MONKTON

Chris Davies (Green Party)

Michael Robert Ferry (Conservative Party)

Margaret Mary Meling (Labour and Co-operative Party)

PRIMROSE

Kevin Brydon (Labour Party)

Emmanuel John Velasco Michael (Green Party)

Paul James Milburn (Independent)

Luke Andrew Robson (Conservative Party)

SIMONSIDE AND REKENDYKE

Aaron Michael Cain (Conservative Party)

Judith Helen Taylor (Labour Party)

Bethany Dionne Telford (Green Party)

Kenneth George Wood (Independent)

WEST PARK

Julie Angela Angell (Independent)

Shaun Connolly (Conservative Party)

Anne Mellanby Hetherington (Labour Party)

Justin Knight (Independent)

Jim Yare (Green Party)

WESTOE

Georgina Holt (Green Party)

Mark Ireland (Liberal Democrats)

Nigel Mark Reedman (Independent)

Glenn Michael Thompson (Independent)

Michelle Teresa Turnbull (Labour Party)

WHITBURN AND MARSDEN

Edward Littley (Green Party)

Joyce Welsh (Labour and Co-operative Party)

Heidi Wildhirt (Conservative Party)

WHITELEAS

Robin Anthony Coombes (Independent)

Ernest Matthew Gibson (Labour Party)

Dawn Wildhirt (Conservative Party)

Sophie Jane Williams (Green Party)

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