Mayor of North Tyneside

Mayor of North Tyneside
120px Incumbent Norma Redfearn since 2013
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of North Tyneside

The Mayor of North Tyneside is the executive mayor of the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. The incumbent since 2013 is Norma Redfearn. A Mayoral Referendum was held on 5 May 2016 to determine if residents wished to retain the Mayoral system or change to a Committee system. The number of votes for continuing with the mayoral system was 32,546, which was 57.5%, while 23,703 wanted a committee system - 41.8%.

Referendum

Mayor of North Tyneside referendum 18 November 2001
Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	30,262	57.6
Cabinet System	22,296	42.4
Required majority	50
Total votes		0
Source: House of Commons Library

Referendum on how North Tyneside is governed 6 May 2016
Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	32,546	57.5
Committee System	24,059	42.5
Required majority	50
Total votes	56,605	100.00

Elections

2002

Mayor of North Tyneside election 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Conservative	Christopher Morgan	21,829	35.9%	4,254	26,083	​ ​
	Labour	Eddie Darke	19,601	32.2%	4,930	24,531	​ ​
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Huscroft	12,323	20.2%			​ ​
	Independent	Allan Pond	4,993	8.2%			​ ​
	Socialist Alliance	Michael Elliott	2,119	3.5%			​ ​
	Conservative win

2003 By-election

Main article: North Tyneside Council election, 2003 § Mayoral bye-election

A mayoral bye-election was held on 12 June 2003, which was won by Linda Arkley of the Conservative Party, after Chris Morgan resigned after he was arrested in relation to police investigations over allegations of possessing indecent images of children. He was subsequently cleared of all charges.

Mayor of North Tyneside Bye-election 12 June 2003
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Conservative	Linda Arkley	18,478	43.1%	2,750	21,228	​ ​
	Labour	Gordon Adam	13,070	30.5%	3,357	16,427	​ ​
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Huscroft	8,404	19.8%			​ ​
	BNP	Robert Batten	2,554	6.0%			​ ​
	Socialist Alliance	Louise van der Hoeven	400	0.9%			​ ​
	Conservative hold

2005

Mayor of North Tyneside election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Labour	John Harrison	34,053	40%	6,407	40,460	​ ​
	Conservative	Linda Arkley	35,467	42%	3,991	39,458	​ ​
	Liberal Democrat	Joan Harvey	12,761	15%			​ ​
	National Front	Robert Batten	2,470	3%			​ ​
	Labour gain from Conservative

2009

Mayor of North Tyneside election 4 June 2009
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Conservative	Linda Arkley	24,784	45%	2,299	27,083	​ ​
	Labour	John Harrison	19,823	34%	2,811	22,634	​ ​
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Huscroft	7,343	13%			​ ​
	BNP	John Burrows	3,398	6%			​ ​
	Green	Martin Collins	1,995	3%			​ ​
	National Front	Robert Batten	1,086	2%			​ ​
	Conservative gain from Labour

2013

North Tyneside Mayoral Election 2 May 2013
Party		Candidate	1st Round	%	2nd Round	Total	First Round Votes  Transfer Votes
	Labour	Norma Redfearn	27,905	55.76%			​ ​
	Conservative	Linda Arkley	18,083	36.14%			​ ​
	Liberal Democrat	John Appleby	4,054	8.10%			​ ​
	Labour gain from Conservative