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{{Infobox UK district
|name = Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
|image = [[Image:TyneWear-NorthTyneside.png|150px|North Tyneside]]<br>''Shown within [[Tyne and Wear]]''
|status = [[Metropolitan borough]]
|region = [[North East England]]
|admincounty = [[Tyne and Wear]]
|area = [[List of English districts by area|Ranked 260th]]<br>[[1 E7 m²|82.39]] [[square kilometre|km²]]
|adminhq = [[Wallsend]]
|onscode = 00CK
|population = [[List of English districts by population|Ranked {{English district rank|ONS=00CK}}]]<br>{{English district population|ONS=00CK}}<br>{{English district density|ONS=00CK}} / km²
|ethnicity = 98.1% White
|politics = [[North Tyneside Council]]<br>http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk
|leadership = Mayor & Cabinet
|executive = {{English district control|ONS=00CK}}
|mayor = [[John Harrison (politician)|John Harrison]]<br>([[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]])
|mp = [[Nick Brown]],<br> [[Stephen Byers]],<br> [[Alan Campbell (politician)|Alan Campbell]]
|year = 2005
}}
'''North Tyneside''' is a [[metropolitan borough]] of [[Tyne and Wear]] in the [[North East England|North East]] of [[England]]. Its seat is at the [[Town Hall]], [[Wallsend]].
Created in 1974, the borough lies within the [[Historic counties of England|historic county boundaries]] of [[Northumberland]].
==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:
*[[Annitsford]]
*[[Backworth]]
*[[Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne|Benton]]
*[[Cullercoats]]
*[[Forest Hall]]
*[[Killingworth]]
*[[Monkseaton]]
*[[New York, Tyne and Wear|New York]]
*[[Seaton Burn]]
*[[Shiremoor]]
*[[Tynemouth]]
==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 [[Elected mayors in the United Kingdom|directly-elected mayor]], currently [[John Harrison (politician)|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===
====[[North Tyneside Council election 2008|2008 Results]]====
A third of the councillors were elected as part of the [[UK local elections, 2008|English local elections of 2008]].
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|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
! Party || No. of 2007 Councillors || No. of 2008 Councillors || % || ±%
|-
| bgcolor="FF6868" | Labour
| 23
| 21
| 35
| -3.3 from 2007
|-
| bgcolor=#007FFF | Conservative
| 28
| 31
| 52
| +5 from 2007
|-
| bgcolor="FFD800" | Liberal Democrats
| 9
| 8
| 13
| -1.6 from 2007
|}
====[[North Tyneside Council election 2007|2007 Results]]====
A third of the councillors were elected as part of the [[UK local elections, 2007|English local elections of 2007]].
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|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
! Party || No. of 2006 Councillors || No. of 2007 Councillors || % || ±%
|-
| bgcolor="FF6868" | Labour
| 23
| 23
| 38.3
| 0 from 2006
|-
| bgcolor=#007FFF | Conservative
| 28
| 28
| 46.6
| 0 from 2006
|-
| bgcolor="FFD800" | Liberal Democrats
| 8
| 9
| 15
| +1.6 from 2006
|-
| Independent
| 1
| 0
| 0
| - 1.6 from 2006
|}
====[[North Tyneside Council election 2006|2006 Results]]====
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|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
! Party || No. of 2004 Councillors || No. of 2006 Councillors || % || ±%
|-
| bgcolor="FF6868" | Labour
| 26
| 23
| 38.3
| -5 from 2004
|-
| bgcolor=#007FFF | Conservative
| 27
| 28
| 46.6
| +1.6 from 2004
|-
| bgcolor="FFD800" | Liberal Democrats
| 7
| 8
| 13.3
| +1.6 from 2004
|-
| Independent
| 0
| 1
| 1.6
| +1.6 from 2004
|}
====[[North Tyneside Council mayoral election 2005|2005 Mayoral Results]]====
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|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
! Party || Name of Candidate || Votes || %
|-
| bgcolor="FF6868" | Labour
| [[John Harrison (politician)|John Lawrence Langford Harrison]]
| 40,460
| 42.52
|-
| bgcolor=#007FFF | Conservative
| [[Linda Arkley]]
| 39,458
| 41.47
|-
| bgcolor="FFD800" | Liberal Democrats
| Dr Joan Harvey
| 12,761
| 13.41
|-
| bgcolor="#BAAF96" | British National Front
| Robert Nigel Batten
| 2,470
| 2.6
|}
====[[North Tyneside Council election 2004|2004 Results]]====
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|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
! Party || No. of 2003 Councillors || No. of 2004 Councillors || % || ±%
|-
| bgcolor="FF6868" | Labour
| 29
| 26
| 43.3
| -4.8 from 2003
|-
| bgcolor=#007FFF | Conservative
| 21
| 27
| 45
| +9.6 from 2003
|-
| bgcolor="FFD800" | Liberal Democrats
| 8
| 7
| 11.6
| -1.6 from 2003
|-
| Independent
| 2
| 0
| 0
| -3.3 from 2003
|}
====[[North Tyneside Council election 2003|2003 Mayoral and Election Results]]====
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|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
! Party || Name of Candidate || Votes || %
|-
| bgcolor="#007FFF" | Conservative
| [[Linda Arkley]]
| 21,288
| 43.38
|-
| bgcolor="FF6868" | Labour
| [[Gordon Adam]]
| 16,427
| 33.47
|-
| bgcolor="FFD800" | Liberal Democrats
| Michael Huscroft
| 8,404
| 17.12
|-
| bgcolor="#BAAF96" | British National Front
| Robert Nigel Batten
| 2,554
| 5.20
|-
| bgcolor="FF0033" | Socialist Alliance
| Louise Van Der Hoeven
| 400
| 0.81
|}
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|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
! Party || No. of 2002 Councillors || No. of 2003 Councillors || % || ±%
|-
| bgcolor="FF6868" | Labour
| 34
| 29
| 48.3
| -8.3 from 2003
|-
| bgcolor=#007FFF | Conservative
| 19
| 21
| 35
| +3.3 from 2002
|-
| bgcolor="FFD800" | Liberal Democrats
| 7
| 8
| 13.3
| +1.6 from 2002
|-
| Independent
| 0
| 2
| 3.2
| +3.3 from 2002
|}
====2002 Results====
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|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
! Party || No. of 2001 Councillors || No. of 2002 Councillors || % || ±%
|-
| bgcolor="FF6868" | Labour
| 35
| 34
| 56.6
| -1.6 from 2001
|-
| bgcolor=#007FFF | Conservative
| 17
| 19
| 31.6
| +3.3 from 2001
|-
| bgcolor="FFD800" | 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 road|A19]] which leaves the [[A1 road|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, Tyne and Wear|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]]
==External links==
[[Archives]] of North Tyneside (including boroughs of [[Tynemouth]], [[Wallsend]] and [[Whitley Bay]] and [[Longbenton]] Urban District are preserved and accessible at [[Tyne and Wear Archives Service]] [http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk]
* [http://www.ntyneside.info/forums North Tyneside Online] Infomation regarding the areas in North Tyneside. Sport, news, Events and So are are found here.
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