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North Tyneside: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

North Tyneside Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, North East; part of the NTCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000022.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by North Tyneside for 2026–27: £2,142.32 of a £2,461.77 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

Balliol Primary School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027
Balliol Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 December 2026
Silverdale School — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 new provision), 2 closed (2 for academy)

Carville Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: for academy, 30 April 2026
Churchill Community College (secondary) — closed; reason recorded: for academy, 31 August 2026
Carville Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: new provision, 1 May 2026
Churchill Academy (secondary) — open; reason recorded: new provision, 1 September 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as North Tyneside reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

North Tyneside: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£244.5 million
Highways and transport services	£8.0 million
Children's social care	£70.7 million
Adult social care	£101.1 million
Public health	£14.5 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£6.0 million
Cultural and related services	£19.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£25.7 million
Planning and development services	£1.9 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£9.9 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£501.3 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

North Tyneside in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 215,025 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 43 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £21,741 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £626 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 22.9% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £205,744 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 5.7 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 57.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 57.6 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 3.7 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 94.1% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 61.9 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 6,080 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

60 seats in 2026. Run by: LAB Mayor, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 38, Reform UK 11, Conservative and Unionist 8, Green Party (E&W) 2, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 60 councillors, by ward

Adam Thompson (Labour Party) — Backworth & Holystone
Louise Bell (Labour Party) — Backworth & Holystone
Nigel Huscroft (Labour Party) — Backworth & Holystone
Carl Johnson (Labour Party) — Battle Hill
Christopher Croft (Reform UK) — Battle Hill
Julie Cruddas (Labour Party) — Battle Hill
Martin Uren (Reform UK) — Camperdown
Steve Cox (Labour Party) — Camperdown
Tracy Hallway (Labour Party) — Camperdown
Hannah Johnson (Labour Party) — Chirton & Percy Main
Rebecca O'Keefe (Labour Party) — Chirton & Percy Main
Steven Robinson (Reform UK) — Chirton & Percy Main
Jane Shaw (Labour Party) — Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South
Paula Clough (Labour Party) — Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South
Willie Samuel (Labour Party) — Cullercoats & Whitley Bay South
Janet Hunter (Labour Party) — Forest Hall
Joanne Sharp (Labour Party) — Forest Hall
Peter Earley (Labour Party) — Forest Hall
Dan Robson (Reform UK) — Howdon
John Harrison (Labour Party) — Howdon
Linda Bell (Labour Party) — Howdon
Brian Smith (Reform UK) — Killingworth
Mick Stobbart (Reform UK) — Killingworth
Paul Bunyan (Labour Party) — Killingworth
Bryan MacDonald (Labour Party) — Longbenton & Benton
Eddie Darke (Labour Party) — Longbenton & Benton
Linda Darke (Labour Party) — Longbenton & Benton
Davey Drummond (Labour Party) — Monkseaton
Martin Murphy (Labour Party) — Monkseaton
Sarah Day (Labour Party) — Monkseaton
Claire McGinty (Conservative and Unionist) — New York & Murton
Keith McAllister (Reform UK) — New York & Murton
Olly Scargill (Conservative and Unionist) — New York & Murton
Josephine Mudzingwa (Labour Party) — North Shields
Martin Osborne (Green Party (E&W)) — North Shields
Wendy Lott (Labour Party) — North Shields
David Lilly (Conservative and Unionist) — Preston with Preston Grange
John Johnsson (Conservative and Unionist) — Preston with Preston Grange
Liam Bones (Conservative and Unionist) — Preston with Preston Grange
Brian Burdis (Labour Party) — Shiremoor
Michael Harrigan (Reform UK) — Shiremoor
Tommy Mulvenna (Labour Party) — Shiremoor
Andy Holdsworth (Labour Party) — St Mary's
Ian McAlpine (Conservative and Unionist) — St Mary's
Judith Wallace (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
Jay Bartoli (Conservative and Unionist) — Tynemouth
Lewis Bartoli (Conservative and Unionist) — Tynemouth
Tom Bailey (Labour Party) — Tynemouth
Charlie Gray (Labour Party) — Wallsend Central
Louise Marshall (Labour Party) — Wallsend Central
Richard Oliver (Reform UK) — Wallsend Central
Andy Newman (Labour Party) — Wallsend North
Iain Graham (Reform UK) — Wallsend North
Jim Montague (Labour Party) — Wallsend North
Anthony McMullen (Labour Party) — Weetslade
Richard Ross (Reform UK) — Weetslade
Sarah Burtenshaw (Labour Party) — Weetslade
Helen Bell (Green Party (E&W)) — Whitley Bay North
Joe Kirwin (Labour Party) — Whitley Bay North
John O'Shea (Labour Party) — Whitley Bay North

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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