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South 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.

South Tyneside Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, North East; part of the NECA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000023.

Council website

Do it online

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 South Tyneside for 2026–27: £2,114.98 of a £2,434.43 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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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

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

South Tyneside: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£168.8 million
Highways and transport services	£8.3 million
Children's social care	£56.8 million
Adult social care	£91.4 million
Public health	£19.4 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£3.6 million
Cultural and related services	£8.5 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£15.3 million
Planning and development services	£2.9 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£11.2 million
Other services	−£489,000
Total service expenditure	£385.8 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).

South Tyneside in numbers

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

Total population: 151,393 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 42 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £20,303 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £537 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 29.6% 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: 4.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £161,559 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 4.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 55.8 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: 55.9 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: 3.1 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 92.9% 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: 175.0 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: 3,650 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

54 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 41, Green Party (E&W) 10, Independent / Other 2, Labour Party 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 54 councillors, by ward

Rana Rahman (Green Party (E&W)) — Beacon & Bents
Sarah McKeown (Green Party (E&W)) — Beacon & Bents
Sue Stonehouse (Green Party (E&W)) — Beacon & Bents
Alan Rice (Reform UK) — Bede
Chris Wears (Reform UK) — Bede
Michael Oughton (Reform UK) — Bede
Rachael Taylor (Green Party (E&W)) — Biddick & All Saints
Steve Maddison (Reform UK) — Biddick & All Saints
Steven Smith (Reform UK) — Biddick & All Saints
Chris Fox (Reform UK) — Boldon Colliery
Ian Diamond (Reform UK) — Boldon Colliery
Simon Oliver (Independent / Other) — Boldon Colliery
Heidi Wildhirt (Reform UK) — Cleadon Park & Harton Moor
Helen Ross (Reform UK) — Cleadon Park & Harton Moor
Russell Clifton (Reform UK) — Cleadon Park & Harton Moor
Abbey Muquith (Green Party (E&W)) — Cleadon Village & East Boldon
David Herbert (Green Party (E&W)) — Cleadon Village & East Boldon
Shirley Ford (Green Party (E&W)) — Cleadon Village & East Boldon
Geraline Kilgour (Labour Party) — Fellgate & Hedworth
Jean Murray (Reform UK) — Fellgate & Hedworth
Mal Bell (Reform UK) — Fellgate & Hedworth
Alex Clarke (Reform UK) — Harton
Jim Mouat (Reform UK) — Harton
Shaun Barclay (Reform UK) — Harton
Andy Heywood (Reform UK) — Hebburn North
Mike Smith (Reform UK) — Hebburn North
Susan Sybenga (Reform UK) — Hebburn North
Elliott Curry (Reform UK) — Hebburn South
Gary Elsender (Reform UK) — Hebburn South
Mark Richardson (Reform UK) — Hebburn South
Audrey Fenwick (Reform UK) — Horsley Hill & Westoe Crown
Charlie Medcalf (Reform UK) — Horsley Hill & Westoe Crown
Pat Newman (Reform UK) — Horsley Hill & Westoe Crown
Marian Stead (Reform UK) — Monkton
Matt Ling (Reform UK) — Monkton
Sheryl Jones (Reform UK) — Monkton
Adam Smith (Reform UK) — Primrose
Alex Barr (Reform UK) — Primrose
Elaine Thomas (Reform UK) — Primrose
Luke Perry (Reform UK) — Simonside & Rekendyke
Michelle Fascione (Reform UK) — Simonside & Rekendyke
Phillip Brown (Reform UK) — Simonside & Rekendyke
Jasim Uddin (Green Party (E&W)) — West Park
Matt Blair (Green Party (E&W)) — West Park
Tony Leather (Green Party (E&W)) — West Park
Karen Pittuck (Reform UK) — Westoe
Kate Owens-Palmer (Independent / Other) — Westoe
Sharlene Tooley (Reform UK) — Westoe
David Royal (Reform UK) — Whitburn & Marsden
Steve Cain (Reform UK) — Whitburn & Marsden
Tony Humphrey (Reform UK) — Whitburn & Marsden
Chris Turnbull (Reform UK) — Whiteleas
Paul Mackings (Reform UK) — Whiteleas
Stan Wildhirt (Reform UK) — Whiteleas

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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