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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
ServiceBudget
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 servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone 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).

Life in South Tyneside: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: South Tyneside.

People living here
151,255 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
43 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£20,303 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£537 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
29.6% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
4.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£160,518 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs
4.9 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women
55.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
55.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
3.1 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
92.9% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
175.0 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
3,650 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for South Tyneside from the ONS

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

This council’s area is covered by North East combined authority, with its elected mayor.

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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