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local elections 2024
North Tyneside Green Party is continuing its upwards trajectory following this year’s local elections on the 2nd May, with a significant increase in the vote share throughout North Tyneside and again finished a strong second for the hotly contested Whitley Bay North seat on North Tyneside Council.
After the notable milestone of picking up votes from more than 1 in 10 of turned-out electors in North Tyneside in the 2023 elections, the Green Party doubled that figure this year with 1 in 5 electors across North Tyneside Borough as a whole supporting a Green Party candidate. This underlines the fact that the people of North Tyneside really want to see more accountability on Green issues from their council.
In fact, when we look at the overall vote shares for main parties in North Tyneside it becomes very clear that we are no longer a two party borough. Labour had 58% of the vote, Conservative had 18.2% and the Greens had 14.1%. Overall the party saw a 42% increase in vote share, coming in as runner up in 7 of the 20 wards as the Greens established themselves as a serious force in local politics here.
“We’re thrilled by the overwhelming support in this election,” remarked Ian Appleby, Elections Officer, North Tyneside Green Party. “It’s fantastic to see North Tyneside voters embracing our vision for a fairer and Greener community. With their continued support we are so close to achieving our goal of Green Councillors in North Tyneside.”
Alan Steele, the Green Party candidate for Whitley Bay North, added: “I’m heartened to see how many more people voted Green in this election. It’s my hope that our elected representatives take note of this momentum and the meaningful message it sends. People are looking for a fairer, greener North Tyneside.”
Alan Steele, Lead campaigner
Candidate for Whitley Bay North, Local Elections 2024
You can see Alan’s candidate statement below – click on it for a bigger version.
general elections 2024
North Tyneside gets strongest Green General Election Results in history
The General Election 2024 results are in and North Tyneside are celebrating the strongest general election results ever! Comparing this year’s results from the 4 new constituencies that are fully or partly made up of North Tyneside voters, we can see that our total vote share over those four constituencies are up significantly with a record 8.7% of the vote.
In Tynemouth, the only constituency that is totally in North Tyneside, our candidate Chloe-Louise Reilly tripled our vote share from the 2019 election with 7.4% of the vote (up 5%). We retained our deposit in all but one of the new constituencies and placed above the Liberal Democrats in 3 out of 4 of them. In Newcastle East & Wallsend where Matt Williams came in third with a notable 12.4% of the vote (up 8.6%), we even beat the Tories! In Newcastle North, Sarah Peters came 5th with 10.4% of the vote (up 6.3%) and in Cramlington and Killingworth, Ian Jones more than doubled our vote, coming in 4th with 4.7% of the vote (up 2.2%).
This builds on our recent even bigger share of the votes from the local elections where we polled at an average of 14.1% of the total votes over the whole borough.
Ian Appleby, Elections Officer for North Tyneside Green Party said “This kind of result is exactly what we’ve been hoping for – and shows that people are now seeing that a vote for the Greens is no longer a protest vote – it’s a real vote for change. We are ready to move onward and upward and we’re calling on all our members and supporters to grab this moment and help us build on this success for a future we can all believe in and be proud of.”
For further details please see the 2024 General Election candidates details page here.
Please note: in this initial analysis all figures above were taken from bbc.co.uk ‘Election 2024’
From left to right: Chloe-Louise Reilly: Tynemouth, Ian Jones: Cramlington and Killingworth, Matt Williams: Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend, Sarah Peters: Newcastle upon Tyne North.
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