South Tyneside Council

South Tyneside Council
Type
Type	Metropolitan borough
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Mayor	Fay Cunningham, Labour since 14 May 2024[1]
Leader	Tracey Dixon, Labour since 14 January 2021
Chief Executive	Jonathan Tew since August 2021
Structure
Seats	54 councillors
Political groups	Administration (28)   Labour (28) Other parties (26)   Independent (15)   Green (11)
Elections
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Meeting place
Town Hall, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL
Website
www.southtyneside.gov.uk

South Tyneside Council is the local authority of for the metropolitan borough of South Tyneside in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. It is one of five metropolitan boroughs in Tyne and Wear and one of 36 in England. It provides the majority of local government services in South Tyneside. The council has been under Labour majority control since 1979. It is based at South Shields Town Hall. The council is a constituent member of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority.