After May 7
Reform UK majority
Council size: 54 seats · 54 up on May 7
Council · Metropolitan borough
South Tyneside
Reform UK majority after May 7 2026. (Majority gained, previously Labour)
What happened on May 7
Seats won and overall control
Reform UK
41 of 54 seats
Won 41 on May 7 · had 0 before · majority
Next election
May 2030
Whole council every 4 years.
Post-May 7 composition
Every party's seat count on the new council
Pre-May-7 composition is the latest OCD snapshot of who held each seat; post is pre minus seats up plus actual winners.
How accurate was the model here?
Our 7 May 2026 forecast for South Tyneside
Locked, sha256-witnessed forecast scored against the actual count. See the full national accuracy audit →
Our locked May 7 forecast
The pre-election prediction
This is the seats-on-the-ballot projection we published before polls opened, used here for accuracy comparison only.
All wards
Per-ward forecast vs actual
| Ward | Our top pick | Actual winner | Predicted share | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon & Bents | Reform UK | Green Party | 33.5% | low |
| Bede | Independent | Reform UK | 40.4% | high |
| Biddick & All Saints | Reform UK | Reform UK | 44.8% | low |
| Boldon Colliery | Independent | Reform UK | 31.9% | high |
| Cleadon Park & Harton Moor | Reform UK | Reform UK | 33.5% | low |
| Cleadon Village & East Boldon | Reform UK | Green Party | 30.7% | low |
| Fellgate & Hedworth | Reform UK | Reform UK | 33.5% | low |
| Harton | Independent | Reform UK | 34.9% | high |
| Hebburn North | Reform UK | Reform UK | 30.8% | high |
| Hebburn South | Labour | Reform UK | 40.8% | high |
| Horsley Hill & Westoe Crown | Reform UK | Reform UK | 33.5% | low |
| Monkton | Labour | Reform UK | 33.0% | high |
| Primrose | Independent | Reform UK | 40.1% | high |
| Simonside & Rekendyke | Reform UK | Reform UK | 33.5% | low |
| West Park | Green Party | Green Party | 48.1% | high |
| Westoe | Independent | Independent | 39.3% | high |
| Whitburn & Marsden | Reform UK | Reform UK | 45.2% | low |
| Whiteleas | Labour | Reform UK | 44.8% | high |