Overview

• Reform UK’s Brian Smith won Killingworth with 771 votes, giving the party its first councillor in North Tyneside.
• Labour’s Bryan John Macdonald held Longbenton and Benton with 739 votes, maintaining Labour’s representation on the council.
• Voter turnout reached 30.3% in Killingworth and 24.7% in Longbenton and Benton, indicating modest engagement.
• New legislation required voters to present photographic ID at polling stations for the first time.
• Brian Smith hailed the result as the start of Reform’s local growth, while Mayor Karen Clark said the party did not pose a serious threat.