{"id":572803,"date":"2026-05-08T10:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572803\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:53:10","slug":"north-east-local-election-results-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/572803\/","title":{"rendered":"North East local election results 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis: This could be the end of Labour dominance of North East councilspublished at 11:41 BST<\/p>\n<p>11:41 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/82ccc373-911d-4c8f-9cc8-51a736f5d12f.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Richard Moss<br \/>Political editor, North East &amp; Cumbria<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Decades of Labour<br \/>\ndomination in some of the North East\u2019s councils could end today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The rise of Reform UK<br \/>\nposes the biggest challenge to the party yet in authorities it has led for more<br \/>\nthan 50 years. But it\u2019s not the only one &#8211; the Greens have also been looking to<br \/>\npeel off Labour voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Labour&#8217;s poor national<br \/>\npoll ratings could not have come at a worse time. The usual pattern is for only<br \/>\na third of seats to be elected in any one year, but boundary changes have<br \/>\nforced an all-out election for the first time since 2004 in four of Tyne and Wear&#8217;s councils. That maximises the potential for change. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sunderland is Reform&#8217;s<br \/>\ntop target &#8211; a council Labour has held for 52 years. It currently has no<br \/>\ncouncillors. That will certainly change, but Nigel Farage has been clear that<br \/>\nhe does not just want to dent Labour&#8217;s hold. He wants to win the city that<br \/>\nplayed such a symbolic role in the 2016 Brexit referendum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But Gateshead is another<br \/>\npotential prize, another council Labour has controlled since 1974. Reform has<br \/>\nhad no representation until now. but are confident of doing well. The<br \/>\nLiberal Democrats, who have been the main opposition will want to make an impact<br \/>\ntoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In South Tyneside,<br \/>\nGreens and Independents have been the main opposition to a Labour<br \/>\nadministration that lost its majority in the council chamber in the run-up to<br \/>\nthe elections. Labour are likely to fall further back, but it is also another<br \/>\npotential Reform target.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nigel Farage on a stage. He is wearing a blue suit, a white shirt and a blue and red striped tie. He is wearing a microphone on his cheek and has his arms stretched out to the side. He us standing beside a turquoise lectern with the first four letters of the word Reform on and the outline of a Union flag in blue lights\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/759e9558-b900-45a8-b192-5568694f9217.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1218\" height=\"740\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, PA Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Analysis: This could be the end of Labour dominance of North East councilspublished at 11:41 BST 11:41 BST&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-572803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}