2022 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election

The 2022 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of South Tyneside Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 19 of the 54 seats were up for election, with 1 ward (Harton) electing 2 councillors.

Background
Since the first election in 1973, South Tyneside has always been under Labour control, aside from a brief period of no overall control from 1978 to 1979. In the 2021 election, Labour lost 4 seats with a vote share of 43.3%, independents gained 1 with 20.2%, the Green Party gained 2 with 13.8%, and the Conservatives gained their first seat since 2018 with 21.5% of the vote.

The seats up for election this year were last elected in 2018. In that election, Labour gained 1 seat with 57.3%, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 22.9% of the vote, and the Green Party failed to make any further gains with 13.5%.

Previous council composition
Changes:
 * June 2021: John Robertson (independent) resigns from council
 * July 2021: Jay Potts wins by-election for Labour from independent, Jeff Milburn (independent) disqualified from council
 * September 2021: Stan Wildhirt wins by-election for Conservatives from independent
 * February 2022: Rob Dix (Labour) dies; seat left vacant until May election

Results by ward
An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.