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Elections to South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 1 May 2008.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
2008 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election[1][2][3] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 8 | 3 | 44.4 | 23 | 31 | 57.4 | 16,785 | 37.4 | ||
Independent | 6 | 3 | 33.3 | 6 | 12 | 22.2 | 11,340 | 25.2 | ||
Conservative | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 3 | 5.6 | 7,164 | 15.9 | |||
BNP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,139 | 9.2 | |||
Progressives | 2 | 11.1 | 3 | 5 | 9.3 | 2,605 | 5.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 3 | 5.6 | 2,258 | 5.0 | |||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 628 | 1.4 |