North Tyneside Council mayoral election, 2009

Elections for North Tyneside's directly elected mayor took place on 4 June 2009 on the same day as the elections to the European Parliament

European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom)

The European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2009 European Parliament election, the voting for which was held on Thursday 4 June 2009, coinciding with the 2009 local elections in England. Most of the results of the election were announced on Sunday 7 June, after...

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The candidates for this election were:

Linda Arkley
Linda Arkley
Linda Arkley is the Conservative mayor of North Tyneside, England,She was elected as mayor in a 2003 by-election, following the resignation of Chris Morgan. She had previously been Deputy Leader of the Conservative group on North Tyneside Council...

(Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
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Robert Nigel Batten (National Front)
John Burrows
John Burrows
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(British National Party
British National Party
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Martin Collins (Green Party of England and Wales
Green Party of England and Wales
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John Harrison
John Harrison (politician)
John Harrison was the mayor of North Tyneside in England between 2005 and 2009. He is a member of the Labour Party.He became the elected mayor of North Tyneside on May 5, 2005 in the UK local elections, taking over from the previous Conservative mayor Linda Arkley, who later defeated him in the...

(Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

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Nigel John Huscroft (Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
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This election uses the Supplementary Vote system.

Results

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North Tyneside Council Mayoral Election 2009
	Name	Party	1st Choice Votes	%	2nd Choice Votes	%	Final	%
Linda Arkley Linda Arkley Linda Arkley is the Conservative mayor of North Tyneside, England,She was elected as mayor in a 2003 by-election, following the resignation of Chris Morgan. She had previously been Deputy Leader of the Conservative group on North Tyneside Council...	Conservative	24,784	42.4	2,299	45	27,083	54.5
John Harrison	Labour	19,823	33.9	2,811	55	22,634	45.5
Nigel Huscroft	Liberal Democrats	7,343	12.6	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Burrows	British National Party	3,398	5.8	N/A	N/A	N/A
Martin Collins	Green Party	1,995	3.4	N/A	N/A	N/A
Robert Nigel Batten	National Front	1,086	1.9	N/A	N/A	N/A

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