North Tyneside
| North Tyneside | ||
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| Metropolitan borough | ||
North Tyneside Council Headquarters at Cobalt Business Park
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| Motto: We Serve | ||
.svg) Location of North Tyneside in England |
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| Coordinates: 55°00′44″N 1°32′44″W / 55.0123°N 1.5456°W | ||
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Country | England | |
| Region | North East | |
| County | Tyne and Wear | |
| Established | 1 April 1974 | |
| Admin HQ | Wallsend | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Mayor and Cabinet | |
| • MPs |
Mary Glindon Alan Campbell |
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| Area | ||
| • Land | 31.81 sq mi (82.38 km2) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Estimate (2011) | 202,744 (Ranked 85th) | |
| • Density | 6,026/sq mi (2,326.5/km2) | |
| • Ethnicity (2011 census) |
95.1% White British 2.1% Asian |
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| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | |
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) | |
| Website | www.northtyneside.gov.uk | |
The Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England, and is part of the Tyneside conurbation. The borough council's main office is at Cobalt Business Park in Wallsend.
North Tyneside is bounded by Newcastle upon Tyne to the west, the North Sea to the east, the River Tyne to the south and Northumberland to the north. Within its bounds are the towns of Wallsend, North Shields, Killingworth and Whitley Bay, which form a continuously built-up area contiguous with Newcastle.
The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the county borough of Tynemouth, with the borough of Wallsend, part of the borough of Whitley Bay, the urban district of Longbenton and part of the urban district of Seaton Valley, all of which were in Northumberland.
The following places are located in North Tyneside:
Unlike most English districts, its council is led by a directly-elected mayor, currently Labour's Norma Redfearn. As of March 2016[update], the council is Labour led, Labour having 51 councillors, the Conservatives 7 and the Lib Dems 2.
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