The official Declaration of results of the North Tyneside Mayoral Election went through to a second count, the total number of votes for the remaining candidates were as follows:

*Linda Arkley - 27,083
(Conservative Party)

John Harrison - 22,634
(Labour)

*Denotes Elected Mayor for the Borough of North Tyneside.

The voting took place on Thursday 4th June 2009 and candidate details can be found in the Related Documents section on the right hand side of this page.

North Tyneside has had an Elected Mayor since 2002 who provides political leadership to the Council. He/she is also responsible for proposing the Council's budget and for the effective implementation of Council policy and delivering services. Elections to this post are held every 4 years and it is usual for the Mayoral Election to take place in the year when no Local Government Elections are taking place.

Counting the votes at the mayoral elections uses a form of proportional representation known as the supplementary vote system. This allows for a first and a second choice vote. If no candidate has over 50% of first choice votes after the first count, then the top two go through to a second stage in the count whilst all other candidates are 'eliminated'. In this second stage all second choice votes for the eliminated candidates are added to the two remaining candidates and a winner is then declared.