In Newcastle, Labour won 45 seats and the Liberal Democrats won 23. The Greens gained their first two seats on the local authority while the Conservatives' solitary seat was their first win in the city since 1992.

*Is Tyneside Tory*

*punches polo pony in the face*

in South Tyneside, the party's majority was heavily cut as it lost 10 seats across the borough

Lol at Buzz