With the local elections coming up, eyes are on County Durham and Northumberland. While North Tyneside will see a new council leader.
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00:00A lot of eyes will be on both Durham and Northumberland, where the balance of political power could shift significantly during these next local elections.
00:09Northumberland County Council is currently led by a conservative minority administration, having been in no overall control since 2021.
00:17Labour has been the county's main opposition party since 2017 when it lost control of the council and will be hoping for a return in power.
00:23In Durham, the council is run by a cross-party coalition made up of conservatives, liberal democrats, independents and others.
00:30Labour will be keen to win Durham back, having lost the county for the first time in a century, when elections were last held there in 2021.
00:37While Liberal Democrat Council leader Amanda Hopgood will be hoping to continue in her post, and has predicted that another coalition will need to be formed.
00:46Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was on the campaign trail in Stanley recently and has Durham as a key target for his party, which has surged in national opinion polls as Labour and the Tories have dropped.
00:57How reform will fare in the North-East on May 1st and how its rise impacts the power base of the region's current political leadership is a key question.
01:06And in North Tyneside, a new face is guaranteed in the mayor of Hotsie.
01:09This is because Labour's Dame Norma Redfern is retiring after three terms in the job, which was previously held by conservative Linda Arkley.
01:18Boats in Northumberland and in North Tyneside are being counted overnight after the polls close at 10 o'clock at night on the 1st of May, and are expected to be announced through the night.
01:27The North Tyneside mayoral results is expected to come between 1am and 2am, whereas the long list of results in Northumberland will come gradually over the course of the night.
01:38Counting in Durham will happen during the daytime on Friday 2nd May, starting at 10 in the morning.
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