This is the first time that UKIP has won an election for South Tyneside and will send waves of panic through the Labour Party who are seeing support in their northern strongholds switching to UKIP.
| Candidate | Party | Votes |
| Norman Dennis | UKIP | 676 |
| Katharine Maxwell | Labour | 625 |
| Edward Russell | Conservative | 219 |
| Tony Bengtsson | Green | 90 |
| Carole Troupe | Lib Dem | 41 |
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