List of candidates for the Local Government Elections 3 May 2012 | Ward | First name | Surname | Description |
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| Beacon and Bents | John | Anglin | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Ashleigh | Brewer | The Liberal Party Candidate |
| Phil | Brown | Independent |
| Ali | Hayder | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| James | Hills | British National Party |
| Siamak | Kaikavoosi | |
| Ahmed | Khan | Independent |
| Bede | Tony | Gair | Green Party |
| Lee | Hughes | Independent |
| Margaret | Peacock | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Oliver | Wallhead | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Biddick and All Saints | Brian | Gilchrist | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| David | Selby | The Liberal Party Candidate |
| Anne Josephine | Walsh | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Donna | Watson | British National Party |
| Kraig | White | Independent |
| Boldon Colliery | Joanne | Bell | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Ian Jason | Diamond | Independent |
| Ileene | Gilchrist | British National Party |
| Stewart Thomas | Hay | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Cleadon and East Boldon | Margaret | Meling | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Jeff | Milburn | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Cleadon Park | Alexander Bruce | Donaldson | The Labour Party Candidate |
| June | Elsom | Independent |
| Quintin Ian Patrick | Smith | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Fellgate and Hedworth | Ian | Armstrong | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Andrew | Cotton | The Liberal Party Candidate |
| Maureen | Scott | British National Party |
| Alan | Smith | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Geraldine | White | Independent |
| Harton | Pat | Hay | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Marilyn | Huartt | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Marjorie Mary | Robinson | South Tyneside Progressives |
| David | Wood | The Liberal Party Candidate |
| Hebburn North | Joe | Abbott | Independent |
| Mary | Butler | The Labour Party Candidate |
| David | Fettis | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Martin Joseph | Vaughan | British National Party |
| Hebburn South | John Dagg | Coe | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| John | McCabe | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Horsley Hill | Gordon Hall | Finch | Independent |
| Ross | Huartt | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Joseph | Stephenson | The Liberal Party Candidate |
| Mark | Walsh | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Monkton | Melanie | Cartwright | The Labour Party Candidate |
| John | Hodgson | Independent |
| James Edward | Milburn | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Primrose | George | Gilchrist | British National Party |
| David Peter | Ireland | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Jim | Perry | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Simonside and Rekendyke | Melanie | Baker | The Liberal Party Candidate |
| Peter | Foreman | British National Party |
| Edward | Malcolm | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Lynne Ann | Proudlock | The Labour Party Candidate |
| George | Smith | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| West Park | Anthony | Dailly | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Enid | Hetherington | South Tyneside Progressives |
| Anna | Heyman | Green Party |
| Gladys | Hobson | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Westoe | Steven | Flower | The Liberal Party Candidate |
| Edward Anthony | Russell | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Sheila | Stephenson | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Victor Richard | Thompson | Independent |
| Paul | Walker | South Tyneside Progressives |
| Whitburn and Marsden | Tracey Allison | Dixon | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Elizabeth Jane | Turnbull | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Whiteleas | Robin Anthony | Coombes | Independent |
| John Terence | Haram | Independent |
| Doreen | Purvis | The Labour Party Candidate |
| Christopher | Taylor | The Conservative Party Candidate |
| Christopher Harold | Thornton | British National Party |