In the 2004 South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election, particularly in Cleadon and East Boldon, the three candidates, who obtained the highest number of votes, originate from the Conservative party.
Conservative Philip Parkinson 1,649 Conservative Donald Wood 1,569 Conservative David Potts 1,500 Liberal Democrats Christopher Johnson 1,456 Liberal Democrats James Selby 1,177 Liberal Democrats Henry Grainger 1,176 Labour Mary Purvis 495 Labour David Wood 423 Labour Terence Fairley 414 9,859 
