{"id":73,"date":"2025-08-26T16:04:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:43:35","slug":"councillor-tom-bailey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/index.php\/councillor-tom-bailey\/","title":{"rendered":"Councillor Tom Bailey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bigpic-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250403_101717956_iOS-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" style=\"width:230px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250403_101717956_iOS-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250403_101717956_iOS-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250403_101717956_iOS-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250403_101717956_iOS-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250403_101717956_iOS-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom was elected as one of Tynemouth\u2019s Ward Councillors in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his day job Tom runs his own business as Director of a Traffic Data company. He&#8217;s lived in Tynemouth just off Broadway for nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom describes himself as a &#8220;typical 90&#8217;s dad&#8221;, his kids Izzy &amp; Sam, grew up locally and went to Kings Priory School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom is a qualified Chartered Surveyor and Chartered Transport consultant with decades of experience working in the built environment. He&#8217;s now putting that knowledge to use helping residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom campaigned on environmental and road safety issues for many years before becoming a Labour &amp; Cooperative Councillor. A Labour &amp; Co-operative councillor is a member of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom joined the Co-operative Party in addition to the Labour Party after being impressed by their ideas on community energy projects which may be something we can use in North Tyneside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-Labour-Co-op-logo-2024_red-1024x376.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-Labour-Co-op-logo-2024_red-1024x376.png 1024w, https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-Labour-Co-op-logo-2024_red-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-Labour-Co-op-logo-2024_red-768x282.png 768w, https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-Labour-Co-op-logo-2024_red-1536x564.png 1536w, https:\/\/tynemouth.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4-Labour-Co-op-logo-2024_red-2048x752.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:tynemouthlabouraction@gmail.com\">tynemouthlabouraction@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mobile: 07394837406<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Correspondence address:<br>North Tyneside Council<br>Quadrant<br>16 Silverlink North<br>Cobalt Business park<br>NE27 0BY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom was elected as one of Tynemouth\u2019s Ward Councillors in 2024. 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