South Shields is a coastal town at the mouth of the
River Tyne,
England, about downstream from
Newcastle upon Tyne.
Historically in
County Durham, the town has a population of 82,854, the third largest in
Tyneside after Newcastle and Gateshead. It is part of the
metropolitan borough of
South Tyneside which includes the towns of
Jarrow and
Hebburn.
South Shields is represented in
Parliament by
Labour MP
Emma Lewell-Buck. South Shields comprises eight wards from the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside. The combined population of these wards (Biddick, Whiteleas, Harton, Westoe, West Park, Beacon, Horsley Hill and Simonside) was 67,956 in 2011.