2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election
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All 59 seats on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
30 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader [a] Alec Brown[2]
Party Independent Labour
Last election 18[b] 15
Seats before 24 15
Seats won 13 23
Seat change Decrease 5 Increase 8
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Karen King Andrea Turner
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 13 11
Seats before 14 6
Seats won 11 12
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1
Results by seat in the 2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Election
Leader before election

Mary Lanigan
Independent
No overall control

Leader after election

Alec Brown
Labour
No overall control

The 2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. All 59 seats were up for election. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's elections are held every four years.

Summary

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats and the "Independent Group", comprising 13 of the independents. The leader of the council was independent councillor Mary Lanigan.[3]

The council remained under no overall control after the election. Labour was the largest party, and both it and the Conservatives made gains, largely at the expense of the independents and Liberal Democrats. Mary Lanigan lost her seat.[4][5]

A minority Labour administration formed after the election, with Labour group leader Alec Brown being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.[6][7]

The Borough Council composition prior to the 2023 Election. The councillors sit in a Westminster seating arrangement, as such this is reflected by the graph.
After 2019 election Before 2023 election After 2023 election
Party Seats Party Seats Change Party Seats Change
Liberal Democrats 13 Liberal Democrats 14 Increase 1 Liberal Democrats 11 Decrease 3
Independent Group 14 Independent Group 13 Decrease 1 Independent Group 9 Decrease 4
Labour 15 Labour 15 Steady Labour 23 Increase 8
Conservative 11 Conservative 6 Decrease 5 Conservative 12 Increase 6
UKIP 2 UKIP 0 Decrease 2 UKIP No Candidates Steady
Teesville Independents 3 Teesville Independents 0 Decrease 3 Teesville Independents No candidates Steady
Cleveland Independent Group (formerly East Cleveland Independent Group) 1 Cleveland Independent Group 2 Increase 1 Cleveland Independent Group No Candidates Steady
Independent Independent 9 Increase 9 Independent 4 Decrease 5
Green 0 Green 0 Steady Green 0 Steady

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:[5][8][3]

Belmont

Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Berry* 515 40.0 −10.4
Conservative Carolyn Curr 503 39.0 +5.1
Conservative Miranda Jupp 426 33.0 +1.0
Independent Anne Watts* 393 30.5 −8.3
Labour Adrian Robson 290 22.5 +6.3
Labour Paul Fairley 241 18.7 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Janet Smith 94 7.3 New
Turnout 1,289 35.8 −2.1
Independent hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Brotton

Brotton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Graham Cutler* 882 68.1 +15.5
Independent Barry Hunt* 820 63.3 +10.6
Independent Martin Fletcher* 776 59.9 +22.3
Labour Ian Urwin 306 23.6 −0.2
Conservative Lynne Henderson 244 18.8 −13.8
Labour Alison Suthers 224 17.3 −3.4
Conservative Stephanie Hinson 160 12.4 −7.8
Turnout 1,295 25.9 −15.1
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Coatham

Coatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carl Quartermain* 437 49.6 +14.8
Labour Lynne Rynn 370 42.0 +10.3
Independent Neil Baldwin* 264 30.0 −22.3
Conservative David Tabner 178 20.2 +5.4
Conservative Nicholas Fardon 167 19.0 N/A
Independent Ethan Haw 120 13.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sabrina Thompson 88 10.0 −12.1
Turnout 881 26.3 −4.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Dormanstown

Dormanstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Debbie Powlay 392 46.5 N/A
Labour Ceri Cawley* 355 42.1 −3.2
Independent Chris Powlay 338 40.1 N/A
Labour Christine Long 306 36.3 −7.8
Conservative Peter Storey 117 13.9 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Eve Hall 72 8.5 −13.2
Turnout 843 23.4 −1.1
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Eston

Eston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Martin 636 48.6 +21.7
Conservative David Taylor 632 48.3 N/A
Labour Christopher Massey* 561 42.9 −5.1
Labour Daniel Rees* 555 42.4 −8.9
Labour Geraldine Williams* 554 42.4 −3.0
Liberal Democrats Sophie Lax-Keeler 171 13.1 −17.8
Turnout 1,308 24.4 −0.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grangetown

Grangetown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam Brook* 419 72.0 +31.0
Labour Lynn Pallister* 417 71.6 +27.9
Conservative Andrea Booth 135 23.2 +13.7
Conservative Linda King 116 19.9 N/A
Turnout 586 15.8 −6.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Guisborough

Guisborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lisa Belshaw 691 39.5 +8.3
Labour Bill Suthers 629 36.0 +5.6
Independent Bill Clarke* 619 35.4 −19.9
Conservative Andrew Hixon* 558 31.9 +0.4
Labour Andy Leon 571 32.7 +5.9
Conservative Alma Thrower 539 30.8 +6.2
Independent Leslie Oakley 223 12.8 N/A
Independent Denise Bunn 166 9.5 N/A
Green Caroline Weltch 162 9.3 N/A
Reform UK Charlie Thompson 137 7.8 N/A
Independent James Bunn 122 7.0 N/A
Independent Fred (Frederick) Page 106 6.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Cree 87 5.0 N/A
Turnout 1,770 31.5 −2.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Hutton

Hutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jemma Joy 1,030 47.0 +13.4
Conservative Julie Hart 846 38.6 −8.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Jeffery* 812 37.0 −9.7
Liberal Democrats Graeme Kidd 789 36.0 +7.4
Conservative Kellen Hadfield 757 34.5 −11.1
Conservative Steve Waterfield* 750 34.2 −4.9
Labour Fiona Hampton 351 16.0 +2.1
Labour Veronica Moore 281 12.8 +0.8
Independent Michael Dakin 209 9.5 N/A
Independent Malcolm Griffiths* 174 7.9 −31.2
Reform UK Katie Mann 120 5.5 N/A
Turnout 2,212 39.7 −1.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Grogan 596 41.8 N/A
Labour Alec Brown* 559 39.2 −2.1
Labour Marian Fairley 527 37.0 +1.7
Labour Charlie Brady* 514 36.0 −2.6
Conservative Joseph Sayer 442 31.0 N/A
Independent Theresa Cave 296 20.8 N/A
Independent Mike Lockwood* 242 17.0 −30.2
Independent Robert Dunn 187 13.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats John Hannon 138 9.7 −23.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Hannon 108 7.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats William Wilson 93 6.5 N/A
Turnout 1,436 36.8 +10.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lockwood

Lockwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
East Cleveland Independent Stephen Kay* 491 71.4 -14.0
Labour Ian Solomon 164 23.8 +14.2
Conservative Graham Hutchinson 33 4.8 −0.3
Turnout 689 39.4 −1.3
East Cleveland Independent hold Swing

Loftus

Loftus
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wayne Davies* 570 45.0 −18.3
Labour Linda White 540 42.6 +31.4
Independent Timothy Gray* 491 38.7 −15.3
Conservative Allan Greening 453 35.7 +9.5
Independent Mary Lanigan* 405 31.9 −27.3
Conservative Igraine Gray 313 24.7 +6.6
Labour Ramin Peroznejad 231 18.2 +7.3
Turnout 1,274 27.6 −10.3
Independent hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Independent hold Swing

Longbeck

‡ Longbeck results were announced on 9 May after three recounts. It was the last ward in England to declare.[9]

Longbeck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Luke Myer 707 51.5 +38.9
Independent Vera Rider* 413 30.1 −10.3
Conservative Andrea Turner* 409 29.8 −10.6
Independent Vic Jeffries 342 24.9 −12.5
Conservative Steve Turner 293 21.4 −16.4
Independent Stephen Crane 246 17.9 N/A
Turnout 1,378 40.7 +4.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Newcomen

Newcomen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janine Craven 535 50.3 +26.6
Labour Carrie Richardson* 529 49.8 +20.3
Independent Billy Wells* 328 30.9 −7.5
Conservative Harrison Himsworth 261 24.6 +17.7
Independent Mark Appleby 216 20.3 N/A
Conservative Michael Kirke 194 18.3 N/A
Turnout 1,063 28.6 −1.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Normanby

Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Salvin* 789 43.9 +14.2
Conservative Paul McInnes 758 42.2 N/A
Conservative Curt Pugh 712 39.6 N/A
Labour Billy Ayre* 694 38.6 −1.1
Labour Paul Garland 642 35.7 −8.3
Labour Simon Meech-Simpson 564 31.4 −7.7
Independent Rita Richardson 421 23.4 N/A
Independent Chris Gallacher* 250 13.9 −27.0
Liberal Democrats Stuart Saunders 93 5.2 −17.5
Turnout 1,800 33.1 +2.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Ormesby

Ormesby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Carole Morgan* 914 66.3 −7.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Hart 865 62.7 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Glyn Nightingale* 852 61.8 −11.7
Labour Leanne Reed 270 19.6 +4.2
Labour Cameron Norrie 259 18.8 +6.0
Labour Millie Wood 250 18.1 +6.5
Conservative Julie Elders 216 15.7 +5.0
Conservative Katherine Smith 194 14.1 N/A
Conservative Garth Siner 177 12.8 N/A
Turnout 1,383 28.4 −3.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Saltburn

Saltburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stuart Smith* 1,385 58.6 −12.6
Independent Phillip Thompson* 1,041 44.1 +1.6
Independent Craig Hannaway* 805 34.1 +3.2
Labour Kath Sainsbury 763 32.3 +6.9
Labour Gary Wilkinson 675 28.6 +6.3
Green Rowan McLaughlin 342 14.5 −0.5
Green Abdul Rauf 319 13.5 N/A
Conservative Iain Graham 311 13.2 −16.2
Conservative Simon Asker 304 12.9 +2.3
Green Kerry Dooley 253 10.7 N/A
Turnout 2,365 49.1 −2.7
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Skelton East

Skelton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andy Oliver 419 43.2 −1.1
Conservative Justin Thompson 369 38.0 −4.3
Labour Sam Pratt 315 32.5 +8.5
Labour Norman Macleod 289 29.8 +6.8
Independent Darren Craig 229 23.6 N/A
Independent Dave Barker 153 15.8 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Tracy Jacobs 29 3.0 N/A
Turnout 970 28.9 −6.5
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Skelton West

Skelton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ursula Earl 542 48.6 +12.6
Labour John McCue 480 43.0 +12.7
Conservative Craig Holmes* 470 42.1 −9.5
Conservative Lee Holmes* 384 34.4 −10.2
Independent Julie Craig* 180 16.1 N/A
Independent Emma Marshall 78 7.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Katy Sykes 16 1.4 −6.0
Liberal Democrats Graeme Thompson 12 1.1 N/A
Turnout 1,117 34.6 −1.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

South Bank

South Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Bendelow 563 67.5 +26.6
Labour Izzy Attwood 499 59.8 +20.5
Independent Sandra Smith* 192 23.0 −23.7
Independent Les Harper 155 18.6 N/A
Conservative Lucas Pentland 108 12.9 +5.9
Turnout 835 24.0 −3.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

St. Germain's

St. Germain's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tristan Learoyd 1,275 62.9 +18.1
Liberal Democrats Karen King* 1,260 62.2 +12.8
Liberal Democrats Kendra Evans 819 40.4 −1.7
Independent Peter Finlinson 561 27.7 N/A
Labour Peter Mahan 412 20.3 +4.2
Conservative Nicola Riley 353 17.4 −2.0
Conservative Jennifer Estensen 308 15.2 +1.4
Conservative Graeme Iceton 281 13.9 +1.7
Turnout 2,026 37.4 +0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Teesville

Teesville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Chaney 597 40.6 +3.1
Labour Robert Clark* 576 39.2 +5.1
Labour Margaret O'Donoghue 457 31.1 +0.3
Conservative Steve Cargill 425 28.9 +19.6
Conservative Lynne Blackburn 412 28.0 N/A
Conservative Claire Cargill 394 26.8 N/A
Independent Ann Higgins 319 21.7 N/A
Independent Vincent Smith* 281 19.1 −20.9
Independent Jim Higgins 250 17.0 N/A
Independent Pat Turner 186 12.7 N/A
Independent David Fisher* 160 10.9
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Lax-Keeler 37 2.5
Turnout 1,471 29.9 −3.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour gain from Independent Swing

West Dyke

West Dyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Jones* 705 46.4 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Mary Ovens* 695 45.7 −10.0
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Head* 691 45.5 −8.3
Labour Ashleigh Atkinson 444 29.2 +8.7
Labour Mark Dixon 439 28.9 +7.3
Labour Neil Dooley 407 26.8 +6.9
Conservative Jacob Phillips 349 23.0 +8.0
Conservative Karen Charlton 342 22.5 +8.0
Conservative Mark Maddison 333 21.9 N/A
Turnout 1,528 31.4 −4.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wheatlands

Wheatlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Niall Hargreaves 448 40.4 +5.1
Conservative Jack Symon 399 36.0 +1.6
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Lax-Keeler* 363 32.8 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Shaun Moody* 336 30.3 −8.6
Labour Daniel Sillett 265 23.9 +2.2
Labour Dave Wimble 261 23.6 +2.4
Independent Steve Peacock 80 7.2 N/A
Turnout 1,113 28.9 +2.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Zetland

Zetland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jade Lavan 525 47.5 +16.8
Labour Jonny Neal 494 44.7 +16.4
Liberal Democrats Alison Barnes* 396 35.8 −16.1
Liberal Democrats Louise Westbury* 356 32.2 −21.6
Conservative Richard Gibson 201 18.2 +2.1
Conservative William Pugsley 185 16.7 N/A
Turnout 1,113 33.1 −1.8
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Changes 2023–2027

Vera Rider, elected as an independent in May 2023 (having previously been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in 2021), re-joined the Conservatives in November 2023.[10]

Tristan Learoyd resigned from the Liberal Democrats in July 2024,[11] following his suspension by the local party. Learoyd previously represented both Labour (2011) and Green (2014), as well as being part of the Independent Group during the 2011-2015 council, and became independent for the third time.

Following his election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in 2024, Luke Myer vacated his councillor seat in the Longbeck ward.[12] A subsequent election on September 5 saw the Conservative Party candidate Stephen Crane win the seat.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Eston Independent Party". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Redcar and Cleveland Labour group elect new leader and set out policies". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Your councillors". Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Censured Redcar and Cleveland council leader loses seat". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b Arnold, Stuart (5 May 2023). "Labour now largest party on Redcar and Cleveland Council as authority's former leader ousted". Teesside Live. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Council minutes, 25 May 2023". Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  7. ^ Arnold, Stuart (27 May 2023). "New local authority leader wants rival councillors to work together to 'bridge differences'". Teesside Live. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Labour wins last council seat to be counted". BBC News. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  10. ^ Arnold, Stuart (18 November 2023). "Vera's return as independent councillor rejoins Conservative group two years after quitting". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  11. ^ Arnold, Stuart (3 August 2024). "Row continues as Lib Dem councillor quits local group after previous suspension". Teesside Live. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  12. ^ Arnold, Stuart (31 July 2024). "Local by-election looms after newly elected MP quits as borough councillor". Teesside Live. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  13. ^ Arnold, Stuart (6 September 2024). "Tory success as candidate tops poll in Longbeck ward beating Labour into second". Teesside Live. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

Notes

  1. ^ Of the 24 independents on the council prior to the election, thirteen formed "The Independent Group" led by Mary Lanigan, two formed the "Cleveland Independent Group", and the other nine did not belong to a group.
  2. ^ Counting the Teesville Independents as independents; they were a registered party at the 2019 election but deregistered with the Electoral Commission the following month.[1]