The election for the three seats in Hartburn ward was postponed to 22 June 2023 following the death of a candidate.[4]
The council remained under no overall control after the but the Conservatives overtook Labour to become the largest party, in a result which went against the national trend for the 2023 elections.[5][6]
At the annual council meeting on 24 May 2023 following the election, the two small parties of the Thornaby Independent Association and the Ingleby Barwick Independent Society voted with Labour to allow the minority Labour administration led by Bob Cook to continue to run the council.[7]
New councillor Shakeel Hussain was elected as a Conservative but was then prevented from sitting with the Conservative group pending an investigation into alleged social media posts.[8]
The Liberal Democrats also lost two seats, but is not shown in the above table as they did not stand any candidates at this election.
Ward results
The results for each ward were as follows, with asterisks(*) indicating sitting councillors standing for re-election. Some are not standing in their previous wards:[9][10]
^Of the six independent councillors prior to the election, two sat as the "Fairfield and Yarm Independents" group, two sat as the "Billingham West and Ingleby Barwick East Independents" group and the other two were not aligned to any group.
