2015 Middlesbrough Borough Council election

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The 2015 Middlesbrough Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Middlesbrough Borough Council in England. [1] It took place on the same day as the election for the Mayor of Middlesbrough, as well as the UK general election, and other local elections across England. [2] Since the 2011 election, there had been boundary reviews, which resulted in two fewer seats on the council, many old wards being discontinued and new wards being formed. [3]

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Overall results

There are two fewer seats on the council as a result of a boundary review.

Middlesbrough Borough Council Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 33+371.7449.5144,114
  Independent 9-119.5623.1620,631
  Conservative 408.7016.8915,045
  UKIP 006.866,111
  Green 0-102,218969
  Liberal Democrats 0-101.09969

A total of 89,088 valid votes were cast and there were 645 rejected ballots.
The turnout was 55.62%.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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25154211
LabourIndependentConMILG

After the election the composition of the council was:

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LabourIndependentCon

Con
MI - Marton Independents
L - Liberal Democrats
G - Green Party

Ward Results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor.

Acklam

Acklam (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shelia Dean1,26030.71N/A
Labour Shyamal Biswas*1,01724.79-3.16
Conservative Ken Hall97123.67+4.29
Independent Victor Paul Walkington52712.84N/A
Conservative Mohammed Aslam Hanif3287.99N/A
Majority461.12
Turnout 4,10363.7+16.73
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ayresome

Ayresome (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Edward Taylor*99631.94+4.04
Labour Denise Rooney75124.09+0.50
UKIP Martin Neil45214.50N/A
Independent William Henry Hawthorne43513.95-9.88
Conservative Eric Lawrence2829.04+5.10
Independent Brian Robert Taylor2026.48N/A
Majority2999.59
Turnout 3,11853.38+20.42
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing

Berwick Hills and Pallister

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Berwick Hills and Pallister (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mick Thompson1,22129.56
Labour Eddie Dryden*1,15227.89
Labour Julie McGee84120.36
Independent Derek Loughborough70016.94
Conservative Doris Lawrence2175.25
Majority3117.53
Turnout 4,131
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Dryden previously served as a councillor for the Pallister ward from 2011-2015.

Brambles and Thorntree

Brambles and Thorntree (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geraldine Purvis1,00621.29
Labour Thurston Peter Purvis1,00421.24
Labour Terence Henry Lawton92119.49
Independent Len Junier48010.16
UKIP Anthony Birtle47510.05
Independent Angela Marie Brodie3427.23
Independent John Knowles3276.92
Conservative David Smith1713.62
Majority4419.33
Turnout 4,72636.87
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Cllrs G Purvis and T Purvis were both previously councillors for the Thorntree ward.
Len Junier was previously the Labour cllr for North Ormesby & Brambles Farm.

Central

Central (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Lewis1,38724.08
Labour Ansab Ali Shan94616.49
Labour Mirja Mohammed Zafar Uddin94416.45
Independent John McPartland71312.43
Independent Mohammed Pervaz Khan68011.85
Independent Zafiar Khan67811.82
UKIP Alan Wedlake3956.88
Majority2314.02
Turnout 5,73843.45
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Coulby Newham

Coulby Newham (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Geoffrey Cole*1,46418.85
Labour Janice Brunton*1,29116.62
Labour Joe William Culley1,07913.89
Conservative Leslie Charles Myers99612.82
Independent Michael Hudson*89311.50
Independent Alison Mary Huggan7629.81
Independent Steven Antony Maynard7589.76
Liberal Democrats Ben Gibson5246.75
Majority831.07
Turnout 7,76752.87
Labour gain from Independent Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hemlington

Hemlington (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeanette Ann Walker*1,47436.26-10.14
Labour Nicola Joy Walker*1,37733.87-10.73
UKIP David Crosby48912.03N/A
Independent Ian Steven Hamilton3789.30N/A
Conservative George Gunn Beasley3478.54-0.46
Majority88821.84
Turnout 4,06554.00+18.47
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Kader

Kader (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Arundale*1,16525.03-1.01
Labour Jordan Peter Blyth89619.25+4.30
Labour Jennifer Susan Dowsett83517.94+1.34
Conservative Ronald Darby82617.75-13.38
UKIP David Cottrell55611.95N/A
UKIP John Andrew Christopher Hogg3768.08N/A
Majority611.31
Turnout 4,65465.29+15.47
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Ladgate

Ladgate (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Carr*1,07031.86-5.32
Labour June Goodchild97628.17-8.34
Conservative Ron W Armstrong51615.37N/A
UKIP Janis William-Landess42712.72N/A
Conservative Sam Edwards Griffiths39911.88N/A
Majority43012.80
Turnout 3,35854.82+17.98
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Linthorpe

Linthorpe (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Edward Bloundele*1,46735.26
Labour Naweed Hussain1,01424.38
Conservative Thomas Wilkinson76118.29
Green Darren Robert Moore47311.37
Liberal Democrats Ian Godfrey Llewellyn Jones44510.70
Majority2536.09
Turnout 4,16063.38
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

This ward has changed from having 3 seats to 2 seats as a result of recent boundary changes, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Longlands and Beechwood

Longlands and Beechwood (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Teresa Higgins1,37223.47
Independent Joan McTigue*1,11018.98
Labour Charles Michael Rooney*1,04617.89
Labour Jacinta Catherine Skipp88415.12
UKIP Nigel Patrick Connor75212.86
Independent Edward Brian Rooney4117.03
Conservative Timothy Edward Goodrick2724.65
Majority1622.77
Turnout 5,84747.11
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Cllrs McTigue and Rooney previously served as councillors from 2011-2015 in the Beachwood and Clairville wards respectively.

Marton East

Marton East (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Thomas William Mawston*1,21228.74
Independent Dorothy Davison*1,16527.62
Labour John Baptist Kabuye69316.43
Conservative Archibald Stephenson Currie67516.00
UKIP Stephen John Arthur Burrows47311.21
Majority47211.19
Turnout 4,21866.67
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Both Cllrs Mawston and Davison were previously councillors for Marton Ward from 2011-2015.

Marton West

Marton West (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Hobson*1,66134.14
Conservative John Eric Hobson1,55732.00
Labour David John Branson81616.77
Labour Stephen Cass4439.11
UKIP Terry O'Brien3887.98
Majority74115.23
Turnout 4,86567.79
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Newport

Newport (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Brady*1,32526.11
Labour Tracy Harvey*1,10821.84
Labour Alma Hellaoui91818.09
Independent Sajaad Khan*60711.96
UKIP Darren Thomas Hogg60111.85
Independent Pauline Hawthorne51510.15
Majority3116.13
Turnout 5,07442.23
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Cllrs Brady and Harvey previously served as councillors for the Gresham ward from 2011-2015.

Sajaad Khan previously served as a Labour councillor in the Gresham ward from 2011-2015.

North Ormesby

North Ormesby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lewis Young38950.07
Independent Peter David Hall31440.41
Conservative Mark Owen Warman749.52
Majority759.66
Turnout 77743.38
Labour hold Swing

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Nunthorpe

Nunthorpe (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Theresa Lesley McGloin1,21629.00
Independent Jon Rathmell91821.89
Conservative Andrew Gordon Simmonds81719.49
Conservative Jacqueline Anne Simmonds70416.79
Labour Dennis Burns53812.83
Majority1012.40
Turnout 4,19367.05
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Park

Park (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julia Rostron*1,66921.71
Labour Frances McIntyre*1,41618.42
Labour Margaret Walters1,23416.06
Green Joseph Michna*1,13414.75
Independent Barbara Jacqueline Elder1,01113.15
Conservative John Henzell Hemy6127.96
Green Martin Bulman6117.95
Majority1001.31
Turnout 7,68756.92
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cllr Rostron previously served as councillor for Linthorpe from 2011-2015.

Park End and Beckfield

Park End and Beckfield (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Brian Anthony Hubbard*1,17720.32
Independent Michael Saunders*1,08218.68
Independent Peter Alexander Cox*1,04318.00
Labour Ian Daniel Blades98917.07
Labour Christopher Patrick McIntyre71612.36
Labour Janet Elizabeth Thompson60810.50
Conservative Janet Angela Hobson1783.07
Majority540.93
Turnout 5,79344.81
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Cllrs Hubbard and Cox previously served as councillors in Beckfield, whilst Cllr Saunders served as a councillor for Park End.

Stainton and Thornton

Stainton and Thornton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Philip Coupe75663.11
Labour Philippa Nancy Storey44236.89
Majority31426.2
Turnout 1,19865.80
Conservative hold Swing

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Trimdon

Trimdon (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Sharrocks*61917.12
Independent Dennis McCabe55315.29
Labour Peter Vincent Sharrocks*53514.80
Conservative Maria Cairns45512.58
UKIP George William Rogers44212.22
Independent Stephen Dee42211.67
Conservative Kelvin Mirfin3058.44
UKIP Jamie Webb2857.88
Majority180.49
Turnout 3,61663.87
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Cllr J Sharrocks previously served as a councillor for the Brookfield ward from 2011-2015.

Peter Sharrocks previously served as a councillor for the Brookfield ward from 2011-2015.

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