2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

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2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election
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59 of 59 seats on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservatives
Seats before31166
Seats won291110
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg5Increase2.svg4
Popular vote59,14024,33619,175
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Independent East Cleveland Independent Eston Independents
Seats before230
Seats won611
Seat changeIncrease2.svg4Decrease2.svg2Increase2.svg1
Popular vote28,8676774,860
 Seventh partyEighth party
 
Party UKIP Green
Seats before00
Seats won10
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote8,3603752
Redcar and Cleveland UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 Redcar and Cleveland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independents in grey, and UKIP in purple.
Council control before election


Labour (2011-2013) then No overall control (2013-15)

Contents

Subsequent council control

No overall control

The 2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections, as well as the 2015 General Election.

Three months prior to the election, Council Leader George Dunning and ten other Labour councillors resigned from the party after many were not selected as Labour candidates for the election. [2] This saw the council move back to no overall control, with independent Mary Lanigan elected to lead the council - the first female Council Leader in its history - and forming a cabinet from Independent and Liberal Democrats councillors. [3]

The election saw the council remain as no overall control. [4]

Background

The 2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election was held on the same day as other local elections as well as the 2015 General Election.

The Liberal Democrats, who had made gains in the 2011 election, as well as MP Ian Swales in 2010, lost seats in lieu of the Conservatives, UKIP & Multiple independents.

The Labour Party lost several seats, failing to regain the overall control it had between 2011 and 2013.

UKIP gained its first seat on the council as Steve Turner was elected to the borough council. However he would leave the party in 2017, and was elected as Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner in 2021.

Election Result

Redcar and Cleveland local election result 2015 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 2969Decrease2.svg359140
  Liberal Democrats 1127Decrease2.svg524336
  Conservative 1040Increase2.svg419175
  Independent 620Increase2.svg428867
 East Cleveland Independent1Decrease2.svg2677
 Eston Independents110Increase2.svg14860
  UKIP 110Increase2.svg18360
  Green 000Steady2.svg3752

Ward Results

Source: [6]

Brotton

Brotton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Barry Hunt 1,501
Labour Michael Dick 1,062
Conservative Malcom Griffiths 940
Independent Brian Hogg870
Labour Geraldine Nuttall843
Independent Kay Walker827
Labour Ian Urwin820
Independent Valerie Miller640
Green Elaine Kirby610
Turnout 3,26762.0
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Coatham

Coatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Baldwin 827
Labour Carl Quartermain 733
Independent Josie Crawford523
UKIP Luke McMillan494
Independent Irene Curr456
Liberal Democrats John Wilson366
Independent Anthony Jackson95
Turnout 2,12457.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Dormanstown

Dormanstown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ceri Crawley 1,279
Labour Ray Goddard 1,271
Labour Alec Brown 1,066
Liberal Democrats Eric Howden981
Liberal Democrats Sabrina Thompson957
Liberal Democrats Laura Benson887
UKIP Andrea Turner752
Green Michael York273
Turnout 2,99159.4
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing

Eston

Eston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Massey 1,197
Labour Geraldine Williams 1,105
Eston IndependentAnn Higgins 1,087
Labour Joe Parker1,060
Eston IndependentVincent Smith891
UKIP Stephen Gidney736
Independent Olwyn Peters472
Independent Steve Goldswain301
Conservative John Matchett269
Liberal Democrats Tracy Jacobs236
Independent Rob Midgley214
Turnout 3,07761.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Eston Independent gain from Labour

Grangetown

Grangetown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Pallister 1,337
Labour Jade Stainthorpe 1,169
Liberal Democrats Mags Sayer199
Turnout 1,55251.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Guisborough

Guisborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bill Clarke 1,501
Labour Shelagh Holyoake 1,371
Conservative Dennis Teasdale 1,330
Labour David Johnson1,302
Conservative Caroline Jackson1,297
Labour Bill Suthers1,278
Turnout 3,57163.7
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hutton

Hutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Valerie Halton 1,997
Conservative Graham Jeffery 1,963
Conservative Peter Spencer 1,792
Labour Sam Howarth1,071
Labour Alison Suthers950
Labour Charlotte Suthers856
Liberal Democrats Arthur Kidd643
Turnout 4,29972.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brenda Forster 1,412
Labour Kevin Firman 1,337
Labour Dale Quigley 1,178
UKIP Frank Harrison988
Liberal Democrats Ian Jones816
Conservative Jack Hassan695
Independent Mark Hannon680
Independent John Hannon674
Green Billy Barnes319
Green Richard Laverick293
Turnout 3,34061.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lockwood

Lockwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
East Cleveland IndependentSteve Kay 677
Liberal Democrats Ellie Lowther150
Conservative Peter Berry123
Labour Jackie Godward116
Turnout 1,06968.8
East Cleveland Independent hold Swing

Loftus

Loftus
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mary Lanigan 1,438
Labour Eric Jackson 910
Independent Wayne Davies 909
Independent David Fitzpatrick846
Independent Allan Greening718
Labour Andrew Anderson673
Labour James McGill625
Independent Tony Gatehouse427
Conservative Joe Hayek372
Turnout 2,93963.7
Independent hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Longbeck

Longbeck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norah Cooney 1,402
Independent Mike Findley 1,220
UKIP Steve Turner 1,083
Labour Sheila Argument1,003
Labour Norma Hensby860
Labour Dave Jones839
Independent Vic Jeffries803
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Carter764
Independent Victoria Reyer655
Turnout 3,85571.6
Conservative hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Newcomen

Newcomen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Abbott 863
Labour Billy Wells 735
Labour Alan Wilkinson264
Liberal Democrats Kelly Seaman621
UKIP Mike Lockwood400
Independent Dave Stones176
Turnout 1,92761.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Normanby

Normanby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Billy Ayre 1,578
Labour Brian Dennis 1,543
Labour Chris Foley-McCormack 1,288
UKIP Chris Gallacher999
Independent Barbara Brooks971
Independent Carole Simms633
Independent Ron Day600
Liberal Democrats Steven Abbott477
Turnout 3,62364.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ormesby

Ormesby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Glyn Nightingale 1,358
Liberal Democrats Irene Nightingale 1,298
Liberal Democrats Ann Wilson 1,083
Labour Tom Purvis681
UKIP Ian Neil621
Labour Susan Thomas616
Labour Sylvia Szintai590
Conservative Neil Grainger413
Independent Simon Galloway180
Independent Norman Pickthall163
Independent Valerie Pickthall151
Turnout 2,86961.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Germain's

St. Germain's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Marjorie Moses 1,293
Liberal Democrats Karen King 1,218
Liberal Democrats Margaret Wilson 1,125
Labour Alan Griffiths861
Labour Jean Jones842
Labour Marilyn Marshall816
UKIP John Robinson694
Conservative Sheila Berry549
Green Tony Dodsworth500
Independent Mike Lockey432
Green Deborah Newman417
Independent Jenny Macgregor296
Turnout 3,44969.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Saltburn

Saltburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stuart Smith 1,892
Conservative Philip Thomson 1,218
Labour Craig Hannaway 1,125
Labour Joan Guy652
UKIP Harry Lilleker625
Labour Kath Sainsbury600
Independent John Lambert593
Independent Jim Wingham542
Independent Sue Featherstone498
Green Ellen Wilkinson398
Green David Masterman342
Liberal Democrats Stan Martin184
Turnout 3,51071.9
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Skelton

Skelton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Walsh 1,205
Labour Helen McLuckie 1,111
Conservative Cliff Foggo 1,044
Labour Ian Taylor1,041
Conservative Maret Ward994
UKIP Stuart Todd968
Independent Brian Briggs847
Independent Margaret Briggs602
Green Dean Axford468
Independent Ray Cawley415
Green Sean Sleightholm321
Turnout 3,74864.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

South Bank

South Bank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Bendelow 1,604
Labour Ian Jeffrey 1,514
Labour Susan Jeffrey 1,486
Independent Sandra Smith637
Eston IndependentJanet Jeffrey555
Liberal Democrats Jean Hutchinson378
Turnout 2,68957.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Teesville

Teesville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leanne Reed 1,260
Labour Bob Norton 1,195
Labour Robert Hodgson 1,119
Eston IndependentJim Higgins1,009
Eston IndependentDavid Fisher967
Eston IndependentPat Turner906
Independent Val Maynard464
Conservative Gillian Dadd428
Independent Sheelagh Clarke394
Independent George Dunning347
Liberal Democrats Eileen Chapman279
Turnout 3,19565.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Dyke

West Dyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lisa Harding 2,224
Liberal Democrats Chris Jones 2,150
Liberal Democrats Mary Ovens 2,078
Labour Mike Dixon1,133
Labour Charlie Brady1,060
Labour Al Mills1,038
Independent Jane Thirlwall598
Turnout 4,01067.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Westworth

Westworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Watts 962
Conservative Carole Jeffrey 919
Independent Dave Williams790
Independent Nev Brown726
Labour Denise Bunn674
Labour Carol Pollock557
Turnout 2,56372.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Zetland

Zetland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Josh Mason 1,081
Labour Neil O'Brien 794
Liberal Democrats Dot Ives777
Labour John McCormack623
Conservative Michael Bateman420
Green Adam Dolman228
Turnout 2,39268.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Redcar and Cleveland council leader George Dunning resigns". BBC News. BBC. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "New cabinet members appointed after council shake-up". Northern Echo. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Local Election Results 2015 - BBC News". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Election Results - May 2015" (PDF). andrewteale.me.uk.
  6. ↑ "Red Car Cleveland 2015" (PDF). andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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