2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

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2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election
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  2015 2 May 2019 2023  

59 of 59 seats on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won141413
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Decrease2.svg15Increase2.svg2
Popular vote14,98623,42516,144

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Conservative UKIP Teesville Independents
Seats won1123
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Increase2.svg3
Popular vote17,1503,3672,131

 Seventh partyEighth party
 
Party East Cleveland Independent Green
Seats won10
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote641377

Redcar and Cleveland UK ward map 2019.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

Leader before election

Sue Jeffrey
Labour
No overall control

Subsequent council control

Mary Lanigan
Independent
No overall control

The 2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Labour minority administration. Following the election the council remained under no overall control, but a coalition of the Liberal Democrats and independent councillors formed to take control, with independent councillor Mary Lanigan being appointed the new leader of the council. [2]

Result summary

2019 Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 15Decrease2.svg 1524.129.923,425
  Independent 14Increase2.svg 824.119.114,986
  Liberal Democrats 13Increase2.svg 222.420.616,144
  Conservative 11Increase2.svg 119.021.917,150
 Teesville Independents3Increase2.svg 35.22.72,131
  UKIP 2Increase2.svg 13.44.33,367
 East Cleveland Independent1Steady2.svg1.70.8641
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.00.5377

Ward results

Belmont

Belmont
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Peter Berry 698 50.4
Independent Anne Watts 537 38.8
Conservative Andrew Hixon47033.9
Conservative Stephen Waterfield44332.0
Labour Carol Pollock22516.2
Labour Michaela Rogers21515.5
Turnout 1,38537.9
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Brotton

Brotton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Barry Hunt 1,122 52.7
Independent Graham Cutler 1,120 52.6
Independent Martin Fletcher 800 37.6
Conservative Timothy Dobson69332.6
Labour Linda White50723.8
Labour Paula Bednarz-Withers44120.7
Conservative Lee Holmes43020.2
Labour Gillian Gilmour37617.7
Conservative Eugenie Noonan2059.6
Liberal Democrats Valerie Miller1014.7
Turnout 2,12841.0
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Coatham

Coatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Neil Baldwin 565 52.3
Labour Carl Quartermain 376 34.8
Labour Rebecca McCabe34331.7
Liberal Democrats Josephine Crawford23922.1
Liberal Democrats William Wilson16515.3
Conservative Alma Thrower16014.8
Turnout 1,08130.4
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Dormanstown

Dormanstown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ceri Cawley 394 45.3
Labour Alec Brown 383 44.1
UKIP Robert Dunn31636.4
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Hall18921.7
Conservative Chelsea Hixon12614.5
Turnout 86925.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Eston

Eston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Rees 715 51.3
Labour Christopher Massey 669 48.0
Labour Geraldine Williams 633 45.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Hart43130.9
Conservative Richard Gibson37526.9
Turnout 1,39424.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Eston Independent Swing

Grangetown

Grangetown
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Pallister 377 43.7
Independent Adam Brook 368 42.6
Labour Leanne Reed35441.0
UKIP Benjamin Hunter-Grayson29934.6
Conservative Charles Over829.5
Turnout 86322.5
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Guisborough

Guisborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Clarke 1,066 55.3
Conservative Dennis Teasdale 607 31.5
Labour Shelagh Holyoake 602 31.2
Labour Luke Butterfield58630.4
Labour Ian Taylor51726.8
Conservative Anthea Over47424.6
Conservative John Hatcliffe46824.3
UKIP Kathleen Latchford34918.1
Turnout 1,92734.4
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hutton

Hutton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Jeffery 1,014 46.7
Conservative Caroline Jackson 990 45.6
Conservative Malcolm Griffiths 848 39.1
Liberal Democrats Jemma Joy73033.6
Liberal Democrats David Curd66030.4
Liberal Democrats Arthur Kidd62128.6
Labour Lisa Belshaw30113.9
Labour Adrian Robson26012.0
Labour Alan Hiscox24911.5
UKIP Ian Hudson2079.5
UKIP James Hudson1898.7
Turnout 2,17141.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Michael Lockwood 672 47.2
Labour Co-op Leah Quartermain 588 41.3
Labour Co-op Charles Brady 550 38.6
Labour Co-op Simon Meech50335.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Chisholm47133.1
Turnout 1,42525.9
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Lockwood

Lockwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
East Cleveland IndependentStephen Kay 641 85.4
Labour Geraldine Nuttal729.6
Conservative Samuel Bright385.1
Majority
Turnout 75740.7
East Cleveland Independent hold Swing

Loftus

Loftus
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Wayne Davies 1,126 63.3
Independent Mary Lanigan 1,054 59.2
Independent Timothy Gray 962 54.0
Conservative Anthony Gatehouse46726.2
Conservative Iain Graham32218.1
Conservative Janet Dadd31017.4
Labour Denise Bunn20011.2
Labour Kate Mann19410.9
Labour James Bunn19210.8
Turnout 1,78037.9
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Longbeck

Longbeck
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vera Rider 507 40.4
Conservative Norah Cooney 475 37.8
Independent Victor Jefferies46937.4
UKIP Stephen Cooper26921.4
Liberal Democrats Annette Duff16313.0
Labour Liam Booth15812.6
Labour Abdul Rauf13510.8
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Marshall1058.4
Turnout 1,25536.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Newcomen

Newcomen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Edward Wells 439 38.4
Labour Carrie Cook 337 29.5
Independent David Stones29125.4
Labour Ian Urwin27123.7
Liberal Democrats John Hannon25922.6
Liberal Democrats Sabrina Thompson25322.1
UKIP Lisa Williams19316.9
Conservative Linda King796.9
Turnout 1,14429.9
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing

Normanby

Normanby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Foley-McCormack 736 44.0
UKIP Christopher Gallacher 684 40.9
Labour Arthur Ayre 664 39.7
Labour Michael Dick65439.1
Conservative June Hatcliffe49729.7
Liberal Democrats Stuart Saunders38022.7
Turnout 1,67330.9
Labour hold Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ormesby

Ormesby
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Glyn Nightingale 1,124 73.5
Liberal Democrats Carole Morgan 1,123 73.4
Liberal Democrats Irene Nightingale 1,094 71.6
Labour Robert Hodgson23515.4
Labour Alexander Brooke19612.8
Labour Jade Stainthorpe17711.6
Conservative Margery Teasdale16310.7
Turnout 1,52931.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Saltburn

Saltburn
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Stuart Smith 1,796 71.2
Conservative Philip Thompson 1,071 42.5
Labour Craig Hannaway 780 30.9
Conservative Jacob Young74229.4
Labour Katherine Sainsbury64125.4
Labour Drisc Wardle56322.3
Green Tabitha McLaughlin37715.0
Conservative Steve Noonan26710.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathon Thompson1666.6
Turnout 2,52151.6
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Skelton East

Skelton East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Foggo 537 44.3
Conservative Julie Craig 512 42.3
Independent Jeffrey Johnson37230.7
Labour Darcie Shepherd29124.0
Labour David Walsh27923.0
UKIP David Barker18915.6
Turnout 1,21135.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Skelton West

Skelton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Holmes 607 51.6
Conservative Lee Holmes 525 44.6
Labour Ursula Earl42336.0
Labour John Pratt35630.3
Independent David Williams18415.6
Liberal Democrats Emily Bell877.4
Turnout 1,17635.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Bank

South Bank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Sandra Smith 445 46.7
Labour Susan Jeffrey 389 40.9
Labour Ian Jeffrey37439.3
Independent Janet Jeffrey27629.0
Conservative Darren Poole677.0
Conservative Joanne Poole656.8
Turnout 95227.8
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

St. Germain's

St. Germain's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Karen King 1,031 49.4
Liberal Democrats Deborah Dowson 935 44.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Wilson 878 42.1
Independent Helena Archer74135.5
Conservative Olwyn Twentyman40419.4
Labour Brian Dennis33716.1
Labour Daniel Johns33316.0
Labour John Lawrenson33015.8
Conservative Jordan Turner28813.8
Conservative Kieran Janicki25512.2
Turnout 2,08737.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Teesville

Teesville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Teesville IndependentDavid Fisher 738 44.1
Teesville IndependentRobert Clark 723 43.2
Teesville IndependentVincent Smith 670 40.0
Labour Neil Bendelow62737.5
Labour Paul Garland57034.1
Labour Norma Hensby51630.8
Independent Rita Richardson29817.8
Independent Adam Mead25715.4
Conservative John Rider1569.3
Turnout 1,67433.4
Teesville Independent gain from Labour Swing
Teesville Independent gain from Labour Swing
Teesville Independent gain from Labour Swing

West Dyke

West Dyke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Ovens 978 55.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Jones 946 53.9
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Head 944 53.8
Labour Michael Dixon37921.6
Labour Alan Wilkinson36020.5
Labour Alison Suthers35019.9
Conservative Claire Cargill26415.0
Conservative Stephen Cargill25414.5
For Britain Pamela Preedy23113.2
Turnout 1,75635.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wheatlands

Wheatlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Lax-Keeler 404 40.3
Liberal Democrats Shaun Moody 390 38.9
Conservative Stephen Turner35435.3
Conservative Andrea Turner34534.4
Labour Lee Hunter21721.7
Labour David Wimble21221.2
Turnout 1,00226.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Zetland

Zetland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Louise Westbury 650 53.8
Liberal Democrats Alison Barnes 627 51.9
Labour Cornelius O'Brien37130.7
Labour Brenda Foster34228.3
Conservative Michael Bateman19416.1
Turnout 1,20834.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Changes 2019–2023

Local party the Teesville Independents was de-registered with the Electoral Commission in June 2019; its councillors thereafter sat as independents. [3]

The two UKIP councillors, Mike Lockwood and Christopher Gallacher, both left the party in October 2020 to sit as independents. [4]

Six Conservatives left the party in early 2021 to sit as independents, forming the "Cleveland Independent Group". They were Cliff Foggo, Julie Craig, Graham Jeffrey, Vera Rider, Philip Thompson, and Malcolm Griffiths (the latter had been suspended from the party since November 2019). [5] In December 2021 Graham Jeffrey left the Cleveland Independent Group to join the Liberal Democrats, and Cliff Foggo, Julie Craig, and Vera Rider left the group to join the Independent Group, leaving just Philip Thompson and Malcolm Griffiths in the Cleveland Independent Group. [6] Julie Craig subsequently left the Independent Group in March 2022 and served the remainder of her term as an ungrouped independent. [7]

Craig Hannaway, elected for Labour, left the party in March 2021 to sit as an independent. [8]

Longbeck by-election 6 May 2021 won by Conservative candidate Andrea Turner, following death of Conservative councillor Norah Cooney. [9]

Guisborough by-election 6 May 2021 won by Conservative candidate Andrew Hixon, following death of Conservative councillor Dennis Teasdale. [10]

Hutton by-election 6 May 2021 won by Conservative candidate Stephen Waterfield, following resignation of Conservative councillor Caroline Jackson. [11]

Adam Brook, elected as an independent, joined Labour in July 2022. [12]

Normanby by-election 22 December 2022 won by Conservative candidate Paul Salvin, following death of Labour councillor Chris Foley-McCormack. [13]

Robert Clark, elected as a Teesville Independent, joined Labour in January 2023. [14]

The Independent Group

The independent councillors who formed part of the council's administration with the Liberal Democrats sat together as "The Independent Group". This was a group for the purposes of the Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990 (and therefore used to determine entitlement to seats on committees) but was not a formal political party registered with the Electoral Commission. [15] Some members of the group did register a new political party in December 2021, called "Redcar and Cleveland Independent", [16] but the party was de-registered less than a year later without ever having contested an election. [17] Those members of the Independent Group who stood for re-election at the subsequent 2023 election did so as independent candidates.

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