Mayor of Hartlepool

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Mayor of Hartlepool
AppointerElectorate of Hartlepool
PrecursorCouncil Leader
Formation2 May 2002
First holder Stuart Drummond
Final holder Stuart Drummond
Abolished2 May 2013
SuccessionCouncil Leader

The Mayor of Hartlepool was the executive mayor of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham, England. Established in 2002 and abolished in 2013, all three terms of office were served by Stuart Drummond, who was first elected under the guise of H'Angus the Monkey, the town's football club's mascot.

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The office was established in 2002 following a referendum the previous year in which governance by a directly elected mayor was favoured over a cabinet system. Another referendum in 2012 produced the converse result, and the office was abolished in May 2013. [1]

Drummond was first elected in 2002 [2] and was re-elected in 2005 [3] and 2009. [4] Drummond was the first mayor in Britain to win a third term. [4]

Referendums

Mayor of Hartlepool referendum
18 October 2001
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Elected Mayor10,66750.9
Cabinet System10,29449.1
Required majority50
Total votes20,961100.00
Source: The Guardian [5]
Mayor of Hartlepool referendum
15 November 2012
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Cabinet System7,36658.73
Elected Mayor5,17741.27
Required majority50
Total votes12,543100.00
Source: BBC News [6]

Elections

Elections were held under the supplementary vote system.

2002

Hartlepool Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 [7]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Independent Stuart Drummond 5,69629.1%1,6997,39552.2%
Labour Leo Gillen5,43827.8%1,3246,76247.8%
Independent Ian Cameron5,17426.5%
Liberal Democrats Arthur Preece1,6758.6%
Conservative Stephen Close1,5618.0%
Independent win

2005

Hartlepool Mayoral Election 5 May 2005 [8]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Independent Stuart Drummond 14,22742.1%2,68516,91271.6%
Labour Carl Richardson5,52716.4%1,1806,70728.4%
Independent Ian Cameron4,27212.6%
Hartlepool FirstStephen Allison3,76511.1%
Independent Stan Kaiser2,7018.0%
Independent John Lauderdale1,8215.4%
Conservative Brenda Pearson1,4824.4%
Independent hold

2009

Hartlepool Mayoral Election 4 June 2009 [9]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Independent Stuart Drummond 5,26824.5%1,5996,86753.3%
Independent Ian Cameron4,28019.9%1,7436,02346.7%
Labour Chris Simmons2,92113.6%
UKIP Martyn Aiken1,8448.6%
Independent Tony Morrell1,4576.8%
BNP Cheryl Dunn1,3526.3%
Conservative David Young1,0925.1%
Independent Jim Gillespie9864.6%
Independent Iris Ryder5942.8%
Independent Alison Willetts5642.6%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Gillam4642.2%
Independent Barbara Jackson4612.2%
Independent Christine Blakey2041.0%
Independent hold

List of mayors

Political partyNameEntered officeLeft office
Independent Stuart Drummond 2 May 20022 May 2013 (system abolition)

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