Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council elections

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Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district in Cleveland, called Langbaurgh (or Langbaurgh-on-Tees after 1988).

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [1] [2]

Langbaurgh non-metropolitan district

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1973–1976
Conservative 1976–1979
Labour 1979–1987
No overall control 1987–1991
Labour 1991–1996

Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority

Party in controlYears
Labour 1996–2003
No overall control 2003–2011
Labour [3] 2011–2013
No overall control 2013–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2007 have been:

CouncillorPartyFromTo
George Dunning [4] Labour 17 May 200712 Feb 2015
Mary Lanigan Independent 12 Feb 201528 May 2015
Sue Jeffrey Labour 28 May 201523 May 2019
Mary Lanigan [5] Independent 23 May 201925 May 2023
Alec Brown [6] Labour 25 May 2023

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Council composition

Year Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative UKIP East Cleveland Independents [a] Eston Independents Teesville Independents Independent Council control
after election
1995 497100002Labour
1999 32111400002Labour
2003 23151304004 No overall control
2007 28131100034 No overall control
2011 3216600032Labour
2015 29111011106 No overall control
2019 151311210314 No overall control
2023 231112000013 No overall control

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995–1999

West Dyke By-Election 25 July 1996 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Benbow77139.4
Labour John Taylor74237.9
Conservative Jean White44522.7
Majority 291.5
Turnout 1,95835.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Eston By-Election 1 May 1997 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Simms2,16856.2−21.5
Independent Ray Freeman1,36235.3+35.3
Conservative Yvonne Bennett3298.5+8.5
Majority 80620.9
Turnout 3,859
Labour hold Swing
Brotton By-Election 25 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 48858.2−15.1
Independent 20124.0+24.0
Conservative 15017.9−8.8
Majority 28734.2
Turnout 839
Labour hold Swing

1999–2003

Teesville By-Election 20 July 2000 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheelagh Clarke73640.5−22.2
Conservative David Tabner53729.5+29.5
Liberal Democrats Vera Butler50928.0−9.3
Socialist Labour John Taylor362.0+2.0
Majority 19911.0
Turnout 1,81834.2
Labour hold Swing
Loftus By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Dave Fitzpatrick1,91859.4+45.3
Labour Susan McLeod72222.4−40.1
Conservative Marjorie Veal33310.3−12.6
Liberal Democrats Val Miller2578.0+8.0
Majority 1,19637.0
Turnout 3,230
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Grangetown By-Election 14 March 2002 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Dunlop46363.3−9.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Tuffs24233.1+22.0
Conservative Lynda Russell273.7+3.7
Majority 19930.2
Turnout 73216.3
Labour hold Swing
St Germain's By-Election 27 June 2002 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bill Goodwell59935.8−13.4
Independent Mike Findley58735.1+35.1
Labour Sue McLeod19911.9−23.0
Green Peter Goodwin17310.3+10.3
Conservative Neil Bilham1146.8−9.1
Majority 120.7
Turnout 1,67248.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Socialist Labour Swing

2003–2007

Westworth By-Election 5 May 2005 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Bunn81834.3+5.9
East Cleveland IndependentDavid Williams80533.7+0.3
Conservative Michael King62626.2−12.0
Independent Barry Parvin1375.7+5.7
Majority 130.6
Turnout 2,38667.4
Labour gain from Independent Swing

2007–2011

Guisborough By-Election 11 September 2008 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bill Clarke1,12455.9+13.5
Labour Bill Suthers88744.1−0.8
Majority 23711.8
Turnout 2,01134.4
Conservative hold Swing
Kirkleatham By-Election 2 October 2008 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Hannon1,03156.4+25.5
Labour Paul Dixon48626.6−15.9
Conservative Brian Mundy20411.2−15.5
BNP Dawn Castle1065.8+5.8
Majority 54529.8
Turnout 1,82736.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
South Bank By-Election 16 October 2008 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marilyn Bramley65249.9−0.6
Liberal Democrats Toni Meir28822.1+12.3
BNP Bernard Collinson20615.8+1.4
Independent Oz Sadiq1017.7−7.3
Conservative Joan Bolton594.5−5.8
Majority 36427.8
Turnout 1,30627.6
Labour hold Swing
Dormanstown By-Election 2 April 2009 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ken Lucas80942.4+17.3
Labour Marian Fairley66735.0−17.1
BNP Lynn Payne30516.6+16.6
Conservative Brian Hughes-Mundy1256.6−16.2
Majority 1427.4
Turnout 1,90636.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Dormanstown By-Election 23 July 2009 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Howden80552.3+27.2
Labour Richard Green51533.5−18.6
BNP Lynn Payne1459.4+9.4
Conservative Joan Bolton734.7−18.0
Majority 29018.8
Turnout 1,53829.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
South Bank By-Election 17 September 2009 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Jeffrey44243.6−6.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Abbott35434.9+25.1
Independent Vincent Smith10210.1−5.0
UKIP Martin Bulmer696.8+6.8
Conservative Joan Bolton474.6−5.7
Majority 888.7
Turnout 1,01421.2
Labour hold Swing
Ormesby By-Election 3 December 2009 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ann Wilson1,08473.5+12.4
Labour Steve Goldswain21014.2−5.0
UKIP Martin Bulmer1037.0+7.0
Conservative Colin Jones775.2−14.4
Majority 87459.3
Turnout 1,47429.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Brotton By-Election 26 August 2010 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doreen Rudland56538.1−1.0
Independent Barry Hunt35123.7+10.9
Liberal Democrats Valerie Miller31521.2−7.8
Conservative Don Agar22014.8−4.4
BNP Michael George332.2+2.2
Majority 21414.4
Turnout 1,48427.8
Labour hold Swing

2011–2015

Zetland (2) By-Election 17 November 2011 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ron Harrison661
Liberal Democrats Josh Mason633
Labour Norma Hensby531
Labour Celia Elliott512
Conservative Michael Bateman217
Conservative Brian Hughes-Munday142
UKIP Ian Neil50
Turnout 2,74636.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Newcomen By-Election 19 January 2012 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John P Hannon53949.0
Liberal Democrats Dave Stones48444.0
Conservative Matthew Bennett766.9
Majority 555.0
Turnout 1,09933.88
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Skelton By-Election 8 August 2013 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Walsh74546.1
UKIP Stuart Todd48530.0
Conservative Anne Watts17610.9
Independent James Carrolle17010.5
Liberal Democrats Rodney Waite402.5
Majority 26016.1
Turnout 1,61628.3
Labour hold Swing
Dormanstown By-Election 22 May 2014 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sabrina Thompson75337.3
Labour Neil Bendelow74136.7
UKIP Andrea Turner52325.9
Majority 120.6
Turnout 2,01738.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2015–2019

Hutton By-Election 17 March 2016 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Jackson87945.0−8.8
Liberal Democrats Arthur Kidd53627.4+10.1
Labour Ian Taylor36818.8−10.1
UKIP Kenneth Lilleker1165.9n/a
Independent George Tinsley562.9n/a
Majority 34317.6
Turnout 1,95533.3
Conservative hold Swing
Ormesby By-Election 18 August 2016 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carole Morgan98075.4+37.3
UKIP Ian Neil13810.6−6.8
Labour Alison Suthers1269.7−9.4
Conservative Cameron Brown413.2−8.4
North East Philip Lockey151.2N/A
Majority 84264.8
Turnout 1,30027.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hutton By-Election 2 March 2017 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alma Thrower86057.4+3.6
Liberal Democrats Graeme Kidd32621.8+4.5
Labour Ian Urwin18312.2−16.7
UKIP Barry Hudson1298.6n/a
Majority 53435.6
Turnout 1,49825.0
Conservative hold Swing
Newcomen By-Election 2 March 2017 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Laura Benson42644.6+4.9
Labour Charlie Brady25927.1−6.7
UKIP Andrea Turner15316.0−2.4
Independent Mark Hannon525.4n/a
Independent Dave Stones363.8−4.3
Conservative Maret Ward293.0n/a
Majority 16717.5
Turnout 95529.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
St Germain's By-Election 5 October 2017 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Deborah Dowson66138.4+8.6
Labour David Jones36821.4+1.5
Independent John Lambert26115.2n/a
Independent Victor Jeffries22513.1n/a
Conservative Olwyn Twentyman17410.1−2.6
Green Nicola Riley311.8−9.7
Majority 29317.0
Turnout 1,72034.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Longbeck By-Election 15 March 2018 [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Vera Rider49432.7+7.1
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Marshall39726.3+12.3
Labour Darcie Shepherd33722.3+4.0
Independent Vic Jeffries28218.7−3.6
Majority 976.4
Turnout 1,51027.9
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

2019–2023

Guisborough By-Election 6 May 2021 [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Hixon87945.1+21.9
Labour Lisa Belshaw40620.9−2.1
Independent Sheila Berry39820.4+20.4
Independent Fred Page19510.0+10.0
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Cree693.5+3.5
Majority 47324.3
Turnout 1,94734.5
Conservative hold Swing
Hutton By-Election 6 May 2021 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Waterfield1,31853.3+8.3
Liberal Democrats Jemma Joy56622.9−9.5
Independent Christopher Baker33213.4+13.4
Labour Alan Hiscox25610.4−3.0
Majority 75230.4
Turnout 2,47244.9
Conservative hold Swing
Longbeck By-Election 6 May 2021 [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Turner71045.0+12.6
Labour Luke Myer44027.9+17.8
Independent Judith Findley39925.3+25.3
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Marshall291.8−8.6
Majority 27017.1
Turnout 1,57846.6
Conservative hold Swing
Normanby By-Election 22 December 2022 [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Salvin38937.5+15.9
Labour Leanne Reed35734.5+2.4
Independent Paul McInnes10910.5+10.5
Independent Rita Richardson14313.8+13.8
Liberal Democrats Tracy Jacobs383.7−12.9
Majority 323
Turnout 1,03619.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2023–2027

Longbeck By-Election 5 September 2024 [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Crane38437.9
Labour Jane Bradley20620.4
Independent Andrea Turner11911.8
Reform UK Christopher Gallacher10810.7
Independent Vic Jeffries10510.4
Independent Steve Cooper504.9
Liberal Democrats Sarah Booth404.0
Majority 17817.6
Turnout 1,012
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Skelton East By-Election 9 October 2025 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Craig Holmes83965.3
Labour Norman Macleod24719.2
Conservative Julie Craig17913.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Saunders191.5
Majority 59246.0
Turnout 1,284
Reform UK gain from Conservative Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ For 2007, this figure includes Loftus Ward Independents and East Cleveland and Guisborough Independents.

References

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  2. ↑ "England council elections". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  3. ↑ Hetherington, Graeme (31 July 2013). "Redcar and Cleveland Labour group lose overall control of council following latest defections". The Northern Echo . Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Redcar and Cleveland council leader George Dunning resigns". BBC News. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. ↑ Cain, James (13 May 2019). "Who is Mary Lanigan? The experienced and outspoken new leader of Redcar and Cleveland Council". Teesside Live. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Langbaurgh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Langbaurgh (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Redcar and Cleveland (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
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  21. ↑ "South Bank by election result". Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  22. ↑ "Dormanstown by-election result". Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
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  34. ↑ "NewcomenWard" (PDF). Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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  36. ↑ "Longbeck Ward Declaration" (PDF). Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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