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12 out of 36 seats to Hartlepool Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 28% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 36 members of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham were elected.
Labour took back control of the council from no overall control in the previous election.
Hartlepool was a traditionally Labour-controlled council. The party held control of the council from its creation as a unitary authority in 1995 to 2000, from 2004 to 2008, and 2010 to 2019, with periods of no overall control between. [1] Following the 2019 election, the Conservatives, the Independent Union, and the Veterans and People's Party formed a minority coalition. [2] This agreement, minus the VPP, was renewed following the 2021 election on new boundaries.[ citation needed ]
In the previous election, Labour won 9 seats (up 5) with 44.6% of the vote, the Conservatives won 2 (down 1) with 22.6%, independents won 1 (down 3) with 20.6%, and the Independent Union lost the seat they were defending with 3.1%. Following the election, the Conservatives, the Independent Union, and 5 independents formed a minority coalition. [3] As the 2021 election was for all seats, this election is for the seats held by the first place candidate in each ward. [4] The Conservatives are defending 7 seats, Labour are defending 1, and independents are defending 4.[ citation needed ]
After 2023 election | Before 2024 election [5] | After 2024 election [6] | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 18 | Labour | 17 | Labour | 24 | |||
Conservative | 12 | Conservative | 12 | Conservative | 6 | |||
IU | 1 | IU | 1 | IU | 1 | |||
Independent | 5 | Independent | 6 | Independent | 5 |
Changes:
2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 9 | 7 | 75.0 | 15 | 24 | 66.7 | 9,274 | 46.5 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | 1 | 6 | 8.3 | 5 | 6 | 16.7 | 4,911 | 24.6 | +2.3 | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | 5 | 13.9 | 2,688 | 13.5 | –7.0 | |
IU | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.8 | N/A | N/A | –3.1 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,847 | 14.3 | +6.9 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Corinne Male | 919 | 54.5 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | David Nicholson* | 339 | 20.1 | +1.7 | |
Reform UK | Graham Harrison | 270 | 16.0 | +8.7 | |
Independent | John Hays | 158 | 9.4 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 580 | 34.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Michael Jorgeson | 758 | 54.8 | -9.0 | |
Conservative | Ian Glass | 330 | 23.9 | +7.7 | |
Reform UK | Trevor Rogan | 294 | 21.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 428 | 31.0 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jim Lindridge* | 723 | 34.8 | N/A | |
Labour Co-op | Owen Riddle | 622 | 29.9 | -11.8 | |
Conservative | Marc Owens | 310 | 14.9 | -10.1 | |
Reform UK | Peter Tylee | 262 | 12.6 | +7.5 | |
Independent | Tony Richardson | 160 | 7.7 | -4.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,077 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Carole Thompson* | 927 | 58.0 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Chris Groves | 503 | 31.5 | +4.1 | |
Reform UK | Leah Stead | 121 | 7.6 | +0.2 | |
Heritage | Vivienne Neville | 46 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,597 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Aaron Roy | 841 | 42.6 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Tom Cassidy* | 629 | 31.9 | +0.3 | |
Reform UK | Amanda Napper | 244 | 12.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Stuart Campbell | 164 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Pauline Phillips | 95 | 4.8 | -1.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,973 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | John Nelson | 847 | 51.4 | +10.6 | |
Conservative | Brian Cowie* | 333 | 20.2 | +0.7 | |
Reform UK | Drew Murley | 222 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Scott Gaiety | 178 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Rob Stevenson | 68 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,648 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Katherine Cook | 625 | 57.4 | -0.8 | |
Reform UK | Stephen Wright | 214 | 19.7 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Margaret Lyall | 160 | 14.7 | -3.9 | |
Independent | Bob Eagleton | 64 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,088 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Quewone Bailey-Fleet | 649 | 54.4 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Marley Haggan | 275 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Tracy Connolly | 269 | 22.5 | +10.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,193 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Scott Reeve* | 1,197 | 48.1 | +0.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Malcolm Walker | 833 | 33.5 | +6.3 | |
Reform UK | Angela Jackson | 339 | 13.6 | +10.0 | |
Green | Stephen Ashfield | 121 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,490 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Sue Little* | 1,078 | 58.9 | +6.8 | |
Labour Co-op | David Innes | 359 | 19.6 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Morgan Barker | 221 | 12.1 | -7.4 | |
Reform UK | Paul Manley | 137 | 7.5 | -1.5 | |
Green | Stuart Williams | 36 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,831 | ||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Martin Scarborough | 1,015 | 62.5 | +12.2 | |
Conservative | Richie Hughes | 347 | 21.4 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Alec Gough | 263 | 16.2 | +5.3 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,625 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Christopher Wallace | 879 | 64.7 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Veronica Nicholson | 267 | 19.7 | -7.6 | |
Reform UK | John Fleet | 212 | 15.6 | +5.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,358 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
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