2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

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2019 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 party Second party Third party
 
Party Independent Labour Liberal Democrats
Seats won 14 14 13
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease15 Increase2
Popular vote 14,986 23,425 16,144
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Conservative UKIP Teesville Independents
Seats won 11 2 3
Seat change Increase1 Increase1 Increase3
Popular vote 17,150 3,367 2,131
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party East Cleveland Independent Green
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 641 377
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.

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[edit]

2019 Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 15 – – Decrease 15 24.1 29.9 23,425
  Independent 14 – – Increase 8 24.1 19.1 14,986
  Liberal Democrats 13 – – Increase 2 22.4 20.6 16,144
  Conservative 11 – – Increase 1 19.0 21.9 17,150
  Teesville Independents 3 – – Increase 3 5.2 2.7 2,131
  UKIP 2 – – Increase 1 3.4 4.3 3,367
  East Cleveland Independent 1 – – Steady 1.7 0.8 641
  Green 0 – – Steady 0.0 0.5 377

Ward results[edit]

Belmont[edit]

Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Peter Berry 698 50.4
Independent Anne Watts 537 38.8
Conservative Andrew Hixon 470 33.9
Conservative Stephen Waterfield 443 32.0
Labour Carol Pollock 225 16.2
Labour Michaela Rogers 215 15.5
Turnout 1,385 37.9
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Brotton[edit]

Brotton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Barry Hunt 1,122 52.7
Independent Graham Cutler 1,120 52.6
Independent Martin Fletcher 800 37.6
Conservative Timothy Dobson 693 32.6
Labour Linda White 507 23.8
Labour Paula Bednarz-Withers 441 20.7
Conservative Lee Holmes 430 20.2
Labour Gillian Gilmour 376 17.7
Conservative Eugenie Noonan 205 9.6
Liberal Democrats Valerie Miller 101 4.7
Turnout 2,128 41.0
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Coatham[edit]

Coatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Neil Baldwin 565 52.3
Labour Carl Quartermain 376 34.8
Labour Rebecca McCabe 343 31.7
Liberal Democrats Josephine Crawford 239 22.1
Liberal Democrats William Wilson 165 15.3
Conservative Alma Thrower 160 14.8
Turnout 1,081 30.4
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Dormanstown[edit]

Dormanstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ceri Cawley 394 45.3
Labour Alec Brown 383 44.1
UKIP Robert Dunn 316 36.4
Liberal Democrats Evelyn Hall 189 21.7
Conservative Chelsea Hixon 126 14.5
Turnout 869 25.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Eston[edit]

Eston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Rees 715 51.3
Labour Christopher Massey 669 48.0
Labour Geraldine Williams 633 45.4
Liberal Democrats Ian Hart 431 30.9
Conservative Richard Gibson 375 26.9
Turnout 1,394 24.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Eston Independent Swing

Grangetown[edit]

Grangetown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Pallister 377 43.7
Independent Adam Brook 368 42.6
Labour Leanne Reed 354 41.0
UKIP Benjamin Hunter-Grayson 299 34.6
Conservative Charles Over 82 9.5
Turnout 863 22.5
Labour hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Guisborough[edit]

Guisborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Clarke 1,066 55.3
Conservative Dennis Teasdale 607 31.5
Labour Shelagh Holyoake 602 31.2
Labour Luke Butterfield 586 30.4
Labour Ian Taylor 517 26.8
Conservative Anthea Over 474 24.6
Conservative John Hatcliffe 468 24.3
UKIP Kathleen Latchford 349 18.1
Turnout 1,927 34.4
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hutton[edit]

Hutton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Jeffery 1,014 46.7
Conservative Caroline Jackson 990 45.6
Conservative Malcolm Griffiths 848 39.1
Liberal Democrats Jemma Joy 730 33.6
Liberal Democrats David Curd 660 30.4
Liberal Democrats Arthur Kidd 621 28.6
Labour Lisa Belshaw 301 13.9
Labour Adrian Robson 260 12.0
Labour Alan Hiscox 249 11.5
UKIP Ian Hudson 207 9.5
UKIP James Hudson 189 8.7
Turnout 2,171 41.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kirkleatham[edit]

Kirkleatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Meech 503 35.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Chisholm 471 33.1
Turnout 1,425 25.9
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Lockwood[edit]

Lockwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
East Cleveland Independent Stephen Kay 641 85.4
Labour Geraldine Nuttal 72 9.6
Conservative Samuel Bright 38 5.1
Majority
Turnout 757 40.7
East Cleveland Independent hold Swing

Loftus[edit]

Loftus
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wayne Davies 1,126 63.3
Independent Mary Lanigan 1,054 59.2
Independent Timothy Gray 962 54.0
Conservative Anthony Gatehouse 467 26.2
Conservative Iain Graham 322 18.1
Conservative Janet Dadd 310 17.4
Labour Denise Bunn 200 11.2
Labour Kate Mann 194 10.9
Labour James Bunn 192 10.8
Turnout 1,780 37.9
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Longbeck[edit]

Longbeck
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vera Rider 507 40.4
Conservative Norah Cooney 475 37.8
Independent Victor Jefferies 469 37.4
UKIP Stephen Cooper 269 21.4
Liberal Democrats Annette Duff 163 13.0
Labour Liam Booth 158 12.6
Labour Abdul Rauf 135 10.8
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Marshall 105 8.4
Turnout 1,255 36.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Newcomen[edit]

Newcomen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward Wells 439 38.4
Labour Carrie Cook 337 29.5
Independent David Stones 291 25.4
Labour Ian Urwin 271 23.7
Liberal Democrats John Hannon 259 22.6
Liberal Democrats Sabrina Thompson 253 22.1
UKIP Lisa Williams 193 16.9
Conservative Linda King 79 6.9
Turnout 1,144 29.9
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour hold Swing

Normanby[edit]

Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Foley-McCormack 736 44.0
UKIP Christopher Gallacher 684 40.9
Labour Arthur Ayre 664 39.7
Labour Michael Dick 654 39.1
Conservative June Hatcliffe 497 29.7
Liberal Democrats Stuart Saunders 380 22.7
Turnout 1,673 30.9
Labour hold Swing
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ormesby[edit]

Ormesby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Hodgson 235 15.4
Labour Alexander Brooke 196 12.8
Labour Jade Stainthorpe 177 11.6
Conservative Margery Teasdale 163 10.7
Turnout 1,529 31.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Saltburn[edit]

Saltburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Stuart Smith 1,796 71.2
Conservative Philip Thompson 1,071 42.5
Labour Craig Hannaway 780 30.9
Conservative Jacob Young 742 29.4
Labour Katherine Sainsbury 641 25.4
Labour Drisc Wardle 563 22.3
Green Tabitha McLaughlin 377 15.0
Conservative Steve Noonan 267 10.6
Liberal Democrats Jonathon Thompson 166 6.6
Turnout 2,521 51.6
Independent hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Skelton East[edit]

Skelton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clifford Foggo 537 44.3
Conservative Julie Craig 512 42.3
Independent Jeffrey Johnson 372 30.7
Labour Darcie Shepherd 291 24.0
Labour David Walsh 279 23.0
UKIP David Barker 189 15.6
Turnout 1,211 35.4
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Skelton West[edit]

Skelton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig Holmes 607 51.6
Conservative Lee Holmes 525 44.6
Labour Ursula Earl 423 36.0
Labour John Pratt 356 30.3
Independent David Williams 184 15.6
Liberal Democrats Emily Bell 87 7.4
Turnout 1,176 35.8
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

South Bank[edit]

South Bank
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sandra Smith 445 46.7
Labour Susan Jeffrey 389 40.9
Labour Ian Jeffrey 374 39.3
Independent Janet Jeffrey 276 29.0
Conservative Darren Poole 67 7.0
Conservative Joanne Poole 65 6.8
Turnout 952 27.8
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing

St. Germain's[edit]

St. Germain's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karen King 1,031 49.4
Liberal Democrats Deborah Dowson 935 44.8
Liberal Democrats Margaret Wilson 878 42.1
Independent Helena Archer 741 35.5
Conservative Olwyn Twentyman 404 19.4
Labour Brian Dennis 337 16.1
Labour Daniel Johns 333 16.0
Labour John Lawrenson 330 15.8
Conservative Jordan Turner 288 13.8
Conservative Kieran Janicki 255 12.2
Turnout 2,087 37.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Teesville[edit]

Teesville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Teesville Independent David Fisher 738 44.1
Teesville Independent Robert Clark 723 43.2
Teesville Independent Vincent Smith 670 40.0
Labour Neil Bendelow 627 37.5
Labour Paul Garland 570 34.1
Labour Norma Hensby 516 30.8
Independent Rita Richardson 298 17.8
Independent Adam Mead 257 15.4
Conservative John Rider 156 9.3
Turnout 1,674 33.4
Teesville Independent gain from Labour Swing
Teesville Independent gain from Labour Swing
Teesville Independent gain from Labour Swing

West Dyke[edit]

West Dyke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Ovens 978 55.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Jones 946 53.9
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Head 944 53.8
Labour Michael Dixon 379 21.6
Labour Alan Wilkinson 360 20.5
Labour Alison Suthers 350 19.9
Conservative Claire Cargill 264 15.0
Conservative Stephen Cargill 254 14.5
For Britain Pamela Preedy 231 13.2
Turnout 1,756 35.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wheatlands[edit]

Wheatlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Lax-Keeler 404 40.3
Liberal Democrats Shaun Moody 390 38.9
Conservative Stephen Turner 354 35.3
Conservative Andrea Turner 345 34.4
Labour Lee Hunter 217 21.7
Labour David Wimble 212 21.2
Turnout 1,002 26.8
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Zetland[edit]

Zetland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Louise Westbury 650 53.8
Liberal Democrats Alison Barnes 627 51.9
Labour Cornelius O'Brien 371 30.7
Labour Brenda Foster 342 28.3
Conservative Michael Bateman 194 16.1
Turnout 1,208 34.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Changes 2019–2023[edit]

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[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Election results" (PDF). Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Redcar and Cleveland Council to be run by Lib Dems and independents". BBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Eston Independent Party". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. ^ Boothroyd, David (23 October 2020). "Poor leadership in Conwy". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ^ Arnold, Stuart (25 March 2021). "Blow for Tories as councillors resign to sit as independents 'with integrity and not with duplicity'". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  6. ^ Boothroyd, David (24 December 2021). "...and a happy New Forest". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  7. ^ Arnold, Stuart (30 March 2022). "'Hokey cokey' claim as Redcar and Cleveland councillor is ousted from cabinet". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  8. ^ Arnold, Stuart (24 March 2021). "Labour councillor overlooked for Hartlepool by-election 'thrown out of party' after critical tweets". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  9. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Longbeck Ward - Redcar and Cleveland". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  10. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Guisborough Ward - Redcar and Cleveland". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  11. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Hutton Ward - Redcar and Cleveland". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  12. ^ Arnold, Stuart (14 July 2022). "Independent councillor on Redcar and Cleveland Council defects to Labour Party". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  13. ^ Arnold, Stuart (23 December 2022). "Tories triumph in local by-election held after councillor's death". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  14. ^ Arnold, Stuart (19 January 2023). "Second independent Redcar and Cleveland councillor defects to Labour". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  15. ^ "The Local Government (Committees and Political Groups) Regulations 1990", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1990/1553, retrieved 22 February 2024
  16. ^ Arnold, Stuart (9 January 2022). "New political association in Redcar and Cleveland aiming to build 'fighting fund' for next elections". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Redcar and Cleveland Independent". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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