2023 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election

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2023 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election
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All 56 seats on Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Tony Riordan Bob Cook Sylvia Walmsley
Party Conservative Labour Thornaby Independent Association
Last election 14 24 7
Seats before 16 24 6
Seats after 23 22 4
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 2 Decrease 3
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Kevin Faulks n/a n/a
Party Ingleby Barwick Independent Society Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election 3 6 2
Seats before 3 6[a] 1
Seats after 3 1 0
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 5 Decrease 1
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election
Leader before election

Bob Cook
Labour
No overall control

Leader after election

Bob Cook
Labour
No overall control

The 2023 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, a unitary authority which straddles the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[1]

The council remained under no overall control after the election, being led by a Labour minority administration.

Overview[edit]

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control with Labour the largest party.[2]

New ward boundaries were drawn up for the election by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The overall number of councillors stayed the same at 56.[3]

The election for the three seats in Hartburn ward was postponed to 22 June 2023 following the death of a candidate.[4]

The council remained under no overall control after the but the Conservatives overtook Labour to become the largest party, in a result which went against the national trend for the 2023 elections.[5][6]

At the annual council meeting on 24 May 2023 following the election, the two small parties of the Thornaby Independent Association and the Ingleby Barwick Independent Society voted with Labour to allow the minority Labour administration led by Bob Cook to continue to run the council.[7]

New councillor Shakeel Hussain was elected as a Conservative but was then prevented from sitting with the Conservative group pending an investigation into alleged social media posts.[8]

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

2023 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 56 26 Increase 12 46.4 43.0 42,338 +9.8
  Labour 47 22 Decrease 2 39.3 33.6 33,058 +1.0
  Thornaby Independent Association 6 4 Decrease 3 7.1 4.5 4,418 –3.1
  Ingleby Barwick Independent Society 6 3 Steady 0 5.4 5.7 5,573 –1.4
  Independent 22 1 Decrease 5 1.8 7.8 7,647 –1.3
  Green 13 0 Steady 0 0.0 3.4 3,382 +2.8
  Reform UK 10 0 Steady 0 0.0 2.1 2,115 New

The Liberal Democrats also lost two seats, but is not shown in the above table as they did not stand any candidates at this election.

Ward results[edit]

The results for each ward were as follows, with asterisks(*) indicating sitting councillors standing for re-election. Some are not standing in their previous wards:[9][10]

Billingham Central[edit]

Billingham Central ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann May McCoy* 826 60.3
Labour Barry Woodhouse* 733 53.5
Reform UK John Gerard McDermottroe 308 22.5
Conservative John Sharp 259 18.9
Conservative Lynn Tunney 242 17.7
Green Christine Stringer 159 11.6
Turnout 1,372 25.30
Registered electors 5,421
Labour hold
Labour hold

Billingham East[edit]

Billingham East ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Diane Bendelow 781 63.6
Labour Michael Nicholas Stoker*
(Mick Stoker) 		732 59.6
Conservative Margaret Carney 233 19.0
Green Colin George Jeffrey 215 17.5
Conservative Ian Geer 207 16.9
Green David Pryce Stringer 178 14.5
Turnout 1,237 24.28
Registered electors 5,095
Labour hold
Labour hold

Billingham North[edit]

Billingham North ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Clare Michelle Gamble* 1,045 56.5
Labour Marc Graham Besford 1,011 54.6
Conservative Kevin Barry 718 38.8
Conservative Luke Stott 593 32.1
Green Jessica Ruth Hobson
(Jess Hobson) 		148 8.0
Turnout 1,856 35.58
Registered electors 5,216
Labour hold
Labour hold

Billingham North had been a three seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.

Billingham South[edit]

Billingham South ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Weston* 1,037 66.3
Labour Katie Doreen Weston 1,005 64.3
Conservative David Scott 298 19.1
Conservative Joan Holdaway 291 18.6
Reform UK David Roger Spence 150 9.6
Green Kenneth Stringer 129 8.2
Independent Splendita Maria Lacey 56 3.6
Turnout 1,568 27.70
Registered electors 5,661
Labour hold
Labour hold

Billingham West & Wolviston[edit]

Billingham West & Wolviston ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Reynard 838 42.5
Conservative Marcus Lennon Vickers 766 38.9
Independent Helen Atkinson* 634 32.2
Labour Michael Smith*
(Mike Smith) 		549 27.9
Labour Daniel Adam Forrest 524 26.6
Independent Guy David Snead 485 24.6
Turnout 1,974 41.52
Registered electors 4,754
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree[edit]

Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugo Thomas Stratton* 1,288 62.2
Conservative Emily Anne Tate 1,227 59.2
Labour John Cunningham 764 36.9
Labour Stephen James Jennings 752 36.3
Turnout 2,079 42.69
Registered electors 4,870
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Eaglescliffe East[edit]

Eaglescliffe East ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stefan Richard Houghton* 1,258 63.6
Conservative James Edward Taylor
(Jim Taylor) 		1,101 55.7
Labour Reginald Rowlinson 682 34.5
Green Kiran Singh 484 24.5
Turnout 1,985 42.22
Registered electors 4,702
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Eaglescliffe West[edit]

Eaglescliffe West ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laura Tunney 1,204 60.3
Conservative Diane Clarke 1,140 57.1
Labour Francis William Batchelor 623 31.2
Labour James Clarke 494 24.7
Green Samuel Ernest Bradford 168 8.4
Reform UK Andrew Frederick Stephenson 135 6.8
Turnout 2,008 40.70
Registered electors 4,934
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fairfield[edit]

Fairfield ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen John Richardson* 1,273 43.7
Conservative Alexander Mitchell Rowe Griffiths
(Alex Griffiths) 		1,219 41.8
Conservative Susan Maria Scott 1,183 40.6
Labour Andrew Cunningham 801 27.5
Labour Jack Conner James Johnson-Colmer 723 24.8
Labour John George Hetherington Stephenson 712 24.4
Independent William Woodhead*
(Bill Woodhead) 		694 23.8
Independent Maurice Perry* 582 20.0
Independent Laraine Ann Perry 519 17.8
Reform UK Neil McCabe 242 8.3
Independent Susan Thomas 108 3.7
Independent Michael James Thomas 86 3.0
Independent William Bell-Berry 30 1.0
Turnout 2,921 41.40
Registered electors 7,032
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative win (new seat)

Fairfield had been a two seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.

Grangefield[edit]

Grangefield ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carol Clark* 547 62.6
Conservative Louisa Anne Clarke 327 37.4
Turnout 874 35.4
Registered electors 2,486
Labour hold Swing

Grangefield had been a two seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.

Hardwick & Salters Lane[edit]

Hardwick & Salters Lane ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Norma Stephenson* 675 55.7
Labour Nigel Anthony Cooke* 654 54.0
Reform UK Craig Harker 349 28.8
Reform UK Graham Harker 267 22.0
Conservative Maureen Merifield 164 13.5
Conservative Judith Wellington 160 13.2
Turnout 1,219 22.6
Registered electors 5,399
Labour hold
Labour hold

Hartburn[edit]

Hartburn (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynn Elizabeth Hall 1,788 64.4
Conservative Niall Bell Innes 1,773 63.8
Conservative Jason John French 1,574 56.7
Labour Christopher Coombs 771 27.8
Labour Joanna Louise Tyler 681 24.5
Green Jessica Hobson 342 12.3
Reform UK Andrew Michael Elliott 264 9.5
Reform UK Andrew Frederick Stephenson 169 6.1
Green Kiran Singh 134 4.8
Green Jason Jordan 131 4.7
Turnout 2,777 40.15
Registered electors 6,930
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

The election for Hartburn ward was postponed to 22 June 2023 following the death of one of the Reform UK candidates, Mike Elliott.[11]

Ingleby Barwick North[edit]

Ingleby Barwick North ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sally Ann Watson* 874 36.0
Independent Edward Albert Strike*
(Ted Strike) 		848 34.9
Conservative Alan Watson* 827 34.1
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society Patricia Mary Faulks 824 34.0
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society Jason Stephen Keith Foreman 681 28.1
Labour Elizabeth Anne Wood 658 27.1
Conservative Jennifer Anne Rutland 650 26.8
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society Jean Patricia Kirby 583 24.0
Green Stephen James Harland 333 13.7
Independent Angela French 57 2.3
Turnout 2,436 29.01
Registered electors 8,398
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ingleby Barwick South[edit]

Ingleby Barwick South ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society Kevin Charles Faulks* 1,203 42.2
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society Michael Stefan Barnes 1,171 41.1
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society Ross Patterson* 1,111 39.0
Conservative James Alexander Irwin 1,017 35.7
Conservative Michelle Elizabeth Fryer 935 32.8
Conservative Stuart John Davies 880 30.9
Labour Kevin Mark Nicholas 648 22.7
Green David Peter Hobson 361 12.7
Independent Zoe Eleanor Mathers 262 9.2
Reform UK Anthony William Ellison
(Tony Ellison) 		124 4.4
Independent Erica Patricia Clough 54 1.9
Independent Michael Williamson 36 1.3
Turnout 2,864 34.68
Registered electors 8,259
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society win (new seat)
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society win (new seat)
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society win (new seat)

Mandale & Victoria[edit]

Mandale & Victoria ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Francis Eglington 728 47.1
Labour Nathan Adam Gale 621 40.2
Thornaby Independent Association Stephen Francis Walmsley*
(Steve Walmsley) 		509 32.9
Thornaby Independent Association Christina Elsie Large*
(Tina Large) 		488 31.6
Conservative Lewis Martin Donegan 216 14.0
Independent Luke John Frost* 174 11.3
Conservative Anthony Hampton
(Tony Hampton) 		154 10.0
Turnout 1,570 27.60
Registered electors 5,688
Labour gain from Thornaby Independent Association
Labour gain from Thornaby Independent Association

Mandale & Victoria had been a three seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.

Newtown[edit]

Newtown ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marilyn Margaret Surtees* 348 74.4
Conservative Lesley Anne Riordan 120 25.6
Turnout 468 19.3
Registered electors 2,455
Labour hold Swing

Newtown had been a two seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.

Northern Parishes[edit]

Northern Parishes ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John David Gardner* 938 53.5
Conservative Vanessa Jane Sewell 934 53.3
Independent Stephen David Matthews*
(Steve Matthews) 		545 31.1
Labour Mark Colin McCarthy 496 28.3
Turnout 1,766 34.26
Registered electors 1,766
Conservative hold
Conservative win (new seat)

Northern Parishes had been a one seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.

Norton Central[edit]

Norton Central ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steven l'Anson Nelson*
(Steve Nelson) 		719 49.1
Labour Lisa Jane Evans* 625 42.7
Independent Peter Mark Kirton Thompson
(Tomo Thompson) 		355 24.2
Conservative George Anthony Maxwell
(Tony Maxwell) 		325 22.2
Conservative Ann Marie Young 314 21.4
Independent Helen Deehan 238 16.2
Independent Ethan Joshua McGlade 174 11.9
Turnout 1,468 31
Registered electors 4,743
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Norton North[edit]

Norton North ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hilary Vickers* 1,408 54.5
Conservative Anthony Riordan*
(Tony Riordan) 		1,400 54.2
Labour David Matthew Wilburn 1,143 44.2
Labour Norma Margaret Wilburn 1,134 43.9
Turnout 2,597 51.1
Registered electors 5,080
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Norton South[edit]

Norton South ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Cook*
(Bob Cook) 		931 73.3
Labour Eileen Johnson* 904 71.2
Conservative Geoffrey Nightscales 303 23.9
Conservative David John Smith 291 22.9
Turnout 1,280 27.7
Registered electors 4,626
Labour hold
Labour hold

Ropner[edit]

Ropner ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shakeel Hussain 934 54.6
Conservative Muhammad Mubeen
(Sufi Mubeen) 		876 51.2
Labour Mohammed Javed* 739 43.2
Labour Kerri-Anne Prince
(Kerri Prince) 		721 42.2
Turnout 1,727 33.7
Registered electors 5,129
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Roseworth[edit]

Roseworth ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Beall*
(Jim Beall) 		863 67.9
Labour Barbara Inman* 844 66.4
Conservative Marie Smailes 275 21.6
Conservative Jacqueline Anne Bright*
(Jacky Bright) 		253 19.9
Reform UK Martin Andrew Walker 107 8.4
Turnout 1,277 22.3
Registered electors 5,716
Labour hold
Labour hold

Southern Villages[edit]

Southern Villages ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elsi Hampton 548 70.5
Labour Gail Andrea Chandler 229 29.5
Turnout 42.0
Registered electors 1,864
Conservative win (new seat)

Stainsby Hill[edit]

Stainsby Hill ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Thornaby Independent Association Sylvia May Walmsley* 932 57.7
Thornaby Independent Association Raymond Godwin*
(Ray Godwin) 		900 55.8
Labour Benjamin John Lamb
(Ben Lamb) 		415 25.7
Labour Zac Joseph Curtis Higginbotham 405 25.1
Conservative John Michael Dent 237 14.7
Conservative Sarah Louise Dent 221 13.7
Turnout 1,620 29.2
Registered electors 5,557
Thornaby Independent Association hold
Thornaby Independent Association hold

Stockton Town Centre[edit]

Stockton Town Centre ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauline Beall* 731 63.2
Labour Paul Rowling 629 54.4
Conservative Allison Kendra Williams 318 27.5
Conservative Mohamed Marouf
(Mohamed Mazi) 		286 24.7
Independent Alan Hardy 160 13.8
Turnout 1,159 23.4
Registered electors 4,953
Labour hold
Labour hold

Village[edit]

Village ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Thornaby Independent Association Michael Moore*
(Mick Moore) 		806 53.7
Thornaby Independent Association Ian John Dalgarno* 783 52.2
Conservative Julia Dawn Cooper
(Julie Cooper) 		383 25.5
Labour Paul Adrian Jenkins 321 21.4
Conservative Timothy David Cunniffe
(Tim Cunniffe) 		305 20.3
Labour Daniel Michael Smith 281 18.7
Turnout 1,512 27.7
Registered electors 5,452
Thornaby Independent Association hold
Thornaby Independent Association hold

Yarm[edit]

Yarm ward (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Bickers Liddell Sherris* 1,805 59.0
Conservative Daniel John Fagan*
(Dan Fagan) 		1,612 52.7
Conservative John Herbert Coulson 1,575 51.5
Labour John Charles Butler 803 26.3
Independent Pamela Smailes 802 26.2
Independent Barbara Wegg 748 24.5
Green Jason Walter Jordan 600 19.6
Turnout 3,065 38.8
Registered electors 7,893
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ Of the six independent councillors prior to the election, two sat as the "Fairfield and Yarm Independents" group, two sat as the "Billingham West and Ingleby Barwick East Independents" group and the other two were not aligned to any group.
  1. ^ "Stockton-on-Tees council's local election results 2023 as political control hangs in the balance". Yorkshire Post. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Find my Councillor". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  3. ^ "The Stockton-on-Tees (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/966, retrieved 30 May 2023
  4. ^ "Election delayed in Stockton's Hartburn ward after death of Reform UK candidate". ITV News. 26 April 2023.
  5. ^ "North East council remains with no overall control despite big wins for Conservatives". The Northern Echo. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ Lightfoot, Gareth (5 May 2023). "Conservatives hail Stockton gains but no one has overall control". TeessideLive. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  7. ^ Lightfoot, Gareth (25 May 2023). ""We're not in Labour's pocket": Independents respond to criticism after backing council leader". Teesside Live. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ^ "New councillor will not yet sit as Conservative amid inquiry into old Facebook posts". Darlington and Stockton Times. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  9. ^ Hordon, Daniel (3 May 2023). "Stockton Local Elections 2023: Full list of candidates ward by ward". Northern Echo. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Local Council (District) elections". Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  11. ^ Lightfoot, Gareth (25 April 2023). "Election in Stockton Council ward delayed after death of candidate". Northern Echo. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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