The 2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections, as well as the 2015 General Election.
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![]() Map of the results of the 2015 Redcar and Cleveland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independents in grey, and UKIP in purple. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Three months prior to the election, Council Leader George Dunning and ten other Labour councillors resigned from the party after many were not selected as Labour candidates for the election.[2] This saw the council move back to no overall control, with independent Mary Lanigan elected to lead the council - the first female Council Leader in its history - and forming a cabinet from Independent and Liberal Democrats councillors.[3]
The election saw the council remain as no overall control.[4]
Background
editThe 2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election was held on the same day as other local elections as well as the 2015 General Election.
The Liberal Democrats, who had made gains in the 2011 election, as well as MP Ian Swales in 2010, lost seats in lieu of the Conservatives, UKIP & Multiple independents.
The Labour Party lost several seats, failing to regain the overall control it had between 2011 and 2013.
UKIP gained its first seat on the council as Steve Turner was elected to the borough council. However he would leave the party in 2017, and was elected as Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner in 2021.
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Election Result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 29 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 59140 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 24336 | ||||
Conservative | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19175 | ||||
Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 28867 | ||||
East Cleveland Independent | 1 | 2 | 677 | ||||||
Eston Independents | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4860 | ||||
UKIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8360 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3752 |
Ward Results
editSource:[6]
Brotton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Barry Hunt | 1,501 | |||
Labour | Michael Dick | 1,062 | |||
Conservative | Malcom Griffiths | 940 | |||
Independent | Brian Hogg | 870 | |||
Labour | Geraldine Nuttall | 843 | |||
Independent | Kay Walker | 827 | |||
Labour | Ian Urwin | 820 | |||
Independent | Valerie Miller | 640 | |||
Green | Elaine Kirby | 610 | |||
Turnout | 3,267 | 62.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Coatham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Baldwin | 827 | |||
Labour | Carl Quartermain | 733 | |||
Independent | Josie Crawford | 523 | |||
UKIP | Luke McMillan | 494 | |||
Independent | Irene Curr | 456 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Wilson | 366 | |||
Independent | Anthony Jackson | 95 | |||
Turnout | 2,124 | 57.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Dormanstown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ceri Crawley | 1,279 | |||
Labour | Ray Goddard | 1,271 | |||
Labour | Alec Brown | 1,066 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eric Howden | 981 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sabrina Thompson | 957 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Laura Benson | 887 | |||
UKIP | Andrea Turner | 752 | |||
Green | Michael York | 273 | |||
Turnout | 2,991 | 59.4 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Eston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Massey | 1,197 | |||
Labour | Geraldine Williams | 1,105 | |||
Eston Independent | Ann Higgins | 1,087 | |||
Labour | Joe Parker | 1,060 | |||
Eston Independent | Vincent Smith | 891 | |||
UKIP | Stephen Gidney | 736 | |||
Independent | Olwyn Peters | 472 | |||
Independent | Steve Goldswain | 301 | |||
Conservative | John Matchett | 269 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tracy Jacobs | 236 | |||
Independent | Rob Midgley | 214 | |||
Turnout | 3,077 | 61.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Eston Independent gain from Labour |
Grangetown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynn Pallister | 1,337 | |||
Labour | Jade Stainthorpe | 1,169 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mags Sayer | 199 | |||
Turnout | 1,552 | 51.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Guisborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bill Clarke | 1,501 | |||
Labour | Shelagh Holyoake | 1,371 | |||
Conservative | Dennis Teasdale | 1,330 | |||
Labour | David Johnson | 1,302 | |||
Conservative | Caroline Jackson | 1,297 | |||
Labour | Bill Suthers | 1,278 | |||
Turnout | 3,571 | 63.7 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Hutton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Valerie Halton | 1,997 | |||
Conservative | Graham Jeffery | 1,963 | |||
Conservative | Peter Spencer | 1,792 | |||
Labour | Sam Howarth | 1,071 | |||
Labour | Alison Suthers | 950 | |||
Labour | Charlotte Suthers | 856 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Kidd | 643 | |||
Turnout | 4,299 | 72.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Kirkleatham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brenda Forster | 1,412 | |||
Labour | Kevin Firman | 1,337 | |||
Labour | Dale Quigley | 1,178 | |||
UKIP | Frank Harrison | 988 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Jones | 816 | |||
Conservative | Jack Hassan | 695 | |||
Independent | Mark Hannon | 680 | |||
Independent | John Hannon | 674 | |||
Green | Billy Barnes | 319 | |||
Green | Richard Laverick | 293 | |||
Turnout | 3,340 | 61.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lockwood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Cleveland Independent | Steve Kay | 677 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ellie Lowther | 150 | |||
Conservative | Peter Berry | 123 | |||
Labour | Jackie Godward | 116 | |||
Turnout | 1,069 | 68.8 | |||
East Cleveland Independent hold | Swing |
Loftus
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mary Lanigan | 1,438 | |||
Labour | Eric Jackson | 910 | |||
Independent | Wayne Davies | 909 | |||
Independent | David Fitzpatrick | 846 | |||
Independent | Allan Greening | 718 | |||
Labour | Andrew Anderson | 673 | |||
Labour | James McGill | 625 | |||
Independent | Tony Gatehouse | 427 | |||
Conservative | Joe Hayek | 372 | |||
Turnout | 2,939 | 63.7 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Longbeck
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norah Cooney | 1,402 | |||
Independent | Mike Findley | 1,220 | |||
UKIP | Steve Turner | 1,083 | |||
Labour | Sheila Argument | 1,003 | |||
Labour | Norma Hensby | 860 | |||
Labour | Dave Jones | 839 | |||
Independent | Vic Jeffries | 803 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Carter | 764 | |||
Independent | Victoria Reyer | 655 | |||
Turnout | 3,855 | 71.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Newcomen
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Abbott | 863 | |||
Labour | Billy Wells | 735 | |||
Labour | Alan Wilkinson | 264 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kelly Seaman | 621 | |||
UKIP | Mike Lockwood | 400 | |||
Independent | Dave Stones | 176 | |||
Turnout | 1,927 | 61.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Normanby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Billy Ayre | 1,578 | |||
Labour | Brian Dennis | 1,543 | |||
Labour | Chris Foley-McCormack | 1,288 | |||
UKIP | Chris Gallacher | 999 | |||
Independent | Barbara Brooks | 971 | |||
Independent | Carole Simms | 633 | |||
Independent | Ron Day | 600 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Steven Abbott | 477 | |||
Turnout | 3,623 | 64.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Ormesby
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Glyn Nightingale | 1,358 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Irene Nightingale | 1,298 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Wilson | 1,083 | |||
Labour | Tom Purvis | 681 | |||
UKIP | Ian Neil | 621 | |||
Labour | Susan Thomas | 616 | |||
Labour | Sylvia Szintai | 590 | |||
Conservative | Neil Grainger | 413 | |||
Independent | Simon Galloway | 180 | |||
Independent | Norman Pickthall | 163 | |||
Independent | Valerie Pickthall | 151 | |||
Turnout | 2,869 | 61.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St. Germain's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Moses | 1,293 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Karen King | 1,218 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Wilson | 1,125 | |||
Labour | Alan Griffiths | 861 | |||
Labour | Jean Jones | 842 | |||
Labour | Marilyn Marshall | 816 | |||
UKIP | John Robinson | 694 | |||
Conservative | Sheila Berry | 549 | |||
Green | Tony Dodsworth | 500 | |||
Independent | Mike Lockey | 432 | |||
Green | Deborah Newman | 417 | |||
Independent | Jenny Macgregor | 296 | |||
Turnout | 3,449 | 69.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Saltburn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Stuart Smith | 1,892 | |||
Conservative | Philip Thomson | 1,218 | |||
Labour | Craig Hannaway | 1,125 | |||
Labour | Joan Guy | 652 | |||
UKIP | Harry Lilleker | 625 | |||
Labour | Kath Sainsbury | 600 | |||
Independent | John Lambert | 593 | |||
Independent | Jim Wingham | 542 | |||
Independent | Sue Featherstone | 498 | |||
Green | Ellen Wilkinson | 398 | |||
Green | David Masterman | 342 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stan Martin | 184 | |||
Turnout | 3,510 | 71.9 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Skelton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Walsh | 1,205 | |||
Labour | Helen McLuckie | 1,111 | |||
Conservative | Cliff Foggo | 1,044 | |||
Labour | Ian Taylor | 1,041 | |||
Conservative | Maret Ward | 994 | |||
UKIP | Stuart Todd | 968 | |||
Independent | Brian Briggs | 847 | |||
Independent | Margaret Briggs | 602 | |||
Green | Dean Axford | 468 | |||
Independent | Ray Cawley | 415 | |||
Green | Sean Sleightholm | 321 | |||
Turnout | 3,748 | 64.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
South Bank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neil Bendelow | 1,604 | |||
Labour | Ian Jeffrey | 1,514 | |||
Labour | Susan Jeffrey | 1,486 | |||
Independent | Sandra Smith | 637 | |||
Eston Independent | Janet Jeffrey | 555 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jean Hutchinson | 378 | |||
Turnout | 2,689 | 57.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Teesville
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leanne Reed | 1,260 | |||
Labour | Bob Norton | 1,195 | |||
Labour | Robert Hodgson | 1,119 | |||
Eston Independent | Jim Higgins | 1,009 | |||
Eston Independent | David Fisher | 967 | |||
Eston Independent | Pat Turner | 906 | |||
Independent | Val Maynard | 464 | |||
Conservative | Gillian Dadd | 428 | |||
Independent | Sheelagh Clarke | 394 | |||
Independent | George Dunning | 347 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Chapman | 279 | |||
Turnout | 3,195 | 65.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
West Dyke
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Harding | 2,224 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Jones | 2,150 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Ovens | 2,078 | |||
Labour | Mike Dixon | 1,133 | |||
Labour | Charlie Brady | 1,060 | |||
Labour | Al Mills | 1,038 | |||
Independent | Jane Thirlwall | 598 | |||
Turnout | 4,010 | 67.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Westworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anne Watts | 962 | |||
Conservative | Carole Jeffrey | 919 | |||
Independent | Dave Williams | 790 | |||
Independent | Nev Brown | 726 | |||
Labour | Denise Bunn | 674 | |||
Labour | Carol Pollock | 557 | |||
Turnout | 2,563 | 72.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Zetland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Josh Mason | 1,081 | |||
Labour | Neil O'Brien | 794 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Dot Ives | 777 | |||
Labour | John McCormack | 623 | |||
Conservative | Michael Bateman | 420 | |||
Green | Adam Dolman | 228 | |||
Turnout | 2,392 | 68.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "Redcar and Cleveland council leader George Dunning resigns". BBC News. BBC. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "New cabinet members appointed after council shake-up". Northern Echo. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Local Election Results 2015 - BBC News". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Election Results - May 2015" (PDF). andrewteale.me.uk.
- ^ "Red Car Cleveland 2015" (PDF). andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.