2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

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. This was on the same day as other local elections, as well as the 2015 General Election.

2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

7 May 2015
59 of 59 seats on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservatives Seats before 31 16 6 Seats won 29 11 10 Seat change 3 5 4 Popular vote 59,140 24,336 19,175   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent East Cleveland Independent Eston Independents Seats before 2 3 0 Seats won 6 1 1 Seat change 4 2 1 Popular vote 28,867 677 4,860   Seventh party Eighth party   Party UKIP Green Seats before 0 0 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 Popular vote 8,360 3752
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.
Council control before election Labour (2011-2013) then No overall control (2013-15) Subsequent council control No overall control

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. 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.

The election saw the council remain as no overall control.

Background

The 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.

Election Result

Redcar and Cleveland local election result 2015

Party		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

Source:

Brotton

Brotton

Party		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

Coatham

Party		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

Dormanstown

Party		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

Eston

Party		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

Grangetown

Party		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

Guisborough

Party		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

Hutton

Party		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

Kirkleatham

Party		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

Lockwood

Party		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

Loftus

Party		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

Longbeck

Party		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

Newcomen

Party		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

Normanby

Party		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

Ormesby

Party		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

St. Germain's

Party		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

Saltburn

Party		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

Skelton

Party		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

South Bank

Party		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

Teesville

Party		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

West Dyke

Party		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

Westworth

Party		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

Zetland

Party		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