2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election
All 59 seats on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council; 30 seats needed for a majority
	Results by seat in the 2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Election
Leader before election; Mary Lanigan; Independent; No overall control	Leader after election ; Alec Brown; Labour; No overall control

The 2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. All 59 seats were up for election. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's elections are held every four years.

Summary

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats and the "Independent Group", comprising 13 of the independents. The leader of the council was independent councillor Mary Lanigan.^[3]

The council remained under no overall control after the election. Labour was the largest party, and both it and the Conservatives made gains, largely at the expense of the independents and Liberal Democrats. Mary Lanigan lost her seat.^[4]^[5]

A minority Labour administration formed after the election, with Labour group leader Alec Brown being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.^[6]^[7]

The Borough Council composition prior to the 2023 Election. The councillors sit in a Westminster seating arrangement, as such this is reflected by the graph.

After 2019 election			Before 2023 election				After 2023 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Change	Party		Seats	Change
	Liberal Democrats	13		Liberal Democrats	14	1		Liberal Democrats	11	3
	Independent Group	14		Independent Group	13	1		Independent Group	9	4
	Labour	15		Labour	15			Labour	23	8
	Conservative	11		Conservative	6	5		Conservative	12	6
	UKIP	2		UKIP	0	2		UKIP	No Candidates
	Teesville Independents	3		Teesville Independents	0	3		Teesville Independents	No candidates
	Cleveland Independent Group (formerly East Cleveland Independent Group)	1		Cleveland Independent Group	2	1		Cleveland Independent Group	No Candidates
	Independent			Independent	9	9		Independent	4	5
	Green	0		Green	0			Green	0

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:^[5]^[8]^[3]

Belmont

Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Berry*	515	40.0	−10.4
	Conservative	Carolyn Curr	503	39.0	+5.1
	Conservative	Miranda Jupp	426	33.0	+1.0
	Independent	Anne Watts*	393	30.5	−8.3
	Labour	Adrian Robson	290	22.5	+6.3
	Labour	Paul Fairley	241	18.7	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Smith	94	7.3	New
Turnout			1,289	35.8	−2.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Brotton

Brotton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Graham Cutler*	882	68.1	+15.5
	Independent	Barry Hunt*	820	63.3	+10.6
	Independent	Martin Fletcher*	776	59.9	+22.3
	Labour	Ian Urwin	306	23.6	−0.2
	Conservative	Lynne Henderson	244	18.8	−13.8
	Labour	Alison Suthers	224	17.3	−3.4
	Conservative	Stephanie Hinson	160	12.4	−7.8
Turnout			1,295	25.9	−15.1
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Coatham

Coatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Quartermain*	437	49.6	+14.8
	Labour	Lynne Rynn	370	42.0	+10.3
	Independent	Neil Baldwin*	264	30.0	−22.3
	Conservative	David Tabner	178	20.2	+5.4
	Conservative	Nicholas Fardon	167	19.0	N/A
	Independent	Ethan Haw	120	13.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sabrina Thompson	88	10.0	−12.1
Turnout			881	26.3	−4.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Dormanstown

Dormanstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Debbie Powlay	392	46.5	*N/A*
	Labour	Ceri Cawley*	355	42.1	−3.2
	Independent	Chris Powlay	338	40.1	N/A
	Labour	Christine Long	306	36.3	−7.8
	Conservative	Peter Storey	117	13.9	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Eve Hall	72	8.5	−13.2
Turnout			843	23.4	−1.1
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Eston

Eston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Martin	636	48.6	+21.7
	Conservative	David Taylor	632	48.3	*N/A*
	Labour	Christopher Massey*	561	42.9	−5.1
	Labour	Daniel Rees*	555	42.4	−8.9
	Labour	Geraldine Williams*	554	42.4	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Lax-Keeler	171	13.1	−17.8
Turnout			1,308	24.4	−0.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Grangetown

Grangetown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Brook*	419	72.0	+31.0
	Labour	Lynn Pallister*	417	71.6	+27.9
	Conservative	Andrea Booth	135	23.2	+13.7
	Conservative	Linda King	116	19.9	N/A
Turnout			586	15.8	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Guisborough

Guisborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Belshaw	691	39.5	+8.3
	Labour	Bill Suthers	629	36.0	+5.6
	Independent	Bill Clarke*	619	35.4	−19.9
	Conservative	Andrew Hixon*	558	31.9	+0.4
	Labour	Andy Leon	571	32.7	+5.9
	Conservative	Alma Thrower	539	30.8	+6.2
	Independent	Leslie Oakley	223	12.8	N/A
	Independent	Denise Bunn	166	9.5	N/A
	Green	Caroline Weltch	162	9.3	N/A
	Reform UK	Charlie Thompson	137	7.8	N/A
	Independent	James Bunn	122	7.0	N/A
	Independent	Fred (Frederick) Page	106	6.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Cree	87	5.0	N/A
Turnout			1,770	31.5	−2.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Hutton

Hutton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jemma Joy	1,030	47.0	+13.4
	Conservative	Julie Hart	846	38.6	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Jeffery*	812	37.0	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Kidd	789	36.0	+7.4
	Conservative	Kellen Hadfield	757	34.5	−11.1
	Conservative	Steve Waterfield*	750	34.2	−4.9
	Labour	Fiona Hampton	351	16.0	+2.1
	Labour	Veronica Moore	281	12.8	+0.8
	Independent	Michael Dakin	209	9.5	N/A
	Independent	Malcolm Griffiths*	174	7.9	−31.2
	Reform UK	Katie Mann	120	5.5	N/A
Turnout			2,212	39.7	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Grogan	596	41.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Alec Brown*	559	39.2	−2.1
	Labour	Marian Fairley	527	37.0	+1.7
	Labour	Charlie Brady*	514	36.0	−2.6
	Conservative	Joseph Sayer	442	31.0	N/A
	Independent	Theresa Cave	296	20.8	N/A
	Independent	Mike Lockwood*	242	17.0	−30.2
	Independent	Robert Dunn	187	13.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Hannon	138	9.7	−23.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hannon	108	7.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	William Wilson	93	6.5	N/A
Turnout			1,436	36.8	+10.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lockwood

Lockwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	East Cleveland Independent	Stephen Kay*	491	71.4	-14.0
	Labour	Ian Solomon	164	23.8	+14.2
	Conservative	Graham Hutchinson	33	4.8	−0.3
Turnout			689	39.4	−1.3
	East Cleveland Independent hold		Swing

Loftus

Loftus
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Wayne Davies*	570	45.0	−18.3
	Labour	Linda White	540	42.6	+31.4
	Independent	Timothy Gray*	491	38.7	−15.3
	Conservative	Allan Greening	453	35.7	+9.5
	Independent	Mary Lanigan*	405	31.9	−27.3
	Conservative	Igraine Gray	313	24.7	+6.6
	Labour	Ramin Peroznejad	231	18.2	+7.3
Turnout			1,274	27.6	−10.3
	Independent hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Longbeck

‡ Longbeck results were announced on 9 May after three recounts. It was the last ward in England to declare.^[9]

Longbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Luke Myer	707	51.5	+38.9
	Independent	Vera Rider*	413	30.1	−10.3
	Conservative	Andrea Turner*	409	29.8	−10.6
	Independent	Vic Jeffries	342	24.9	−12.5
	Conservative	Steve Turner	293	21.4	−16.4
	Independent	Stephen Crane	246	17.9	N/A
Turnout			1,378	40.7	+4.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Newcomen

Newcomen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janine Craven	535	50.3	+26.6
	Labour	Carrie Richardson*	529	49.8	+20.3
	Independent	Billy Wells*	328	30.9	−7.5
	Conservative	Harrison Himsworth	261	24.6	+17.7
	Independent	Mark Appleby	216	20.3	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Kirke	194	18.3	N/A
Turnout			1,063	28.6	−1.4
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Normanby

Normanby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Salvin*	789	43.9	+14.2
	Conservative	Paul McInnes	758	42.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Curt Pugh	712	39.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Billy Ayre*	694	38.6	−1.1
	Labour	Paul Garland	642	35.7	−8.3
	Labour	Simon Meech-Simpson	564	31.4	−7.7
	Independent	Rita Richardson	421	23.4	N/A
	Independent	Chris Gallacher*	250	13.9	−27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Saunders	93	5.2	−17.5
Turnout			1,800	33.1	+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Ormesby

Ormesby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Morgan*	914	66.3	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hart	865	62.7	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Nightingale*	852	61.8	−11.7
	Labour	Leanne Reed	270	19.6	+4.2
	Labour	Cameron Norrie	259	18.8	+6.0
	Labour	Millie Wood	250	18.1	+6.5
	Conservative	Julie Elders	216	15.7	+5.0
	Conservative	Katherine Smith	194	14.1	N/A
	Conservative	Garth Siner	177	12.8	N/A
Turnout			1,383	28.4	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Saltburn

Saltburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Stuart Smith*	1,385	58.6	−12.6
	Independent	Phillip Thompson*	1,041	44.1	+1.6
	Independent	Craig Hannaway*	805	34.1	+3.2
	Labour	Kath Sainsbury	763	32.3	+6.9
	Labour	Gary Wilkinson	675	28.6	+6.3
	Green	Rowan McLaughlin	342	14.5	−0.5
	Green	Abdul Rauf	319	13.5	N/A
	Conservative	Iain Graham	311	13.2	−16.2
	Conservative	Simon Asker	304	12.9	+2.3
	Green	Kerry Dooley	253	10.7	N/A
Turnout			2,365	49.1	−2.7
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Skelton East

Skelton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Oliver	419	43.2	−1.1
	Conservative	Justin Thompson	369	38.0	−4.3
	Labour	Sam Pratt	315	32.5	+8.5
	Labour	Norman Macleod	289	29.8	+6.8
	Independent	Darren Craig	229	23.6	N/A
	Independent	Dave Barker	153	15.8	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Jacobs	29	3.0	N/A
Turnout			970	28.9	−6.5
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Skelton West

Skelton West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ursula Earl	542	48.6	+12.6
	Labour	John McCue	480	43.0	+12.7
	Conservative	Craig Holmes*	470	42.1	−9.5
	Conservative	Lee Holmes*	384	34.4	−10.2
	Independent	Julie Craig*	180	16.1	N/A
	Independent	Emma Marshall	78	7.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Katy Sykes	16	1.4	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Thompson	12	1.1	N/A
Turnout			1,117	34.6	−1.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

South Bank

South Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Bendelow	563	67.5	+26.6
	Labour	Izzy Attwood	499	59.8	+20.5
	Independent	Sandra Smith*	192	23.0	−23.7
	Independent	Les Harper	155	18.6	N/A
	Conservative	Lucas Pentland	108	12.9	+5.9
Turnout			835	24.0	−3.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

St. Germain's

St. Germain's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tristan Learoyd	1,275	62.9	+18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Karen King*	1,260	62.2	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kendra Evans	819	40.4	−1.7
	Independent	Peter Finlinson	561	27.7	N/A
	Labour	Peter Mahan	412	20.3	+4.2
	Conservative	Nicola Riley	353	17.4	−2.0
	Conservative	Jennifer Estensen	308	15.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Graeme Iceton	281	13.9	+1.7
Turnout			2,026	37.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Teesville

Teesville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Chaney	597	40.6	+3.1
	Labour	Robert Clark*	576	39.2	+5.1
	Labour	Margaret O'Donoghue	457	31.1	+0.3
	Conservative	Steve Cargill	425	28.9	+19.6
	Conservative	Lynne Blackburn	412	28.0	N/A
	Conservative	Claire Cargill	394	26.8	N/A
	Independent	Ann Higgins	319	21.7	N/A
	Independent	Vincent Smith*	281	19.1	−20.9
	Independent	Jim Higgins	250	17.0	N/A
	Independent	Pat Turner	186	12.7	N/A
	Independent	David Fisher*	160	10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Lax-Keeler	37	2.5
Turnout			1,471	29.9	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

West Dyke

West Dyke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Jones*	705	46.4	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Ovens*	695	45.7	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Head*	691	45.5	−8.3
	Labour	Ashleigh Atkinson	444	29.2	+8.7
	Labour	Mark Dixon	439	28.9	+7.3
	Labour	Neil Dooley	407	26.8	+6.9
	Conservative	Jacob Phillips	349	23.0	+8.0
	Conservative	Karen Charlton	342	22.5	+8.0
	Conservative	Mark Maddison	333	21.9	N/A
Turnout			1,528	31.4	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wheatlands

Wheatlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Niall Hargreaves	448	40.4	+5.1
	Conservative	Jack Symon	399	36.0	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Lax-Keeler*	363	32.8	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Moody*	336	30.3	−8.6
	Labour	Daniel Sillett	265	23.9	+2.2
	Labour	Dave Wimble	261	23.6	+2.4
	Independent	Steve Peacock	80	7.2	N/A
Turnout			1,113	28.9	+2.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Zetland

Zetland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jade Lavan	525	47.5	+16.8
	Labour	Jonny Neal	494	44.7	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Barnes*	396	35.8	−16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Westbury*	356	32.2	−21.6
	Conservative	Richard Gibson	201	18.2	+2.1
	Conservative	William Pugsley	185	16.7	N/A
Turnout			1,113	33.1	−1.8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Changes 2023–2027

Vera Rider, elected as an independent in May 2023 (having previously been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in 2021), re-joined the Conservatives in November 2023.^[10]

Tristan Learoyd resigned from the Liberal Democrats in July 2024,^[11] following his suspension by the local party. Learoyd previously represented both Labour (2011) and Green (2014), as well as being part of the Independent Group during the 2011-2015 council, and became independent for the third time.

Following his election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in 2024, Luke Myer vacated his councillor seat in the Longbeck ward.^[12] A subsequent election on September 5 saw the Conservative Party candidate Stephen Crane win the seat.^[13]

References

^ "Eston Independent Party". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ "Redcar and Cleveland Labour group elect new leader and set out policies". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Your councillors". Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Censured Redcar and Cleveland council leader loses seat". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b Arnold, Stuart (5 May 2023). "Labour now largest party on Redcar and Cleveland Council as authority's former leader ousted". Teesside Live. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
^ "Council minutes, 25 May 2023". Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ Arnold, Stuart (27 May 2023). "New local authority leader wants rival councillors to work together to 'bridge differences'". Teesside Live. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Labour wins last council seat to be counted". BBC News. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ Arnold, Stuart (18 November 2023). "Vera's return as independent councillor rejoins Conservative group two years after quitting". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ Arnold, Stuart (3 August 2024). "Row continues as Lib Dem councillor quits local group after previous suspension". Teesside Live. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ Arnold, Stuart (31 July 2024). "Local by-election looms after newly elected MP quits as borough councillor". Teesside Live. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
^ Arnold, Stuart (6 September 2024). "Tory success as candidate tops poll in Longbeck ward beating Labour into second". Teesside Live. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

Notes

^ Of the 24 independents on the council prior to the election, thirteen formed "The Independent Group" led by Mary Lanigan, two formed the "Cleveland Independent Group", and the other nine did not belong to a group.
^ Counting the Teesville Independents as independents; they were a registered party at the 2019 election but deregistered with the Electoral Commission the following month.^[1]

[2] "Eston Independent Party". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[4] "Redcar and Cleveland Labour group elect new leader and set out policies". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[before-5] "Your councillors". Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[6] "Censured Redcar and Cleveland council leader loses seat". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

[Arnold-7] Arnold, Stuart (5 May 2023). "Labour now largest party on Redcar and Cleveland Council as authority's former leader ousted". Teesside Live. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

[8] "Council minutes, 25 May 2023". Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[9] Arnold, Stuart (27 May 2023). "New local authority leader wants rival councillors to work together to 'bridge differences'". Teesside Live. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[10] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[11] "Labour wins last council seat to be counted". BBC News. 9 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[12] Arnold, Stuart (18 November 2023). "Vera's return as independent councillor rejoins Conservative group two years after quitting". Teesside Live. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[13] Arnold, Stuart (3 August 2024). "Row continues as Lib Dem councillor quits local group after previous suspension". Teesside Live. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

[14] Arnold, Stuart (31 July 2024). "Local by-election looms after newly elected MP quits as borough councillor". Teesside Live. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

[15] Arnold, Stuart (6 September 2024). "Tory success as candidate tops poll in Longbeck ward beating Labour into second". Teesside Live. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

[1] Of the 24 independents on the council prior to the election, thirteen formed "The Independent Group" led by Mary Lanigan, two formed the "Cleveland Independent Group", and the other nine did not belong to a group.

[3] Counting the Teesville Independents as independents; they were a registered party at the 2019 election but deregistered with the Electoral Commission the following month.^[1]

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