2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election
Local election in Hartlepool, England
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The 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 36 members of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham were elected.
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2 May 2024
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12 out of 36 seats to Hartlepool Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 28% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Conservative and independent coalition. Following the election, Labour won an overall majority on the council.
Background
In the previous 2023 election, Labour won 9 seats (up 5) with 44.6% of the vote, the Conservatives won 2 (down 1) with 22.6%, independents won 1 (down 3) with 20.6%, and the Independent Union lost the seat they were defending with 3.1%. Following the 2023 election, the Conservatives, the Independent Union, and 5 independents formed a minority coalition.[1]
Previous council composition
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[2] | After 2024 election[3] | ||||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Labour | 18 | Labour | 17 | Labour | 24 | |||
| Conservative | 12 | Conservative | 12 | Conservative | 6 | |||
| IU | 1 | IU | 1 | IU | 1 | |||
| Independent | 5 | Independent | 6 | Independent | 5 | |||
Changes 2023–2024:
- July 2023: Steve Wallace leaves Labour to sit as an independent[4]
Summary
Labour gained seven seats, mostly at the expense of the Conservatives, giving Labour an overall majority on the council.[5] Labour's group leader, Brenda Harrison, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2024.[6]
Election result
| 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 9 |  7 |
75.0 | 15 | 24 | 66.7 | 9,274 | 46.5 | +2.4 | |
| Conservative | 1 |  6 |
8.3 | 5 | 6 | 16.7 | 4,911 | 24.6 | +2.3 | |
| Independent | 2 | 1 |
16.7 | 3 | 5 | 13.9 | 2,688 | 13.5 | –7.0 | |
| IU | 0 |  |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.8 | N/A | N/A | –3.1 | |
| Reform | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,847 | 14.3 | +6.9 | |
Results by ward
Burn Valley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Corinne Male | 919 | 54.5 | −6.3 | |
| Conservative | David Nicholson* | 339 | 20.1 | +1.7 | |
| Reform | Graham Harrison | 270 | 16.0 | +8.7 | |
| Independent | John Hays | 158 | 9.4 | −4.0 | |
| Majority | 580 | 34.4 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | |||||
De Bruce
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Michael Jorgeson | 758 | 54.8 | −9.0 | |
| Conservative | Ian Glass | 330 | 23.9 | +7.7 | |
| Reform | Trevor Rogan | 294 | 21.3 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 428 | 31.0 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | |||||
Fens and Greatham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jim Lindridge* | 723 | 34.8 | N/A | |
| Labour Co-op | Owen Riddle | 622 | 29.9 | −11.8 | |
| Conservative | Marc Owens | 310 | 14.9 | −10.1 | |
| Reform | Peter Tylee | 262 | 12.6 | +7.5 | |
| Independent | Tony Richardson | 160 | 7.7 | −4.1 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,077 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Foggy Furze
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Carole Thompson* | 927 | 58.0 | +5.6 | |
| Conservative | Chris Groves | 503 | 31.5 | +4.1 | |
| Reform | Leah Stead | 121 | 7.6 | +0.2 | |
| Heritage | Vivienne Neville | 46 | 2.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,597 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Independent | |||||
Hart
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Aaron Roy | 841 | 42.6 | +11.2 | |
| Conservative | Tom Cassidy* | 629 | 31.9 | +0.3 | |
| Reform | Amanda Napper | 244 | 12.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | Stuart Campbell | 164 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Pauline Phillips | 95 | 4.8 | −1.7 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,973 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | |||||
Headland and Harbour
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | John Nelson | 847 | 51.4 | +10.6 | |
| Conservative | Brian Cowie* | 333 | 20.2 | +0.7 | |
| Reform | Drew Murley | 222 | 13.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Scott Gaiety | 178 | 10.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Rob Stevenson | 68 | 4.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,648 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | |||||
Manor House
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Katherine Cook | 625 | 57.4 | −0.8 | |
| Reform | Stephen Wright | 214 | 19.7 | +6.0 | |
| Conservative | Margaret Lyall | 160 | 14.7 | −3.9 | |
| Independent | Bob Eagleton | 64 | 5.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,088 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | |||||
Rossmere
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Quewone Bailey-Fleet | 649 | 54.4 | +2.4 | |
| Conservative | Marley Haggan | 275 | 23.1 | N/A | |
| Reform | Tracy Connolly | 269 | 22.5 | +10.8 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,193 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | |||||
Rural West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Scott Reeve* | 1,197 | 48.1 | +0.7 | |
| Labour Co-op | Malcolm Walker | 833 | 33.5 | +6.3 | |
| Reform | Angela Jackson | 339 | 13.6 | +10.0 | |
| Green | Stephen Ashfield | 121 | 4.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,490 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Seaton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Sue Little* | 1,078 | 58.9 | +6.8 | |
| Labour Co-op | David Innes | 359 | 19.6 | +0.2 | |
| Conservative | Morgan Barker | 221 | 12.1 | −7.4 | |
| Reform | Paul Manley | 137 | 7.5 | −1.5 | |
| Green | Stuart Williams | 36 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,831 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Throston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Martin Scarborough | 1,015 | 62.5 | +12.2 | |
| Conservative | Richie Hughes | 347 | 21.4 | N/A | |
| Reform | Alec Gough | 263 | 16.2 | +5.3 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,625 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Independent | |||||
Victoria
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Christopher Wallace | 879 | 64.7 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | Veronica Nicholson | 267 | 19.7 | −7.6 | |
| Reform | John Fleet | 212 | 15.6 | +5.7 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 1,358 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | |||||
By-elections
Throston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Ed Doyle | 595 | 48.7 | +32.5 | |
| Labour | Mark Hanson | 475 | 38.8 | –23.7 | |
| Green | Tom Casey | 62 | 5.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Margaret Lyall | 59 | 4.8 | –16.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Connor Stallard | 32 | 2.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 120 | 9.9 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,223 | 20.4 | |||
| Reform gain from Labour | Swing | 28.1 |
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