Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council elections

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland in North Yorkshire, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district in Cleveland, called Langbaurgh (or Langbaurgh-on-Tees after 1988).

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1973–1976
	Conservative	1976–1979
	Labour	1979–1987
	No overall control	1987–1991
	Labour	1991–1996

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1996–2003
	No overall control	2003–2011
	Labour^[3]	2011–2013
	No overall control	2013–present

Councillor		From	To
George Dunning^[4]	Labour	17 May 2007	12 Feb 2015
Mary Lanigan	Independent	12 Feb 2015	28 May 2015
Sue Jeffrey	Labour	28 May 2015	23 May 2019
Mary Lanigan^[5]	Independent	23 May 2019	25 May 2023
Alec Brown^[6]	Labour	25 May 2023

Year	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Conservative	UKIP	East Cleveland Independents^[a]	Eston Independents	Teesville Independents	Independent	Council control after election
Year									Council control after election
1995	49	7	1	0	0	0	0	2		Labour
1999	32	11	14	0	0	0	0	2		Labour
2003	23	15	13	0	4	0	0	4		No overall control
2007	28	13	11	0	0	0	3	4		No overall control
2011	32	16	6	0	0	0	3	2		Labour
2015	29	11	10	1	1	1	0	6		No overall control
2019	15	13	11	2	1	0	3	14		No overall control
2023	23	11	12	0	0	0	0	13		No overall control

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Benbow	771	39.4
	Labour	John Taylor	742	37.9
	Conservative	Jean White	445	22.7
Majority			29	1.5
Turnout			1,958	35.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council elections

Political control

Leadership

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Council composition

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995–1999

1999–2003

2003–2007

2007–2011

2011–2015

2015–2019

2019–2023

2023–2027

Notes

References

External links

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Simms	2,168	56.2	−21.5
	Independent	Ray Freeman	1,362	35.3	+35.3
	Conservative	Yvonne Bennett	329	8.5	+8.5
Majority			806	20.9
Turnout			3,859
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	488	58.2	−15.1
	Independent	201	24.0	+24.0
	Conservative	150	17.9	−8.8
Majority		287	34.2
Turnout		839
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheelagh Clarke	736	40.5	−22.2
	Conservative	David Tabner	537	29.5	+29.5
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Butler	509	28.0	−9.3
	Socialist Labour	John Taylor	36	2.0	+2.0
Majority			199	11.0
Turnout			1,818	34.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dave Fitzpatrick	1,918	59.4	+45.3
	Labour	Susan McLeod	722	22.4	−40.1
	Conservative	Marjorie Veal	333	10.3	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Val Miller	257	8.0	+8.0
Majority			1,196	37.0
Turnout			3,230
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Dunlop	463	63.3	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tuffs	242	33.1	+22.0
	Conservative	Lynda Russell	27	3.7	+3.7
Majority			199	30.2
Turnout			732	16.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Goodwell	599	35.8	−13.4
	Independent	Mike Findley	587	35.1	+35.1
	Labour	Sue McLeod	199	11.9	−23.0
	Green	Peter Goodwin	173	10.3	+10.3
	Conservative	Neil Bilham	114	6.8	−9.1
Majority			12	0.7
Turnout			1,672	48.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Socialist Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Bunn	818	34.3	+5.9
	East Cleveland Independent	David Williams	805	33.7	+0.3
	Conservative	Michael King	626	26.2	−12.0
	Independent	Barry Parvin	137	5.7	+5.7
Majority			13	0.6
Turnout			2,386	67.4
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bill Clarke	1,124	55.9	+13.5
	Labour	Bill Suthers	887	44.1	−0.8
Majority			237	11.8
Turnout			2,011	34.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Hannon	1,031	56.4	+25.5
	Labour	Paul Dixon	486	26.6	−15.9
	Conservative	Brian Mundy	204	11.2	−15.5
	BNP	Dawn Castle	106	5.8	+5.8
Majority			545	29.8
Turnout			1,827	36.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marilyn Bramley	652	49.9	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Toni Meir	288	22.1	+12.3
	BNP	Bernard Collinson	206	15.8	+1.4
	Independent	Oz Sadiq	101	7.7	−7.3
	Conservative	Joan Bolton	59	4.5	−5.8
Majority			364	27.8
Turnout			1,306	27.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Dormanstown By-Election 2 April 2009^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Lucas	809	42.4	+17.3
	Labour	Marian Fairley	667	35.0	−17.1
	BNP	Lynn Payne	305	16.6	+16.6
	Conservative	Brian Hughes-Mundy	125	6.6	−16.2
Majority			142	7.4
Turnout			1,906	36.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

South Bank By-Election 17 September 2009^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Jeffrey	442	43.6	−6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Abbott	354	34.9	+25.1
	Independent	Vincent Smith	102	10.1	−5.0
	UKIP	Martin Bulmer	69	6.8	+6.8
	Conservative	Joan Bolton	47	4.6	−5.7
Majority			88	8.7
Turnout			1,014	21.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Ormesby By-Election 3 December 2009^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Wilson	1,084	73.5	+12.4
	Labour	Steve Goldswain	210	14.2	−5.0
	UKIP	Martin Bulmer	103	7.0	+7.0
	Conservative	Colin Jones	77	5.2	−14.4
Majority			874	59.3
Turnout			1,474	29.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brotton By-Election 26 August 2010^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Rudland	565	38.1	−1.0
	Independent	Barry Hunt	351	23.7	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Miller	315	21.2	−7.8
	Conservative	Don Agar	220	14.8	−4.4
	BNP	Michael George	33	2.2	+2.2
Majority			214	14.4
Turnout			1,484	27.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Howden	805	52.3	+27.2
	Labour	Richard Green	515	33.5	−18.6
	BNP	Lynn Payne	145	9.4	+9.4
	Conservative	Joan Bolton	73	4.7	−18.0
Majority			290	18.8
Turnout			1,538	29.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Harrison	661
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Mason	633
	Labour	Norma Hensby	531
	Labour	Celia Elliott	512
	Conservative	Michael Bateman	217
	Conservative	Brian Hughes-Munday	142
	UKIP	Ian Neil	50
Turnout			2,746	36.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John P Hannon	539	49.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Stones	484	44.0
	Conservative	Matthew Bennett	76	6.9
Majority			55	5.0
Turnout			1,099	33.88
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Walsh	745	46.1
	UKIP	Stuart Todd	485	30.0
	Conservative	Anne Watts	176	10.9
	Independent	James Carrolle	170	10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Waite	40	2.5
Majority			260	16.1
Turnout			1,616	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sabrina Thompson	753	37.3
	Labour	Neil Bendelow	741	36.7
	UKIP	Andrea Turner	523	25.9
Majority			12	0.6
Turnout			2,017	38.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Jackson	879	45.0	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Kidd	536	27.4	+10.1
	Labour	Ian Taylor	368	18.8	−10.1
	UKIP	Kenneth Lilleker	116	5.9	n/a
	Independent	George Tinsley	56	2.9	n/a
Majority			343	17.6
Turnout			1,955	33.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Morgan	980	75.4	+37.3
	UKIP	Ian Neil	138	10.6	−6.8
	Labour	Alison Suthers	126	9.7	−9.4
	Conservative	Cameron Brown	41	3.2	−8.4
	North East	Philip Lockey	15	1.2	N/A
Majority			842	64.8
Turnout			1,300	27.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alma Thrower	860	57.4	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Kidd	326	21.8	+4.5
	Labour	Ian Urwin	183	12.2	−16.7
	UKIP	Barry Hudson	129	8.6	n/a
Majority			534	35.6
Turnout			1,498	25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Benson	426	44.6	+4.9
	Labour	Charlie Brady	259	27.1	−6.7
	UKIP	Andrea Turner	153	16.0	−2.4
	Independent	Mark Hannon	52	5.4	n/a
	Independent	Dave Stones	36	3.8	−4.3
	Conservative	Maret Ward	29	3.0	n/a
Majority			167	17.5
Turnout			955	29.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Dowson	661	38.4	+8.6
	Labour	David Jones	368	21.4	+1.5
	Independent	John Lambert	261	15.2	n/a
	Independent	Victor Jeffries	225	13.1	n/a
	Conservative	Olwyn Twentyman	174	10.1	−2.6
	Green	Nicola Riley	31	1.8	−9.7
Majority			293	17.0
Turnout			1,720	34.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vera Rider	494	32.7	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marilyn Marshall	397	26.3	+12.3
	Labour	Darcie Shepherd	337	22.3	+4.0
	Independent	Vic Jeffries	282	18.7	−3.6
Majority			97	6.4
Turnout			1,510	27.9
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Hixon	879	45.1	+21.9
	Labour	Lisa Belshaw	406	20.9	−2.1
	Independent	Sheila Berry	398	20.4	+20.4
	Independent	Fred Page	195	10.0	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Cree	69	3.5	+3.5
Majority			473	24.3
Turnout			1,947	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Waterfield	1,318	53.3	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jemma Joy	566	22.9	−9.5
	Independent	Christopher Baker	332	13.4	+13.4
	Labour	Alan Hiscox	256	10.4	−3.0
Majority			752	30.4
Turnout			2,472	44.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Salvin	389	37.5	+15.9
	Labour	Leanne Reed	357	34.5	+2.4
	Independent	Paul McInnes	109	10.5	+10.5
	Independent	Rita Richardson	143	13.8	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tracy Jacobs	38	3.7	−12.9
Majority			32	3
Turnout			1,036	19.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Crane	384	37.9
	Labour	Jane Bradley	206	20.4
	Independent	Andrea Turner	119	11.8
	Reform	Christopher Gallacher	108	10.7
	Independent	Vic Jeffries	105	10.4
	Independent	Steve Cooper	50	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Booth	40	4.0
Majority			178	17.6
Turnout			1,012
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Craig Holmes	839	65.3
	Labour	Norman Macleod	247	19.2
	Conservative	Julie Craig	179	13.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Saunders	19	1.5
Majority			592	46.0
Turnout			1,284
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Susan Jeffrey	368	47.4
	Reform	Adam Jones	344	44.3
	Conservative	Richard Kerr-Morgan	64	8.2
Majority			24	3.1
Turnout			776
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Barnes	446	50.5
	Labour	Mitchell Rynn	191	21.6
	Reform	Michael Manning	119	13.5
	Green	Brian Teasdale	65	7.4
	Conservative	Igraine Gray	62	7.0
Majority			255	28.9
Turnout			883
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing