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 Decrease 3 Decrease5 Increase4
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 Increase4 Decrease2 Increase1
Popular vote 28,867 677 4,860
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party UKIP Green
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 1 0
Seat change Increase1 Steady
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

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. One major change was that Council Leader George Dunning and many other Labour councillors resigned from the party or were deselected and ran as independent candidates.[2] The election saw the council return to no overall control.[3]

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, as well as the overall control they had between 2011 and 2013.

UKIP got 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[4]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 29 Decrease3 59140
  Liberal Democrats 11 Decrease5 24336
  Conservative 10 Increase4 19175
  Independent 6 Increase4 28867
  East Cleveland Independent 1 Decrease2 677
  Eston Independents 1 Increase1 4860
  UKIP 1 Increase1 8360
  Green 0 Steady 3752

Ward Results

Source:[5]

Brotton

Brotton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Dick 1,062
Conservative Malcom Griffiths 940
Independent Barry Hunt 1,501 {{{percentage}}} {{{change}}}
Independent Brian Hogg 870
Green Elaine Kirby 610
Independent Valerie Miller 640
Labour Geraldine Nuttall 843
Labour Ian Urwin 820
Independent Kay Walker 827
Turnout
Labour win
Conservative win
Independent win

Coatham

Coatham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neil Baldwin 827
Independent Josie Crawford 523
Independent Mary Curr 456
Independent Anthony Jackson 95
UKIP Luke McMillan 494
Labour William Quatermain 733
Liberal Democrats John Wilson 366
Turnout
Labour win


Dormanstown

Dormanstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alec Brown 1,066
Labour Ceri Crawley 1,279
Labour Ray Goddard 1,271
Liberal Democrats Laura Benson 887
Liberal Democrats Eric Howden 981
Liberal Democrats Sabrina Thompson 957
UKIP Andrea Turner 752
Green Michael York 733
Turnout
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Grangetown

Grangetown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Pallister 1,337
Labour Jade Stainthorpe 1,169
Liberal Democrats Mags Sayer 199
Turnout
Labour win
Labour win

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Redcar and Cleveland council leader George Dunning resigns". BBC News. BBC. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Local Election Results 2015 - BBC News". www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Election Results - May 2015" (PDF). andrewteale.me.uk.
  5. ↑ "Red Car Cleveland 2015" (PDF). andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.


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