2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 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

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. 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. The election saw the council return to 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, 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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	29			3			59140
	Liberal Democrats	11			5			24336
	Conservative	10			4			19175
	Independent	6			4			28867
	East Cleveland Independent	1			2			677
	Eston Independents	1			1			4860
	UKIP	1			1			8360
	Green	0						3752

Ward Results

Source:

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