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).

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]

Langbaurgh non-metropolitan district

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

Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority

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

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2007 have been:

Councillor Party 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 align=right|25 May 2023

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

Council composition

Year Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative UKIP East Cleveland Independents[a] Eston Independents Teesville Independents Independent 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

Borough result maps

By-election results

1995–1999

West Dyke By-Election 25 July 1996[13]
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
Eston By-Election 1 May 1997[14]
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
Brotton By-Election 25 September 1997
Party Candidate 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

1999–2003

Teesville By-Election 20 July 2000[15]
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
Loftus By-Election 7 June 2001
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
Grangetown By-Election 14 March 2002[16]
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
St Germain's By-Election 27 June 2002[17]
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

2003–2007

Westworth By-Election 5 May 2005[18]
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

2007–2011

Guisborough By-Election 11 September 2008[19]
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
Kirkleatham By-Election 2 October 2008[20]
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
South Bank By-Election 16 October 2008[21]
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
Dormanstown By-Election 23 July 2009[23]
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
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

2011–2015

Zetland (2) By-Election 17 November 2011[27]
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
Newcomen By-Election 19 January 2012[28]
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
Skelton By-Election 8 August 2013[29]
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
Dormanstown By-Election 22 May 2014[30]
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

2015–2019

Hutton By-Election 17 March 2016[31]
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
Ormesby By-Election 18 August 2016[32]
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
Hutton By-Election 2 March 2017[33]
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
Newcomen By-Election 2 March 2017[34]
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
St Germain's By-Election 5 October 2017[35]
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
Longbeck By-Election 15 March 2018[36]
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

2019-2023

Guisborough By-Election 6 May 2021[37]
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
Hutton By-Election 6 May 2021[38]
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
Longbeck By-Election 6 May 2021[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Turner 710 45.0 +12.6
Labour Luke Myer 440 27.9 +17.8
Independent Judith Findley 399 25.3 +25.3
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Marshall 29 1.8 -8.6
Majority 270 17.1
Turnout 1,578 46.6
Conservative hold Swing
Normanby By-Election 22 December 2022[40]
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

Notes

  1. ^ For 2007, this figure includes Loftus Ward Independents and East Cleveland and Guisborough Independents.

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