Redcar and Cleveland council election full results

The party picked up 22 seats in total across the borough, increasing the number of councillors it has by a further seven.

It was also a successful day overall for the Conservative Party, which doubled the number of councillors it has from six to 12.

But independent members fared less well with a number of prominent names departing after failing to retain their seats, not least council leader Mary Lanigan, who wasn’t re-elected in Loftus ward.

Prior to the election there were 24 independents on the council – 13 from the independent group, seven ungrouped independents, two from the Cleveland independents and two representing the Teesville independents.

That figure has now been halved to just 12.

For their part the Liberal Democrats lost three council members and now have 11 councillors on the authority.

Cllr Lanigan had led an independent/Lib Dem coalition on the council since 2019, but had been damaged by revelations about her behaviour having been found responsible for several serious code of conduct breaches.

She had been formally censured in a vote by councillors following a dispute with residents in Easington centering on the village’s war memorial, but vowed to carry on regardless hoping to win another term.

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service at the election count held in Redcar’s leisure and community heart facility, she said: “We have lost some really good councillors today.

“I don’t know whether that is because of national events, there have been Labour swings across the board and they have done very well.

“However I wish every single councillor that has been elected today all the very best over the next four years and I am sure they will all pull together in the right direction.”

Cllr Lanigan acknowledged she had been upset and angry during the “unfortunate” events in Easington and said she had overreacted, losing her temper.

She said: “Whether this has affected the vote – I am sure it has – but I have to live with that.

“I am 73 years old next month and I need a rest, the last four years have been really hard work doing 60, 70 hours a week.”

The former leader will now relinquish various roles including being on the board of the South Tees Development Company, which oversees the Teesworks industrial site on the outskirts of Redcar, and on the cabinet of the Tees Valley Combined Authority.

Cllr Lanigan suggested she would have more to say at some point on recent controversies regarding Teesworks, which has seen Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen criticised over the sale of public land to private developers.

She said she had no regrets over her time as leader and had “put her heart and soul into it”, having been on the council for about 20 years, and was “now ready to get on with the rest of her life”.

Cllr Lanigan, who was interrupted by a woman heckler – who stated “what comes around goes around” – referred to various challenges which had been faced by the council including a large-scale cyber attack and the coronavirus pandemic.

Labour celebrations

Labour supporters were by far the loudest of the mainstream parties with rapturous cheers being heard during several announcements of ward results.

Labour’s Linda White took Cllr Lanigan’s seat, while Ursula Earl and John McCue won seats from the incumbent Tories in Skelton West, Craig and Lee Holmes.

It also held a seat and gained a seat from the Tories in Guisborough.

In Teesville it held one seat and gained another two from the Conservatives, and beat the Lib Dems in Zetland ward, leaving previous Lib Dem cabinet members Alison Barnes and Louise Westbury to bow out.

But the party fell short of the 30 seats needed to have overall control of the council.

It will now fall to the group leader Alec Brown – who is likely to be Cllr Lanigan’s successor – in meetings over the coming days to attempt to form a coalition with other council members.

The Conservatives, meanwhile, for whom MPs Jacob Young and Simon Clarke were in attendance, had a slow start, but took two seats in Skelton East from the independents with Andy Oliver and Justin Thompson triumphing.

They picked up two seats from the Lib Dems in Wheatlands ward.

The party also did well in Normanby with Paul Salvin holding his recently won seat with two others being added from Labour.

It also gained two seats in Eston from Labour.

The Lib Dems, despite losing ground, held onto seats in traditional strongholds such as Ormesby, West Dyke and St Germain’s.

One ward is yet to be called – Longbeck, where Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Steve Turner was hoping to win a seat for the Tories alongside wife Andrea.

A recount took place, but with the results closer than before, returning officer John Sampson said they would come back again on Tuesday morning next week to get a “fresh pair of eyes on it”.

The results (bold indicates elected candidate)

Belmont

Peter Berry (IND) 515

Carolyn Curr (CON) 503

Paul Fairley (LAB) 241

Miranda Jupp (CON) 426

Adrian Robson (LAB) 290

Janet Elizabeth Smith (IND) 94

Anne Margaret Ferguson Watts (IND) 393.

IND HOLD ONE, CON GAIN FROM IND

Brotton

Graham Cutler (IND) 882

Martin Fletcher (IND) 776

Lynne Henderson (CON) 244

Stephanie Hinson (CON) 160

Barry Hunt (IND) 820

Alison Suthers (LAB) 224

Ian Urwin (LAB) 306

IND HOLD THREE

Coatham

Neil Baldwin (IND) 264

Nicholas John Langley Fardon (CON) 167

Ethan Robert Haw (IND) 120

Carl William Quartermain (LAB) 437

Patricia Lynne Rynn (LAB) 370

David Tabner (CON) 178

Sabrina Thompson (LIB) 88

LAB HOLD ONE, GAIN ONE FROM IND

Dormanstown

Ceri Julie-Ann Cawley (LAB) 355

Eve Hall (LIB) 72

Christine Long (LAB) 306

Chris Powlay (IND) 338

Debbie Powlay (IND) 392

LAB HOLD ONE, IND GAIN FROM LABOUR

 

Eston

Sophie Christa Lax-Keeler (LIB) 171

Stephen James Martin (CON) 636

Christopher Massey (LAB) 561

Daniel Aaron Rees (LAB) 555

David Taylor (CON) 632

Geraldine Williams (LAB) 554

LAB HOLD ONE, CON GAIN TWO FROM LABOUR

Grangetown

Andrea Joanne Booth (CON) 135

Adam Lee Brook (LAB) 419

Linda May King (CON) 116

Lyn Marie Pallister (LAB) 417

 

LAB HOLD TWO

 

Guisborough

 

Lisa Belshaw (LAB) 691,

Bill Clarke (IND) 619

Bill Suthers (LAB) 629

Denise Bunn (IND) 166

Edward Bunn (IND) 122

Carolyn Cree (LIB) 87

Andrew Hixon (CON) 558

Andy Leon (LAB) 571

Lesley Oakley (IND) 223

Frederick Page (IND) 106

Charlie Thomspon (RUK) 137

Alma Thrower (CON) 539

Caroline Welch (GRE) 162

 

IND HOLD ONE, LAB HOLD ONE AND GAIN ONE FROM CON

 

Hutton

 

Jemma Louise Scarlett Joy (LIB) 1,030

Julie Hart (CON) 846

Graham Jeffery (LIB) 812

Michael Dakin (IND) 209

Malcolm Griffiths (IND) 174

Kellen Hadfield (CON) 757

Fiona Hampton (LAB) 351

Graeme Kidd (LIB) 789

Kate Mann (RUK) 120

Veronica Moore (LAB) 281

Steve Waterfield (CON) 750

 

LIB HOLD ONE, GAIN ONE & CON HOLD

 

Kirkleatham

 

Alec Brown (LAB) 559

Peter Grogan (CON) 596

Marian Fairley (LAB) 527

Theresa Cave (IND) 296

Robert Dunn (IND) 187

John Hannon (LIB) 138

Mark Hannon (LIB) 108

Mike Lockwood (IND) 242

Joseph Sayer (CON) 442

William Wilson (LIB) 93

 

LAB HOLD TWO, CON GAIN FROM IND

Lockwood

Graham Hutchinson (CON) 33

Steve Kay (IND) 491

Ian Solomon (LAB)

IND HOLD

 

Loftus

 

Wayne Davies (IND) 570

Igraine Gray (CON) 313

Tim Gray (IND) 491

Allan Greening (CON) 453

Mary Lanigan (IND) 405

Ramin Peroznejad (LAB) 231

Linda Carol White (LAB) 540

 

IND HOLD TWO, LAB GAIN ONE FROM IND

 

Longbeck – result still to be decided after inconclusive recount

 

Newcomen

 

Mark Appleby (IND) 216

Janine Craven (LAB) 535

Anthony Himsworth (CON) 261

Michael Kirke (CON) 194

Carrie Marie Richardson (LAB) 529

Billy Wells (IND) 328

LAB HOLD ONE AND GAIN ONE FROM IND

Normanby

Billy Ayre (LAB) 694

Chris Gallacher (IND) 250

Paul Garland (LAB) 642

Paul McInnes (CON) 758

Simon Meech-Simpson (LAB) 564

Curt Pugh (CON) 712

Rita Richardson (IND) 421

Paul Salvin (CON) 789

Stuart Saunders (LIB) 93

CON HOLD ONE AND GAIN TWO FROM LAB

 

Ormesby

 

Julie Elders (CON) 216

Ian Hart (LIB) 865

Carole Anne Morgan (LIB) 914

Glyn Nightingale (LIB) 852

Cameron Norrie (LAB) 259

Leanne Reed (LAB) 270

Garth Siner (CON) 177

Katherine Smith (CON) 194

Millie Wood (LAB) 250

LIB HOLD

Saltburn

Stuart Smith (IND) 1,385

Philip Thomson (IND) 1,041

Craig Hannaway (IND) 805

Simon Asker (CON) 304

Kerry Dooley (GRE) 253

Ian Graham (CON) 311

Rowan McLaughlin (GRE) 342

Abdul Rauf (GRE) 319

Kath Sainsbury (LAB) 763

Gary Wilkinson (LAB) 675

 

IND HOLD

 

Skelton East

 

Dave Barker (IND) 153

Darren Robert Craig (IND) 229

Tracy Jacobs (LIB) 29

Norman Macleod (LAB) 289

Andy Oliver (CON) 419

Sam Pratt (LAB) 315

Justin Thompson (CON) 369

 

CON GAIN TWO FROM IND

 

Skelton West

 

Julie Craig (IND) 180

Ursula Mary Earl (LAB) 542

Peter Craig Holmes (CON) 470

Lee Bryan Holmes (CON) 384

John McCue (LAB) 480

Katy Primrose Sykes (LIB) 16

Emma Louise Marshall (IND) 78

Jonathan Thompson (LIB) 12

 

LAB GAIN TWO FROM CON

 

South Bank

 

Izzy Attwood (LAB) 499

Neil Robert Bendelow (LAB) 563

Les Harper (IND) 155

Lucas Pentland (CON) 108

Sandra Joan Smith (IND) 192 

 

LAB HOLD ONE, GAIN ONE FROM IND

 

St Germain’s

Jennifer Estensen (CON) 308

Kendra Evans (LIB) 819

Peter Finlinson (LIB) 561

Graeme Iceton (CON) 281

Karen King (LIB) 1,270

Tristan Learoyd (LIB) 1,275

Peter Mahan (LAB) 412

Nicola Riley (CON) 353

LIB HOLD

Teesville

Peter Chaney (LAB) 597

Robert Clark (LAB) 576

Margaret O’Donoghue (LAB) 457

Lynne Blackburn (CON) 412

Claire Cargill (CON) 394

Steve Cargill (CON) 425

David Fisher (IND) 160

Ann Higgins (IND) 319

Jim Higgins (IND) 250

Suzanne Lax-Keeler (LIB) 37

Vincent Smith (IND) 281

Pat Turner (IND) 186

LAB HOLD ONE GAIN TWO FROM IND

West Dyke

Ashleigh Atkinson (LAB) 444

Karen Charlton (CON) 342

Michael Dixon (LAB) 439

Neil Dooley (LAB) 407

Malcolm Head (LIB) 691

Chris Jones (LIB) 705

Mark Maddison (CON) 333

Mary Ovens (LIB) 695

Jacob Phillips (CON) 349

LIB HOLD

 

Wheatlands

 

Niall Hargreaves (CON) 448

Yvonne Lax-Keeler (LIB) 363

Shaun Moody (LIB) 336

Steve Peacock (IND) 80

Daniel Sillett (LAB) 265

Jack Symon (CON) 399

Dave Wimble (LAB) 261

 

CON GAIN TWO FROM LIB 

 

Zetland

 

Alison Barnes (LIB) 396

Richard Gibson (CON) 201

Jade Danielle Lavan (LAB) 525

Jonny Neal (LAB) 494

William Pugsley (CON) 185

Louise Westbury (LIB) 356

LAB GAIN TWO FROM LIB

 

Total number of councillors elected

LAB – 22

CON – 12

IND – 12

LIB – 11

 

Means Labour are the biggest party, but there is no overall control of the council.