2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election

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2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election
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12 out of 36 seats to Hartlepool Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout28%
 
Leader Mike Young Brenda Harrison
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seat Rural West De Bruce
Current seats 12 17
Seats needed Increase 7 Increase 2
Incumbent Leader

Mike Young
Conservative
No overall control



The 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 36 members of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham were elected.

Background[edit]

Hartlepool was a traditionally Labour-controlled council. The party held control of the council from its creation as a unitary authority in 1995 to 2000, from 2004 to 2008, and 2010 to 2019, with periods of no overall control between.[1] Following the 2019 election, the Conservatives, the Independent Union, and the Veterans and People's Party formed a minority coalition.[2] This agreement, minus the VPP, was renewed following the 2021 election on new boundaries.[citation needed]

In the previous election, Labour won 9 seats (up 5) with 44.6% of the vote, the Conservatives won 2 (down 1) with 22.6%, independents won 1 (down 3) with 20.6%, and the Independent Union lost the seat they were defending with 3.1%. Following the election, the Conservatives, the Independent Union, and 5 independents formed a minority coalition.[3] As the 2021 election was for all seats, this election is for the seats held by the first place candidate in each ward.[4] The Conservatives are defending 7 seats, Labour are defending 1, and independents are defending 4.[citation needed]

In this election Labour took back control of this council after it lost to no overall control in the previous election.

Previous council composition[edit]

After 2023 election Before 2024 election[5] After 2024 election[6]
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 18 Labour 17 Labour 24
Conservative 12 Conservative 12 Conservative 6
IU 1 IU 1 IU 1
Independent 5 Independent 6 Independent 5

Changes:

  • July 2023: Steve Wallace leaves Labour to sit as an independent[7]

Results By Ward[edit]

Burn Valley[edit]

Burn Valley [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Corinne Male 919 54.5
Conservative David Nicholson* 339 20.1
Reform UK Graham Harrison 270 16.0
Independent John Hays 158 9.4
Majority 580 34.4
Turnout

De Bruce[edit]

De Bruce [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Michael Jorgeson 758 54.8
Conservative Ian Glass 330 23.9
Reform UK Trevor Rogan 294 21.3
Majority 428 31.0
Turnout

Fens and Greatham[edit]

Fens and Greatham [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Owen Riddle 622
Conservative Marc Owens 310
Reform UK Peter Tylee 262
Independent Tony Richardson 160
Independent Jim Lindridge* 723
Majority
Turnout

Foggy Furze[edit]

Foggy Furze [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Carole Thompson* 927
Conservative Chris Groves 503
Reform UK Leah Stead 121
Heritage Vivienne Neville 46
Majority
Turnout

Hart[edit]

Hart [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Aaron Roy 841
Conservative Tom Cassidy* 629
Reform UK Amanda Napper 244
Independent Stuart Campbell 164
Independent Pauline Phillips 95
Majority
Turnout

Headland and Harbour[edit]

Headland and Harbour [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Scott Gaiety 178
Labour Co-op John Nelson 847
Conservative Brian Cowie* 333
Reform UK Drew Murley 222
Independent Rob Stevenson 68
Majority
Turnout

Manor House[edit]

Manor House [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Katherine Cook 625
Conservative Margaret Lyall 160
Reform UK Stephen Wright 214
Independent Bob Eagleton 64
Majority
Turnout

Rossmere[edit]

Rossmere [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Quewone Bailey-Fleet 649
Conservative Marley Haggan 275
Reform UK Tracy Connolly 269
Majority
Turnout

Rural West[edit]

Rural West [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Malcolm Walker 833
Conservative Scott Reeve* 1197
Reform UK Angela Jackson 339
Green Stephen Ashfield 121
Majority
Turnout

Seaton[edit]

Seaton [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op David Innes 359
Independent Sue Little* 1078
Conservative Morgan Barker 221
Reform UK Paul Manley 137
Green Stuart Williams 36
Majority
Turnout

Throston[edit]

Throston [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Martin Scarborough 1015
Conservative Richie Hughes 347
Reform UK Alec Gough 263
Majority
Turnout

Victoria[edit]

Victoria [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christopher Wallace 879
Conservative Veronica Nicholson 267
Reform UK John Fleet 212
Majority
Turnout

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hartlepool Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  2. ^ Marko, Nic (16 May 2019). "New leaders of Hartlepool council set to be decided at AGM next week". Hartlepool Mail. Hartlepool: Northeast Press. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Hartlepool Council's new leader promises exciting times ahead". BBC News. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  4. ^ "The Hartlepool (Electoral Changes) Order 2019", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2019/1089, retrieved 1 April 2024
  5. ^ "Your Councillors". Hartlepool Borough Council. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Hartlepool result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
  7. ^ Marko, Nic (27 July 2023). "Hartlepool councillor Steve Wallace quits Labour after 'fall out' with section of the party". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hartlepool Council, Hartlepool Council. "Hartlepool Local Election Results 2024". hartlepool.gov.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ https://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/news/article/2866/hartlepool_local_election_results_2024
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