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%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Brenda Harrison Mike Young
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seat De Bruce Rural West
Seats before 17 12
Seats after 24 6
Seat change Increase7 Decrease6
Leader before election

Mike Young
Conservative
No overall control

Elected Leader

Brenda Harrison
Labour
Labour Party (UK)

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.

Labour took back control of the council from no overall control in the previous election.

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]

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[edit]

2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9 Increase7 75.0 15 24 66.7 9274 46.5
  Conservative 1 Decrease6 8.3 5 6 13.9 4911 24.6
  Independent 2 Decrease1 16.7 3 5 16.7 2688 13.5
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2847 14.3

Results By Ward[edit]

Burn Valley[edit]

Burn Valley [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Corinne Male 919 54.5 -6.3
Conservative David Nicholson* 339 20.1 +1.7
Reform UK Graham Harrison 270 16.0 +8.7
Independent John Hays 158 9.4 -4.0
Majority 580 34.4
Turnout
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

De Bruce[edit]

De Bruce [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Michael Jorgeson 758 54.8 -9.0
Conservative Ian Glass 330 23.9 +7.7
Reform UK Trevor Rogan 294 21.3 +1.4
Majority 428 31.0
Turnout
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Fens and Greatham[edit]

Fens and Greatham [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Lindridge* 723 34.8 N/A
Labour Co-op Owen Riddle 622 29.9 -11.8
Conservative Marc Owens 310 14.9 -10.1
Reform UK Peter Tylee 262 12.6 +7.5
Independent Tony Richardson 160 7.7 -4.1
Majority
Turnout 2,077
Independent hold

Foggy Furze[edit]

Foggy Furze [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Carole Thompson* 927 58.0 +5.6
Conservative Chris Groves 503 31.5 +4.1
Reform UK Leah Stead 121 7.6 +0.2
Heritage Vivienne Neville 46 2.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,597
Labour Co-op gain from Independent

Hart[edit]

Hart [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Aaron Roy 841 42.6 +11.2
Conservative Tom Cassidy* 629 31.9 +0.3
Reform UK Amanda Napper 244 12.4 N/A
Independent Stuart Campbell 164 8.3 N/A
Independent Pauline Phillips 95 4.8 -1.7
Majority
Turnout 1,973
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Headland and Harbour[edit]

Headland and Harbour [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op John Nelson 847 51.4 +10.6
Conservative Brian Cowie* 333 20.2 +0.7
Reform UK Drew Murley 222 13.5 N/A
Independent Scott Gaiety 178 10.8 N/A
Independent Rob Stevenson 68 4.1 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,648
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Manor House[edit]

Manor House [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Katherine Cook 625 57.4 -0.8
Reform UK Stephen Wright 214 19.7 +6.0
Conservative Margaret Lyall 160 14.7 -3.9
Independent Bob Eagleton 64 5.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,088
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Rossmere[edit]

Rossmere [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Quewone Bailey-Fleet 649 54.4 +2.4
Conservative Marley Haggan 275 23.1 N/A
Reform UK Tracy Connolly 269 22.5 +10.8
Majority
Turnout 1,193
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Rural West[edit]

Rural West [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Scott Reeve* 1,197 48.1 +0.7
Labour Co-op Malcolm Walker 833 33.5 +6.3
Reform UK Angela Jackson 339 13.6 +10.0
Green Stephen Ashfield 121 4.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,490
Conservative hold

Seaton[edit]

Seaton [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sue Little* 1,078 58.9 +6.8
Labour Co-op David Innes 359 19.6 +0.2
Conservative Morgan Barker 221 12.1 -7.4
Reform UK Paul Manley 137 7.5 -1.5
Green Stuart Williams 36 2.0 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,831
Independent hold

Throston[edit]

Throston [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Martin Scarborough 1,015 62.5 +12.2
Conservative Richie Hughes 347 21.4 N/A
Reform UK Alec Gough 263 16.2 +5.3
Majority
Turnout 1,625
Labour Co-op gain from Independent

Victoria[edit]

Victoria [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christopher Wallace 879 64.7 +1.9
Conservative Veronica Nicholson 267 19.7 -7.6
Reform UK John Fleet 212 15.6 +5.7
Majority
Turnout 1,358
Labour Co-op hold

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.
  9. ^ "Hartlepool Local Election Results 2024".
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