The 2023 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, a unitary authority which straddles the ceremonial counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire in England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[1]
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The council remained under no overall control after the election, being led by a Labour minority administration.
Overview
editPrior to the election the council was under no overall control with Labour the largest party.[2]
New ward boundaries were drawn up for the election by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The overall number of councillors stayed the same at 56.[3]
The election for the three seats in Hartburn ward was postponed to 22 June 2023 following the death of a candidate.[4]
The council remained under no overall control after the but the Conservatives overtook Labour to become the largest party, in a result which went against the national trend for the 2023 elections.[5][6]
At the annual council meeting on 24 May 2023 following the election, the two small parties of the Thornaby Independent Association and the Ingleby Barwick Independent Society voted with Labour to allow the minority Labour administration led by Bob Cook to continue to run the council.[7]
New councillor Shakeel Hussain was elected as a Conservative but was then prevented from sitting with the Conservative group pending an investigation into alleged social media posts.[8]
Summary
editElection result
edit2023 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 56 | 26 | 46.4 | 43.0 | 42,338 | +9.8 | ||||
Labour | 47 | 22 | 39.3 | 33.6 | 33,058 | +1.0 | ||||
Thornaby Independent Association | 6 | 4 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 4,418 | –3.1 | ||||
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society | 6 | 3 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5,573 | –1.4 | ||||
Independent | 22 | 1 | 1.8 | 7.8 | 7,647 | –1.3 | ||||
Green | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3,382 | +2.8 | ||||
Reform UK | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2,115 | New |
The Liberal Democrats also lost two seats, but is not shown in the above table as they did not stand any candidates at this election.
Ward results
editThe results for each ward were as follows, with asterisks(*) indicating sitting councillors standing for re-election. Some are not standing in their previous wards:[9][10]
Billingham Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ann May McCoy* | 826 | 60.3 | ||
Labour | Barry Woodhouse* | 733 | 53.5 | ||
Reform UK | John Gerard McDermottroe | 308 | 22.5 | ||
Conservative | John Sharp | 259 | 18.9 | ||
Conservative | Lynn Tunney | 242 | 17.7 | ||
Green | Christine Stringer | 159 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,372 | 25.30 | |||
Registered electors | 5,421 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Billingham East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michelle Diane Bendelow | 781 | 63.6 | ||
Labour | Michael Nicholas Stoker* (Mick Stoker) |
732 | 59.6 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Carney | 233 | 19.0 | ||
Green | Colin George Jeffrey | 215 | 17.5 | ||
Conservative | Ian Geer | 207 | 16.9 | ||
Green | David Pryce Stringer | 178 | 14.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,237 | 24.28 | |||
Registered electors | 5,095 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Billingham North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Clare Michelle Gamble* | 1,045 | 56.5 | ||
Labour | Marc Graham Besford | 1,011 | 54.6 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Barry | 718 | 38.8 | ||
Conservative | Luke Stott | 593 | 32.1 | ||
Green | Jessica Ruth Hobson (Jess Hobson) |
148 | 8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,856 | 35.58 | |||
Registered electors | 5,216 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Billingham North had been a three seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.
Billingham South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Weston* | 1,037 | 66.3 | ||
Labour | Katie Doreen Weston | 1,005 | 64.3 | ||
Conservative | David Scott | 298 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Joan Holdaway | 291 | 18.6 | ||
Reform UK | David Roger Spence | 150 | 9.6 | ||
Green | Kenneth Stringer | 129 | 8.2 | ||
Independent | Splendita Maria Lacey | 56 | 3.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,568 | 27.70 | |||
Registered electors | 5,661 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Billingham West & Wolviston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Reynard | 838 | 42.5 | ||
Conservative | Marcus Lennon Vickers | 766 | 38.9 | ||
Independent | Helen Atkinson* | 634 | 32.2 | ||
Labour | Michael Smith* (Mike Smith) |
549 | 27.9 | ||
Labour | Daniel Adam Forrest | 524 | 26.6 | ||
Independent | Guy David Snead | 485 | 24.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,974 | 41.52 | |||
Registered electors | 4,754 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hugo Thomas Stratton* | 1,288 | 62.2 | ||
Conservative | Emily Anne Tate | 1,227 | 59.2 | ||
Labour | John Cunningham | 764 | 36.9 | ||
Labour | Stephen James Jennings | 752 | 36.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,079 | 42.69 | |||
Registered electors | 4,870 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats |
Eaglescliffe East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stefan Richard Houghton* | 1,258 | 63.6 | ||
Conservative | James Edward Taylor (Jim Taylor) |
1,101 | 55.7 | ||
Labour | Reginald Rowlinson | 682 | 34.5 | ||
Green | Kiran Singh | 484 | 24.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,985 | 42.22 | |||
Registered electors | 4,702 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Eaglescliffe West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Laura Tunney | 1,204 | 60.3 | ||
Conservative | Diane Clarke | 1,140 | 57.1 | ||
Labour | Francis William Batchelor | 623 | 31.2 | ||
Labour | James Clarke | 494 | 24.7 | ||
Green | Samuel Ernest Bradford | 168 | 8.4 | ||
Reform UK | Andrew Frederick Stephenson | 135 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,008 | 40.70 | |||
Registered electors | 4,934 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Fairfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen John Richardson* | 1,273 | 43.7 | ||
Conservative | Alexander Mitchell Rowe Griffiths (Alex Griffiths) |
1,219 | 41.8 | ||
Conservative | Susan Maria Scott | 1,183 | 40.6 | ||
Labour | Andrew Cunningham | 801 | 27.5 | ||
Labour | Jack Conner James Johnson-Colmer | 723 | 24.8 | ||
Labour | John George Hetherington Stephenson | 712 | 24.4 | ||
Independent | William Woodhead* (Bill Woodhead) |
694 | 23.8 | ||
Independent | Maurice Perry* | 582 | 20.0 | ||
Independent | Laraine Ann Perry | 519 | 17.8 | ||
Reform UK | Neil McCabe | 242 | 8.3 | ||
Independent | Susan Thomas | 108 | 3.7 | ||
Independent | Michael James Thomas | 86 | 3.0 | ||
Independent | William Bell-Berry | 30 | 1.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,921 | 41.40 | |||
Registered electors | 7,032 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Fairfield had been a two seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.
Grangefield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carol Clark* | 547 | 62.6 | ||
Conservative | Louisa Anne Clarke | 327 | 37.4 | ||
Turnout | 874 | 35.4 | |||
Registered electors | 2,486 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Grangefield had been a two seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.
Hardwick & Salters Lane
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Norma Stephenson* | 675 | 55.7 | ||
Labour | Nigel Anthony Cooke* | 654 | 54.0 | ||
Reform UK | Craig Harker | 349 | 28.8 | ||
Reform UK | Graham Harker | 267 | 22.0 | ||
Conservative | Maureen Merifield | 164 | 13.5 | ||
Conservative | Judith Wellington | 160 | 13.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,219 | 22.6 | |||
Registered electors | 5,399 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Hartburn
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lynn Elizabeth Hall | 1,788 | 64.4 | ||
Conservative | Niall Bell Innes | 1,773 | 63.8 | ||
Conservative | Jason John French | 1,574 | 56.7 | ||
Labour | Christopher Coombs | 771 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | Joanna Louise Tyler | 681 | 24.5 | ||
Green | Jessica Hobson | 342 | 12.3 | ||
Reform UK | Andrew Michael Elliott | 264 | 9.5 | ||
Reform UK | Andrew Frederick Stephenson | 169 | 6.1 | ||
Green | Kiran Singh | 134 | 4.8 | ||
Green | Jason Jordan | 131 | 4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,777 | 40.15 | |||
Registered electors | 6,930 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
The election for Hartburn ward was postponed to 22 June 2023 following the death of one of the Reform UK candidates, Mike Elliott.[11]
Ingleby Barwick North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sally Ann Watson* | 874 | 36.0 | ||
Independent | Edward Albert Strike* (Ted Strike) |
848 | 34.9 | ||
Conservative | Alan Watson* | 827 | 34.1 | ||
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society | Patricia Mary Faulks | 824 | 34.0 | ||
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society | Jason Stephen Keith Foreman | 681 | 28.1 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Anne Wood | 658 | 27.1 | ||
Conservative | Jennifer Anne Rutland | 650 | 26.8 | ||
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society | Jean Patricia Kirby | 583 | 24.0 | ||
Green | Stephen James Harland | 333 | 13.7 | ||
Independent | Angela French | 57 | 2.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,436 | 29.01 | |||
Registered electors | 8,398 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Ingleby Barwick South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ingleby Barwick Independent Society | Kevin Charles Faulks* | 1,203 | 42.2 | ||
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society | Michael Stefan Barnes | 1,171 | 41.1 | ||
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society | Ross Patterson* | 1,111 | 39.0 | ||
Conservative | James Alexander Irwin | 1,017 | 35.7 | ||
Conservative | Michelle Elizabeth Fryer | 935 | 32.8 | ||
Conservative | Stuart John Davies | 880 | 30.9 | ||
Labour | Kevin Mark Nicholas | 648 | 22.7 | ||
Green | David Peter Hobson | 361 | 12.7 | ||
Independent | Zoe Eleanor Mathers | 262 | 9.2 | ||
Reform UK | Anthony William Ellison (Tony Ellison) |
124 | 4.4 | ||
Independent | Erica Patricia Clough | 54 | 1.9 | ||
Independent | Michael Williamson | 36 | 1.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,864 | 34.68 | |||
Registered electors | 8,259 | ||||
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society win (new seat) | |||||
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society win (new seat) | |||||
Ingleby Barwick Independent Society win (new seat) |
Mandale & Victoria
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Francis Eglington | 728 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | Nathan Adam Gale | 621 | 40.2 | ||
Thornaby Independent Association | Stephen Francis Walmsley* (Steve Walmsley) |
509 | 32.9 | ||
Thornaby Independent Association | Christina Elsie Large* (Tina Large) |
488 | 31.6 | ||
Conservative | Lewis Martin Donegan | 216 | 14.0 | ||
Independent | Luke John Frost* | 174 | 11.3 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Hampton (Tony Hampton) |
154 | 10.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,570 | 27.60 | |||
Registered electors | 5,688 | ||||
Labour gain from Thornaby Independent Association | |||||
Labour gain from Thornaby Independent Association |
Mandale & Victoria had been a three seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.
Newtown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Marilyn Margaret Surtees* | 348 | 74.4 | ||
Conservative | Lesley Anne Riordan | 120 | 25.6 | ||
Turnout | 468 | 19.3 | |||
Registered electors | 2,455 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Newtown had been a two seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.
Northern Parishes
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John David Gardner* | 938 | 53.5 | ||
Conservative | Vanessa Jane Sewell | 934 | 53.3 | ||
Independent | Stephen David Matthews* (Steve Matthews) |
545 | 31.1 | ||
Labour | Mark Colin McCarthy | 496 | 28.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,766 | 34.26 | |||
Registered electors | 1,766 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Northern Parishes had been a one seat ward prior to the new boundaries which came into effect for this election.
Norton Central
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Steven l'Anson Nelson* (Steve Nelson) |
719 | 49.1 | ||
Labour | Lisa Jane Evans* | 625 | 42.7 | ||
Independent | Peter Mark Kirton Thompson (Tomo Thompson) |
355 | 24.2 | ||
Conservative | George Anthony Maxwell (Tony Maxwell) |
325 | 22.2 | ||
Conservative | Ann Marie Young | 314 | 21.4 | ||
Independent | Helen Deehan | 238 | 16.2 | ||
Independent | Ethan Joshua McGlade | 174 | 11.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,468 | 31 | |||
Registered electors | 4,743 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Norton North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hilary Vickers* | 1,408 | 54.5 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Riordan* (Tony Riordan) |
1,400 | 54.2 | ||
Labour | David Matthew Wilburn | 1,143 | 44.2 | ||
Labour | Norma Margaret Wilburn | 1,134 | 43.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,597 | 51.1 | |||
Registered electors | 5,080 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
Norton South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Cook* (Bob Cook) |
931 | 73.3 | ||
Labour | Eileen Johnson* | 904 | 71.2 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Nightscales | 303 | 23.9 | ||
Conservative | David John Smith | 291 | 22.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,280 | 27.7 | |||
Registered electors | 4,626 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Ropner
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Shakeel Hussain | 934 | 54.6 | ||
Conservative | Muhammad Mubeen (Sufi Mubeen) |
876 | 51.2 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Javed* | 739 | 43.2 | ||
Labour | Kerri-Anne Prince (Kerri Prince) |
721 | 42.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,727 | 33.7 | |||
Registered electors | 5,129 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Roseworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Beall* (Jim Beall) |
863 | 67.9 | ||
Labour | Barbara Inman* | 844 | 66.4 | ||
Conservative | Marie Smailes | 275 | 21.6 | ||
Conservative | Jacqueline Anne Bright* (Jacky Bright) |
253 | 19.9 | ||
Reform UK | Martin Andrew Walker | 107 | 8.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,277 | 22.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,716 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Southern Villages
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Elsi Hampton | 548 | 70.5 | ||
Labour | Gail Andrea Chandler | 229 | 29.5 | ||
Turnout | 42.0 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,864 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Stainsby Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Thornaby Independent Association | Sylvia May Walmsley* | 932 | 57.7 | ||
Thornaby Independent Association | Raymond Godwin* (Ray Godwin) |
900 | 55.8 | ||
Labour | Benjamin John Lamb (Ben Lamb) |
415 | 25.7 | ||
Labour | Zac Joseph Curtis Higginbotham | 405 | 25.1 | ||
Conservative | John Michael Dent | 237 | 14.7 | ||
Conservative | Sarah Louise Dent | 221 | 13.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,620 | 29.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,557 | ||||
Thornaby Independent Association hold | |||||
Thornaby Independent Association hold |
Stockton Town Centre
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Pauline Beall* | 731 | 63.2 | ||
Labour | Paul Rowling | 629 | 54.4 | ||
Conservative | Allison Kendra Williams | 318 | 27.5 | ||
Conservative | Mohamed Marouf (Mohamed Mazi) |
286 | 24.7 | ||
Independent | Alan Hardy | 160 | 13.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,159 | 23.4 | |||
Registered electors | 4,953 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Village
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Thornaby Independent Association | Michael Moore* (Mick Moore) |
806 | 53.7 | ||
Thornaby Independent Association | Ian John Dalgarno* | 783 | 52.2 | ||
Conservative | Julia Dawn Cooper (Julie Cooper) |
383 | 25.5 | ||
Labour | Paul Adrian Jenkins | 321 | 21.4 | ||
Conservative | Timothy David Cunniffe (Tim Cunniffe) |
305 | 20.3 | ||
Labour | Daniel Michael Smith | 281 | 18.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,512 | 27.7 | |||
Registered electors | 5,452 | ||||
Thornaby Independent Association hold | |||||
Thornaby Independent Association hold |
Yarm
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Bickers Liddell Sherris* | 1,805 | 59.0 | ||
Conservative | Daniel John Fagan* (Dan Fagan) |
1,612 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | John Herbert Coulson | 1,575 | 51.5 | ||
Labour | John Charles Butler | 803 | 26.3 | ||
Independent | Pamela Smailes | 802 | 26.2 | ||
Independent | Barbara Wegg | 748 | 24.5 | ||
Green | Jason Walter Jordan | 600 | 19.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,065 | 38.8 | |||
Registered electors | 7,893 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
References
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