Hartlepool Borough Council elections

Hartlepool is a unitary authority in County Durham, England. Until 1 April 1996 it was a non-metropolitan district in Cleveland. Between 2002 and 2013 it also had a directly elected mayor.

Political control

Borough council

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

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973-1976
	No overall control	1976-1979
	Labour	1979-1996

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1995–2000
	No overall control	2000–2004
	Labour	2004–2008
	No overall control	2008–2010
	Labour	2010–present

Directly elected mayor

Party in control		Years
	Independent	2002-2013

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1973
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1979
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1980
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1982
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1983
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1984
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1986
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1987
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1988
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1990
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1991
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1992
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1994

Unitary authority elections

Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1995
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1996
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1998
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 1999
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2000
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2002
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2003
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2004 (New ward boundaries)^[4]^[5]
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2006
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2007
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2008
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2010
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2011
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2012 (New ward boundaries)^[6]
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2014
Hartlepool Borough Council election, 2015

Mayoral elections

On 18 October 2001 there was a referendum on whether Hartlepool should have a directly elected mayor. The referendum saw a narrow vote in favour with 10,667 yes votes and 10,294 no votes on a turnout of 31%.^[7] The first election in 2002 saw an independent candidate Stuart Drummond elected and he has been re-elected in both the 2005 and 2009 elections.^[8]

By-election results

Jackson By-Election 13 December 2001^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bill Iseley	465	66.0	+20.9
	Liberal Democrat	Ken Fox	240	34.0	-20.9
Majority			225	32.0
Turnout			705	17.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

St Hilda By-Election 13 February 2003^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	John Cambridge	502	48.6	+10.5
	Labour	Keith Fisher	359	34.8	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Kelly	171	16.6	-10.0
Majority			143	13.8
Turnout			1,032	21.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Rift House By-Election 24 February 2005^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Lilian Sutheran	440	52.4	+5.8
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Gilfoyle	143	17.0	-14.7
	UKIP	Richard Banks	131	15.6	+15.6
	Conservative	Brenda Pearson	126	15.0	-6.8
Majority			297	35.4
Turnout			840	18.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Brus By-Election 8 June 2006^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		350	40.5	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Michelle Plant	230	26.6	+8.6
	Independent	Jean Pearson	127	14.7	-4.7
	BNP		117	13.5	+1.8
	Conservative		41	4.7	-3.4
Majority			120	13.9
Turnout			865	18.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Park By-Election 20 July 2006^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mary Laffey	468	46.1	-2.6
	UKIP	Eric Wilson	208	20.5	-4.9
	Labour	Lorraine Fenwick	121	120	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Sheila Bruce	99	9.7	-3.6
	BNP	Ronald Bage	68	6.7	+6.7
	Independent	Douglas Ferriday	51	5.0	+5.0
Majority			260	25.6
Turnout			1,015	21.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rossmere By-Election 7 May 2009^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Christopher Akers-Belcher	532	42.3	+5.2
	UKIP	Dave Pascoe	300	23.9	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Pamela Turnedge	166	13.2	-6.4
	BNP	Cheryl Dunn	157	12.5	+12.5
	Conservative	Ray Pocklington	102	8.1	-6.9
Majority			232	18.4
Turnout			1,257	26.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Elwick By-Election 24 September 2009^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Hilary Thompson	233	35.5	-48.8
	Conservative	Chris Banks	201	30.9	+30.9
	Independent	Alan Bell	132	20.3	+20.3
	Labour	Stephen Thomas	40	6.1	-9.3
	Independent	Ron Watts	28	4.3	+4.3
	Liberal Democrat	Keith MacFadyen	17	2.6	+2.6
Majority			32	4.9
Turnout			651	39.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Seaton By-Election 25 October 2012^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Putting Hartlepool First	Kelly Atkinson	441	38.4	+23.4
	Labour	Ann Marshall	261	22.7	+9.6
	Independent	David Young	193	16.8	-36.7
	UKIP	Thomas Hind	128	11.1	+0.0
	Conservative	Shane Moore	94	8.2	+1.0
	Liberal Democrat	James Tighe	31	2.7	+2.7
Majority			180	15.7
Turnout			1,148	16.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Manor House By-Election 15 August 2013^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Allan Barclay	639	56.4	+7.0
	UKIP	Tom Hind	226	19.9	+4.2
	Putting Hartlepool First	Mick Stevens	194	17.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Mandy Loynes	74	6.5	+0.8
Majority			413	36.5
Turnout			1,133	15.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Headland & Harbour By-Election 6 October 2016^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Tim Fleming	496	49.2
	Labour	Trevor Rogan	255	25.3
	Putting Hartlepool First	Steve Latimer	155	15.4
	Conservative	Benjamin Marshall	41	4.1
	Patients not Profits	John Robert Price	36	3.6
	Independent	Chris Broadbent	26	2.6
Majority			241	23.9
Turnout			1,009	17.8
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Hartlepool". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Hartlepool (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ "Hartlepool council". * BBC Online. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Hartlepool (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Hartlepool (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ Kearney, Tony (19 October 2001). "Yes, we want US-style mayors". The Northern Echo. p. 1. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Hartlepool mayoral election result". Hartlepool Borough Council. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
↑ "Hung council result of Hartlepool by-election". The Northern Echo. 15 December 2001. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
↑ "Power hangs in balance". Evening Gazette. 14 February 2003. p. 3. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Lib Dems get byelection boost". London: guardian.co.uk. 25 February 2005. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
↑ "By Election Result". Hartlepool Borough Council. 25 February 2005. Archived from the original on 13 March 2005.
↑ "Byelection cheer for three main parties". London: guardian.co.uk. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll". Hartlepool Borough Council. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Hartlepool Borough Council. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
↑ "Hilary wants to be asset to the town". Hartlepool Mail. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
↑ "Seaton Ward By-Election - Oct 2012" (PDF). Hartlepool Borough Council. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
↑ "Manor House Ward By-Election Result of Poll" (PDF). Hartlepool Borough Council. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
↑ "By-election result". Hartlepool Borough Council. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

External links

Council elections in County Durham

Durham County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2008 2013 2017

Darlington Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hartlepool Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2005 2007 2011

Cleveland County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Chester-le-Street District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Durham City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Derwentside District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Easington District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Sedgefield Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Teesdale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

Wear Valley District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

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