2015_Middlesbrough_Borough_Council_election
The 2015 Middlesbrough Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Middlesbrough Borough Council in England.[1] It took place on the same day as the election for the Mayor of Middlesbrough, as well as the UK general election, and other local elections across England.[2] Since the 2011 election, there had been boundary reviews, which resulted in two fewer seats on the council, many old wards being discontinued and new wards being formed.[3]
There are two fewer seats on the council as a result of a boundary review.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 33 | +3 | 71.74 | 49.51 | 44,114 | ||||
| Independent | 9 | -1 | 19.56 | 23.16 | 20,631 | ||||
| Conservative | 4 | 0 | 8.70 | 16.89 | 15,045 | ||||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 6.86 | 6,111 | |||||
| Green | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2,218 | 969 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1.09 | 969 | ||||
A total of 89,088 valid votes were cast and there were 645 rejected ballots.
The turnout was 55.62%.
Prior to the election the composition of the council was:
| 25 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Independent | Con | MI | L | G |
After the election the composition of the council was:
| 33 | 9 | 4 |
| Labour | Independent | Con |
Con
MI - Marton Independents
L - Liberal Democrats
G - Green Party
An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor.
Acklam
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Shelia Dean | 1,260 | 30.71 | N/A | |
| Labour | Shyamal Biswas* | 1,017 | 24.79 | -3.16 | |
| Conservative | Ken Hall | 971 | 23.67 | +4.29 | |
| Independent | Victor Paul Walkington | 527 | 12.84 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mohammed Aslam Hanif | 328 | 7.99 | N/A | |
| Majority | 46 | 1.12 | |||
| Turnout | 4,103 | 63.7 | +16.73 | ||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Ayresome
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bernard Edward Taylor* | 996 | 31.94 | +4.04 | |
| Labour | Denise Rooney | 751 | 24.09 | +0.50 | |
| UKIP | Martin Neil | 452 | 14.50 | N/A | |
| Independent | William Henry Hawthorne | 435 | 13.95 | -9.88 | |
| Conservative | Eric Lawrence | 282 | 9.04 | +5.10 | |
| Independent | Brian Robert Taylor | 202 | 6.48 | N/A | |
| Majority | 299 | 9.59 | |||
| Turnout | 3,118 | 53.38 | +20.42 | ||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Berwick Hills and Pallister
This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mick Thompson | 1,221 | 29.56 | ||
| Labour | Eddie Dryden* | 1,152 | 27.89 | ||
| Labour | Julie McGee | 841 | 20.36 | ||
| Independent | Derek Loughborough | 700 | 16.94 | ||
| Conservative | Doris Lawrence | 217 | 5.25 | ||
| Majority | 311 | 7.53 | |||
| Turnout | 4,131 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Dryden previously served as a councillor for the Pallister ward from 2011-2015.
Brambles and Thorntree
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Geraldine Purvis | 1,006 | 21.29 | ||
| Labour | Thurston Peter Purvis | 1,004 | 21.24 | ||
| Labour | Terence Henry Lawton | 921 | 19.49 | ||
| Independent | Len Junier | 480 | 10.16 | ||
| UKIP | Anthony Birtle | 475 | 10.05 | ||
| Independent | Angela Marie Brodie | 342 | 7.23 | ||
| Independent | John Knowles | 327 | 6.92 | ||
| Conservative | David Smith | 171 | 3.62 | ||
| Majority | 441 | 9.33 | |||
| Turnout | 4,726 | 36.87 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Cllrs G Purvis and T Purvis were both previously councillors for the Thorntree ward.
Len Junier was previously the Labour cllr for North Ormesby & Brambles Farm.
Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Linda Lewis | 1,387 | 24.08 | ||
| Labour | Ansab Ali Shan | 946 | 16.49 | ||
| Labour | Mirja Mohammed Zafar Uddin | 944 | 16.45 | ||
| Independent | John McPartland | 713 | 12.43 | ||
| Independent | Mohammed Pervaz Khan | 680 | 11.85 | ||
| Independent | Zafiar Khan | 678 | 11.82 | ||
| UKIP | Alan Wedlake | 395 | 6.88 | ||
| Majority | 231 | 4.02 | |||
| Turnout | 5,738 | 43.45 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Coulby Newham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Geoffrey Cole* | 1,464 | 18.85 | ||
| Labour | Janice Brunton* | 1,291 | 16.62 | ||
| Labour | Joe William Culley | 1,079 | 13.89 | ||
| Conservative | Leslie Charles Myers | 996 | 12.82 | ||
| Independent | Michael Hudson* | 893 | 11.50 | ||
| Independent | Alison Mary Huggan | 762 | 9.81 | ||
| Independent | Steven Antony Maynard | 758 | 9.76 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Gibson | 524 | 6.75 | ||
| Majority | 83 | 1.07 | |||
| Turnout | 7,767 | 52.87 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Hemlington
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jeanette Ann Walker* | 1,474 | 36.26 | -10.14 | |
| Labour | Nicola Joy Walker* | 1,377 | 33.87 | -10.73 | |
| UKIP | David Crosby | 489 | 12.03 | N/A | |
| Independent | Ian Steven Hamilton | 378 | 9.30 | N/A | |
| Conservative | George Gunn Beasley | 347 | 8.54 | -0.46 | |
| Majority | 888 | 21.84 | |||
| Turnout | 4,065 | 54.00 | +18.47 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Kader
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ronald Arundale* | 1,165 | 25.03 | -1.01 | |
| Labour | Jordan Peter Blyth | 896 | 19.25 | +4.30 | |
| Labour | Jennifer Susan Dowsett | 835 | 17.94 | +1.34 | |
| Conservative | Ronald Darby | 826 | 17.75 | -13.38 | |
| UKIP | David Cottrell | 556 | 11.95 | N/A | |
| UKIP | John Andrew Christopher Hogg | 376 | 8.08 | N/A | |
| Majority | 61 | 1.31 | |||
| Turnout | 4,654 | 65.29 | +15.47 | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Ladgate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Carr* | 1,070 | 31.86 | -5.32 | |
| Labour | June Goodchild | 976 | 28.17 | -8.34 | |
| Conservative | Ron W Armstrong | 516 | 15.37 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Janis William-Landess | 427 | 12.72 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Sam Edwards Griffiths | 399 | 11.88 | N/A | |
| Majority | 430 | 12.80 | |||
| Turnout | 3,358 | 54.82 | +17.98 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Linthorpe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Steve Edward Bloundele* | 1,467 | 35.26 | ||
| Labour | Naweed Hussain | 1,014 | 24.38 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Wilkinson | 761 | 18.29 | ||
| Green | Darren Robert Moore | 473 | 11.37 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Godfrey Llewellyn Jones | 445 | 10.70 | ||
| Majority | 253 | 6.09 | |||
| Turnout | 4,160 | 63.38 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
This ward has changed from having 3 seats to 2 seats as a result of recent boundary changes, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Longlands and Beechwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Teresa Higgins | 1,372 | 23.47 | ||
| Independent | Joan McTigue* | 1,110 | 18.98 | ||
| Labour | Charles Michael Rooney* | 1,046 | 17.89 | ||
| Labour | Jacinta Catherine Skipp | 884 | 15.12 | ||
| UKIP | Nigel Patrick Connor | 752 | 12.86 | ||
| Independent | Edward Brian Rooney | 411 | 7.03 | ||
| Conservative | Timothy Edward Goodrick | 272 | 4.65 | ||
| Majority | 162 | 2.77 | |||
| Turnout | 5,847 | 47.11 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Cllrs McTigue and Rooney previously served as councillors from 2011-2015 in the Beachwood and Clairville wards respectively.
Marton East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thomas William Mawston* | 1,212 | 28.74 | ||
| Independent | Dorothy Davison* | 1,165 | 27.62 | ||
| Labour | John Baptist Kabuye | 693 | 16.43 | ||
| Conservative | Archibald Stephenson Currie | 675 | 16.00 | ||
| UKIP | Stephen John Arthur Burrows | 473 | 11.21 | ||
| Majority | 472 | 11.19 | |||
| Turnout | 4,218 | 66.67 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Both Cllrs Mawston and Davison were previously councillors for Marton Ward from 2011-2015.
Marton West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christine Hobson* | 1,661 | 34.14 | ||
| Conservative | John Eric Hobson | 1,557 | 32.00 | ||
| Labour | David John Branson | 816 | 16.77 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Cass | 443 | 9.11 | ||
| UKIP | Terry O'Brien | 388 | 7.98 | ||
| Majority | 741 | 15.23 | |||
| Turnout | 4,865 | 67.79 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Newport
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Robert Brady* | 1,325 | 26.11 | ||
| Labour | Tracy Harvey* | 1,108 | 21.84 | ||
| Labour | Alma Hellaoui | 918 | 18.09 | ||
| Independent | Sajaad Khan* | 607 | 11.96 | ||
| UKIP | Darren Thomas Hogg | 601 | 11.85 | ||
| Independent | Pauline Hawthorne | 515 | 10.15 | ||
| Majority | 311 | 6.13 | |||
| Turnout | 5,074 | 42.23 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Cllrs Brady and Harvey previously served as councillors for the Gresham ward from 2011-2015.
Sajaad Khan previously served as a Labour councillor in the Gresham ward from 2011-2015.
North Ormesby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lewis Young | 389 | 50.07 | ||
| Independent | Peter David Hall | 314 | 40.41 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Owen Warman | 74 | 9.52 | ||
| Majority | 75 | 9.66 | |||
| Turnout | 777 | 43.38 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Nunthorpe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Theresa Lesley McGloin | 1,216 | 29.00 | ||
| Independent | Jon Rathmell | 918 | 21.89 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Gordon Simmonds | 817 | 19.49 | ||
| Conservative | Jacqueline Anne Simmonds | 704 | 16.79 | ||
| Labour | Dennis Burns | 538 | 12.83 | ||
| Majority | 101 | 2.40 | |||
| Turnout | 4,193 | 67.05 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Julia Rostron* | 1,669 | 21.71 | ||
| Labour | Frances McIntyre* | 1,416 | 18.42 | ||
| Labour | Margaret Walters | 1,234 | 16.06 | ||
| Green | Joseph Michna* | 1,134 | 14.75 | ||
| Independent | Barbara Jacqueline Elder | 1,011 | 13.15 | ||
| Conservative | John Henzell Hemy | 612 | 7.96 | ||
| Green | Martin Bulman | 611 | 7.95 | ||
| Majority | 100 | 1.31 | |||
| Turnout | 7,687 | 56.92 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Cllr Rostron previously served as councillor for Linthorpe from 2011-2015.
Park End and Beckfield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Brian Anthony Hubbard* | 1,177 | 20.32 | ||
| Independent | Michael Saunders* | 1,082 | 18.68 | ||
| Independent | Peter Alexander Cox* | 1,043 | 18.00 | ||
| Labour | Ian Daniel Blades | 989 | 17.07 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Patrick McIntyre | 716 | 12.36 | ||
| Labour | Janet Elizabeth Thompson | 608 | 10.50 | ||
| Conservative | Janet Angela Hobson | 178 | 3.07 | ||
| Majority | 54 | 0.93 | |||
| Turnout | 5,793 | 44.81 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Cllrs Hubbard and Cox previously served as councillors in Beckfield, whilst Cllr Saunders served as a councillor for Park End.
Stainton and Thornton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | David Philip Coupe | 756 | 63.11 | ||
| Labour | Philippa Nancy Storey | 442 | 36.89 | ||
| Majority | 314 | 26.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,198 | 65.80 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Trimdon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jean Sharrocks* | 619 | 17.12 | ||
| Independent | Dennis McCabe | 553 | 15.29 | ||
| Labour | Peter Vincent Sharrocks* | 535 | 14.80 | ||
| Conservative | Maria Cairns | 455 | 12.58 | ||
| UKIP | George William Rogers | 442 | 12.22 | ||
| Independent | Stephen Dee | 422 | 11.67 | ||
| Conservative | Kelvin Mirfin | 305 | 8.44 | ||
| UKIP | Jamie Webb | 285 | 7.88 | ||
| Majority | 18 | 0.49 | |||
| Turnout | 3,616 | 63.87 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Cllr J Sharrocks previously served as a councillor for the Brookfield ward from 2011-2015.
Peter Sharrocks previously served as a councillor for the Brookfield ward from 2011-2015.
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