2023 Middlesbrough Council election

2023 Middlesbrough Council election
← 2019 4 May 2023 2027 →
All 46 seats to Middlesbrough Council plus Mayor
24 seats needed for a majority
Turnout27.8%
  First party Second party
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Leader Matt Storey
Party Labour Independent
Last election 34.9%, 20 seats 43.7%, 23 seats
Seats before 21 22[a]
Seats won 25 15
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 8
Popular vote 25,504 16,481
Percentage 46.5% 30.1%
Swing Increase 11.6% Decrease 13.8%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader David Coupe Tom Livingstone
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 11.9%, 3 seats 3.3%, 0 seats
Seats before 3 0
Seats won 4 2
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 2
Popular vote 8,044 3,910
Percentage 14.7% 7.1%
Swing Increase 2.8% Increase 3.8%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Middlesbrough Council election
Mayor before election

Andy Preston
Independent
No overall control

Mayor after election

Chris Cooke
Labour

The 2023 Middlesbrough Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 46 members of Middlesbrough Council and the directly-elected Mayor of Middlesbrough. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control and the mayor was Andy Preston, an independent. The election saw Labour's candidate Chris Cooke win the mayoralty from Andy Preston, and the party also won a majority of the seats on the council.[2]

Summary

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Council

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Following the results, the council moved from no overall control to a Labour majority.[3]

2023 Middlesbrough Council election[4]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 44 25 7 2 Increase 5 54.3 46.5 25,504 +11.6
  Independent 39 15 1 9 Decrease 8 32.6 30.1 16,481 –13.6
  Conservative 29 4 1 0 Increase 1 8.7 14.7 8,044 +2.8
  Liberal Democrats 14 2 2 0 Increase 2 4.3 7.1 3,910 +3.8
  Green 5 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.6 862 –1.5

Mayor

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2023 Middlesbrough Mayoral election[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Chris Cooke 10,956 40.2
Independent Andy Preston 10,196 37.4
Independent Jon Rathmell 3,102 11.4
Conservative John Cooper 2,997 11.0
Majority 760 2.8
Turnout 27,251 28.0
Labour gain from Independent

Ward results

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Acklam

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Acklam (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Livingstone 867 48.4 +10.5
Labour Sheila Dean* 644 35.9 –2.7
Liberal Democrats Jon Carey 637 35.5 +15.6
Labour Luke Henman 566 31.6 –4.1
Independent Eric Polano* 276 15.4 –22.5
Independent Peter Welsh 224 12.5 N/A
Conservative Keith Barton 134 7.5 –16.3
Turnout 1,792 40.9
Registered electors 4,382
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Labour hold

Ayresome

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Ayresome (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Antony High* 611 54.9 +24.1
Labour Janet Thompson 457 41.1 +17.3
Independent Andrew Hill 344 30.9 N/A
Conservative Pam Biswas 236 21.2 +12.1
Liberal Democrats Sophie Drumm 107 9.6 +4.7
Turnout 1,112 26.4
Registered electors 4,215
Labour gain from Independent
Labour hold

Berwick Hills & Pallister

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Berwick Hills & Pallister (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Blades* 451 47.9 +18.5
Labour Julia Cooke 416 44.2 +20.8
Independent Donna Jones* 391 41.5 –10.4
Independent Steven James 346 36.7 N/A
Labour Mick Thompson 336 35.7 +13.2
Independent Anna Walker 303 32.2 N/A
Conservative Alan Blyth 82 8.7 +3.4
Turnout 942 16.6
Registered electors 5,674
Labour gain from Independent
Labour gain from Independent
Independent hold

Brambles & Thorntree

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Brambles & Thorntree (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stella Tranter 364 46.0 +17.1
Labour Jack Banks 362 45.7 +17.7
Independent Graham Wilson* 326 41.2 –8.5
Labour Paul McGrath 319 40.3 +16.8
Independent Karl Gallienne 256 32.3 N/A
Independent Monty Towers 211 26.6 N/A
Conservative Peter Longstaff 99 12.5 +4.6
Green Rebecca Tyndall 43 5.4 N/A
Turnout 792 13.7
Registered electors 5,781
Labour hold
Labour hold
Independent hold

Central

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Central (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Lewis* 1,053 70.8 +24.3
Labour Matt Storey* 925 62.2 +24.8
Labour Zafar Uddin* 876 58.9 +15.3
Independent Jackie Young 331 22.2 N/A
Conservative Peter Bradburn 218 14.7 +7.8
Green Ian Sturrock 156 10.5 +1.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Jones 145 9.7 +2.7
Turnout 1,488 21.0
Registered electors 7,100
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Coulby Newham

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Coulby Newham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Branson* 899 45.0 +4.2
Conservative Luke Mason 840 42.0 –6.5
Labour Jo Nicholson 706 35.3 –15.0
Labour Geoff Nicholson 673 33.7 +3.5
Conservative Shamal Biswas 566 28.3 N/A
Independent Stefan Walker* 544 27.2 N/A
Independent Raymond Sands* 214 10.7 N/A
Green Barry Jobson 209 10.5 N/A
Independent Anna Whitmore 193 9.7 N/A
Turnout 2,000 31.8
Registered electors 6,291
Labour hold
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Hemlington

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Hemlington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jeanette Walker* 620 57.2 +19.0
Labour Nicky Walker 577 53.3 +15.5
Independent Allan Bell* 207 19.1 –21.5
Independent Chris Lovell 181 16.7 N/A
Conservative Sajid Hussain 153 14.1 +1.6
Conservative Valerie Beadnall 145 13.4 +4.1
Independent Howard Thompson 99 9.1 N/A
Turnout 1,083 25.1
Registered electors 4,311
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent

Kader

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Kader (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Platt* 944 55.1 +6.5
Independent Sharon Platt 732 42.8 N/A
Labour Vic Walkington 537 31.4 +10.0
Conservative Dominic Curtis 284 16.6 –0.4
Conservative Catherine Lyon 241 14.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael Livingstone 200 11.7 +5.1
Turnout 1,712 39.6
Registered electors 4,319
Independent hold
Independent hold

Ladgate

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Ladgate (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tony Grainge* 605 67.4 N/A
Conservative Luke Hurst 406 45.2 +10.4
Labour Tom Mohan 367 40.9 –12.3
Labour Gemma Rushton 352 39.2 –3.6
Liberal Democrats Sally Middleton 66 7.3 N/A
Turnout ? 30.2
Registered electors ?
Independent gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Linthorpe

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Linthorpe (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philippa Storey* 975 46.7 +11.9
Labour Naweed Hussain* 823 55.3 +23.1
Independent John King 535 30.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Hamilton 118 6.7 +0.3
Conservative George Pugh 116 6.6 –2.1
Conservative Oliver Connett 114 6.5 N/A
Turnout 1,762 39.6
Registered electors 4,444
Labour hold
Labour hold

Longlands & Beechwood

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Longlands & Beechwood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Nugent* 647 46.8 +16.3
Labour Peter Gavigan 572 41.4 +9.6
Independent Joan McTigue* 563 40.7 –19.7
Labour Sharon Sewell 491 35.5 +12.0
Independent Jacqueline Fovargue 350 25.3 N/A
Independent Amjad Hossain 200 14.5 N/A
Conservative Nathaniel Tumilty 163 11.8 +1.0
Conservative Stephen Smith 156 11.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Nana Livingstone 79 5.7 N/A
Turnout 1,382 20.6
Registered electors 6,705
Labour hold
Labour hold
Independent hold

Marton East

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Marton East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dorthy Davidson* 784 52.5 –3.8
Independent Jason McConnell 685 45.9 N/A
Labour Mark O'Donnell 336 22.5 +9.7
Conservative Firas Soudani 295 19.8 +0.1
Conservative Peter Symon 261 17.5 –1.4
Labour Alma Hellaoui 247 16.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roger Paul 75 5.0 N/A
Turnout 1,493 31.6
Registered electors 4,732
Independent hold
Independent hold

Marton West

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Marton West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Morrish 612 37.8 N/A
Independent David Jackson 603 37.2 N/A
Conservative Andy Murphy-Brown 531 32.8 +23.5
Conservative Paul Austin 468 28.9 +20.4
Labour Philip Ewan 306 18.9 +9.5
Liberal Democrats Joanna Paul 161 9.9 N/A
Turnout 1,619 38.5
Registered electors 4,206
Independent hold
Independent hold

Newport

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Newport (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Kabuye 919 66.3 +27.5
Labour Jill Ewan 911 65.7 +21.4
Labour Anne Romaine 856 61.7 +18.0
Independent Barrie Cooper* 326 23.5 –18.8
Green David Revett 180 13.0 –3.7
Conservative Joyce Pugh 174 12.5 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Dinesh Maddula 115 8.3 –2.4
Turnout 1,387 21.8
Registered electors 6,360
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent

North Ormesby

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North Ormesby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jan Ryles 224 54.1 +27.3
Independent Steve McCulloch 161 38.9 N/A
Conservative David Morgan 29 7.0 +3.8
Majority 63 15.2
Turnout 414 22.1
Registered electors 1,902
Labour gain from Independent

Nunthorpe

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Nunthorpe (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Morgan McClintock 712 39.7 +24.0
Conservative Mieka Smiles* 687 38.3 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Tom Bailey 509 28.4 +20.8
Conservative Martin Lyon 397 22.1 +3.0
Independent Wade Tovey 367 20.4 N/A
Independent Jon Rathmell* 333 18.6 –40.7
Labour David Drumm 196 10.9 +3.4
Labour Julie McGee 126 7.0 N/A
Turnout 1,795 41.5
Registered electors 4,323
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Conservative hold

Park

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Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Theo Furness* 1,240 59.3 +19.1
Labour Julia Rostron* 1,191 56.9 +12.2
Labour Edward Clynch 1,126 53.8 +16.8
Independent Chris McIntyre* 460 22.0 –15.1
Independent Frances McIntyre 435 20.8 N/A
Independent Eddie Ndhlovu 335 16.0 N/A
Green Matthew Harris 274 13.1 –18.5
Conservative Valerie Symon 264 12.6 –2.7
Liberal Democrats Jack Stoker 119 5.7 N/A
Turnout 2,092 30.8
Registered electors 6,784
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Independent

Park End & Beckfield

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Park End & Beckfield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Brian Hubbard* 640 60.5 –13.4
Independent Mick Saunders* 609 57.6 –11.3
Independent Stephen Hill 568 53.7 –10.3
Labour Chris Williamson 328 31.0 +18.5
Labour Eddie Dryden 261 24.7 +16.4
Labour Jai Caisley 249 23.6 +15.4
Conservative Margaret Blyth 82 7.8 +4.6
Conservative Ryan Howes 58 5.5 N/A
Turnout 1,057 19.3
Registered electors 5,469
Independent hold
Independent hold
Independent hold

Stainton & Thornton

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Stainton & Thornton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Coupe 625 54.0 –26.4
Labour Jack McKenna 533 46.0 +26.4
Majority 92 8.0
Turnout 1,158 35.6
Registered electors 3,298
Conservative hold Swing Decrease26.4

Trimdon

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Trimdon (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dennis McCabe* 673 48.8 –20.7
Independent Christine Cooper 515 37.4 N/A
Labour Christina Harris 472 34.3 +22.2
Labour James Watson 364 26.4 +15.9
Conservative Scott Symon 220 16.0 +8.3
Turnout 1,378 29.2
Registered electors 4,712
Independent hold
Independent hold

By-elections

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Ayresome

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Ayresome: 17 August 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jackie Young 318 36.1 N/A
Labour Mick Thompson 294 33.4 −21.5
Liberal Democrats Claire Brent 201 22.8 +13.2
Green Matthew Harris 32 3.6 N/A
Conservative Sajid Hussain 30 3.4 −17.8
Independent Jon Rathmell 5 0.6 N/A
Turnout 880 20.9
Registered electors 4,224
Independent gain from Labour

References

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  1. ^ Of the 22 independent councillors prior to the election, 10 formed the "Middlesbrough Independent Councillors Association" led by Mick Saunders, 9 formed the "Middlesbrough Independent Group" led by Chris Hobson, and the other 3 were not aligned to any group.[1]
  1. ^ "Your councillors by party [at 30 March 2023]". Middlesbrough Council. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour's Chris Cooke ousts Andy Preston as Middlesbrough mayor". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  3. ^ Lightfoot, Gareth; Arnold, Stuart; Craigie, Emily (6 May 2023). "RECAP: Labour gain control of Middlesbrough Council". TeessideLive. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Middlesbrough result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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