2022 Hartlepool Borough Council election

Hartlepool Borough Council election

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5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)

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13 out of 36 seats to Hartlepool Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	13 seats, 25.7%	11 seats, 30.7%
Seats won	5	7
Seats after	15	11
Seat change	2	0
Popular vote	6,678	8,290
Percentage	34.2%	42.3%
Swing	8.5%	11.6%

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Independent	IU
Last election	10 seats, 25.6%	2 seats, 6.3%
Seats won	0	1
Seats after	8	2
Seat change	2
Popular vote	2,439	829
Percentage	12.5%	4.2%
Swing	13.1%	2.1%

Winner of each seat at the 2022 Hartlepool Borough Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2022 Hartlepool Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Hartlepool Borough Council. This was on the same day as other local elections. 13 of the 36 seats were up for election, with 1 ward (Rural West) electing 2 councillors.

Background

Hartlepool is traditionally a Labour council, with Labour forming the majority party for most of its history. The council fell into no overall control from 1976 to 1979, 2000 to 2004, 2008 to 2010, and from 2019 to the present. A coalition of Conservative, Independent Union, and Veterans and People's Party councillors took control of the council in 2019. IU and VPP councillors left their parties to join the Brexit Party in September 2019, but most rejoined their original parties in early 2020.

In the 2021 election, which was under new boundaries, the Conservatives won 13 seats with 25.75%, Labour won 11 with 30.70%, independents won 10 with 25.55%, and the Independent Union won 2 with 6.27%. Separately, the Conservatives won the 2021 Hartlepool by-election on the same day, taking the seat for the first time.

Previous council composition

After 2021 election			Before 2022 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	13		Conservative	12
	Labour	11		Labour	11
	Independent	10		Independent	7
	IU	2		IU	2
	Hartlepool People	0		Hartlepool People	1
	Putting Seaton First	0		Putting Seaton First	2

Changes:

May 2021: Jim Lindridge joins Hartlepool People from independent
February 2022: Brenda Loynes (Conservative) dies; seat left vacant until 2022 election
Sue Little and Leisa Smith join Putting Seaton First from independent

Results

2022 Hartlepool Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	5	2	38.5	10	15	41.7	6,678	34.2	+8.5
	Labour	7	0	53.8	4	11	30.6	8,290	42.3	+11.6
	Independent	0	2	0.0	8	8	22.2	2,439	12.5	-13.1
	IU	1	0	7.7	1	2	5.6	829	4.2	-2.1
	Reform UK	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	469	2.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	413	2.1	+1.5
	For Britain	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	203	1.0	-0.9
	North East	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	191	1.0	New

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Burn Valley

Burn Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jonathan Brash*	1,183	69.0	+34.6
	Conservative	James Brewer	531	31.0	−7.9
Majority			652
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

De Bruce

De Bruce
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Creevy*	723	51.7	+21.3
	Conservative	David Normandale	377	27.0	−12.7
	For Britain	Anne Marie Waters	203	14.5	−7.7
	Independent	Tony Mann	95	6.8	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Fens & Greatham

Fens & Greatham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Buchan	964	51.1	+29.9
	Labour	Jennifer Elliott*	922	48.9	+27.4
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Foggy Furze

Foggy Furze
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melanie Morley	631	39.6	+14.8
	Independent	Darren Price*	490	30.7	+2.9
	Conservative	Julie Normandale	391	24.5	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Barry McKinstray	82	5.1	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Hart

Hart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leedham	637	38.7	−15.7
	Labour	Cameron Sharp	562	34.1	+13.5
	Independent	Sam Lee	448	27.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Headland & Harbour

Headland & Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IU	Shane Moore*	683	44.8	+7.1
	Labour	Carole Thompson	514	33.7	+9.5
	Conservative	Tom Bird	326	21.4	−18.2
Majority
Turnout
	IU hold		Swing

Manor House

Manor House
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pamela Hargreaves*	612	50.2	+19.4
	Conservative	Robert Darby	338	27.7	−13.4
	Independent	Donna Hotham	138	11.3	−5.6
	Reform UK	Steve Wright	131	10.7	+1.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Rossmere

Rossmere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moss Boddy*	503	42.6	+13.4
	Independent	Jaime Horton	366	31.0	N/A
	Conservative	Marc Owens	268	22.7	−18.2
	Reform UK	Steve Sandick	43	3.6	−3.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Rural West

Rural West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Martin-Wells	1,188	54.3	−5.5
	Conservative	Scott Reeve	1,144	52.3	+2.5
	Labour	Malcolm Walker	626	28.6	+8.6
	Independent	Darab Rezai	496	22.7	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Neville	331	15.1	N/A
	North East	John Tait	191	8.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout				2,186
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seaton

Seaton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Cranney*	944	55.6	+15.0
	Labour	Martin Dunbar	460	27.1	+11.8
	Reform UK	Glynis Jones	295	17.4	+14.7
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Throston

Throston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy Prince*	765	50.7	+14.0
	Independent	Katherine Cook	406	26.9	N/A
	Conservative	Morgan Barker	339	22.5	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Allen	789	60.2	+23.1
	Conservative	Jane Reeve	375	28.6	−8.9
	IU	Trevor Rogan	146	11.1	+0.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections

Foggy Furze

Foggy Furze: 8 September 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Thompson	443	43.9	+4.3
	Conservative	Pam Shurmer	391	38.8
	Independent	Connor Stallard	126	12.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Barry McKinstray	49	4.9	N/A
Majority			52
Turnout			1,009
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Throston

Throston: 13 October 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cameron Sharp	450	50.8	+0.1
	Independent	Jaime Horton	280	31.6	+4.7
	Conservative	Jack Waterman	124	14.0	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barry McKinstray	32	3.6	N/A
Majority			170	19.2
Turnout			886
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3

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