2023 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council election
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 in County Durham, Northern England.[1] Three seats in Hartburn ward were uncontested due to the death of a candidate.[2]
Results
Following the results, the council remained with no overall control but the Conservatives saw a result against the national swing.[3][4] New councillor Shakeel Hussain was prevented from sitting as a Conservative pending an investigation into alleged social media posts.[5]
Results[6] | ||
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Party | Seats | Change |
Conservative Party | 23 | ![]() |
Labour Party | 14 | ![]() |
Independents and Others | 8 | ![]() |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | ![]() |
Post-election Vacancy
(Hartburn ward)[2] |
3 | ![]() |
Candidates
The candidates for each ward:[7]
Billingham Central
- Ann May McCoy – Labour
- John Gerard McDermottroe – Reform UK
- John Sharp – Conservative
- Christine Stringer – Green Party
- Lynn Tunney – Conservative
- Barry Woodhouse – Labour
Billingham East
- Michelle Diane Bendelow – Labour
- Margaret Carney – Conservative
- Ian Geer – Conservative
- Colin George Jeffrey – Green Party
- Mick Stoker – Labour
- David Pryce Stringer – Green Party
Billingham North
- Kevin Barry – Conservative
- Marc Graham Besford – Labour and Co-operative
- Clare Michelle Gamble – Labour and Co-operative
- Jess Hobson – Green Party
- Luke Stott – Conservative
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Billingham South
- Joan Holdaway – Conservative
- Splendita Maria Lacey - no recorded affiliation
- David Scott – Conservative
- David Roger Spence – Reform UK
- Kenneth Stringer – Green Party
- Katie Doreen Weston – Labour
- Paul Weston – Labour
Billingham West & Wolviston
- Helen Atkinson – Independent
- Daniel Adam Forrest – Labour
- David Reynard – Conservative
- Mike Smith – Labour
- Guy David Snead – Independent
- Marcus Lennon Vickers – Conservative
Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree
- John Cunningham – Labour
- Stephen James Jennings – Labour
- Hugo Thomas Stratton – Conservative
- Emily Anne Tate – Conservative
Eaglescliffe East
- Stefan Richard Houghton – Conservative
- Reginald Rowlinson – Labour
- Kiran Singh – Green Party
- Jim Taylor – Conservative
Eaglescliffe West
- Francis William Batchelor – Labour
- Samuel Ernest Bradford – Green Party
- Diane Clarke – Conservative
- James Clarke – Labour
- Andrew Frederick – Reform UK
- Laura Tunney – Conservative
Fairfield
- William Bell-berry - no recorded affiliation
- Andrew Cunningham – Labour
- Alex Griffiths – Conservative
- Jack Conner James Johnson-Colmer – Labour
- Neil McCabe – Reform UK
- Laraine Ann Perry – Independent
- Maurice Perry – Independent
- Stephen John Richardson – Conservative
- Susan Maria Scott – Conservative
- John George Hetherington Stephenson – Labour
- Michael James Thomas - no recorded affiliation
- Susan Thomas - no recorded affiliation
- Bill Woodhead – Independent
Grangefield
- Carol Clark – Labour
- Louisa Anne Clarke – Conservative
Hardwick and Salters Lane
- Nigel Anthony Cooke – Labour
- Craig Harker – Reform UK
- Graham Harker – Reform UK
- Maureen Merifield – Conservative
- Norma Stephenson – Labour
- Judith Wellington – Conservative
Hartburn
Elections in the Hartburn ward were delayed and did not take place on May 4 following the death of Reform UK candidate Mike Elliott.[8]
- Christopher Coombs – Labour
- Andrew Michael Elliott – Reform UK
- Mike Elliott – Reform UK
- Jason John French – Conservative
- Lynn Elizabeth Hall – Conservative
- Niall Bell Innes – Conservative
- Joanna Louise Tyler – Labour
Ingleby Barwick North
- Patricia Mary Faulks – Ingleby Barwick Independent
- Jason Stephen Keith Foreman - Ingleby Barwick Independent
- Angela French - no recorded affiliation
- Stephen James Harland – Green Party
- Jean Patricia Kirby - Ingleby Barwick Independent
- Jenny Rutland – Conservative
- Ted Strike – Independent
- Alan Watson – Conservative
- Sally Ann Watson – Conservative
- Elizabeth Anne Wood – Labour
Ingleby Barwick South
- Michael Stefan Barnes - Ingleby Barwick Independent
- Erica Patricia Clough - no recorded affiliation
- Stuart John Davies – Conservative
- Tony Ellison – Reform UK
- Kevin Charles Faulks - Ingleby Barwick Independent
- Michelle Elizabeth Fryer – Conservative
- David Peter Hobson – Green Party
- James Alexander Irwin – Conservative
- Zoe Eleanor Mathers – Independent
- Kevin Mark Nicholas – Labour
- Ross Patterson - Ingleby Barwick Independent
- Michael Williamson - no recorded affiliation
Mandale & Victoria
- Lewis Martin Donegan – Conservative
- Richard Francis Eglington – Labour
- Luke John Frost – Independent
- Nathan Adam Gale – Labour
- Tony Hampton – Conservative
- Tina Large – Thornaby Independent Association
- Steve Walmsley – Thornaby Independent Association
Newtown
- Lesley Anne Riordan – Conservative
- Marilyn Margaret Surtees – Labour
Northern Parishes
- John David Gardner – Conservative
- Steve Matthews – Independent
- Mark Colin McCarthy – Labour
- Vanessa Jane Sewell – Conservative
Norton Central
- Helen Deehan – Independent
- Lisa Jane Evans – Labour
- Tony Maxwell – Conservative
- Ethan Joshua McGlade – Independent
- Steve Nelson – Labour
- Tomo Thompson – Independent
- Ann Marie Young – Conservative
Norton North
- Tony Riordan – Conservative
- Hilary Vickers – Conservative
- David Matthew Wilburn – Labour
- Norma Margaret Wilburn – Labour
Norton South
- Bob Cook – Labour
- Eileen Johnson – Labour
- Geoffrey Nightscales – Conservative
- David John Smith – Conservative
Ropner
- Shakeel Hussain – Conservative
- Mohammed Javed – Labour and Co-operative
- Sufi Mubeen – Conservative
- Kerri Prince – Labour and Co-operative
Roseworth
- Jim Beall – Labour
- Jacky Bright – Conservative
- Barbara – Labour
- Marie Smailes – Conservative
- Martin Andrew Walker – Reform UK
Southern Villages
- Gail Andrea Chandler – Labour
- Elsi Hampton – Conservative
Stainsby Hill
- John Michael Dent – Conservative
- Sarah Louise Dent – Conservative
- Ray Godwin – Thornaby Independent Association
- Zac Joseph Curtis Higginbotham – Labour
- Ben Lamb – Labour
- Sylvia May Walmsley – Thornaby Independent Association
Stockton Town Centre
- Pauline Beall – Labour
- Alan Hardy – Independent
- Mazi Mohamed – Conservative
- Paul Rowling – Labour
- Alison Kendra Williams – Conservative
Village
- Julie Cooper – Conservative
- Tim Cunniffe – Conservative
- Ian John Dalgarno – Thornaby Independent Association
- Paul Adrian Jenkins – Labour
- Mick Moore – Thornaby Independent Association
- Daniel Michael Smith – Labour
Yarm
- John Charles Butler – Labour
- John Herbert Coulson – Conservative
- Dan Fagan – Conservative
- Jason Walter Jordan – Green Party
- Andrew Bickers Liddell Sherris – Conservative
- Pamela Smailes – Independent
- Barbara Wegg - Independent
References
- "Stockton-on-Tees council's local election results 2023 as political control hangs in the balance". Yorkshire Post. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- "Election delayed in Stockton's Hartburn ward after death of Reform UK candidate". ITV News. 26 April 2023.
- "North East council remains with no overall control despite big wins for Conservatives". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- Lightfoot, Gareth (2023-05-05). "Conservatives hail Stockton gains but no one has overall control". TeessideLive. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- "New councillor will not yet sit as Conservative amid inquiry into old Facebook posts". Darlington and Stockton Times. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- "Stockton-on-Tees result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- "Here's the full list of candidates standing in Stockton's Local Elections 2023". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
- "Election in council ward delayed due to death of candidate". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2023-05-07.