2019 Hartlepool Borough Council election

The 2019 Hartlepool Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Hartlepool Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Hartlepool Council Election 2019

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11 Seats up for Election
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour IU Conservative Seats before 19 0 3 Seats won 3 2 1 Seats after 17 2 4 Seat change 2 2 1 Popular vote 5,367 3,534 1,530 Percentage 28.1% 18.5% 8.0%

Map of the results

Ward Results

Burn Valley

Burn Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ged Hall	1,104	69.4
	Labour	Ann Johnson	487	30.6
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

De Bruce

De Bruce

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	For Britain	Karen King	694	49.5
	Labour	Rob Cook	527	37.6
	Conservative	Dave Nicholson	180	12.8
Majority
Turnout
	For Britain gain from Labour		Swing

Fens & Rossmere

Fens & Rossmere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Lindridge	971	41.0
	IU	Peter Joyce	869	36.7
	Independent	Howard Smith	529	22.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Foggy Furze

Foggy Furze

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VPP	Lee Cartwright	544	30.7
	Labour	Kevin Cranney	425	24.0
	Independent	Joe Larkin	378	21.3
	Conservative	Den Loynes	177	10.0
	Green	Michael Ritchie	117	6.6
	Independent	Connor Stallard	91	5.1
	Independent	Andrew Wildberg	42	2.4
Majority
Turnout
	VPP gain from Labour		Swing

Hart

Hart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IU	James Brewer	1,325	67.2
	Labour	Aileen Kendon	647	32.8
Majority
Turnout
	IU gain from Labour		Swing

Headland & Harbour

Headland & Harbour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IU	Barbara Ward	510	35.9
	Labour	Ian Cawley	394	27.7
	Democrats and Veterans	Ian Griffiths	289	20.4
	Independent	Tommy Dudley	227	16.0
Majority
Turnout
	IU gain from Labour		Swing

Jesmond

Jesmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy Prince	473	30.0
	IU	Linda Parker	445	28.2
	UKIP	Andrew Goy	382	24.2
	Independent	Richard Jackson	207	13.1
	Socialist Labour	Sandra Belcher	70	4.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor House

Manor House

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	David Mincher	726	47.6
	Labour	Ron Watts	438	28.7
	Socialist Labour	Allan Barclay	241	15.8
	Conservative	Andy Loynes	121	7.9
Majority
Turnout
	UKIP gain from Labour		Swing

Rural West

Rural West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cameron Stokell	878	43.9
	Independent	Christopher Sayer	683	34.2
	Labour	Katherine Cook	237	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nikki Fothergill	201	10.1
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seaton

Seaton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leisa Smith	1,310	63.0
	UKIP	Graham Harrison	351	16.9
	Labour	Julie Clayton	244	11.7
	Conservative	Veronica Nicholson	174	8.4
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Victoria

Victoria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Howson	524	36.9
	IU	Trevor Rogan	385	27.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Hagon	262	18.5
	Independent	Richard Hughes	248	17.5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Changes 2019–2021

On 9 May 2019, the former Labour council leader Christopher Akers-Belcher and two fellow party members defected to the Socialist Labour Party following the Labour Party's defeat in the recent local elections.^[2] On 13 September 2019, ten independent councillors joined the Brexit Party. The Conservative councillors then formed a pact with the Brexit Party councillors to become the largest group on the council.^[3]