2022 Hartlepool Borough Council election

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

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.[2][3] A coalition of Conservative, Independent Union, and Veterans and People's Party councillors took control of the council in 2019.[4] IU and VPP councillors left their parties to join the Brexit Party in September 2019,[5] but must rejoined their original parties in early 2020.[6]

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.[7]

Previous council composition
After 2021 election Before 2022 election[8]
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[9]
  • Sue Little and Leisa Smith join Putting Seaton First from independent

Results
2022 Hartlepool Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative
  For Britain
  IU
  Labour
  Liberal Democrats
  North East
  Reform UK
  Independent

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Burn Valley
Burn Valley[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonathan Brash*
Conservative James Brewer
Majority
Turnout

De Bruce
De Bruce[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Creevy*
Independent Tony Mann
Conservative David Normandale
For Britain Anne Marie Waters
Majority
Turnout

Fens & Greatham
Fens & Greatham[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bob Buchan
Labour Jennifer Elliott*
Majority
Turnout

Foggy Furze
Foggy Furze[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barry McKinstray
Labour Melanie Morley
Conservative Julie Normandale
Independent Darren Price*
Majority
Turnout

Hart
Hart[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sam Lee
Conservative John Leedham
Labour Cameron Sharp
Majority
Turnout

Headland & Harbour
Headland & Harbour[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Bird
IU Shane Moore*
Labour Carole Thompson
Majority
Turnout

Manor House
Manor House[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Darby
Labour Pamela Hargreaves*
Independent Donna Hotham
Reform UK Steve Wright
Majority
Turnout

Rossmere
Rossmere[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Moss Boddy*
Independent Jaime Horton
Conservative Marc Owens
Reform UK Steve Sandick
Majority
Turnout

Rural West
Rural West[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Martin-Wells
Liberal Democrats Vivienne Neville
Conservative Scott Reeve
Independent Darab Rezai
North East John Tait
Labour Malcolm Walker
Majority
Turnout

Seaton
Seaton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Cranney*
Labour Martin Dunbar
Reform UK Glynis Jones
Majority
Turnout

Throston
Throston[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Morgan Barker
Independent Katherine Cook
Labour Amy Prince*
Majority
Turnout

Victoria
Victoria[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary Allen
Conservative Jane Reeve
IU Trevor Rogan
Majority
Turnout

References
  1. "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. "Hartlepool Borough Council Election Results 1973-1994" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. "Hartlepool Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  4. Minting, Stuart; Metcalfe, Alex (10 May 2019). "Allegiances turned on their head at Ben Houchen's top table". TeessideLive. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  5. Scott, Jim (13 September 2019). "The Brexit Party take over North-East council". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  6. "Hartlepool Council no longer under Brexit Party control". BBC News. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  7. "Elections 2021: Conservatives hail historic Labour defeat in Hartlepool by-election". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  8. "Councillors by Party". hartlepool.gov. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  9. Bilalova, Pamela (8 February 2022). "Tributes to 'the most amazing public servant' after Hartlepool Mayor Brenda Loynes's death is announced". Hartlepool Mail. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  10. "Hartlepool Local Government Elections Thursday 5th May 2022 - Statement of Persons Nominated". Hartlepool Borough Council. Retrieved 23 April 2022.


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