2011 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

The 2011 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.^[1]

Background

Election Result

Redcar and Cleveland local election result 2011^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	32	9	5	4	54.2	42.07	45,535
Liberal Democrats	16	5	2	3	27.1	25.49	26,379
Conservative	6	0	5	5	10.2	17.07	17,668
East Cleveland Independent	3	2	0	2	5.1	1.9	1,968
Independent	2	0	4	4	3.4	10.7	11,080
Eston Independents	0	0	2	-2	0	2.46	2,544
UKIP	0					0.29	297

Ward Results

Source:^[3]

Brotton

Brotton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Brian Hogg	776
	East Cleveland Independent	Barry Hunt	679
	Labour	Doreen Rudland	620
	Labour	Richard Rudland	614
	East Cleveland Independent	Kay Walker	547
	Conservative	Don Agar	508
	UKIP	Trevor Welburn	297
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Miller	295
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	East Cleveland Independent gain from Labour
	Labour hold		Swing

Coatham

Coatham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Crawford	645
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Curr	599
	Labour	Ray Ardron	511
	Labour	David Learoyd	420
	Conservative	Stewart Dadd	160
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dormanstown

Dormanstown
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Howden	917
	Labour	Ray Goddard	912
	Liberal Democrats	John Earl	856
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Jones	849
	Labour	John Taylor	821
	Labour	Neil Bendelow	763
	Conservative	Frances Bain	182
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Eston

Eston
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Olwyn Peters	1,038
	Labour	Christopher Massey	965
	Labour	Steven Goldswain	926
	Eston Independent	Ann Higgins	923
	Eston Independent	Geoff McPherson	815
	Eston Independent	Vincent Smith	806
	Conservative	Brian Hughes-Mundy	128
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Hadfield	94
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Leggett	80
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Joy	70
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Grangetown

Grangetown
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Lynn Pallister	575
	Labour	Peter Dunlop	532
	Liberal Democrats	Debbie Abbott	88
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Draper	86
	Conservative	Elizabeth Grainger	44
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Guisborough

Guisborough
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Denise Bunn	1,383
	Labour	Joe Keenan	1,338
	Labour	Bill Suthers	1,297
	Conservative	Bill Clarke	1,136
	Conservative	Derrick Langley	907
	Conservative	George Tinsley	729
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Thomas	295
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hutton

Hutton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Graham Jeffery	1,562
	Conservative	Valerie Halton	1,532
	Conservative	Peter Spencer	1,367
	Labour	Shelagh Holyoake	940
	Labour	Ramin Peroznejad	717
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Kidd	672
	Labour	Dominic Smith	622
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kirkleatham

Kirkleatham
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mark Hannon	777
	Labour	Brenda Forster	768
	Labour	Dale Quigley	689
	Independent	John Hannon	650
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Cave	576
	Liberal Democrats	Debi Waite	520
	Independent	Ben Sheperia	506
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Waite	472
	Conservative	Jack Hassan	295
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lockwood

Lockwood
Party		Candidate	Votes
	East Cleveland Independent	Steve Kay	742
	Labour	Jamie Waistell	52
	Conservative	Gillian Dadd	43
Turnout
	East Cleveland Independent hold		Swing

Loftus

Loftus
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Eric Jackson	983
	East Cleveland Independent	Dave Fitzpatrick	684
	Independent	Mary Lanigan	668
	Independent	Linda Bell	620
	Labour	James McGill	620
	Independent	Allan Greening	517
	Labour	Jim Marvell	429
	Independent	Wayne Davies	404
	Conservative	Mary Dadd	259
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	East Cleveland Independent hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Longbeck

Longbeck
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Reyer	815
	Conservative	Norah Cooney	776
	Labour	Vic Jeffries	769
	Liberal Democrats	George Selmer	748
	Labour	Tom Hedges	717
	Labour	Denis Sewell	694
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Wheatcroft	643
	Conservative	Vera Moody	583
	Conservative	John Moody	570
	Independent	Johnny Wilkinson	343
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Newcomen

Newcomen
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Abbott	781
	Liberal Democrats	Glynis Abbott	733
	Labour	Alan Wilkinson	442
	Labour	James Brown	393
	Conservative	Peter Storey	100
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Normanby

Normanby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Billy Ayre	951
	Labour	Wendy Wall	852
	Labour	Carole Sims	822
	Eston Independent	Nigel King	635
	Eston Independent	Gaynor Spence	609
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Meir	607
	Eston Independent	Paul McInnes	597
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Abbott	580
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Tucker	545
	Conservative Party(UK)	Ann Croucher	251
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ormesby

Ormesby
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Nightingale	1,090
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Nightingale	1,031
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Wilson	947
	Labour	Beryl Dunning	657
	Labour	Valerie Pickthall	601
	Labour	Robert Midgley	579
	Conservative	Richard Gibson	249
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Germain's

St. Germain's
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Tristan Learoyd	1,263
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Moses	1,054
	Labour	Sean Pryce	1,001
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Rigg	998
	Labour	Marilyn Marshall	991
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Wilson	921
	Independent	James Cooper	547
	Conservative	Jennifer Bell	359
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Saltburn

Saltburn
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Stuart Smith	1,235
	Conservative	Philip Thomson	962
	Labour	Joan Guy	718
	Conservative	Harry Lilleker	682
	Conservative	John Robinson	603
	Labour	Cyril Hammond	595
	Labour	Michael Dick	457
	Independent	Jim Wingham	457
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Carr	216
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Selmer	97
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Hutchinson	88
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Skelton

Skelton
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Brian Briggs	1,238
	Labour	Dave McLuckie	921
	Labour	Helen McLuckie	876
	Conservative	James Carrolle	718
	Conservative	Mark Watts	657
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Carter	312
	Liberal Democrats	David Lundqvist	269
	Liberal Democrats	Norma Morris	248
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

South Bank

South Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ian Jeffrey	846
	Labour	Susan Jeffrey	791
	Labour	Sylvia Szintai	697
	Eston Independent	Sandra Smith	370
	Eston Independent	Sean Marston	346
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Jeffrey	300
	Eston Independent	Johnny Bassous	298
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Benjelloun	220
	Liberal Democrats	Oz Sadiq	215
	Conservative	Sarah Dadd	94
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Teesville

Teesville
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Sheelagh Clarke	1,219
	Labour	George Dunning	1,170
	Labour	Norman Pickthall	1,046
	Eston Independent	David Fisher	803
	Eston Independent	Jim Higgins	798
	Eston Independent	Pat Turner	736
	Conservative	Andrew Gilby	174
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Hutchinson	143
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Plummer	127
	Liberal Democrats	Kelly Seaman	102
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Dyke

West Dyke
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Carling	1,550
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Ovens	1,422
	Liberal Democrats	Kay Helm	1,371
	Labour	Adrian Elliot	707
	Labour	John Hawkins	622
	Labour	Catherine Learoyd	617
	Conservative	Stuart Bell	387
	Independent	Jane Thirlwall	271
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Westworth

Westworth
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	David Williams	744
	Conservative	Carole Jeffrey	684
	Labour	Mary Burns	659
	Conservative	Malcolm Griffiths	607
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Mason	224
Turnout
	Labour gain from East Cleveland Independent
	Conservative hold		Swing

Zetland

Zetland
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Rogers	816
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Harrison	787
	Labour	Celia Elliott	578
	Labour	Norma Hensby	548
	Conservative	Philip Chisholm	238
	Conservative	Michael Bateman	216
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

^ "Redcar & Cleveland". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
^ Local Election Results 2011: Redcar and Cleveland
^ "Red Car Cleveland 2015" (PDF). andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[hold-1] "Redcar & Cleveland". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[2] Local Election Results 2011: Redcar and Cleveland

[3] "Red Car Cleveland 2015" (PDF). andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

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