2015 Middlesbrough Borough Council election

The 2015 Middlesbrough Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Middlesbrough Borough Council in England.^[1] It took place on the same day as the election for the Mayor of Middlesbrough, as well as the UK general election, and other local elections across England.^[2]

Overall results

Middlesbrough Borough Council Election Result 2015
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−

A total of valid votes were cast and there were rejected ballots.
The turnout was %.

Council Composition

Prior to the election the composition of the council was:

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30	10	4	2	1	1
Labour	Independent	Con	MI	L	G

After the election the composition of the council was:

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TBC
Labour

MI - Marton Independents
L - Liberal Democrats
G - Green Party

Ward Results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor.

Acklam

Acklam (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shelia Dean	1,260	30.71	N/A
	Labour	Shyamal Biswas*	1,017	24.79	−3.16
	Conservative	Ken Hall	971	23.67	+4.29
	Independent	Victor Paul Walkington	527	12.84	N/A
	Conservative	Mohammed Aslam Hanif	328	7.99	N/A
Majority			46	1.12
Turnout			4,103	63.7	+16.73
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ayresome

Ayresome (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Edward Taylor*	996	31.94	+4.04
	Labour	Denise Rooney	751	24.09	+0.50
	UKIP	Martin Neil	452	14.50	N/A
	Independent	William Henry Hawthorne	435	13.95	−9.88
	Conservative	Eric Lawrence	282	9.04	+5.10
	Independent	Brian Robert Taylor	202	6.48	N/A
Majority			299	9.59
Turnout			3,118	53.38	+20.42
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Berwick Hills and Pallister

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Berwick Hills and Pallister (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mick Thompson	1,221	29.56
	Labour	Eddie Dryden*	1,152	27.89
	Labour	Julie McGee	841	20.36
	Independent	Derek Loughborough	700	16.94
	Conservative	Doris Lawrence	217	5.25
Majority			311	7.53
Turnout			4,131
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dryden previously served as a councillor for the Pallister ward from 2011-2015.

Brambles and Thorntree

Brambles and Thorntree (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Geraldine Purvis	1,006	21.29
	Labour	Thurston Peter Purvis	1,004	21.24
	Labour	Terence Henry Lawton	921	19.49
	Independent	Len Junier	480	10.16
	UKIP	Anthony Birtle	475	10.05
	Independent	Angela Marie Brodie	342	7.23
	Independent	John Knowles	327	6.92
	Conservative	David Smith	171	3.62
Majority			441	9.33
Turnout			4,726	36.87
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

This is a newly created ward, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.
Cllrs G Purvis and T Purvis were both previously councillors for the Thorntree ward.
Len Junier was previously the Labour cllr for North Ormesby & Brambles Farm.

Central

Central (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Linda Lewis	1,387	24.08
	Labour	Ansab Ali Shan	946	16.49
	Labour	Mirja Mohammed Zafar Uddin	944	16.45
	Independent	John McPartland	713	12.43
	Independent	Mohammed Pervaz Khan	680	11.85
	Independent	Zafiar Khan	678	11.82
	UKIP	Alan Wedlake	395	6.88
Majority			231	4.02
Turnout			5,738	43.45
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Coulby Newham

Coulby Newham (3 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Geoffrey Cole*	1,464	18.85
	Labour	Janice Brunton*	1,291	16.62
	Labour	Joe William Culley	1,079	13.89
	Conservative	Leslie Charles Myers	996	12.82
	Independent	Michael Hudson*	893	11.50
	Independent	Alison Mary Huggan	762	9.81
	Independent	Steven Antony Maynard	758	9.76
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Gibson	524	6.75
Majority			83	1.07
Turnout			7,767	52.87
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hemlington

Hemlington (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeanette Ann Walker*	1,474	36.26	−10.14
	Labour	Nicola Joy Walker*	1,377	33.87	−10.73
	UKIP	David Crosby	489	12.03	N/A
	Independent	Ian Steven Hamilton	378	9.30	N/A
	Conservative	George Gunn Beasley	347	8.54	−0.46
Majority			888	21.84
Turnout			4,065	54.00	+18.47
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kader

Kader (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Arundale*	1,165	25.03	−1.01
	Labour	Jordan Peter Blyth	896	19.25	+4.30
	Labour	Jennifer Susan Dowsett	835	17.94	+1.34
	Conservative	Ronald Darby	826	17.75	−13.38
	UKIP	David Cottrell	556	11.95	N/A
	UKIP	John Andrew Christopher Hogg	376	8.08	N/A
Majority			61	1.31
Turnout			4,654	65.29	+15.47
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ladgate

Ladgate (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Carr*	1,070	31.86	−5.32
	Labour	June Goodchild	976	28.17	−8.34
	Conservative	Ron W Armstrong	516	15.37	N/A
	UKIP	Janis William-Landess	427	12.72	N/A
	Conservative	Sam Edwards Griffiths	399	11.88	N/A
Majority			430	12.80
Turnout			3,358	54.82	+17.98
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Linthorpe

Linthorpe (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Edward Bloundelle*	1,467	35.26
	Labour	Naweed Hussain	1,014	24.38
	Conservative	Thomas Wilkinson	761	18.29
	Green	Darren Robert Moore	473	11.37
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Godfrey Llewellyn Jones	445	10.70
Majority			253	6.09
Turnout			4,160	63.38
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

This ward has changed from having 3 seats to 2 seats as a result of recent boundary changes, therefore there are no previous figures to compare the 2015 result to.

Longlands and Beechwood

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Longlands and Beechwood (3)
	Candidate	Votes
Labour	Teresa Higgins	1,372
Independent	Joan McTigue	1,110
Labour	Charles Rooney	1,046
Labour	Jacinta Catherine Skipp	884
UKIP	Nigel Patrick Connor	752
Independent	Edward Brian Rooney	411
Conservative	Timothy Edward Goodrick	272

Marton East

Marton East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Stephen Burrows
	Conservative	Archie Currie
	Independent	Dorothy Davison
	Labour	John Kabuye
	Independent	Tom Mawston

Marton West

Marton West (2)
	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Chris Hobson	1,661
Conservative	John Hobson	1,557
Labour	David John Branson	816
Labour	Stephen Cass	443
UKIP	Terry O'Brien	388

Newport

Newport (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Brady
	Labour	Tracy Harvey
	Independent	Pauline Hawthorne
	Labour	Alma Hellaoui
	UKIP	Darren Thomas Hogg
	Independent	Sajaad Khan

North Ormesby

North Ormesby (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter David Hall
	Conservative	Mark Owen Warman
	Labour	Lewis Young

Nunthorpe

Nunthorpe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Burns
	Independent	Lesley McGloin
	Independent	Jon Rathmell
	Conservative	Andrew Simmons
	Conservative	Jackie Simmons

Park

Park (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Martin Bulman
	Independent	Jackie Elder
	Conservative	John Henzell Hemy
	Labour	Frances McIntyre
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Joe Michna
	Labour	Julia Rostron
	Labour	Margaret Walters

Park End and Beckfield

Park End and Beckfield (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Blades
	Independent	Peter Cox
	Conservative	Janet Angela Hobson
	Independent	Brian Hubbard
	Labour	Chris McIntyre
	Independent	Mick Saunders
	Labour	Janet Thompson

Stainton and Thornton

Stainton and Thornton (1)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Philip Coupe
	Labour	Philippa Storey

Trimdon

Trimdon (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Cairns
	Independent	Stephen Dee
	Independent	Dennis McCabe
	Conservative	Kelvin Mirfin
	UKIP	George William Rogers
	Labour	Jean Sharrocks
	Labour	Peter Sharrocks
	UKIP	Jamie Webb

References

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^ http://www.middlesbrough.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2516

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