The 2023 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. All 59 seats were up for election. Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council's elections are held every four years.
Summary
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats and the "Independent Group", comprising 13 of the independents. The leader of the council was independent councillor Mary Lanigan.
The council remained under no overall control after the election. Labour was the largest party, and both it and the Conservatives made gains, largely at the expense of the independents and Liberal Democrats. Mary Lanigan lost her seat.
A minority Labour administration formed after the election, with Labour group leader Alec Brown being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023.
Ward results
The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk indicating an incumbent councillor standing for re-election:
Belmont
Brotton
Coatham
Dormanstown
Eston
Grangetown
Guisborough
Hutton
Kirkleatham
Lockwood
Loftus
Longbeck
‡ Longbeck results were announced on 9 May after three recounts. It was the last ward in England to declare.
Newcomen
Normanby
Ormesby
Saltburn
Skelton East
Skelton West
South Bank
St. Germain's
Teesville
West Dyke
Wheatlands
Zetland
Changes 2023–2027
Vera Rider, elected as an independent in May 2023 (having previously been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in 2021), re-joined the Conservatives in November 2023.
Tristan Learoyd resigned from the Liberal Democrats in July 2024, following his suspension by the local party. Learoyd previously represented both Labour (2011) and Green (2014), as well as being part of the Independent Group during the 2011-2015 council, and became independent for the third time.
Following his election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland in 2024, Luke Myer vacated his councillor seat in the Longbeck ward. A subsequent election on September 5 saw the Conservative Party candidate Stephen Crane win the seat.
In January 2025, Justin Thompson was suspended by the Conservative Party following comments around the Gaza War
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