Middlesbrough council election, 2023
Most seats
25
Labour Party
Seats contested
46
across 20 wards
Turnout
28.8%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 25 | +5 | 25,504 | 46.5% | +11.6 |
| Independent | 15 | -8 | 16,481 | 30.1% | -13.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 4 | +1 | 8,044 | 14.7% | +2.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | +2 | 3,910 | 7.1% | +3.8 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 862 | 1.6% | -1.5 |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 46 |
|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 44 | |
| Independent | 39 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 29 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | |
| Green Party | 5 |
A party standing a full slate could field 46 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Acklam 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Livingstone Elected | 867 | 51.8% | +15.0 |
| Labour Party | Sheila Dean Elected | 644 | 38.5% | +1.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Carey | 637 | 38.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Luke Henman | 566 | 33.8% | — |
| Independent | Eric Polano | 276 | 16.5% | -20.4 |
| Independent | Peter Welsh | 224 | 13.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keith Barton | 134 | 8.0% | -15.1 |
| Majority | 7 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,382 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,674 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Ayresome 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Antony High Elected | 611 | 69.6% | +26.3 |
| Labour Party | Janet Thompson Elected | 457 | 52.1% | — |
| Independent | Andrew Hill | 344 | 39.2% | -50.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pam Biswas | 236 | 26.9% | +14.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sophie Drumm | 107 | 12.2% | +5.4 |
| Majority | 113 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,215 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 878 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Berwick Hills & Pallister 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Ian Blades Elected | 451 | 58.2% | +1.4 |
| Labour Party | Julia Cooke Elected | 416 | 53.7% | — |
| Independent | Donna Jones Elected | 391 | 50.5% | +18.4 |
| Independent | Steven James | 346 | 44.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Mick Thompson | 336 | 43.4% | — |
| Independent | Anna Walker | 303 | 39.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan Blyth | 82 | 10.6% | +2.2 |
| Majority | 45 | |||
| Turnout | 17.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,674 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 775 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party gain from Independent · Independent hold
Brambles & Thorntree 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Stella Tranter Elected | 364 | 55.2% | +11.0 |
| Labour Party | Jack Banks Elected | 362 | 54.8% | — |
| Independent | Graham Wilson Elected | 326 | 49.4% | -26.5 |
| Labour Party | Paul Mcgrath | 319 | 48.3% | — |
| Independent | Karl Simon Gallienne | 256 | 38.8% | — |
| Independent | Monty Towers | 211 | 32.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Longstaff | 99 | 15.0% | +2.9 |
| Green Party | Becky Tyndall | 43 | 6.5% | — |
| Majority | 7 | |||
| Turnout | 14.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,781 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 660 | |||
Labour Party hold · Independent hold
Central 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Linda Lewis Elected | 1,053 | 85.3% | +26.6 |
| Labour Party | Matt Storey Elected | 925 | 74.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Zafar Uddin Elected | 876 | 70.9% | — |
| Independent | Jackie Young | 331 | 26.8% | -19.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Bradburn | 218 | 17.7% | +9.0 |
| Green Party | Ian Stewart Sturrock | 156 | 12.6% | +0.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Jones | 145 | 11.7% | +2.8 |
| Majority | 545 | |||
| Turnout | 21.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 7,100 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,235 | |||
Labour Party hold
Coulby Newham 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | David Branson Elected | 899 | 55.7% | +35.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Luke Mason Elected | 840 | 52.0% | +3.0 |
| Labour Party | Jo Nicholson Elected | 706 | 43.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Geoff Nicholson | 673 | 41.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Shamal Biswas | 566 | 35.0% | — |
| Independent | Stefan Walker | 544 | 33.7% | +27.3 |
| Independent | Raymond Michael Sands | 214 | 13.3% | — |
| Green Party | Barry Jobson | 209 | 12.9% | — |
| Independent | Anna Katherine Whitmore | 193 | 12.0% | — |
| Majority | 33 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,291 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,615 | |||
Labour Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Hemlington 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Jeanette Ann Walker Elected | 620 | 62.6% | +17.9 |
| Labour Party | Nicky Walker Elected | 577 | 58.2% | — |
| Independent | Allan Bell | 207 | 20.9% | -26.6 |
| Independent | Chris Lovell | 181 | 18.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sajid Hussain | 153 | 15.4% | +0.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Val Beadnall | 145 | 14.6% | — |
| Independent | Howard Thompson | 99 | 10.0% | — |
| Majority | 370 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,311 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 991 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Kader 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jim Platt Elected | 944 | 64.3% | +1.1 |
| Independent | Sharon Platt Elected | 732 | 49.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Vic Walkington | 537 | 36.6% | +10.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dominic Curtis | 284 | 19.3% | -1.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Catherine Tina Lyon | 241 | 16.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Lawrence Livingstone | 200 | 13.6% | +5.5 |
| Majority | 195 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,319 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,469 | |||
Independent hold
Ladgate 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Tony Grainge Elected | 605 | 67.4% | +32.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Luke Hurst Elected | 406 | 45.2% | +15.0 |
| Labour Party | Tom Mohan | 367 | 40.9% | +19.2 |
| Labour Party | Gemma Rushton | 352 | 39.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Ann Middleton | 66 | 7.3% | +6.0 |
| Majority | 39 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 898 | |||
Independent gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party
Linthorpe 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Philippa Storey Elected | 975 | 72.8% | +30.0 |
| Labour Party | Naweed Hussain Elected | 823 | 61.4% | — |
| Independent | John King | 535 | 39.9% | +0.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Michael Hamilton | 118 | 8.8% | +0.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | George Robert Pugh | 116 | 8.7% | -2.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Oliver Connett | 114 | 8.5% | — |
| Majority | 288 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,444 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,340 | |||
Labour Party hold
Longlands & Beechwood 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Mary Nugent Elected | 647 | 60.2% | +5.6 |
| Labour Party | Peter Gavigan Elected | 572 | 53.3% | — |
| Independent | Joan McTigue Elected | 563 | 52.4% | -51.5 |
| Labour Party | Sharon Sewell | 491 | 45.7% | — |
| Independent | Jacqueline Fovargue | 350 | 32.6% | — |
| Independent | Amjad Hossain | 200 | 18.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nathaniel James Tumilty | 163 | 15.2% | -3.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stephen Smith | 156 | 14.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Nana Livingstone | 79 | 7.4% | — |
| Majority | 72 | |||
| Turnout | 21.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,705 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,074 | |||
Labour Party hold · Independent hold
Marton East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dorothy Davison Elected | 784 | 58.4% | — |
| Independent | Jason Patrick McConnell Elected | 685 | 51.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Mark O'Donnell | 336 | 25.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Firas Soudani | 295 | 22.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter Symon | 261 | 19.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Alma Hellaoui | 247 | 18.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger William Paul | 75 | 5.6% | — |
| Majority | 349 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,732 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,342 | |||
Marton West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ian Morrish Elected | 612 | 45.7% | -41.7 |
| Independent | David Jackson Elected | 603 | 45.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Murphy-Brown | 531 | 39.6% | +29.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Austin | 468 | 34.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Philip Ewan | 306 | 22.8% | +12.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanna Anna Paul | 161 | 12.0% | — |
| Majority | 72 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,206 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,340 | |||
Independent hold
Newport 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | John Kabuye Elected | 919 | 79.2% | +15.1 |
| Labour Party | Jill Ewan Elected | 911 | 78.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Anne Romaine Elected | 856 | 73.8% | — |
| Independent | Barrie Cooper | 326 | 28.1% | -33.1 |
| Green Party | David Francis Revett | 180 | 15.5% | -8.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joyce Pugh | 174 | 15.0% | -0.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dinesh Maddula | 115 | 9.9% | -5.6 |
| Majority | 530 | |||
| Turnout | 22.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,360 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,160 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
North Ormesby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Jan Ryles Elected | 224 | 54.1% | -20.4 |
| Independent | Steve McCulloch | 161 | 38.9% | +25.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Morgan | 29 | 7.0% | -1.7 |
| Majority | 63 | |||
| Turnout | 22.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,902 | |||
| Ballots cast | 414 | |||
Labour Party hold
Nunthorpe 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Morgan McClintock Elected | 712 | 42.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mieka Smiles Elected | 687 | 41.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Tom Bailey | 509 | 30.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Martin Lyon | 397 | 23.9% | — |
| Independent | Wade Tovey | 367 | 22.1% | — |
| Independent | Jon Rathmell | 333 | 20.0% | — |
| Labour Party | David Drumm | 196 | 11.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Julie McGee | 126 | 7.6% | — |
| Majority | 178 | |||
| Turnout | 42.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,323 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,664 | |||
Park 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Theo Furness Elected | 1,240 | 68.3% | +3.2 |
| Labour Party | Julia Rostron Elected | 1,191 | 65.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Edward Clynch Elected | 1,126 | 62.0% | — |
| Independent | Chris McIntyre | 460 | 25.3% | -28.7 |
| Independent | Frances McIntyre | 435 | 24.0% | — |
| Independent | Eddie Ndhlovu | 335 | 18.5% | — |
| Green Party | Matthew Harris | 274 | 15.1% | -30.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Valerie Symon | 264 | 14.5% | -7.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Thomas Stoker | 119 | 6.6% | — |
| Majority | 666 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,784 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,815 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Park End & Beckfield 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Brian Hubbard Elected | 640 | 68.7% | +15.7 |
| Independent | Mick Saunders Elected | 609 | 65.3% | — |
| Independent | Stephen Hill Elected | 568 | 60.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Chris Williamson | 328 | 35.2% | +23.3 |
| Labour Party | Eddie Dryden | 261 | 28.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Jai Caisley | 249 | 26.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Margaret Blyth | 82 | 8.8% | +6.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ryan Howes | 58 | 6.2% | — |
| Majority | 240 | |||
| Turnout | 19.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,469 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 932 | |||
Independent hold
Stainton & Thornton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Philip Coupe Elected | 625 | 54.0% | -26.4 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Jack Paul McKenna | 533 | 46.0% | +26.4 |
| Majority | 92 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,298 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,158 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Trimdon 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dennis McCabe Elected | 673 | 60.0% | -22.9 |
| Independent | Christine Cooper Elected | 515 | 45.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Christina Harris | 472 | 42.1% | +28.6 |
| Labour Party | James Robert Watson | 364 | 32.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Scott Symon | 220 | 19.6% | +11.1 |
| Majority | 43 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,712 | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,122 | |||
Independent hold