# 2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

The 2007 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

## Background

At the last election in 2003 Labour lost their majority on the council, after winning 23 seats, compared to 15 for the Liberal Democrats, 13 Conservatives and 8 independents. A coalition between the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and independents then took control of the council.
In 2004 a Labour councillor for Guisborough, and former deputy leader of the party, Keith Pudney, became an independent, before becoming a Liberal Democrat in 2005. However, also in 2005, Labour gained a seat in Westworth from an independent at a by-election. A final change came in February 2007 when David Tomlin resigned from the Labour party after being convicted for falsely claiming benefits. This meant that before the 2007 election Labour had 22 seats, the Liberal Democrats 16, Conservatives 13, East Cleveland Independents 2, the Independent Group 5 and 1 independent, with the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and the 2 East Cleveland Independents forming the administration, while Labour and the other independents were in opposition.
In total 160 candidates stood for the 59 seats that were being contested at the election. The council already had the best female representation of any council in North East England with 30 women councillors and 75 of the candidates were female. The candidates comprised 50 from Labour, 42 Liberal Democrats, 37 Conservatives, 4 British National Party and 27 various independents. Meanwhile, 7 sitting councillors stood down at the election, Christopher Beadle, Keith Blott, Bill Goodwill, Barbara Harpham, Keith Pudney, Alma Thrower and David Tomlin.

## Election result

Labour made a net gain of 6 seats, to go to 28 seats on the council, 2 short of a majority. The gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who dropped 3 to 13 seats and the Conservatives who were down 2 to 11 seats. 7 independents were also elected, 4 in the Independent Group, 1 Loftus Ward Independent, 1 East Cleveland and Guisborough Independent and 1 East Cleveland Independent.
Following the election the Labour group leader, George Dunning, became the new leader of the council, after Labour got the support of 2 independents, Mike Findley and Mary Lanigan.
Redcar and Cleveland local election result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 28 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 47.5 | 37.5 | 34,980 | +1.4% |
| Liberal Democrats | 13 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 22.0 | 23.6 | 22,014 | -2.8% |
| Conservative | 11 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 18.6 | 23.7 | 22,152 | -1.9% |
| Independent | 4 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 6.8 | 11.6 | 10,815 | +3.7% |
| Loftus Ward Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1,137 | +1.2% |
| East Cleveland and Guisborough Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 984 | +1.1% |
| East Cleveland Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 559 | -3.4% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 731 | +0.8% |

## Ward results

Brotton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brian Hogg | 858 | |
| | Labour | Richard Rudland | 728 | |
| | Labour | Peter Scott | 647 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Valerie Miller | 637 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kay Walker | 581 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Morgan | 422 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norma Morris | 405 | |
| | Conservative | George Bolton | 365 | |
| | Independent | Christine Swales | 280 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,923 | 36.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Coatham (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josie Crawford | 415 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Irene Curr | 372 | |
| | Labour | Theresa Cave | 305 | |
| | Independent | Edward Dolan | 289 | |
| | Independent | Jimmy Willis | 285 | |
| | Labour | Peter Todd | 260 | |
| | BNP | Paul Harrison | 137 | |
| | Conservative | David Taylerson | 113 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,176 | 33.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Dormanstown (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Vilma Collins | 858 | |
| | Labour | Cliff Houlding | 805 | |
| | Labour | Ray Goddard | 758 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Grimshaw | 414 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Curr | 412 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Paskin | 386 | |
| | Conservative | Stuart Bell | 374 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,007 | 33.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Eston (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Ann Higgins | 890 | |
| | Labour | Olwyn Peters | 857 | |
| | Independent | Liz Beadle | 841 | |
| | Labour | John Simms | 812 | |
| | Independent | Vincent Smith | 781 | |
| | Labour | Beryl Dunning | 780 | |
| | BNP | Wayne Burdett | 174 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Smith | 120 | |
| | Conservative | Russell Hutchinson | 113 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Crawford | 86 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Todd | 67 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,521 | 37.6 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Grangetown (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lynn Pallister | 557 | |
| | Labour | Peter Dunlop | 476 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Draper | 154 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Clarke | 132 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,319 | 24.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Guisborough (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Denise Bunn | 1,058 | |
| | Conservative | Anne Franklin | 999 | |
| | Labour | Joe Keenan | 999 | |
| | Conservative | Bill Clarke | 997 | |
| | Labour | Bill Suthers | 915 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Gent | 884 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Carter | 299 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,151 | 38.4 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Hutton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Graham Jeffery | 1,646 | |
| | Conservative | Valerie Halton | 1,620 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Spencer | 1,478 | |
| | Labour | Shelagh Holyoake | 681 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,425 | 40.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Kirkleatham (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Norman Davies | 698 | |
| | Labour | Brenda Forster | 691 | |
| | Labour | Mark Hannon | 660 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Johnson | 508 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Langner | 503 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Plummer | 502 | |
| | Conservative | Joy Bishop | 438 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,000 | 33.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Lockwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | East Cleveland Independent | Stephen Kay | 559 | 63.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Briggs | 239 | 27.1 |
| | Conservative | Joan Bolton | 83 | 9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 36.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 881 | 55.9 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Loftus (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Mary Lanigan | 1,068 | |
| | Labour | Eric Jackson | 808 | |
| | Loftus Ward Independent | David Fitzpatrick | 585 | |
| | Independent | Linda Bell | 547 | |
| | Labour | Allan Greening | 529 | |
| | Labour | Gerry Dickinson | 416 | |
| | Independent | Wayne Davies | 335 | |
| | Loftus Ward Independent | Stephanie Aplin-Wakefield | 289 | |
| | Loftus Ward Independent | Roger Lings | 263 | |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Bell | 186 | |
| | Conservative | Mary Dadd | 157 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,713 | 41.4 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
Longbeck (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Mike Findley | 1,143 | |
| | Conservative | Norah Cooney | 738 | |
| | Conservative | Vera Moody | 697 | |
| | Independent | Norman Brown | 495 | |
| | Conservative | Vera Rider | 486 | |
| | Independent | John Wilkinson | 427 | |
| | Labour | Vic Jeffries | 422 | |
| | Labour | Denis Sewell | 375 | |
| | Labour | Susan Cleary | 334 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Brown | 180 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Reyer | 171 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Swales | 158 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,626 | 38.2 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Newcomen (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Abbott | 725 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glynis Abbott | 637 | |
| | Independent | Chris McGlade | 346 | |
| | Independent | Rachel Woolley | 249 | |
| | Labour | Anthony Senior | 204 | |
| | Conservative | Judith Petite | 111 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,272 | 38.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Normanby (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Billy Ayre | 913 | |
| | Labour | Wendy Wall | 848 | |
| | Labour | Carole Simms | 825 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Proud | 733 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Wilson | 661 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steven Abbott | 658 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Jackson | 443 | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Dadd | 389 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,470 | 37.8 |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Ormesby (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glyn Nightingale | 1,140 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Empson | 1,082 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Irene Nightingale | 1,038 | |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Watson | 366 | |
| | Labour | Marian Fairley | 360 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,986 | 36.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Saltburn (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Philip Thomson | 1,080 | |
| | Conservative | Joan Sands | 1,018 | |
| | Conservative | John Robinson | 947 | |
| | Labour | Joan Guy | 857 | |
| | Labour | Tom Blenkinsop | 791 | |
| | Labour | Cyril Hammond | 724 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,417 | 41.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Skelton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Brian Briggs | 1,225 | |
| | Labour | Dave McLuckie | 1,080 | |
| | Labour | Helen McLuckie | 1,004 | |
| | Conservative | James Carrolle | 672 | |
| | Conservative | Michael King | 667 | |
| | Conservative | Stephanie Hinson | 642 | |
| | Independent | Colin Harbinson | 354 | |
| | Independent | Debbie Harbinson | 342 | |
| | BNP | Kevin Broughton | 171 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,157 | 43.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
South Bank (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ian Jeffrey | 874 | |
| | Labour | Pearl Hall | 852 | |
| | Labour | Sylvia Szintai | 751 | |
| | Independent | Alan Green | 260 | |
| | BNP | Dawn Castle | 249 | |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Hutton | 179 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gail Leggett | 169 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Ovens | 138 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Stamp | 45 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,517 | 30.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
St. Germains (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Moses | 1,218 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Wilson | 1,107 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah Dowson | 1,088 | |
| | Labour | Ray Hensby | 546 | |
| | Conservative | Joan Moody | 541 | |
| | Labour | Craig Laskey | 503 | |
| | Conservative | John Rider | 498 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,501 | 43.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Teesville (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sheelagh Clarke | 1,269 | |
| | Labour | George Dunning | 1,157 | |
| | Labour | Norman Pickthall | 999 | |
| | Independent | Jim Higgins | 630 | |
| | Conservative | Stewart Dadd | 402 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Clarke | 287 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Branda Dale | 263 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Hadfield | 240 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,247 | 40.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
West Dyke (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joyce Benbow | 1,313 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Carling | 1,122 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Ovens | 1,054 | |
| | Independent | Malcolm Burton | 744 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Gilbey | 520 | |
| | Labour | Andrew Scott | 435 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,188 | 37.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Westworth (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | East Cleveland and Guisborough Independent | David Williams | 544 | |
| | Conservative | Carole Jeffery | 541 | |
| | Conservative | Derrick Langley | 528 | |
| | East Cleveland and Guisborough Independent | Tressa Cooper | 440 | |
| | Labour | Jim Marvell | 415 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,468 | 39.4 |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Zetland (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Norma Hensby | 438 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Stanway | 422 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Hannon | 413 | |
| | Conservative | Jean White | 390 | |
| | Labour | Marilyn Norton | 384 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Smith | 381 | |
| | Independent | Roy Myers | 297 | |
| | Independent | Hazel Willis | 212 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.6 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |