# Mayor of Hartlepool

The Mayor of Hartlepool was the executive mayor of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham, England. Established in 2002 and abolished in 2013, all three terms of office were served by Stuart Drummond, who was first elected under the guise of H'Angus the Monkey, the town's football club's mascot.
The office was established in 2002 following a referendum the previous year in which governance by a directly elected mayor was favoured over a cabinet system. Another referendum in 2012 produced the converse result, and the office was abolished in May 2013.
Drummond was first elected in 2002 and was re-elected in 2005 and 2009. Drummond was the first mayor in Britain to win a third term.

## Referendums

Mayor of Hartlepool referendum 18 October 2001 :
| Choice | Votes | % |
| Elected Mayor | 10,667 | 50.9 |
| Cabinet System | 10,294 | 49.1 |
| Required majority | 50 | 50 |
| Total votes | 20,961 | 100.00 |
| Source: The Guardian |||
Mayor of Hartlepool referendum 15 November 2012 :
| Choice | Votes | % |
| Cabinet System | 7,366 | 58.73 |
| Elected Mayor | 5,177 | 41.27 |
| Required majority | 50 | 50 |
| Total votes | 12,543 | 100.00 |
| Source: BBC News |||

## Elections

Elections were held under the supplementary vote system.

### 2002

Hartlepool Mayoral Election 2 May 2002 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Independent | Stuart Drummond | 5,696 | 29.1% | 1,699 | 7,395 | 52.2% | ​​ |
| | Labour | Leo Gillen | 5,438 | 27.8% | 1,324 | 6,762 | 47.8% | ​​ |
| | Independent | Ian Cameron | 5,174 | 26.5% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Preece | 1,675 | 8.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Conservative | Stephen Close | 1,561 | 8.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win | Independent win |

### 2005

Hartlepool Mayoral Election 5 May 2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Independent | Stuart Drummond | 14,227 | 42.1% | 2,685 | 16,912 | 71.6% | ​​ |
| | Labour | Carl Richardson | 5,527 | 16.4% | 1,180 | 6,707 | 28.4% | ​​ |
| | Independent | Ian Cameron | 4,272 | 12.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Hartlepool First | Stephen Allison | 3,765 | 11.1% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Stan Kaiser | 2,701 | 8.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | John Lauderdale | 1,821 | 5.4% | | | | ​​ |
| | Conservative | Brenda Pearson | 1,482 | 4.4% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### 2009

Hartlepool Mayoral Election 4 June 2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Independent | Stuart Drummond | 5,268 | 24.5% | 1,599 | 6,867 | 53.3% | ​​ |
| | Independent | Ian Cameron | 4,280 | 19.9% | 1,743 | 6,023 | 46.7% | ​​ |
| | Labour | Chris Simmons | 2,921 | 13.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | UKIP | Martyn Aiken | 1,844 | 8.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Tony Morrell | 1,457 | 6.8% | | | | ​​ |
| | BNP | Cheryl Dunn | 1,352 | 6.3% | | | | ​​ |
| | Conservative | David Young | 1,092 | 5.1% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Jim Gillespie | 986 | 4.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Iris Ryder | 594 | 2.8% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Alison Willetts | 564 | 2.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynne Gillam | 464 | 2.2% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Barbara Jackson | 461 | 2.2% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Christine Blakey | 204 | 1.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

## List of mayors

| Political party | Political party | Name | Entered office | Left office |
| | Independent | Stuart Drummond | 2 May 2002 | 2 May 2013 (system abolition) |