2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election
7 May 2015
59 of 59 seats on Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservatives
Seats before 31 16 6
Seats won 29 11 10
Seat change 3 5 4
Popular vote 59,140 24,336 19,175
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent East Cleveland Independent Eston Independents
Seats before 2 3 0
Seats won 6 1 1
Seat change 4 2 1
Popular vote 28,867 677 4,860
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party UKIP Green
Seats before 0 0
Seats won 1 0
Seat change 1
Popular vote 8,360 3752
Map of the results of the 2015 Redcar and Cleveland council election. Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Conservatives in blue, Independents in grey, and UKIP in purple.
Council control before election


Labour (2011-2013) then No overall control (2013-15)

 Subsequent council control

No overall control

The 2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, as well as the 2015 General Election.

Three months prior to the election, Council Leader George Dunning and ten other Labour councillors resigned from the party after many were not selected as Labour candidates for the election. This saw the council move back to no overall control, with independent Mary Lanigan elected to lead the council - the first female Council Leader in its history - and forming a cabinet from Independent and Liberal Democrats councillors.

The election saw the council remain as no overall control.

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