2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election

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.

Background
The 2015 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election was held on the same day as other local elections as well as the 2015 General Election.

The Liberal Democrats, who had made gains in the 2011 election, as well as MP Ian Swales in 2010, lost seats in lieu of the Conservatives, UKIP & Multiple independents.

The Labour Party lost several seats, failing to regain the overall control it had between 2011 and 2013.

UKIP gained its first seat on the council as Steve Turner was elected to the borough council. However he would leave the party in 2017, and was elected as Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner in 2021.

Ward Results
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