Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is the local authority of Redcar and Cleveland. It is a unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional fun ...

is the local authority for the

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of Redcar and Cleveland in

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. Until 1 April 1996 it was a

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, called Langbaurgh (or Langbaurgh-on-Tees after 1988).

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Langbaurgh non-metropolitan district Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2007 have been:

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

1973 Langbaurgh Borough Council election Elections for Langbaurgh Borough Council took place in May 1973. The entire Langbaurgh Borough Council was up for election as it was the first election since its formation. The Labour Party won the most seats but there was no overall control of ...

1976 Langbaurgh Borough Council election Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place on 10 May 1976. The whole council was up for election under new boundary changes. The Conservative Party won the most seats and took overall control of the council. Election result

(New ward boundaries) *

1979 Langbaurgh Borough Council election Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place on 3 May 1979. The election took place on the same day as the 1979 UK General Election and the whole council was up for election. The Labour Party won most seats and took over control of the co ...

1983 Langbaurgh Borough Council election Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place in May 1983. The whole council was up for election and The Labour Party won 31 seats giving it continued overall control of the council.1987 Langbaurgh Borough Council election Elections to Langbaurgh Borough Council took place in 1987. The whole council was up for election. The Labour Party won the most seats but there was no overall control of the council.1991 Langbaurgh-on-Tees Borough Council election The 1991 Langbaurgh on Tees Council election took place in May 1991 to elect members of Langbaurgh-on-Tees Council in England. The whole council was up for election under new boundaries and it would be the final election to Langbaurgh Borough Cou ...

(New ward boundaries)

Unitary authority elections

1995 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election The 1995 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 4 May 1995. The whole council was up for election as it was the first election since the formation of the Unitary Authority after replacing Langbaurgh Borough Council. The Lab ...

1999 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election The 1999 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the counc ...

2003 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election The 2003 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 1 May 2003 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Council in England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1999. The ...

(New ward boundaries) *

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. Backgrou ...

2011 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election The 2011 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Unitary Council in England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council ...

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. One ...

2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election The 2019 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Result summary Ward results Belmon ...

(New ward boundaries) *

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Borough result maps

File:Redcar and Cleveland UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map File:Redcar and Cleveland UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:Redcar and Cleveland UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map File:Redcar and Cleveland UK local election 2015 map.svg, 2015 results map

By-election results

1995–1999

1999–2003

2003–2007

2007–2011

2011–2015

2015–2019

2019-2023

References

External links

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
{{Unitary authorities of England Council elections in North Yorkshire Redcar and Cleveland Unitary authority elections in England Council elections in Cleveland