Once the dust settled after several hours of counting in Stockton today (Friday, May 5), the Conservative party had claimed the most seats - but only just.

No party had overall control of Stockton Council following the previous elections in 2019 - and that situation remains.

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Today's results saw Conservatives win 23 of the seats up for grabs, Labour claimed 22, and Independents won eight seats on the council. 

Three other seats, in the Hartburn ward, will be decided on June 22, following the death of Reform UK candidate Mike Elliott.

However, no party will be able to gain the number of seats required to gain a majority.

Here's the full breakdown of who won in Stockton in each ward:

Billingham Central - LAB HOLD

  • Ann May McCoy – Labour - 826
  • John Gerard McDermottroe – Reform UK - 308
  • John Sharp – Conservative - 259
  • Christine Stringer – Green Party - 159
  • Lynn Tunney – Conservative - 242
  • Barry Woodhouse – Labour - 733

Turnout: 25.3%

Billingham East - LAB HOLD

  • Michelle Diane Bendelow – Labour - 781
  • Margaret Carney – Conservative - 233
  • Ian Geer – Conservative - 207
  • Colin George Jeffrey – Green Party - 215
  • Mick Stoker – Labour - 732
  • David Pryce Stringer – Green Party - 178

Turnout: 24.28%

Billingham North - LAB HOLD

  • Kevin Barry – Conservative - 718
  • Marc Graham Besford – Labour and Co-operative - 1,011
  • Clare Michelle Gamble – Labour and Co-operative - 1,045
  • Jess Hobson – Green Party - 148
  • Luke Stott – Conservative - 593

Turnout: 35.58%

Billingham South - LAB HOLD

  • Joan Holdaway – Conservative - 291
  • Splendita Maria Lacey - no recorded affiliation - 56
  • David Scott – Conservative - 298
  • David Roger Spence – Reform UK - 150
  • Kenneth Stringer – Green Party - 129
  • Katie Doreen Weston – Labour - 1,005
  • Paul Weston – Labour - 1,037

Turnout: 27.7%

Billingham West & Wolviston - CON ELECTED

Helen Atkinson – Independent - 634

Daniel Adam Forrest – Labour - 524

David Reynard – Conservative - 838

Mike Smith – Labour - 549

Guy David Snead – Independent - 485

Marcus Lennon Vickers – Conservative - 766

Turnout: 41.5%

 

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Bishopsgarth & Elm Tree - CON ELECTED

John Cunningham – Labour - 764

Stephen James Jennings – Labour - 752

Hugo Thomas Stratton – Conservative - 1,288

Emily Anne Tate – Conservative - 1,227

Turnout: 42.69%

Eaglescliffe East - NEW WARD: CON ELECTED

Stefan Richard Houghton – Conservative - 1,258

Reginald Rowlinson – Labour - 682

Kiran Singh – Green Party - 484

Jim Taylor – Conservative - 1,101

Turnout: 42.2%

Eaglescliffe West - NEW WARD: CON ELECTED

Francis William Batchelor – Labour - 623

Samuel Ernest Bradford – Green Party - 168

Diane Clarke – Conservative - 1,140

James Clarke – Labour - 494

Andrew Frederick – Reform UK - 135

Laura Tunney – Conservative - 1,204

Turnout: 40.7%

Fairfield - CON GAIN

William Bell-berry - no recorded affiliation - 30

Andrew Cunningham – Labour - 801

Alex Griffiths – Conservative - 1,219

Jack Conner James Johnson-Colmer – Labour - 723

Neil McCabe – Reform UK - 242

Laraine Ann Perry – Independent - 519

Maurice Perry – Independent - 582

Stephen John Richardson – Conservative - 1,273

Susan Maria Scott – Conservative - 1,183

John George Hetherington Stephenson – Labour - 712

Michael James Thomas - no recorded affiliation - 86

Susan Thomas - no recorded affiliation - 108

Bill Woodhead – Independent - 694

Turnout: 41.4%

Grangefield - LAB HOLD

Carol Clark – Labour - 547

Louisa Anne Clarke – Conservative - 327

Turnout: 35.4%

Hardwick and Salters Lane - LAB HOLD

Nigel Anthony Cooke – Labour - 654

Craig Harker – Reform UK - 349

Graham Harker – Reform UK - 267

Maureen Merifield – Conservative - 164

Norma Stephenson – Labour - 675

Judith Wellington Conservative - 160

Turnout: 22.6%

Ingleby Barwick South - IBIS ELECTED

Michael Stefan Barnes - Ingleby Barwick Independent - 1,174

Erica Patricia Clough - no recorded affiliation - 54

Stuart John Davies – Conservative - 880

Tony Ellison – Reform UK - 124

Kevin Charles Faulks - Ingleby Barwick Independent - 1,203

Michelle Elizabeth Fryer – Conservative - 935

David Peter Hobson – Green Party - 361

James Alexander Irwin – Conservative - 317

Zoe Eleanor Mathers – Independent - 262

Kevin Nicholas - Labour - 648

Ross Patterson - Ingleby Barwick Independent - 1,111

Turnout: 34.68%

Ingleby Barwick North - CON & IND ELECTED

Patricia Mary Faulks – Ingleby Barwick Independent - 824

Jason Stephen Keith Foreman - Ingleby Barwick Independent - 681

Angela French - no recorded affiliation - 57

Stephen James Harland – Green Party - 333

Jean Patricia Kirby - Ingleby Barwick Independent - 583

Jenny Rutland – Conservative - 650

Ted Strike – Independent - 848

Alan Watson – Conservative - 827

Sally Ann Watson – Conservative - 874

Elizabeth Anne Wood – Labour - 658

Turnout: 29%

Mandale & Victoria - LAB GAIN

Lewis Martin Donegan – Conservative - 216

Richard Francis Eglington – Labour - 728

Luke John Frost – Independent - 174

Nathan Adam Gale – Labour - 621

Tony Hampton – Conservative - 154

Tina Large – Thornaby Independent Association - 488

Steve Walmsley – Thornaby Independent Association - 509

Turnout: 27.6%

Newtown - LAB HOLD

Lesley Anne Riordan – Conservative - 120

Marilyn Margaret Surtees – Labour - 348

Turnout: 19.3%

Northern Parishes - CON HOLD

John David Gardner – Conservative - 938

Steve Matthews – Independent - 545

Mark Colin McCarthy – Labour - 496

Vanessa Jane Sewell – Conservative - 934

Turnout: 34.26%

Norton Central - LAB HOLD

Helen Deehan – Independent - 238

Lisa Jane Evans – Labour - 625

George Maxwell – Conservative - 325

Ethan Joshua McGlade – Independent - 174

Steve Nelson – Labour - 719

Tomo Thompson – Independent - 355

Ann Marie Young – Conservative - 314

Turnout: 31%

Norton North - CON HOLD

Tony Riordan – Conservative - 1,400

Hilary Vickers – Conservative - 1,408

David Matthew Wilburn – Labour - 1,143

Norma Margaret Wilburn – Labour - 1,134

Turnout: 51.1%

Norton South - LAB HOLD

Bob Cook – Labour - 931

Eileen Johnson – Labour - 904

Geoffrey Nightscales – Conservative - 301

David John Smith – Conservative - 291

Turnout: 27.7%

Ropner - NEW WARD: CON ELECTED

Shakeel Hussain – Conservative - 934

Mohammed Javed – Labour and Co-operative - 739

Muhammad Mubeen – Conservative - 876

Kerri Prince – Labour and Co-operative - 721

Turnout: 33.7%

Roseworth – LAB HOLD

Jim Beall – Labour - 863

Jacky Bright – Conservative - 253

Barbara Inman – Labour - 844

Marie Smailes – Conservative - 275

Martin Andrew Walker – Reform UK - 107

Turnout: 22.3%

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Southern Villages - NEW WARD - CON ELECTED

Gail Andrea Chandler – Labour - 229

Elsi Hampton – Conservative- 548

Turnout: 42%

Stainsby Hill – TIA HOLD

John Michael Dent – Conservative - 237

Sarah Louise Dent – Conservative - 221

Ray Godwin – Thornaby Independent Association - 900

Zac Joseph Curtis Higginbotham – Labour - 405

Ben Lamb – Labour - 415

Sylvia May Walmsley – Thornaby Independent Association - 932

Turnout: 29.2%

Stockton Town Centre - LAB HOLD

Pauline Beall – Labour - 731

Alan Hardy – Independent - 160

Mohamed Marouf – Conservative - 286

Paul Rowling – Labour - 629

Alison Kendra Williams – Conservative - 318

Turnout: 23.4%

Village - IND HOLD

Julie Cooper – Conservative - 383

Tim Cunniffe – Conservative - 305

Ian John Dalgarno – Thornaby Independent Association - 783

Paul Adrian Jenkins – Labour - 321 

Daniel Smith - Labour - 281

Mick Moore – Thornaby Independent Association - 806

Turnout: 27.7%

Yarm – CON HOLD

John Charles Butler – Labour - 803

John Herbert Coulson – Conservative - 1,575

Dan Fagan – Conservative - 1,612

Jason Walter Jordan – Green Party - 600

Andrew Bickers Liddell Sherris - Conservative - 1,805

Pamela Smailes – Independent - 802

Barbara Wegg - Independent - 728

Turnout: 38.8%