Hartlepool

  • Council Control: Lab
  • Conservatives 6
  • Labour 23
  • Liberal Democrats 0
  • Green 0
  • Other 6
  • Vacant 1

Independent 4, Hartlepool People 1, Independent Union 1. Port and manufacturing town, originally in Durham and then in the former county of Cleveland. Famous as the town which hanged a monkey mistaken for a foreign sailor; the monkey mascot of Hartlepool FC was elected as Mayor in 2002.

Throston has a byelection on 1 May (held by Labour).

Next local elections
2026

Election cycle
Thirds

Local authority type
Unitary

Address
Victoria Road, Hartlepool TS24 8AY

Phone
01429 266522

Website
http://www.hartlepool.gov.uk/

Council Tax (Band D)
£2380.35