The 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council election will be held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect 13 of 36 members of Hartlepool Borough Council.
Council composition
Changes 2024âÂÂ2026:
- August 2024: Jonathan Brash (Labour) resigns â by-election held September 2024
- September 2024: Owen Riddle (Labour) wins by-election
- March 2025: Cameron Sharp (Labour) resigns â by-election held May 2025
- May 2025:
- Amanda Napper (Reform) gains by-election from Labour
- Rob Darby (Conservative) joins Reform
- Tom Feeney (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent
- June 2025: Steve Wallace (Independent, elected as Labour) resigns â by-election held July 2025
- July 2025: Ed Doyle (Reform) nominally gains by-election from Labour
- August 2025: Mike Young (Conservative) joins Reform
- Andrew Martin-Wells (Conservative) and Scott Reeve (Conservative) leave party to sit as independents
Summary
Background
In 2024, Labour gained the council from no overall control. They held the council previously until 2019.
Election result
Incumbents
Results
References