Mayor of Hartlepool

The Mayor of Hartlepool was the executive mayor of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham, England. Established in 2002 and abolished in 2013, all three terms of office were served by Stuart Drummond, who was first elected under the guise of H'Angus the Monkey, the town's football club's mascot.

Mayor of Hartlepool
Appointer	Electorate of Hartlepool
Precursor	Council Leader
Formation	2 May 2002
First holder	Stuart Drummond
Final holder	Stuart Drummond
Abolished	2 May 2013
Succession	Council Leader

The office was established in 2002 following a referendum the previous year in which governance by a directly elected mayor was favoured over a cabinet system. Another referendum in 2012 produced the converse result, and the office was abolished in May 2013.^[1]

Drummond was first elected in 2002^[2] and was re-elected in 2005^[3] and 2009.^[4] Drummond was the first mayor in Britain to win a third term.^[4]

Referendums

Mayor of Hartlepool referendum
18 October 2001

Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	10,667	50.9
Cabinet System	10,294	49.1
Required majority	50
Total votes	20,961	100.00
Source: The Guardian[5]

Mayor of Hartlepool referendum
15 November 2012

Choice	Votes	%
Cabinet System	7,366	58.73
Elected Mayor	5,177	41.27
Required majority	50
Total votes	12,543	100.00
Source: BBC News [6]

Elections

Elections were held under the supplementary vote system.

2002

Main article: 2002 Hartlepool Council election § Mayoral election

Hartlepool Mayoral Election 2 May 2002[7]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Independent	Stuart Drummond	5,696	29.1%	1,699	7,395	52.2%	​​
	Labour	Leo Gillen	5,438	27.8%	1,324	6,762	47.8%	​​
	Independent	Ian Cameron	5,174	26.5%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Preece	1,675	8.6%				​​
	Conservative	Stephen Close	1,561	8.0%				​​
	Independent win

2005

Hartlepool Mayoral Election 5 May 2005[8]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Independent	Stuart Drummond	14,227	42.1%	2,685	16,912	71.6%	​​
	Labour	Carl Richardson	5,527	16.4%	1,180	6,707	28.4%	​​
	Independent	Ian Cameron	4,272	12.6%				​​
	Hartlepool First	Stephen Allison	3,765	11.1%				​​
	Independent	Stan Kaiser	2,701	8.0%				​​
	Independent	John Lauderdale	1,821	5.4%				​​
	Conservative	Brenda Pearson	1,482	4.4%				​​
	Independent hold

2009

Hartlepool Mayoral Election 4 June 2009[9]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Independent	Stuart Drummond	5,268	24.5%	1,599	6,867	53.3%	​​
	Independent	Ian Cameron	4,280	19.9%	1,743	6,023	46.7%	​​
	Labour	Chris Simmons	2,921	13.6%				​​
	UKIP	Martyn Aiken	1,844	8.6%				​​
	Independent	Tony Morrell	1,457	6.8%				​​
	BNP	Cheryl Dunn	1,352	6.3%				​​
	Conservative	David Young	1,092	5.1%				​​
	Independent	Jim Gillespie	986	4.6%				​​
	Independent	Iris Ryder	594	2.8%				​​
	Independent	Alison Willetts	564	2.6%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Gillam	464	2.2%				​​
	Independent	Barbara Jackson	461	2.2%				​​
	Independent	Christine Blakey	204	1.0%				​​
	Independent hold

List of mayors

Political party		Name	Entered office	Left office
	Independent	Stuart Drummond	2 May 2002	2 May 2013 (system abolition)