Mayoral Election May 5th 2005

STUART Drummond has been re-elected as the Mayor of Hartlepool.


The first round results were as follows: -

Stephen ALLISON - (Local Man, Local Issues, Hartlepool First) - 3,765

Ian John Henry CAMERON - (Independent) - 4,272

Stuart Fraser DRUMMOND - (Independent) - 14,227

Stan KAISER - 2,701

John LAUDERDALE - (Independent) - 1,821

Brenda PEARSON - (Conservative) - 1,482

Carl RICHARDSON - (Labour) - 5,527

The number of ballot papers rejected was 1,375 and the turnout was around 51%.

Because no candidate received 50% of the first preference votes, the top two candidates - Stuart Drummond and Carl Richardson went through to the second round and second preference votes for the other five candidates were then added.

This resulted in a further 2,685 votes for Stuart Drummond and 1,180 votes for Carl Richardson giving Stuart Drummond an overall majority of 10,205.