2020 Coulby Newham by-election

Middlesbrough is getting more support to tackle the spike in coronavirus cases. Find out more about the extra support.

Luke Mason (Con) was elected as Borough Councillor for Coulby Newham on Thursday 20 February 2020.

Name	Candidate's party	Number of votes
CARNEY, Thomas Edward	Liberal Democrats	259
LAW, Alexandra Mary	Labour Party	279
LOWTHER, Elisha Rosemary	Independent	90
MASON, Luke	The Conservative Party	689 (E)
MORRISH, Ian Boyd	Independent	88

Electorate: 6515
Ballot papers issued: 1407
Turnout: 21.6%

View the declaration of results (PDF)

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