Hull City Council has become a ‘no overall control’ local authority after a dramatic night in the Guildhall. While remaining as the largest party on the council, the Liberal Democrats have lost their majority.
One third of the council was up for grabs at these elections, 19 of the 57 seats. Elections were held in all but two council wards. Going into the election, the Liberal Democrat group had a majority of one. Ahead of Thursday’s vote, the political weighting of the council was:
- 29 – Liberal Democrats
- 23 – Labour Party
- 5 – Independents
Hull City Council has now joined East Riding Of Yorkshire Council in being a ‘hung council’ with no party holding a majority. The Liberal Democrats lost three seats overall, meaning they are now just short of a majority in the Guildhall.
The Lib Dems remain the largest party on the council, but will require support from elsewhere in the chamber to pass key votes.
Reform UK, who went into the election without a presence in the Guildhall, have gained ten seats. The party went into the vote confidently after winning the 2025 Hull and East Yorkshire Mayoral election with Luke Campbell. Reform predominantly saw success in seats that were previously held by the Labour Party.
The Labour Party only held onto one of their eight seats that were up for election tonight. The Labour Group’s deputy leader, Cllr Sharon Hofman, retained her seat in the Bricknell ward.
After tonight’s election, the new political weighting of the council is as follows:
- Liberal Democrats – 26 seats
- Labour – 16 seats
- Reform UK – 10 seats
- Independents – 5 seats
Here are the results for each ward:
Avenue Lib Dem HOLD
Liberal Democrats: Rhiannon Margaret Beeson: 1845
Reform UK: Paul Burgin: 552
Labour Party: Louis George Graves: 651
Conservative Party: Alex Hayward: 60
Green Party: Dan Kelly: 984
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: Michael John Whale: 23
Beverley & Newland Lib Dem HOLD
Conservative Party: James Hawkes: 76
Liberal Democrats: Lucy Alice Lennon: 1812
Labour Party: Temi Makinde: 363
Green Party: Justyna Mankiewicz-Young: 509
Reform UK: Graeme Robert Wightman: 800
Boothferry Lib Dem HOLD
Liberal Democrats: Maria Coward: 1382
Labour Party: James Lewis Ireland: 313
Green Party: Mike Lammimam: 261
Reform UK: Elena Sayers: 1105
Conservative Party: John Caley Sharp: 80
Bricknell: Labour HOLD
Reform UK: Craig Michael Gadd: 732
Labour & Co-operative Party: Sharon Hofman: 870
Liberal Democrats: Darius Kirtiklis: 800
Green Party: Daniel Gary Montgomery: 218
Conservative Party: Matilda Sargeson: 59
Central Lib Dem GAIN from Labour
Liberal Democrats: Ali Motokin: 567
Reform UK: Ayub Muhammad: 420
Labour Party: Sharon Kassim: 515
Green Party: Salman Malik: 243
Conservative Party: Simon Trow: 66
Derringham: Reform GAIN from Lib Dem
Green Party: John Kerion Allison-Walsh: 225
Reform UK: Martin Robert Baker: 1157
Labour & Co-operative Party: Jake Croft: 387
Liberal Democrats: Jan Mitchell: 1014
Conservative Party: Michael Stephen Whitehead: 63
Drypool: Lib Dem HOLD
Liberal Democrats: Linda Chambers: 1339
Green Party: Tee Coiffait: 344
Reform UK: Benjamin Robert Fuller: 966
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: Michael Steven Hirst: 15
Conservative Party: Terry Justice: 44
Labour Party: Millie J Wood: 221
Holderness: Lib Dem HOLD
Liberal Democrats: Jackie Dad: 1465
Reform UK: Mark Alan Fox: 1159
Conservative Party: Mary Justice: 59
Green Party: Deborah Prescott: 300
Labour Party: James Matthew Richardson: 235
Longhill & Bilton Grange: Reform GAIN from Lib Dems
Labour Party: Jan Hornby: 455
Conservative Party: Geoffrey Laurence Horton: 71
Liberal Democrats: Tim Kemp: 409
Reform UK: Aaron Paul Pickering: 1100
Green Party: Sarah Scriven: 182
Marfleet: Reform GAIN from Labour
Liberal Democrats: Luna Bourke: 185
Labour Party: Shaune Patrick Clarkson: 366
Reform UK: Duncan Graham: 1021
Green Party: Ryan Mulcahy: 321
Conservative Party: Jackie Williams: 60
Newington & Gipsyville: Reform GAIN from Labour
Liberal Democrats: Taiye Timmy Fatoki: 367
Reform UK: Lisa Alexandra Graham: 1050
Green Party: Christopher Thomas Jackson: 316
Labour Party: Simon Peter Kelsey: 768
Conservative Party: James Richard Sargeant: 77
North Carr: Reform GAIN from Labour
Reform UK: Deborah Louise Carnall: 1098
Green Party: Alex Athena Gibb: 251
Liberal Democrats: Damian Jonathan Grimley: 315
Labour Party: Anita Harrison: 400
Conservative Party: Sam Nattress: 60
Orchard Park: Reform GAIN from Labour
Liberal Democrats: Jacob Anthony Bishop: 260
Reform UK: Neil Fletcher: 954
Independent: John Francis Gilling: 97
Green Party: Amazon Jackson: 194
Conservative Party: Sandra Vennoyer: 68
Labour Party: Tony Wood: 530
Pickering – Lib Dem HOLD
Reform UK: Brendan Gary Dobbs: 816
Liberal Democrats: Tracey Irene Henry: 832
Conservative Party: Bethany Spencer: 31
Labour Party: Terry Sullivan: 226
Green Party: Caitlin Whyatt: 122
Southcoates: Reform GAIN from Labour
Liberal Democrats: Mark Christopher Adams: 195
Independent: Ian Broadbent: 46
Reform UK: Richard Christopher Kelly: 1179
Conservative Party: Christine Ann Mackay: 68
Labour Party: Anna Marie Thompson: 943
Green Party: Duncan John William Woods: 305
St. Andrew’s & Docklands: Reform GAIN from Labour
Reform UK: Salman Anwar: 836
Conservative Party: Daniel Mark Bond: 67
Green Party: Connor De Lisle: 499
Labour & Co-operative Party: Leanne Fudge: 824
Liberal Democrats: Josh Harris: 246
National Rebirth Party: Barry McGrath: 19
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: Paul Spooner: 22
Sutton: Reform GAIN from Lib Dem
Labour Party: Harriet Carey Barker: 232
Liberal Democrats: Terry Keal: 1252
Green Party: David Prescott: 434
Reform UK: Simon Taylor: 1295
Conservative Party: Frankie Marc Williams: 94
University Lib Dem HOLD
Labour Party: Ebenezer Chiagozia Aniemeka: 247
Reform UK: Stuart Edward Dean: 547
Liberal Democrats: Laura Juskey: 712
Conservative Party: Ben Lavender: 45
Green Party: Jamie Strudwick: 269
West Carr Reform GAIN from Lib Dem
Labour Party: Finn McGregor Anderson: 204
Conservative Party: Kevin Druce: 54
Reform UK: Ben Padwick: 1093
Liberal Democrats: Rob Pritchard: 944
Green Party: Drew Jordan Tuffs: 162
By: Andrew Spence, LDRS
