| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Country: | County Durham |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Previous Election: | 2023 Hartlepool Borough Council election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council election |
| Seats For Election: | 12 out of 36 seats to Hartlepool Borough Council |
| Majority Seats: | 19 |
| Leader1: | Brenda Harrison |
| Leaders Seat1: | De Bruce |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 17 |
| Seats After1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Mike Young |
| Leaders Seat2: | Rural West |
| Seats Before2: | 12 |
| Seats After2: | 6 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Party4: | Independent politician |
| Seats Before4: | 6 |
| Seats After4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Party5: | Independent Union |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 1 |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Mike Young Conservative |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Brenda Harrison |
| After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Turnout: | 28% |
| Votes For Election: | 19,778 |
The 2024 Hartlepool Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. One-third of the 36 members of Hartlepool Borough Council in County Durham were elected.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Conservative and independent coalition. Following the election, Labour won an overall majority on the council.
In the previous 2023 election, Labour won 9 seats (up 5) with 44.6% of the vote, the Conservatives won 2 (down 1) with 22.6%, independents won 1 (down 3) with 20.6%, and the Independent Union lost the seat they were defending with 3.1%. Following the 2023 election, the Conservatives, the Independent Union, and 5 independents formed a minority coalition.[1]
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[2] | After 2024 election[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| 18 | 17 | 24 | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | 6 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
Labour gained seven seats, mostly at the expense of the Conservatives, giving Labour an overall majority on the council.[5] Labour's group leader, Brenda Harrison, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2024.[6]