Politics
See also: Redcar and Cleveland local electionsThe present makeup of the council following the 2011 elections is as follows:
| Group affiliation | Members |
|
|---|---|---|
| Labour | 30 | |
| Labour Co-op | 2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 16 | |
| Conservative | 6 | |
| East Cleveland Independents |
3 | |
| Independents |
2 | |
| Total |
59 | |
The turn-out was 42.01 per cent.
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.”
—Peter B. Medawar (1915–1987)
“Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.”
—Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870–1924)
“Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values it has its counterfeits. So much emphasis has been placed upon the false that the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has come to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere service.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)