2005 Durham County Council election

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Elections to Durham County Council took place on 5 May 2005, as part of the 2005 local elections in the United Kingdom. The election also took place on the same day as the 2005 general election. This was the council's final election before it became a unitary authority as part of changes to local government in 2009, with the first elections to the new unitary council taking place in 2008. New electoral division boundaries were introduced for this election, with 63 divisions returning one councillor each using the first past the post voting system. [1]

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Labour kept control of the council with 53 seats. The Liberal Democrats were second with five seats and the Conservatives won two seats. [2] There were also three independents elected, including two from the Derwentside Independents group.

Results

Durham County Council election, 2005 [3] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 53N/AN/AN/A84.156.7124,683N/A
  Liberal Democrats 5N/AN/AN/A7.920.444,878N/A
  Conservative 2N/AN/AN/A3.214.732,358N/A
  Derwentside Independents 2N/AN/AN/A3.23.67,835N/A
  Independent 1N/AN/AN/A1.64.59,833N/A
  Socialist (GB) 0N/AN/AN/A0.00.1288N/A
  BNP 0N/AN/AN/A0.00.1119N/A

Results by electoral division

Chester-le-Street (7 seats)

Chester-le-Street North & East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Joseph Knox 1,816 47.3
Liberal Democrats Sandra Hutchinson79920.8
Conservative Beatrice Bainbridge63016.4
Independent Lancelot Edward William Brown59215.4
Chester-le-Street South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Rita Greener Carr 1,946 49.3
Liberal Democrats Russell Amor Haswell1,25431.8
Conservative Amanda Jane Hall74518.9
Chester-le-Street West Central
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Brian David Ebbatson 1,853 63.6
Liberal Democrats Sean Kilkenny68223.4
Conservative Philip Clive Stevens37812.9
Lumley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Brian Walker 1,860 53.1
Liberal Democrats Angela Mary Rae59316.9
Conservative Justin Matthew Garrod57616.4
Independent Audrey Willis47513.6
Ouston and Urpeth
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Christine Teresa Smith 2,170 60.5
Liberal Democrats John Leak82723.1
Conservative James Norman58816.4
Pelton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James Sands Cordon 1,848 49.3
Liberal Democrats George Herbert Gardner69818.6
Conservative Frank Lumsden65517.5
Independent William Laverick54514.5
Sacriston
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Linda Anne Wright 1,693 66.6
Liberal Democrats Simon James Key49919.6
Conservative Mark Anthony Watson34913.7

Derwentside (11 seats)

Annfield Plain
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michele Hodgson 2,119 70.1
Liberal Democrats Gillian Raine62320.6
Conservative Julie Ann Watson2809.3
Benfieldside
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Davies 1,250 40.4
Derwentside Independents John Joseph Healey86627.9
Liberal Democrats Bruce Neilson McCaig64720.9
Conservative Julia Carole Ross33010.7
Burnopfield and Dipton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents Reginald Ord 1,578 45.9
Labour Eunice Wilkinson Turnbull1,47442.9
Conservative Russell Alan Ross38511.2
Consett North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Clive Robson 2,120 61.2
Liberal Democrats Owen Leighton Temple94727.4
Conservative Kenneth Hall Wilson39511.4
Craghead and Southmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Haddon Marshall 1,825 67.8
Derwentside Independents James William Harper45016.7
Liberal Democrats Denis Edwin Jackson27910.4
Conservative Judith Turner1365.1
Delves Lane and Consett South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Robert Young 2,178 56.1
Derwentside Independents Anthony Westgarth1,38935.8
Conservative Ivy Wilson3168.1
Esh
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Joseph Armstrong 1,463 50.9
Derwentside Independents Wallace Joseph Tyrie55619.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Robert Michael Shaw48416.8
Conservative Patricia Ann Adams37412.9
Lanchester
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Thomas Forster 1,508 40.4
Conservative Peter Michael Carr79721.3
Derwentside Independents Richard Young71719.2
Liberal Democrats Christine English71319.1
Leadgate and Medomsley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents Watts Stelling 2,279 51.4
Labour Eric Turner1,66337.5
Conservative George Andrew Adams49511.2
Stanley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Claire Louise Vasey 2,169 69.2
Liberal Democrats David Agutter Rolfe62820.0
Conservative Jonathan Turner2207.0
BNP Dean Kevin Frederick McAdam1193.8
Tanfield
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Edna Hunter 2,036 60.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew David Curtis94527.9
Conservative Judith May Webb39511.7

Durham (11 seats)

Belmont
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Holroyd 1,768 52.5
Labour Patricia Margaret Johnston1,25637.3
Conservative Darren Bean34510.2
Brandon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ronald Clive Rodgers2,59361.4
Liberal Democrats Maureen Jean Ann Smith1,62938.6
Coxhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Dennis Morgan 2,260 65.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Maurice Martin86625.3
Conservative Frederick Farley3008.8
Deerness Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jean Kathleen Chaplow 2,705 60.9
Liberal Democrats Arnold Simpson1,35730.5
Conservative Alistair Tebbit3818.6
Durham South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Donna Michelle Whitfield 1,526 46.8
Liberal Democrats Isabell Lunan1,42943.8
Conservative Jennifer Duncan Wakefield3069.4
Elvet
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David Robert Freeman 2,184 56.8
Labour John Ashby92524.0
Conservative Christopher John Arthur73919.2
Framwellgate Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Norman Donald Parker Ross 2,339 48.9
Liberal Democrats Redvers Frederick Crooks1,95240.8
Conservative Patricia Wynne49610.4
Gilesgate
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Dennis James Southwell 1,848 48.2
Labour Peter James Thompson1,76345.9
Conservative Jeremy Richard Stocker2265.9
Neville's Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Martin 2,681 63.8
Labour Jonathan George Alfred Roberts92321.9
Conservative Michael Drummond Moverley Smith60114.3
Newton Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Frances Marnie Simmons 2,328 53.9
Labour Aurelia Constance Smith1,56936.4
Conservative Helen Dorothy Osborn4159.6
Sherburn
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Raymond Pye 2,412 53.8
Liberal Democrats Lesley Jane King1,69037.7
Conservative Michael James Fishwick3858.6

Easington (12 seats)

Blackhalls
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alan Cox 2,639 80.1
Conservative Julia Anne Welford65519.9
Dawdon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alan Fenwick 1,717 79.7
Conservative Jacquelyn Butler43820.3
Deneside
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Albert Nugent 1,921 74.7
Conservative Mark Thomas Nicholson36114.0
Socialist (GB) Stephen Paul Colborn28811.2
Easington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alan Barker2,51979.4
Conservative Margaret Reid65220.6
Horden
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Peter Paul Stradling 2,723 88.2
Conservative Mona Riley36611.8
Murton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John William Downie Maddison 2,510 85.2
Conservative Christopher Edward James Butler43614.8
Peterlee East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Gordon Tennant 1,856 75.2
Independent Leslie Reynolds40416.4
Conservative Roger John Nimmo Booth2098.5
Peterlee West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Dennis Coates 2,276 85.8
Conservative Hazel Lodge37614.2
Seaham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ronald Meir2,24669.8
Conservative Derick Dixon97130.2
Shotton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Norman Wade 2,735 83.6
Conservative Lucille Diana Nicholson53816.4
Thornley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Morris Nicholls 2,642 89.9
Conservative Jack Victor Seear29710.1
Wingate
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Leonard O'Donnell 3,205 78.7
Conservative Lindsay Marigold Seear87021.3

Sedgefield (11 seats)

Aycliffe East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sarah Jane Iveson 1,836 59.6
Independent William Maurice Blenkinsopp89028.9
Conservative Geoffrey Nicholas Crass35611.6
Aycliffe North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Keith Henderson 1,859 53.3
Independent Terence Hogan99128.4
Conservative Joyce Mary Raine63618.2
Aycliffe West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour George Coulson Gray 1,815 57.0
Independent Enid Marion Paylor95630.0
Conservative Patricia Margaret Waller41212.9
Chilton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour George Porter 2,516 65.2
Liberal Democrats Christine Sproat89023.1
Conservative William Leslie Turner45311.7
Ferryhill
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Charles Magee 2,728 66.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Mountford1,15628.0
Conservative Patricia Anne Whan2435.9
Sedgefield
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Robinson 2,196 57.6
Conservative David Ralph Brown1,61642.4
Shildon East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Dorothy Bowman 1,968 53.0
Liberal Democrats Gareth Michael Robinson Howe79121.3
Independent Simon Joseph Brown59516.0
Conservative Alan Booth3569.6
Shildon West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Vernon Chapman 1,312 42.5
Liberal Democrats James Garry Huntington1,31042.5
Independent John Mayfors Smith33710.9
Conservative Marney Jane Swan1264.1
Spennymoor and Middlestone
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ernest Foster 2,413 57.4
Liberal Democrats Kevin Thompson1,35832.3
Conservative Paul Andrew Carmedy43110.3
Trimdon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Paul Trippett 2,744 76.2
Conservative Christine Moyle85723.8
Tudhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Neil Crowther Foster 2,526 61.8
Liberal Democrats Martin Thomas Brian Jones1,04125.5
Conservative Matthew Miller52312.8

Teesdale (3 seats)

Barnard Castle East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Josephine Hazel Fergus 2,423 57.5
Labour Fred Blackwell1,78842.5
Barnard Castle West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Richard Andrew Bell 2,155 52.1
Labour Keith Stokeld1,14327.6
Independent David Andrew Wearmouth84230.3
Evenwood
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Priestley 2,246 58.5
Conservative George Morland Richardson1,59241.5

Wear Valley (8 seats)

Bishop Auckland Town
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kenneth Manton 1,459 41.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Foote-Wood1,04229.6
Conservative Colin Raine66618.9
Independent Stephen Anthony Hare2085.9
Independent Thomas Waggott1454.1
Coundon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Philip Robert Graham 1,616 59.8
Liberal Democrats Thomas Taylor78729.1
Conservative Douglas David Milne30011.1
Crook North and Tow Law
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Trevor Carroll 1,553 54.2
Liberal Democrats John Bailey1,31445.8
Crook South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Robert Pendlebury 2,194 68.9
Liberal Democrats David English98731.0
Weardale
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent John Shuttleworth 2,853 67.8
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Allan77418.4
Labour Alison Mary Hiles58313.8
West Auckland
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Harold Douthwaite 1,619 52.5
Liberal Democrats John Ferguson1,05734.3
Conservative Howard Bowen-Jones40713.2
Willington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Brian Leslie Myers 2,199 62.7
Liberal Democrats Anne Maria Glynn1,30937.3
Woodhouse Close
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Lethbridge 2,119 67.7
Liberal Democrats Winston Edward Frank Perkins71222.7
Conservative Sandra J Moorhouse2999.6

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