2008 Durham County Council election

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Results by electoral division. Key:
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  Labour
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  Independent
  Derwentside Independents
Striped wards have mixed representation.

Elections to Durham County Council took place on 1 May 2008, along with other local elections in the UK. This was the first election to the unitary authority established as part of the 2009 changes to local government, [1] and all seats were up for election using the first past the post voting system. The election saw the council double in size to 126 councillors, with 63 electoral divisions each returning two members. [2]

Contents

Labour kept control of the council with 67 seats. The Liberal Democrats were second with 27 seats and the Conservatives won 10. There were also 22 independents elected.

Results

Durham County Council election, 2008 [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 67———53.236.456,422Decrease2.svg20.3
  Liberal Democrats 27———21.421.833,811Increase2.svg1.4
  Independent 12———9.515.023,188Increase2.svg10.5
  Conservative 10———7.914.923,076Increase2.svg0.2
  Derwentside Independents 10———7.96.510,088Increase2.svg2.9
  BNP 0———0.03.75,714Increase2.svg3.6
 Teesdale Independent Association0———0.01.32,009Increase2.svg1.3
  Green 0———0.00.1228Increase2.svg0.1
  UKIP 0———0.00.1184Increase2.svg0.1
 Durham Taxpayers Alliance0———0.00.1111Increase2.svg0.1

Results by electoral division

Chester-le-Street (14 seats)

Chester-le-Street North & East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Beaty Bainbridge 1,144 23.8
Labour John Shiell 999 20.8
Labour Tracie Smith98320.5
Conservative Maureen May86518.0
Independent Lancelot Brown80716.8
Chester-le-Street South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Keith Davidson 898 17.7
Conservative Alan Bainbridge 872 17.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Nathan81316.0
Labour Heather Liddle73714.5
Conservative Nick Varley61112.0
Liberal Democrats Brian Kinghorn59011.6
Independent John Adey56011.0
Chester-le-Street West Central
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Simon Henig 1,176 41.8
Labour Linda Marshall 1,037 36.8
Conservative Jacquelyn Butler60321.4
Lumley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent A Bell 963 21.4
Independent A Willis 959 21.3
Labour B Walker86619.2
Labour R Carr70915.7
Conservative L D Nicholson3878.6
Conservative J A Watson3407.5
Liberal Democrats F Rowe1483.3
Liberal Democrats G Cutting1373.0
Ouston and Urpeth
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour M Potts 868 21.5
Labour C Carr 795 19.7
Liberal Democrats G H Gardner77919.3
Conservative J Gray54613.5
Liberal Democrats D E Jackson52513.0
Conservative O P May52012.9
Pelton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J Cordon 1,241 34.8
Conservative P H May 1,240 34.8
Labour M Sekowski1,08430.4
Sacriston
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour A Turner 996 33.1
Labour A Wright 945 31.4
Liberal Democrats L M Cowan39613.1
Liberal Democrats E Waugh36312.0
Conservative M Watson31310.4

Derwentside (22 seats)

Annfield Plain
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents J Nicholson 899 25.0
Labour M Hodgson 838 23.3
Derwentside Independents D Walker65918.3
Labour C Christer65318.2
Liberal Democrats D Rolfe38210.6
Conservative J M Webb1654.6
Benfieldside
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents D I Barnett 638 16.9
Derwentside Independents S Robinson 587 15.6
Labour J Davies53614.2
Independent K Devanney53314.1
Labour D Llewellyn49112.8
Liberal Democrats K English47512.4
Conservative R Ellis3088.0
Liberal Democrats J Fletcher2727.1
Burnopfield and Dipton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents B Alderson 1,117 25.3
Derwentside Independents R Ord 1,033 23.4
Labour E Turnbull58213.2
Labour J Carr56812.9
Liberal Democrats B Cook44310.0
Liberal Democrats I Milburn4099.3
Conservative R Ross2686.1
Consett North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats O Temple 1,026 22.1
Labour C Robson 916 19.7
Liberal Democrats N English83918.0
Derwentside Independents M Westgarth69314.9
Labour C Clarke53711.5
Derwentside Independents F Todd4559.8
UKIP A McDonald1843.9
Craghead and Southmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J Docherty 1,042 33.1
Labour D Marshall 903 28.7
Independent L Vaux65120.7
Liberal Democrats C English31710.1
Conservative R Dent2377.5
Delves Lane and Consett South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour B Young 1,085 20.8
Labour J Brown 958 18.4
Derwentside Independents A Westgarth92517.8
Derwentside Independents D Hicks71413.7
Independent I McElhone61611.8
Independent R McArdle3747.2
Conservative J Ross2935.6
Liberal Democrats L Temple2424.6
Esh
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J Armstrong 793 22.1
Derwentside Independents M Campbell 781 21.7
Labour B Armstrong70319.6
Liberal Democrats F Reynolds49413.7
Liberal Democrats A Simpson45910.1
Conservative P A Adams36410.1
Lanchester
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents R Young 1,188 25.4
Labour O Johnson 1,172 25.0
Labour M Gray97520.1
Conservative M Carr89018.9
Liberal Democrats B Gilmore4609.8
Leadgate and Medomsley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents W Stelling 1,937 33.3
Derwentside Independents A Shield 1,358 23.4
Labour P Hughes95216.4
Labour E Turner86214.8
Conservative John Aken4437.6
Liberal Democrats D Haney2594.5
Stanley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour C Vasey 1,017 27.3
Labour C Marshall 891 23.9
Derwentside Independents J Pye82422.1
Derwentside Independents D Walton62516.8
Liberal Democrats N Jukes1965.3
Conservative P Clemo1694.5
Tanfield
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents J Hunter 1,086 24.9
Labour J Wilson 950 21.9
Labour E Hunter91220.9
Derwentside Independents T Pattinson86619.9
Liberal Democrats D Bowerbank3187.3
Conservative M Nicholson2144.9

Durham (22 seats)

Belmont
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats K Holroyd 1,393 32.0
Liberal Democrats E S Mavin 1,255 28.8
Labour T Johnston47510.9
Independent A Walker45110.4
Labour D M Hall3969.1
Conservative T McCall2034.7
Conservative J Wakefield1804.1
Brandon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour P Taylor 1,257 28.5
Labour R Rodgers 1,168 26.5
Liberal Democrats M J A Smith79718.1
Liberal Democrats C Clark59413.5
Conservative H Hudson-Evans2174.9
BNP H Clarke2034.6
BNP S L Ross1784.0
Coxhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour D Morgan 1,020 28.3
Labour M L Plews 953 26.4
Independent D Smith74420.6
Liberal Democrats S E Millerchip3609.9
Conservative C S Holt2667.4
Liberal Democrats C Wigham2617.2
Deerness Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats J Wilkinson 1,266 22.3
Labour J K Chaplow 1,254 22.1
Labour D Bell1,21021.3
Liberal Democrats P Guy1,18920.9
Conservative K J M Currie3105.5
BNP K Morton2444.3
BNP P J Gray1963.5
Durham South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mac Williams 963 23.6
Labour Jan Blakey 867 21.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Wynn53613.1
Liberal Democrats Adam Walker50712.4
Conservative Patrick Hague3167.7
Conservative Rhys Burriss3117.6
Independent Maggie Robinson2676.5
Independent Martin Ridley1774.3
BNP Katherine Lloyd1423.5
Elvet
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David Freeman 873 22.5
Liberal Democrats David Stoker 684 17.6
Independent Anji Rae59015.2
Labour Jonathan Priestman Lovell48412.5
Conservative Tim Hughes43311.2
Conservative Chris Arthur42410.9
Labour Katharine Ford 38810.0
Framwellgate Moor
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilkes 1,433 20.8
Liberal Democrats Rev Crooks 1,400 20.3
Labour George Burlinson1,26718.4
Labour Marion Wilson1,06215.4
Independent Terry Moderate6269.1
Conservative Michael Bates 3294.8
BNP Ralph Musgrave2854.1
Independent Simon Carey2573.7
Conservative Pat Wynne2443.5
Gilesgate
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats D J Southwell 1,324 25.9
Liberal Democrats L Thomson 1,248 24.4
Labour P Conway1,02219.9
Labour P J Mitchell97819.1
Conservative H W Cartwright1813.5
Conservative E Hastie1633.2
Durham Taxpayers AllianceR West1112.2
BNP K Lloyd901.8
Neville's Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats N Martin 1,514 29.9
Liberal Democrats G Holland 1,364 26.9
Conservative M Smith4118.1
Labour N C Heaton3817.5
Independent S J Ashfield3797.5
Labour J G A Roberts3767.4
Conservative C Smith3617.1
Independent C M J Allen2815.5
Newton Hall
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats A J Hopgood 1,419 28.1
Liberal Democrats M Simmons 1,376 27.2
Independent P Wolstenholme67613.4
Labour S Emmas-Williams51510.2
Labour H S Ferreira4098.1
Conservative H D Osborn3547.0
Conservative P Kirk3035.9
Sherburn
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Carol Woods 1,398 24.6
Liberal Democrats Maureen Wood 1,308 23.0
Labour Raymond Pye1,16520.5
Labour Lesley Ann Broughton1,10619.5
Conservative Nick Hallett2534.5
Green Jo Smith2284.0
Conservative Michael Fishwick2263.9

Easington (24 seats)

Blackhalls
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour A Cox 1,294 35.1
Labour R Crute 1,251 33.9
Liberal Democrats R Gibbon59916.3
Liberal Democrats C Hindson53814.6
Dawdon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent B Arthur 962 33.9
Labour C Walker 763 26.9
Labour E W Mason71725.3
Liberal Democrats T Baxter2237.9
Liberal Democrats A Crooks1675.9
Deneside
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour A Nugent 924 32.0
Labour E Bell 897 31.1
Liberal Democrats C M Harrison40313.9
Liberal Democrats N Shaw35012.1
Independent S P Colborn31310.8
Easington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour D J Boyes 1,108 33.6
Labour R Burnip 1,035 31.4
Liberal Democrats B Graham62118.8
Liberal Democrats J G T Lightley53316.2
Horden
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour P Stradling 1,442 42.3
Labour D Maddison 1,271 37.3
Liberal Democrats P Hudson36410.7
Conservative M Riley3359.8
Murton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour A Napier 1,401 38.9
Labour A Naylor 1,285 35.8
Liberal Democrats J K Hudson47413.2
Liberal Democrats M Nolan43312.1
Peterlee East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour A Laing 672 23.6
Labour G Tennant 670 23.6
Independent B Quinn65322.9
Independent S Huntington60521.3
Liberal Democrats M E Wells2428.5
Peterlee West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats B A Sloan 857 28.2
Liberal Democrats R Liddle 833 27.4
Labour G Pinkney68522.5
Labour D J Taylor-Gooby66421.8
Seaham
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour D Myers 1,072 27.2
Labour G Bleasdale 1,035 26.3
Conservative D Dixon94924.1
Conservative M Reid87822.3
Shotton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour R J Todd 1,226 32.4
Labour E Huntington 1,169 30.9
Independent E W Hall73419.4
Liberal Democrats S Walton38810.3
Liberal Democrats C Saville2636.9
Thornley
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour M Nicholls 1,230 37.7
Independent B Wilson 940 28.8
Labour T Unsworth77623.8
Liberal Democrats M Norman3209.8
Wingate
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent J Maslin 1,349 31.9
Labour L O'Donnell 1,075 25.4
Labour K McGonnell1,05524.9
Liberal Democrats B Solaimon75017.7

Sedgefield (22 seats)

Aycliffe East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour S Iveson 756 20.8
Labour J Moran 708 19.5
Independent B Blenkinsopp59416.3
Independent B Haigh3098.5
BNP H J Hilton2948.1
Independent K Stubbs2326.4
Liberal Democrats P J Thomas2185.9
BNP J Palliser1905.2
Independent A D Warburton1804.9
Liberal Democrats D W Jago1544.2
Aycliffe North
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent P S Gittins 616 16.9
Labour J Gray 565 15.6
Labour K Henderson50413.9
Conservative R Bagshaw3539.7
Independent T Hogan3008.3
Liberal Democrats A Bergg2958.1
D Sutton-Lloyd2777.6
A J Carter2186.0
Liberal Democrats C Foote-Wood1895.2
Independent S Haigh1614.4
Independent L Cuthbertson1494.1
Aycliffe West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent E M Paylor 678 20.0
Labour M Dixon 665 19.6
Labour V Crosby65119.2
Independent H J Hutchinson62818.5
Liberal Democrats M T Anderson41212.2
Liberal Democrats J E Mawson35610.5
Chilton
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour C Potts 1,541 29.3
Labour B Avery 1,508 28.7
BNP A Whelpdale85316.2
BNP C Whelpdale83915.9
Conservative M Waller5179.8
Ferryhill
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent D Farry 1,174 22.6
Labour C Magee 994 19.2
Labour P Crathorne89817.3
Independent K Storey88717.1
Liberal Democrats P Mountford63412.2
BNP A S Fowler3526.8
BNP R Gray2454.7
Sedgefield
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative D Brown 1,101 27.0
Labour J Robinson 977 23.9
Independent T D Brimm65015.9
Labour F M Brown60414.8
Independent G Willis52312.8
BNP M S Colledge1182.9
BNP J Collinson1042.6
Shildon East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour B Stephens 872 21.4
Labour D Bowman 827 20.3
Independent I Hewitson52812.9
Liberal Democrats L Cockfield4039.9
Independent C Pollard3498.6
Conservative N Crass3097.6
Conservative M Miller2696.6
BNP P Clarke2576.3
BNP S J Brown2546.2
Shildon West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats J G Huntington 917 21.4
Independent D M Hancock 685 15.9
Labour V Chapman63614.8
Labour A Walker53712.5
Independent I Jackson47911.2
Liberal Democrats G M R Howe47311.0
BNP P J Ross2926.8
BNP L Scott2646.2
Spennymoor and Middlestone
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats B Ord 1,123 18.4
Liberal Democrats K Thompson 1,059 17.3
Labour A M Armstrong94115.4
Labour W Waters92715.2
BNP J Walker89014.6
BNP J S Macpherson72011.8
Conservative P A Carmedy2564.2
Conservative C Platts1927.6
Trimdon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour L Hovvells 1,138 31.6
Labour P Brookes 968 26.9
Independent A Bell65918.3
Conservative C Moyle38810.8
BNP P Sewell2236.2
BNP M Claughan2226.2
Tudhoe
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour B Graham 1,105 17.9
Labour N C Foster 1,062 17.3
BNP A Walker93315.2
BNP A Foster84213.7
Liberal Democrats C Maddison77112.5
Liberal Democrats L Maddison75212.2
Conservative A T Cross4256.9
Conservative P Gilbertson2554.1

Teesdale (6 seats)

Barnard Castle East
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jo Fergus 1,137 34.0
Conservative George Richardson 786 16.6
Independent James Rowlandson76116.1
Independent Tony Cooke56311.9
Teesdale Independent Association Ken Hodgson3978.4
Teesdale Independent Association William Salvin3798.0
Labour Sylvia Bailes3677.8
Labour Patrick Heaney3427.2
Barnard Castle West
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative R A Bell 1,542 28.8
Conservative B Harrison 972 18.2
Teesdale Independent Association R Betton96418.0
Teesdale Independent Association P Hughes5229.8
Labour D W Armstrong4027.5
J R Usher3867.2
Labour P J Hunt3226.0
Independent D A Wearmouth2374.4
Evenwood
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative S Hugill 811 18.8
Labour P M Charlton 784 18.2
Labour J Priestley76917.9
Conservative L Milner70816.5
Teesdale Independent Association M J Clark64815.1
Teesdale Independent Association P Ryman58313.5

Wear Valley (16 seats)

Bishop Auckland Town
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats S Zair 984 22.2
Liberal Democrats N A Harrison 840 18.9
Labour B A Laurie67745.3
Conservative C Raine62514.1
Conservative J H Gasston56512.8
Labour K Manton49111.1
BNP C D Cooper1272.9
BNP S R Cooper1172.6
Coundon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats T Taylor 669 23.7
Liberal Democrats D Burn 634 22.5
Labour P Graham54819.4
Labour N Stonehouse53819.1
Conservative J Firby2308.2
Conservative J Milner2007.1
Crook North and Tow Law
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats J Bailey 735 24.3
Liberal Democrats P A Jopling 698 23.0
Labour J Gale56318.6
Independent R Grogan55818.4
Labour L Brown47615.7
Crook South
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent E Murphy 749 22.0
Labour E Tomlinson 729 21.5
Liberal Democrats J Gooch68520.2
Liberal Democrats G K Jopling60317.7
Labour R Seabury37210.9
BNP K Wilson2607.7
Weardale
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent J Shuttleworth 2,035 35.9
Independent A Savory 1,029 18.2
Independent T R Mews5649.9
Independent L Shuttleworth5589.9
Independent A A K Bolam5339.4
Conservative C M Houghton3395.9
Labour O E Gunn1953.4
Liberal Democrats A C Simpson1592.8
Labour A M Hiles1222.2
Liberal Democrats R L Groves1192.1
West Auckland
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour R J Yorke 753 20.9
Labour A H Turner 655 18.2
Conservative J Tague59816.6
Conservative P Laws57515.9
Liberal Democrats J Ferguson55115.3
Liberal Democrats V Perkins46212.9
Willington
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative B Brunskill 1,210 24.7
Labour B L Myers 927 18.9
Labour M Pinkney88718.1
Conservative L Dixon71214.5
Liberal Democrats K A Bowser3687.5
Independent J Cunningham3016.1
Liberal Democrats D English2184.4
BNP A Hodgson1513.1
BNP J Snaith1292.6
Woodhouse Close
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour J Lethbridge 665 23.6
Labour J E Lee 643 22.8
Liberal Democrats A Anderson58520.7
Liberal Democrats R Huntington51818.4
Conservative C Firby2227.9
Conservative A Welford1886.7

References

  1. ↑ "The County Durham (Structural Change) Order 2008", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2008/493
  2. ↑ "Durham County Council - Election Results - 1 May 2008" (PDF). Durham County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2008 - Durham". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
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