2013 Durham County Council election

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2013 Durham County Council election
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  2008 2 May 2013 2017  

All 126 council division seats
64 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Independent Liberal Democrats
Last election67 seats, 40.4%12 seats, 12.9%27 seats, 22.3%
Seats won9499
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Popular vote115,47426,01022,304
Percentage52.2%11.8%10.1%
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Party Derwentside Independents Conservative
Last election10 seats, 6.2%10 seats, 12.9%
Seats won84
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Popular vote11,48217,014
Percentage6.2%7.7%
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Durham UK local election 2013 map.svg
Map showing the results of the 2013 Durham County Council election. Results by electoral division. Key:
  Conservative
  Labour
  Liberal Democrat
  Independent
  Local independent groups (Derwentside Independents, Wear Valley Independents and Spennymoor Independents)
Striped divisions have mixed representation.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

An election to Durham County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. [1] Following a boundary review, [2] 126 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which returned either one, two or three councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The previous election took place in 2008 in advance of the council becoming a unitary authority after the 2009 changes to local government. The election saw the Labour Party increase their majority on the council.

Contents

All locally registered electors (British, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, [3] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election. [4]

Summary

The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 8 April 2013. [5] In total 362 candidates stood in the election. The Labour Party had the most candidates, with 125 standing out of a possible 126 and only one candidate standing in the two member Weardale electoral division. The Conservative Party stood 59 candidates, the Liberal Democrats 40, the United Kingdom Independence Party 31 and the Green Party 15 candidates. A number of local independent groups stood, including 16 Derwentside Independents and 11 Wear Valley Independents. Nine candidates stood for the Free Association for Independent Representation (FAIR) around Peterlee and Ferryhill, and four for the Spennymoor Independents in Spennymoor and Tudhoe. There were 50 other independent candidates, including two candidates with no description. The British National Party stood two candidates, having fielded 30 in the previous election.

The Labour Party gained 27 seats, increasing their majority on the council to 62. The Liberal Democrats lost 18 seats compared to the 2008 results, with their representation on the new council limited to the city of Durham and the division of Consett North. The Conservative Party lost six seats, winning only in the two Barnard Castle divisions.

Turnout across the county was 27.8%, having fallen from 36.4% in the 2008 elections. [6]

Results summary

Durham County Council election, 2013 [7] [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 94N/AN/A+2774.652.2115,474+11.8%
  Independent 9N/AN/A37.111.826,0101.1%
  Liberal Democrats 9N/AN/A187.110.122,30412.2%
  Derwentside Independents 8N/AN/A26.36.211,4821.0%
  Conservative 4N/AN/A63.27.717,0145.2%
 Wear Valley Independent Group1N/AN/A+10.82.24,954New
 Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics1N/AN/A+10.81.22,621New
  UKIP 0N/AN/A00.05.311,635+5.2%
 Free Association for Independent Representation (FAIR)0N/AN/A00.02.45,389New
  Green 0N/AN/A00.01.73,694+1.6%
  BNP 0N/AN/A00.00.36813.5

Results by electoral division

A − B

Annfield Plain (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Michele Hodgson 959 53.0
Labour Thomas J Nearney 799 44.2
Derwentside Independents Joan Nicholson75741.9
Derwentside Independents David Walker43323.9
UKIP Ken Rollings40222.2
Turnout 29.8
Labour win
Labour win
Aycliffe East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sarah Jane Iveson 885 52.6
Labour Jed Hillary 732 43.5
Independent Bill Blenkinsopp59835.5
Independent Paul Steven Gittins45627.1
Independent Lileen Cuthbertson23313.8
Conservative Raymond Goodson1197.1
Turnout 25.8
Labour win
Labour win
Aycliffe North and Middridge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Joan Gray 988 55.5
Labour John D Clare 985 55.4
Labour Mike Dixon 884 49.7
Independent Sandra Haigh66037.1
Conservative Marney Jane Swan46125.9
Turnout 21.3
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Aycliffe West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kate Hopper 761 54.6
Labour Eddy Adam 697 50.0
Independent George Gray44531.9
Independent Dorothy Bowman27419.7
Independent Brian Haigh18513.3
Independent June Croft1047.5
Independent Sally Annmarie Symons1037.4
Conservative Fane Robert Conant Murray946.7
Turnout 23.1
Labour win
Labour win
Barnard Castle East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative James Michael Rowlandson 991 52.7
Conservative George Richardson 771 41.0
Labour Thomas Robert Caygill56630.1
Labour Graham David Young56229.9
UKIP David Albert Cyril Royle48125.6
Turnout 27.6
Conservative win
Conservative win
Barnard Castle West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Richard Andrew Bell 1,395 66.6
Conservative Barbara Harrison 1,191 56.8
Green Thom Robinson48122.9
Labour Phil Hunt47222.5
Labour Matthew Burdess32115.3
Turnout 31.4
Conservative win
Conservative win
Belmont (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Katie Corrigan 1,490 40.7
Labour Co-op Patrick Conway 1,488 40.6
Labour Co-op Bill Moir 1,300 35.5
Liberal Democrats Eric Stuart Mavin1,14631.3
Liberal Democrats Dennis Southwell1,00427.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Pattinson96626.4
Independent Arthur Walker70719.3
Independent Chris Gill64517.6
Green Thomas Victor Kaye2727.4
Conservative Marc Alexander Krajewski2677.3
Conservative Paul Jackson2376.5
Green William Jennings Pinkney-Baird2226.1
Turnout 34.3
Labour Co-op win
Labour Co-op win
Labour Co-op win
Benfieldside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents Stephen Robinson 1,090 53.6
Derwentside Independents Peter Oliver 915 45.0
Labour John Davies76137.4
Labour Brynnen Elizabeth Ririe62530.7
Liberal Democrats Keith English27413.5
Liberal Democrats James Settrey1678.2
Turnout 32.0
Derwentside Independents win
Derwentside Independents win
Bishop Auckland Town (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Wear Valley Independent Group Sam Zair 861 52.1
Labour Joy Allen 615 37.2
Labour Dave Hunter55233.4
Conservative John Gasston44226.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Anderson40624.6
Turnout 26.5
Wear Valley Independent Group win
Labour win
Bishop Middleham and Cornforth (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mick Simpson 592 82.3
Conservative Judith May Webb12717.7
Turnout 23.4
Labour win
Blackhalls (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Rob Crute 1,151 60.9
Labour Lynn Pounder 1,046 55.4
Independent Alan Cox86946.0
Turnout 28.3
Labour win
Labour win
Brandon (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Turnbull 1,396 74.7
Labour Paul Taylor 1,384 74.1
Liberal Democrats Maureen Smith40321.6
Conservative Jak Hocking22912.3
Turnout 25.2
Labour win
Labour win
Burnopfield and Dipton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents Bob Alderson 760 39.5
Labour Ivan Jewell 701 36.5
Labour Joanne Carr68835.6
Derwentside Independents David Marrs51026.5
Independent Reg Ord38119.8
Independent Roland Hemsley32817.1
Independent Trevor Ord25713.4
Turnout 30.4
Derwentside Independents win
Labour win

C − D

Chester-le-Street East (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Lawson Armstrong 310 32.2
Conservative Beaty Bainbridge28529.6
UKIP Graham Roy Thorp22923.8
Independent Maureen Diana May14014.5
Turnout 30.8
Labour win
Chester-le-Street North (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Tracie Jane Smith 853 75.9
Conservative Philip Hall14813.0
UKIP Lesley Cook13712.0
Turnout 35.4
Labour win
Chester-le-Street South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Co-op Keith Davidson 1,047 51.1
Labour Co-op Katherine Helen Henig 926 45.2
Conservative Allan Bainbridge52825.8
UKIP Fiona Ford41020.0
Conservative Daniel Mayne37918.5
UKIP Miles Ford37718.4
Liberal Democrats Philip Bernard Nathan1818.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Keith Peacock1145.6
Turnout 33.1
Labour Co-op win
Labour Co-op win
Chester-le-Street West Central (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Simon Antony Henig 1,171 70.5
Labour Linda Marshall 1,126 67.8
UKIP Kenneth W Taylor33520.2
UKIP Samantha Robinson26516.0
Conservative Mark Thomas Nicholson1378.2
Conservative Julie Ann Watson1167.0
Turnout 27.2
Labour win
Labour win
Chilton (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Christine Potts 646 65.5
Independent Peter Davies28028.4
Conservative Richard Child616.2
Turnout 31.7
Labour win
Consett North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Owen Temple 924 43.8
Independent Alex Watson 765 36.2
Labour Clive Robson57427.2
Labour Sara-Jane Heslop49923.6
Liberal Democrats Margaret Nealis49123.2
Derwentside Independents Mary Westgarth40819.3
UKIP Shaun Bailey25312.0
Turnout 33.7
Liberal Democrats win
Independent win
Consett South (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents Derek Hicks 306 53.6
Labour Malcolm Andrew Clarke26546.4
Turnout 19.8
Derwentside Independents win
Coundon (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Charlie Kay 396 60.6
Wear Valley Independent GroupLesley Zair21733.2
Conservative Michael John Gossage416.3
Turnout 20.2
Labour win
Coxhoe (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mac Williams 1,826 72.5
Labour Maria Leina Plews 1,737 68.9
Labour Jan Blakey 1,536 61.0
Conservative Miranda Jupp26410.5
Liberal Democrats John Lightley26410.5
Conservative Edward Parson2449.7
Conservative Benjamin Tomos Lewis2419.6
Liberal Democrats Stuart Walton2098.3
Liberal Democrats Adam Walker1696.7
Turnout 26.6
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Craghead and South Moor (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mark Davinson 995 63.2
Labour Carole Hampson 939 59.7
Derwentside Independents Jim Lockie48831.0
UKIP Andrew McDonald31920.3
Turnout 26.3
Labour win
Labour win
Crook (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Eddie Murphy 771 34.1
Labour Eddie Tomlinson 719 31.8
Labour Geoff Mowbray 691 30.6
Labour Lindsay Wright64228.4
Independent Ian Hirst63027.9
Independent John Winter59426.3
Wear Valley Independent GroupJohn Bailey55924.7
Wear Valley Independent GroupPatricia Jopling47621.1
Wear Valley Independent GroupAaron Cowen45019.9
Liberal Democrats David English1617.1
Liberal Democrats David Gordon Halliday1446.4
Liberal Democrats Ken Godard1245.5
Green Jo Yelland1235.4
Green Katherine Ruth Margrave Machen893.9
Green Gerald Alken883.9
Turnout 23.8
Independent win
Labour win
Labour win
Dawdon (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Kevin Joseph Shaw 1,115 61.0
Labour Sonia Forster 993 54.4
Independent Robert Arthur82945.4
Turnout 26.6
Labour win
Labour win
Deerness (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jean Kathleen Chaplow 1,753 59.8
Labour David Bell 1,616 55.2
Labour Anne Bonner 1,475 50.3
Liberal Democrats John Wilkinson63221.6
Independent Rev Crooks53918.4
Independent Annette Crooks42414.5
Independent Shaun Easter40413.8
Liberal Democrats John Joseph Kelley35912.3
Liberal Democrats Andrea Watts35712.2
Conservative Andrew Lloyd1555.3
Conservative Benjamin Frost1515.2
Conservative Theo Lloyd1254.3
Turnout
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Delves Lane (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Jane Brown 1,066 70.3
Labour Bob Glass 776 51.3
Derwentside Independents Lesley Anne Richardson58138.4
Turnout 23.9
Labour win
Labour win
Deneside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Edward Bell 972 81.1
Labour Jennifer Ann Bell 920 76.8
Independent Steven Paul Colborn26322.0
Turnout 20.6
Labour win
Labour win
Durham South (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David Stoker 349 43.3
Labour Andrzej Olechnowicz25031.0
Conservative Jonathan Alan Duell11714.5
Green Robert Edward Shaw9011.2
Turnout 27.9
Liberal Democrats win

E − N

Easington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David John Boyes 1,026 67.8
Labour Angela Surtees 936 61.8
Independent Terry Murray52134.4
Green Martie Warin24416.1
Turnout 25.4
Labour win
Labour win
Elvet and Gilesgate (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats David Robert Freeman 572 39.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Daniel Ormerod 532 36.4
Labour Alan Hayton45030.8
Labour Peter James Thompson41328.2
Conservative Rebecca Mary Louise Coulson19313.2
Green Sean Patrick Healy19113.1
Green Jake Adam Pentland17111.7
Conservative Patricia Wynne16010.9
UKIP Christopher John Arthur15110.3
Turnout 21.3
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win
Esh and Witton Gilbert (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Joe Armstrong 897 43.6
Labour Barbara Armstrong 865 42.0
Liberal Democrats Arnie Simpson69333.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Guy63630.9
UKIP Rita Moralee41019.9
UKIP Susan Bell39018.9
Conservative Megan Alis Roberts1055.1
Conservative Pok Lai Leung864.2
Turnout 32.1
Labour win
Labour win
Evenwood (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Pauline Mary Charlton 870 52.2
Labour Andy Turner 655 39.3
Conservative Stephen Hugill52931.7
UKIP Graham Casey49129.5
Conservative Linda Raper36221.7
Turnout 24.9
Labour win
Labour win
Ferryhill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Patrick McCourt 968 40.4
Independent Brian Francis Avery 933 38.9
Labour Pauline Crathorne 867 36.1
F.A.I.R.Charlie Rand86636.1
F.A.I.R.David Farry85035.4
F.A.I.R.Mel Brown83334.7
Labour Craig Patterson78432.7
Turnout 26.8
Labour win
Independent win
Labour win
Framwellgate and Newton Hall (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Jayne Hopgood 1,628 41.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Ashley Wilkes 1,590 40.9
Liberal Democrats Mamie Simmons 1,452 37.4
Labour Laurence Bell1,17930.4
Labour Joe Lennox1,14029.4
Labour Aurelia Constance Smith1,08227.9
Independent Terry Moderate71418.4
UKIP Colin Thomas Mortimer58915.2
Independent Philip Wolstenholme42110.8
Independent Shaun Kennedy2656.8
Conservative Alex Humphries2376.1
Green James Benedict Elliott1744.5
Conservative Anne Murphy1694.4
Green Amanda Jayne Taylor Aiken1473.8
Green Daniel Alexis Wolfe Stern1413.6
Turnout 36.7
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win
Horden (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Paul Stradling 1,218 72.5
Labour June Clark 939 55.9
Independent Doug Langan44226.3
Independent Dennis Maddison43225.7
Turnout 26.3
Labour win
Labour win
Lanchester (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ossie Johnson 1,189 58.2
Derwentside Independents Richie Young 876 42.9
Labour Janet Box75837.1
UKIP John Harpin41320.2
UKIP Clive Taylor-Sholl34016.6
Conservative Christopher James MacAllister27513.5
Turnout
Labour win
Derwentside Independents win
Leadgate and Medomsley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Derwentside Independents Watts Stelling 1,413 59.1
Derwentside Independents Alan Shield 1,147 48.0
Labour Liam Carr97640.8
Labour Estelle Spring70929.6
Conservative Leanne Moses2068.6
Turnout 33.9
Derwentside Independents win
Derwentside Independents win
Lumley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alan Bell 1,083 58.7
Independent Audrey Willis 889 48.2
Labour David Thompson73739.9
Labour Rita Carr65635.6
Turnout 3.5
Independent win
Independent win
Murton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alan Napier 1,305 75.0
Labour Joyce Maitland 1,214 69.8
UKIP Arthur Ord40323.2
UKIP Michael Walton37621.6
Turnout 27.8
Labour win
Labour win
Neville's Cross (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Martin 1,117 45.4
Liberal Democrats Grenville Holland 1,087 44.2
Green Jonathan Elmer64226.1
Green Stephen Ashfield61925.2
Labour Jonathan Priestman Lovell47119.1
Labour Jonathan George Alfred Roberts44218.0
Conservative Michael Drummond Moverley Smith24710.0
Conservative Wendy Frances Smith2289.3
Turnout 32.1
Liberal Democrats win
Liberal Democrats win
North Lodge (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Peter Howard May 540 47.5
Labour Co-op Sarah Gill28825.3
Liberal Democrats Craig Martin25922.8
Conservative Lucille Diana Nicholson504.4
Turnout 39.0
Independent win

P − S

Passfield (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Joan Maslin 348 36.6
Labour Mandy Jean Thompson33435.1
FAIR & IndependentDavid Hawley27028.4
Turnout 26.1
Independent win
Pelton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Alison Batey 1,788 67.5
Labour Jim Cordon 1,660 62.7
Labour Colin Carr 1,422 53.7
UKIP Stephen Neil Black86532.7
Conservative Joel Andrew Shepherd42916.2
Conservative Henry Spencer39414.9
Turnout 25.7
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Peterlee East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Harry Bennett 797 57.9
Labour Audrey Ellen Laing 728 52.9
FAIR & IndependentJohn Hardy51837.6
FAIR & IndependentSusan Lewins51637.5
Turnout 23.4
Labour win
Labour win
Peterlee West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour James Alvey 669 47.9
Labour Janice Isabella Measor 542 38.8
FAIR & IndependentSusan McDonnell53438.2
FAIR & IndependentKaren Hawley50936.4
Independent Ralph Liddle32523.3
Conservative Mandeep Thandi362.6
Turnout 21.5
Labour win
Labour win
Sacriston (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Heather Sara Liddle 919 61.1
Labour Simon Joseph Wilson 911 60.5
UKIP Bruce Robertson Reid34823.1
UKIP Michael Trevor Toms33021.9
Conservative Mark Anthony Watson1087.2
Liberal Democrats Lynne Michelle Cowan986.5
Conservative Laurence James Ashwin976.4
Liberal Democrats Alexander Nichol Woodmass644.3
Turnout 26.0
Labour win
Labour win
Seaham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Geraldine Bleasdale 748 51.1
Labour Sue Morrison 700 47.8
UKIP Lynn Errington44530.4
UKIP Jeanette Andria Strong40027.3
Conservative Derick Dixon27819.0
Conservative Margaret Reid20914.3
Turnout 25.9
Labour win
Labour win
Sedgefield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Robinson 1,166 50.9
Labour Rachel Lumsdon 939 41.0
Conservative David Ralph Brown86437.7
Conservative Rebecca Rhiannon Hagan66529.0
Independent Jimmy Seymour49321.5
Turnout 35.7
Labour win
Labour win
Sherburn (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Guy 1,084 51.7
Labour David Marshall Hall 1,012 48.3
Liberal Democrats Carol Ann Woods71033.9
Liberal Democrats Maureen Wood64530.8
Independent Andrew Neil Sowerby23111.0
Conservative Will Halford21310.2
Conservative Michael James Fishwick1436.8
Turnout 30.7
Labour win
Labour win
Shildon and Dene Valley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Brian Stephens 1,443 51.2
Labour Henry Nicholson 1,294 45.9
Labour Trish Pemberton 1,104 39.2
Independent David Michael Hancock1,02236.3
Wear Valley Independent GroupKenny Beal79328.2
Liberal Democrats James Garry Huntington73726.2
Independent Robert Ingledew69224.6
Liberal Democrats Gareth Michael Robinson Howe42215.0
Turnout 27.5
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Shotton and South Hetton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Eunice Huntington 893 53.6
Labour Robin John Todd 871 52.3
Independent Ivan Cochrane68641.2
FAIR & IndependentKaron Liddell49329.6
Turnout 24.0
Labour win
Labour win
Spennymoor (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics Kevin Thompson 1,034 43.2
Labour Ian Geldard 950 39.7
Labour Pat Lawton 911 38.1
Spennymoor Independents People Before PoliticsElizabeth Maddison87736.7
Liberal Democrats Ben Ord87236.5
Labour Colin Nelson86836.3
BNP Amanda Molloy27111.3
Conservative George Smedley1887.9
Turnout 27.6
Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics win
Labour win
Labour win
Stanley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Carl Marshall 1,161 68.6
Labour Katherine Dearden 1,064 62.9
Derwentside Independents Jack Pye45526.9
UKIP Alan Robinson25815.2
UKIP Valentine Taylor-Sholl18010.6
Turnout 25.1
Labour win
Labour win

T − W

Tanfield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Olga Milburn 914 50.0
Derwentside Independents Joyce Charlton 777 42.5
Labour Peter McLaughlin75341.2
Derwentside Independents Tom Pattinson56630.9
UKIP Alan Errington29616.2
Turnout 26.7
Derwentside Independents win
Labour win
Tow Law (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Hart 399 44.9
Independent Anita Atkinson22024.8
Wear Valley Independent GroupRon Grogan14816.7
Independent Terry Batson9310.5
Independent Don Nevin Cameron273.0
Turnout 25.2
Labour win
Trimdon and Thornley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Morris Nicholls 1,801 69.7
Labour Lucy Hovvels 1,692 65.5
Labour Peter Brookes 1,654 64.0
UKIP Jean Rosalind Seath58122.5
UKIP Ted Seath51019.7
Turnout 24.9
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Tudhoe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Barbara Graham 1,024 50.9
Labour Neil Crowther Foster 942 46.8
Spennymoor Independents People Before PoliticsRichard Parker44922.3
BNP Pete Molloy41020.4
UKIP Cherry Rozanne Hudson30215.0
Spennymoor Independents People Before PoliticsChristine Sproat26113.0
Conservative Richard Louis Coad1216.0
Liberal Democrats Eddie Rhodes1155.7
Turnout 32.0
Labour win
Labour win
Weardale (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent John Shuttleworth 1,642 59.8
Independent Anita Savory 1,536 56.0
Labour Joe Kirwin98335.8
Conservative Christine Susan Holt1977.2
Conservative Ivy Wilson1425.2
Turnout 41.7
Independent win
Independent win
West Auckland (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Rob Yorke 772 55.3
Labour Christine Wilson 682 48.9
Wear Valley Independent GroupGeorge Smith40829.2
UKIP Betty Hopson34925.0
Conservative Alan Booth20414.6
Turnout 21.1
Labour win
Labour win
Willington and Hunwick (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Joe Buckham 908 52.8
Labour Olwyn Elizabeth Gunn 870 50.6
Wear Valley Independent GroupMatthew Todd73142.5
Conservative Kath Currie33419.4
Conservative Margaret Ann Mukherjee1528.9
Turnout 24.9
Labour win
Labour win
Wingate (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Leo Taylor 538 67.8
Independent Janet Higgins25632.2
Turnout 24.4
Labour win
Woodhouse Close (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Lethbridge 694 56.4
Labour June Elizabeth Lee 602 48.9
Independent Billy Neilson31525.6
Liberal Democrats Betty Todd23118.8
Wear Valley Independent GroupMichael O'Neil15912.9
Wear Valley Independent GroupVince Perkins15212.4
Conservative Jack Victor Seear776.3
Turnout 19.3
Labour win
Labour win

By-elections

Crook, 7 November 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrea Patterson 741 40.3 +9.7
Independent Ian Hirst49627.0-0.9
Wear Valley Independent GroupJohn Bailey36019.6-5.1
Liberal Democrats David English1457.9+0.8
Conservative Beatty Bainbridge542.9N/A
Green Joanne Yelland412.2-3.2
Turnout 18.6
Labour hold Swing N/A
Crook, 18 September 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maureen Stanton 753 47.0 +18.6
UKIP Margaret Hopson33921.1N/A
Liberal Democrats David English23314.5+7.4
Independent Anthony Simpson19312.0N/A
Conservative Alan Booth905.6N/A
Turnout 17.2
Labour gain from Independent Swing N/A
Burnopfield & Dipton, 23 October 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joanne Carr 656 44.9 +9.3
Derwentside Independents Gillian Burnett65544.8+5.3
Conservative Alan Booth835.7N/A
Green Melanie Howd684.7N/A
Turnout 23.4
Labour gain from Derwentside Independents Swing N/A
Evenwood, 23 October 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Heather Broadbent 546 38.2 -14.0
Conservative Anthony Hugill39627.7-4.0
UKIP Graham Casey30921.6-7.9
Independent Lee Carnighan1087.5N/A
Green Greg Robinson725.0N/A
Turnout 21.7
Labour hold Swing N/A
Barnard Castle West, 7 May 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Henderson 2,518 57.6 +0.8
Green Thomas Robinson97222.3-0.6
Labour Philip Hunt87820.1-2.4
Turnout 69.6
Labour hold Swing N/A
Ferryhill, 7 May 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Lindsay 2,266 49.6 +9.2
Independent Joseph Makepeace1,98943.5N/A
Green William Lawrence3166.9N/A
Turnout 55.6
Labour hold Swing N/A
Sherburn, 7 May 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Kellett 2,218 52.3 +0.6
Conservative Michael Fishwick98523.2+16.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tibbs53112.5-21.4
Green Joanna Smith50812.0N/A
Turnout 64.5
Labour hold Swing N/A
Ferryhill, 7 May 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fraser Tinsley 2,169 54.4 +1.6
Independent Matthew Todd1,51238.0-4.5
Green Mark Quinn3017.6N/A
Turnout 58.0
Labour hold Swing N/A
Shotton & South Hetton, 20 August 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Liversidge 595 52.5 +0.2
North East Edward Hall21418.9N/A
UKIP Lee-James Harris13111.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael Anderson1079.4N/A
Conservative Beatrice Bainbridge675.9N/A
Green Martie Warin191.7N/A
Turnout 17.8
Labour hold Swing N/A

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