2025 Durham County Council election

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2025 Durham County Council election
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←  2021 1 May 2025
All 98 seats on Durham County Council
50 seats needed for a majority
Turnout34.8% (Decrease2.svg1.6 pp)
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LeaderAndrew Husband Amanda Hopgood [a]
Party Reform UK Liberal Democrats Independent
Leader's seatChester-le-Street NorthFramwellgate and Newton Hall
Last election0 seats, 0.1%17 seats, 12.4%22 seats, 16.6%
Seats before0 [b] 13 [b] 26 [b]
Seats won651412
Seat changeIncrease2.svg65 [c] Increase2.svg1 [c] Decrease2.svg14 [c]
Popular vote54,65518,64417,595
Percentage34.4%11.7%12.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg34.3%Decrease2.svg0.5%Decrease2.svg5.5%
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LeaderCarl Marshall [d] Richard Bell
Party Labour Green Conservative
Leader's seatStanley (defeated)Upper Teesdale
Last election53 seats, 37.8%1 seats, 3.8%24 seats, 26.8%
Seats before42 [b] 1 [b] 16 [b]
Seats won421
Seat changeDecrease2.svg38 [c] Increase2.svg1 [c] Decrease2.svg15 [c]
Popular vote31,0987,68211,790
Percentage19.5%4.8%7.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg14.0%Increase2.svg1.0%Decrease2.svg19.4%
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Composition of the council
Leader before election

Amanda Hopgood
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Andrew Husband
Reform UK

The 2025 Durham County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Durham County Council in County Durham, England. [3] 98 seats were elected, a reduction from 126. [4] This was on the same day as other local elections. The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Liberal Democrat-led coalition. The election saw Reform UK win a majority of the seats on the council.

Contents

Background

At the 2021 election, the Labour Party lost overall control of the council for the first time in a century. [5] Although Labour were the largest party after the 2021 election, a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Derwentside Independents, Green Party and some of the independent councillors formed to run the council between 2021 and 2025, led by Liberal Democrat councillor Amanda Hopgood. [6]

New division boundaries were drawn up to take effect for the 2025 election, reducing the number of seats on the council from 126 to 98. [7]

In March 2025, a poll from Electoral Calculus for The Daily Telegraph - of all English local authorities with elections in May 2025 - projected that Reform UK would win outright control of, and hold a majority of seats on, the council following the election. [8]

Previous council composition

After 2021 election Before 2025 election [9]
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 53 Labour 52
Conservative 24 Conservative 17
Liberal Democrats 17 Liberal Democrats 15
Derwentside Independents 5 Derwentside Independents 4
Reform UK 0 Reform UK 4
North East 4 North East 2
Green 1 Green 1
Independent 22 Independent 29
VacantN/AVacant2

Changes 2021–2025

Opinion polls

Seat projections

Date(s)
conducted		PollsterClientSample
size		Area Lab Con LD Grn Ref Others
1 – 10 Mar 2025Electoral Calculus [33] Daily Telegraph 5,421GB15490700
6 May 2021 2021 local elections ––5324171031

Results summary

2025 Durham County Council election [34]
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Reform UK 9765650Increase2.svg6566.334.454,655Increase2.svg34.3
  Labour 984038Decrease2.svg384.119.531,098Decrease2.svg14.0
  Liberal Democrats 771410Increase2.svg 114.311.718,644Decrease2.svg0.5
  Independent 5312014Decrease2.svg1412.211.117,679Decrease2.svg5.5
  Conservative 731015Decrease2.svg151.07.411,790Decrease2.svg19.4
  Green 37210Increase2.svg12.04.87,682Increase2.svg1.0
  Derwentside Independents 50N/AN/AN/A-1.11,686Decrease2.svg2.2
 Seaham Community Party40N/AN/AN/A-1.01,622Decrease2.svg0.1
  North East 40N/AN/AN/A-0.6972Decrease2.svg1.0
  SDP 10N/AN/AN/A-0.183New
  UKIP 10N/AN/AN/A-0.033New

Ward results

List of candidates [35]

Annfield Plain and Tanfield

Annfield Plain and Tanfield (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Karen Allison 1,404 47.3
Reform UK Darren Grimes 1,364 46.0
Derwentside Independents Joan Nicholson65922.2
Labour Olga Milburn57919.5
Derwentside Independents Joyce Charlton57419.3
Labour Jeanette Theresa Stephenson51217.3
Green Sarah Twigg1224.1
Conservative Kevin John Briggs1143.8
Liberal Democrats Sopha Phal802.7
Conservative Garry Richardson772.6
Majority
Turnout 2,96836.4

Aycliffe North and Middridge

Aycliffe North and Middridge (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Stead* 1,001 34.1
Reform UK Tim McGuinness 999 34.0
Reform UK Clive Taylor-Sholl88730.2
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Aston80727.5
Conservative David Sutton-Lloyd47116.0
Labour Michael Edward Murphy43814.9
Labour Luke Ellis41914.3
Conservative Tony Stubbs33911.5
Independent Tony Beddard1063.6
Independent Dorothy Bowman943.2
Green Jonathan Stephen Park822.8
Majority
Turnout 2,93634.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Reform UK gain from Conservative Swing

Aycliffe South

Aycliffe South (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK John William Grant 1,459 44.3
Reform UK Nicole Louise Brown 1,335 40.5
Reform UK Andrew Eales 1,287 39.0
Labour Jim Atkinson66720.2
Conservative Paul Howell58917.9
Labour John Joseph Clark55616.9
Independent Ken Robson55016.7
Labour Toyin Ogunyemi39612.0
Independent Martin Ashcroft36311.0
Liberal Democrats Kyle Robinson33110.0
Independent George Coulson Gray3059.3
Liberal Democrats Tunde Akinsanya2868.7
Liberal Democrats John Woodward2868.7
Independent Tony Armstrong2276.9
Green Neale Floyd Darryl Cooley1564.7
Majority
Turnout 3,29629.0

Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Foote-Wood 456 30.8
Reform UK Christopher Paul Bewley43629.4
Conservative Ted Henderson42128.5
Green John Edward Hogg976.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Huzzey634.3
Majority 20
Turnout 1,47335.6
Labour hold Swing

Belmont

Belmont (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lesley Mavin* 1,296 39.4
Liberal Democrats Eric Mavin* 1,256 38.2
Reform UK Christopher Elliott1,02631.2
Reform UK Steve Gilley85325.9
Labour Paul Thomas Finley73322.3
Labour Val Hawes72221.9
Green Joel Graham Thornton3069.3
Conservative Gary Parkin1584.8
Majority
Turnout 3,29239.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Benfieldside

Benfieldside (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Sandra Ruth Grindle 1,064 33.9
Reform UK Andrew James Kilburn 1,007 32.0
Labour Kevin Earley87928.0
Independent Stephen Robinson78324.9
Independent Peter Oliver64620.6
Labour Michael Wass61319.5
Liberal Democrats Terry Rooney36211.5
Liberal Democrats Joanne Nattrass2788.8
Conservative David Lowes2166.9
Conservative Dan Lowes2156.8
Majority
Turnout 3,14339.6

Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Lyndsey Fox 1,870 46.9
Reform UK John Paul Kinvig 1,713 42.9
Reform UK Tom Redmond 1,708 42.8
Labour Kelly Joanne Guest94923.8
Labour Tessa Fay Hope94523.7
Labour Michael Thomas Siddle93423.4
Independent Sam Zair78319.6
Independent Mike Harker42210.6
Conservative Luke Allan Holmes41310.4
Conservative James Peter Middleton3929.8
Conservative Adeline Tchana2466.2
Green S J Hannahs2456.1
Independent Joanne Marie Howey2335.8
Liberal Democrats Christine Thelwell1644.1
Liberal Democrats Arnold Simpson1523.8
Independent John Dennis Brigstock320.8
Majority
Turnout 3,98932.6

Blackhalls and Hesledens

Blackhalls and Hesledens (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rob Crute 629 44.5
Reform UK Gary Johnson62143.9
Liberal Democrats Neil Thompson1148.1
Conservative Victoria Bartch493.5
Majority 8
Turnout 1,41332.6

Bowburn and Coxhoe

Bowburn and Coxhoe (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Kyle Martin Genner 1,613 41.7
Independent Gary Hutchinson 1,419 36.7
Independent Jan Blakey 1,409 36.4
Reform UK Benjamin Straughair1,26932.8
Reform UK Michael Walter Watson1,24232.1
Labour Viv Anderson96224.9
Labour Shaun David Gibson66717.2
Labour Lennox Walter Lauchlan60715.7
Green Catherine Marie Birchmore3849.9
Liberal Democrats Kimberley Noble2005.2
Liberal Democrats George Alexander Chissell1884.9
Liberal Democrats Alexander Greenaway1804.7
Conservative Dorothy Luckhurst1624.2
Conservative Jane McAndrew1453.7
Conservative Clive Oliver Rowland1203.1
Majority
Turnout 3,86931.6

Brandon

Brandon (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jonathan Elmer 1,017 33.7
Green Priscilla Anne Bowen Elmer 900 29.8
Independent Paul Taylor84528.0
Reform UK Andrew Fullard78626.0
Reform UK Mark Leigh70023.2
Labour Anne Bonner50316.6
Labour Nick Rippin45715.1
Independent Carolyn Jayne Smith933.1
Conservative Billy Walker712.3
Liberal Democrats Abrial Jerram622.1
Liberal Democrats Prem Raghvani511.7
Majority
Turnout 3,02236.2

Castle Eden and Passfield

Castle Eden and Passfield (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Scott Woodhouse 804 52.5
Labour Mary Agnes Bell33722.0
North East Party Susan McDonnell1328.6
Independent Karen Hawley1248.1
Conservative James Coulson875.7
Liberal Democrats David Hodgson463.0
Majority 467
Turnout 1,53034.5

Chester-le-Street North

Chester-le-Street North (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Andrew John Husband 1,139 37.3
Labour Tracie Jane Smith 1,082 35.5
Labour Julie Anne Scurfield94430.9
Independent Karen Fantarrow-Darby86028.2
Reform UK Antony Teasdale76525.1
Green Derek Morse2307.5
Conservative David Brown1996.5
Liberal Democrats Philip Bernard Nathan1605.2
SDP Tom Chittenden832.7
Majority
Turnout 3,05240.0

Chester-le-Street South

Chester-le-Street South (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Stephen Sexton 1,641 50.0
Independent Bill Moist 1,453 44.3
Reform UK Geoff Dovaston90827.7
Reform UK Adele Taggart70921.6
Labour Harry Clark51915.8
Labour Eileen McKnight-Smith38311.7
Conservative Ellie Sargeant2176.6
Conservative Sebastian Gradzki1604.9
Green Alan Ostle1514.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Peter Haney1434.4
Majority
Turnout 3,28141.5

Chilton

Chilton (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Stephen Robert Bowron 523 46.9
Independent Sue Reece23521.1
Labour Angus John Ferguson13512.1
Independent Julie Cairns12811.5
Conservative Catherine Anne Hart655.8
Liberal Democrats Carole Lattin282.5
Majority 288
Turnout 1,11430.4

Consett North

Consett North (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Rooney* 772 48.5
Reform UK Trevor Douglas Newsom53733.7
Labour Rob Moran23814.9
Conservative Will Robinson462.9
Majority 235
Turnout 1,59338.4

Consett South

Consett South (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dominic John Haney* 740 54.8
Reform UK Michael McGaun42131.2
Labour Phillip Marshall13910.3
Conservative Rachel McEnaeny443.3
Majority 319
Turnout 1,34435.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Craghead and South Moor

Craghead and South Moor (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK John Michael Cook 1,317 59.4
Reform UK Aaron Hillam 1,148 51.8
Labour Les Timbey60127.1
Labour Carole Ann Hampson59927.0
Liberal Democrats Neil John Bradbury22910.3
Conservative Ian Davison1225.5
Majority
Turnout 2,21827.9

Crook

Crook (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Robbie Rodiss 2,102 51.9
Reform UK Paul David Bean 1,849 45.7
Reform UK Adrian Schulman 1,645 40.6
Independent Anne Reed1,32732.8
Labour Mary Elizabeth Hall71117.6
Labour Michael Edward Beeforth67916.8
Conservative Mike Currah61015.1
Labour John Leslie Wilson56914.1
Conservative Patricia Jopling48412.0
Green Steven Douglas Bamlett3358.3
Green Geoffrey William Martin2806.9
Liberal Democrats Nick Lion2556.3
Majority
Turnout 4,04836.6

Dalton and Dawdon

Dalton and Dawdon (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK George Anderson 945 38.6
Reform UK Jack McGlenen 876 35.8
Seaham Community Party Robert Arthur84534.5
Seaham Community Party Susan Mary Faulkner69028.2
Labour Kevin Joseph Shaw61925.3
Labour June Watson55422.6
Conservative Mark Shanks642.6
Liberal Democrats Giuseppe Enrico Bignardi612.5
Majority
Turnout 2,44730.4
Reform UK gain from Labour Swing
Reform UK gain from Labour Swing

Deerness

Deerness (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Matthew John Burnard 1,259 39.8
Reform UK Sean Patrick Healy 1,105 34.9
Labour Marion Wilson86027.2
Liberal Democrats Edwin Simpson80625.5
Liberal Democrats John Simon Burt74123.4
Labour Jimmy Jamieson71022.4
Green Sarah Jane Banks2397.6
Green Liz Wright1765.6
Conservative Wendy Frances Smith943.0
Conservative Michael Drummond Moverley Smith902.8
Majority
Turnout 3,16437.1
Reform UK gain from Labour Swing
Reform UK gain from Labour Swing

Delves Lane

Delves Lane (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Kenny Hope 1,272 50.3
Reform UK Jacqueline Teasdale 1,045 41.3
Labour Jane Brown62024.5
Labour Simon Andrew Stewart-Piercy46118.2
Conservative Angela Sterling38615.3
Conservative Michelle Walton37915.0
Liberal Democrats Nazcat Stephen Haney27610.9
Liberal Democrats David Bowerbank2198.7
Majority
Turnout 2,52932.9

Derwent and Pont Valley

Derwent and Pont Valley (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Saffron Sims-Brydon 1,913 39.7
Reform UK Gavin Brydon 1,858 38.5
Reform UK Craig Thomas Marshall 1,761 36.5
Labour Veronica Andrews1,27226.4
Labour Declan Gerard John Mulholland1,26726.3
Labour Tom Hubbuck1,05922.0
Derwentside Independents Watts Stelling1,02721.3
Derwentside Independents Alan Shield1,01421.0
Derwentside Independents Eileen Elliott76615.9
Green Richard Edwin Simpson3848.0
Liberal Democrats Tonia Jean Atkinson2896.0
Conservative Jacob Boneham2765.7
Liberal Democrats Stephen Murray2084.3
Majority
Turnout 4,82137.5

Easington and Shotton

Easington and Shotton (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK John Bailey 1,849 52.0
Reform UK Howard William Brown 1,752 49.3
Reform UK Louise Taylor 1,729 48.6
Independent Sophie Louise Brown79822.5
Independent Christopher Ross Hood74320.9
Labour Angela Surtees71320.1
Labour Leeann Clarkson60116.9
Labour Omide Deinali52714.8
Independent Ivan Cochrane47913.5
Conservative Tom Baker1634.6
Independent Rob Moore1584.4
Liberal Democrats Chukwuka Okuchukwu1564.4
Conservative Kye Slawson-Powell1042.9
Majority
Turnout 3,55429.8

Elvet, Gilesgate and Shincliffe

Elvet, Gilesgate and Shincliffe (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Robert Freeman* 936 39.4
Liberal Democrats Ellie Jayne Hopgood 839 35.4
Labour Rory Handy66027.8
Labour Stacey Deinali61325.8
Reform UK Xavier Hale40317.0
Reform UK Isaac Lucan38116.1
Green Stephen James Ashfield35615.0
Green Jamie Michael Pearson2159.1
Conservative George Carter1144.8
Conservative Graham William Lee813.4
Majority
Turnout 2,37329.0

Evenwood

Evenwood (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Robert Potts 732 48.7
Labour Becky Land35223.4
Conservative James Cosslett27518.3
Green Michael Stonehouse765.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Woodward694.6
Majority 380
Turnout 1,50439.4

Ferryhill

Ferryhill (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Paul Mountford 1,114 40.4
Reform UK Joe Michael Quinn 986 35.8
Independent Glenys Joan Newby93433.9
Labour Curtis Ferenc Bihari85731.1
Labour Carole Atkinson62922.8
Conservative David Farry1746.3
Green Matthew Henry Choi1073.9
Conservative Lisa Coxon1023.7
Liberal Democrats Sandra Elizabeth Kirby843.0
Liberal Democrats Bob Peach572.1
UKIP John Barry Lathan331.2
Majority
Turnout 2,75835.5

Framwellgate and Newton Hall

Framwellgate and Newton Hall (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Amanda Hopgood 2,465 53.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilkes 2,425 52.2
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Pears 2,048 44.0
Reform UK Neville Forbes1,17325.2
Reform UK Colin Trevor Toghill98321.1
Labour Kaye Burns83017.8
Labour Rachael Perry76816.5
Labour Valerie Speed68914.8
Green Irene Ostle4329.3
Independent Karon Willis3066.6
Conservative Carolyn Anne Baker2435.2
Conservative Elizabeth Anne Marshall1954.2
Conservative Matthew James Smith191
Majority
Turnout 4,65042.9

Horden and Dene House

Horden and Dene House (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Dawn Bellingham 1,312 54.8
Reform UK John Cottier 1,147 47.9
Labour Chris Cain72530.3
Labour June Clark70329.4
Independent Paul Maddison1656.9
Independent Arlene Helen Childs1004.2
Liberal Democrats Owen Temple853.6
Independent Matthew Thomas Tough672.8
Conservative Nigel Jeremy Cassidy572.4
Majority
Turnout 2,39330.3

Lanchester and Burnhope

Lanchester and Burnhope (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Louise Gray 755 35.8
Conservative Doug Oliver71033.7
Reform UK Stephen Harrison56326.7
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Williams793.7
Majority 45
Turnout 2,10747.4

Langley and Esh

Langley and Esh (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Neil 777 48.0
Reform UK Andrea Mary Brown53433.0
Labour Michael Toner18711.5
Green Joshua James Lightfoot684.2
Conservative Mark Paul Shaw543.3
Majority 243
Turnout 1,62037.4

Lower Teesdale

Lower Teesdale (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Jillian Anne Campbell 1,075 37.4
Reform UK Jasmine Fox 1,008 35.1
Green Sarah Louise Hannan72625.3
Conservative George Morland Richardson66623.2
Conservative James Rowlandson63622.1
Green Marc Cole55519.3
Labour Simon Lind43415.1
Labour Noah Padraig McCourt30210.5
Liberal Democrats Wico van Mourik1164.0
Majority
Turnout 2,87342.4

Lumley and West Rainton

Lumley and West Rainton (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Alan Bell 1,581 54.2
Independent Philip Heaviside 1,353 46.4
Reform UK Adam Carter-Jones84429.0
Reform UK Ewan Charles Marshall71924.7
Labour Paul Greenwood32511.1
Labour Lyn Leach30110.3
Liberal Democrats David Alan Haswell1525.2
Conservative Thomas Shanks1404.8
Green Bisserka Ivanova Gaydarska1153.9
Majority
Turnout 2,91538.0

Murton

Murton (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK David Cumming 1,045 45.1
Reform UK Mark Stephen Rowney 938 40.5
Labour Julie Ann Griffiths78133.7
Labour Robert Adcock-Forster68229.5
Independent Brian Brown32213.9
Independent Stephen George Robson31213.5
Conservative Brian Wareham1215.2
Liberal Democrats Antonio Milian994.3
Majority
Turnout 2,31529.1

Nevilles Cross

Nevilles Cross (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Brown 1,402 52.9 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Scott 1,266 47.8 +3.6
Labour Les Wilson54520.6−6.4
Labour Gabriel Ridley52920.0−1.6
Green Jack Hughes47618.0−3.5
Reform UK Gary Black38214.4N/A
Reform UK Katrina Rockett31411.9N/A
Conservative Deborah Jane Whitfield1726.5−7.2
Majority
Turnout 2,64831.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

North Lodge

North Lodge (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Craig Martin 999 58.0
Reform UK Darren Hawkes43225.1
Labour Glenn James Batey21212.3
Conservative Krishnarajasri Krishnapillai372.1
Green Chris Dale362.1
Majority 567
Turnout 1,71644.4

Pelton

Pelton (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Steve Biggs 1,767 47.5
Reform UK Ian Mark Cross 1,748 47.0
Reform UK Brian Quirey 1,630 43.8
Labour Alison Joan Batey1,42838.4
Labour Danny Wood1,30034.9
Labour Paul Pringle1,22132.8
Green Andrew Gray2637.1
Conservative Darren Whitfield2556.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Neil2456.6
Liberal Democrats Adam Joseph Walker2155.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel van Zwanenberg1804.8
Majority
Turnout 3,72231.1

Peterlee

Peterlee (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Steven Franklin 1,063 52.1
Reform UK Dawn Saunders 900 44.1
Labour Louise Fenwick42520.8
Labour Audrey Ellen Laing38418.8
North East Party Mary Alison Cartwright32616.0
Independent Ray Burnip1738.5
Independent Diane Howarth1728.4
North East Party Al Wilkinson864.2
Conservative Michael Cassidy824.0
Independent David Hawley773.8
Liberal Democrats Heather Leake572.8
Majority
Turnout 2,03924.2

Pittington and Sherburn

Pittington and Sherburn (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Rhys Burriss 508 35.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen Charles White44331.0
Labour Bill Kellett35624.9
Conservative Malcolm Colledge634.4
Green Maggie Tallerman543.8
Majority 65
Turnout 1,42438.5
Reform UK gain from Labour Swing

Sacriston and Witton Gilbert

Sacriston and Witton Gilbert (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK James Pickard 1,088 42.4
Reform UK Timothy John Robson 1,023 39.9
Liberal Democrats Hugh Massey80731.5
Liberal Democrats Andy Przybysz70927.7
Labour Emma Waldock55321.6
Labour Andrew Eric Page50019.5
Green Nicholas Leight Kasch1776.9
Majority
Turnout 2,56432.7

Seaham

Seaham (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Andrew Harrison 1,219 40.9
Reform UK Christopher Fairs 1,145 38.4
Seaham Community Party Barry Taylor77726.0
Labour Rochelle Laine74725.0
Labour John James Purvis69123.2
Seaham Community Party Stephen Wayman65622.0
Green Stephen Jonathan Joseph1515.1
Conservative Ian Leslie McAndrew1505.0
Conservative Tolu Kolawole1163.9
Liberal Democrats Rafe J Richards872.9
Majority
Turnout 2,98334.3

Sedgefield

Sedgefield(2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Chris Lines 1,372 44.1
Reform UK Ian Catchpole 1,115 35.9
Reform UK Christine Moore92629.8
Conservative Elaine Peeke62420.1
Labour Lucy Ann Gibson52917.0
Labour Kester Noble50116.1
Green Rebecca Margaret Dixon2297.4
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Ann Shaw1203.9
Green Richard Wilkes1113.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Hugh Layton1023.3
Majority
Turnout 3,11039.4

Shildon and Dene Valley

Shildon and Dene Valley (3 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Michael David Ramage 2,220 56.8
Reform UK Kate Rowland 2,181 55.8
Reform UK James Michael Stephenson 2,034 52.0
Labour Shirley Quinn84921.7
Labour Samantha Townsend80520.6
Labour Charlie Kay76819.6
Independent Fred Langley62516.0
Liberal Democrats Leanne Barrett3899.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Shaw3368.6
Conservative Jack Charlton2827.2
Conservative Clive Michael Parker2215.7
Majority
Turnout 3,91132.3

Spennymoor

Spennymoor (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liz Maddison 1,162 37.5
Independent Pete Molloy 1,006 32.5
Reform UK Ernest Spowart97731.5
Reform UK William Sydney Thorkildsen82426.6
Liberal Democrats Dean Ranyard54417.6
Liberal Democrats Liss Owen46615.0
Labour Stephen Francis Gilling44414.3
Labour Jabez Jordon Sherrington32410.5
Conservative David Barry Evans973.1
Conservative Christopher Anthony Coxon702.3
Majority
Turnout 3,09834.5
Independent hold Swing
Independent hold Swing

Stanley

Stanley (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Christine Blatchford 1,366 54.5
Reform UK David Stanley Walton 1,336 53.3
Labour James Kane64025.5
Labour Carl Marshall60124.0
Independent Paddy McGough27010.8
Liberal Democrats David Agutter Rolfe1546.1
Conservative Charles Aldous1174.7
Independent Frankie Elise Ward783.1
Majority
Turnout 2,50530.9

Thornley and Wheatley Hill

Thornley and Wheatley Hill (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Neil Craggs 921 65.1
Labour Jake Miller37526.5
Liberal Democrats Pamela Ann Askell654.6
Conservative Graham Southall533.7
Majority 546
Turnout 1,41432.5

Trimdon and Wingate

Trimdon and Wingate (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Mary-Lynn Franklin 1,361 49.7
Reform UK Susan Husband 1,171 42.7
Labour Lucy Hovvels79729.1
Labour Paul Trippett66024.1
North East Party Sean Ward Ivey51418.8
Liberal Democrats Liz Temple1866.8
Conservative Rathika Krishnarajasri1204.4
Majority
Turnout 2,74131.4

Tudhoe

Tudhoe (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Billy McAloon 996 40.6
Reform UK Nicola Lyons 826 33.7
Reform UK Dave Whalley74730.5
Independent Andy Anderson69728.4
Labour Ian Geldard47919.5
Labour Neil Crowther Foster41216.8
Liberal Democrats Beckie Ranyard1686.9
Liberal Democrats Martin Thomas Brian Jones1014.1
Conservative Oliver Garbutt Peeke984.0
Conservative Michael Francis Renton733.0
Majority
Turnout 2,45131.2

Upper Teesdale

Upper Teesdale (1 Seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Andrew Bell 808 45.5
Reform UK Ian Hirst52229.4
Labour Chris Kelsey25314.3
Green Kathleen McGough1035.8
Liberal Democrats Florence Diana Simpson844.7
Majority 286
Turnout 1,77048.1

Weardale

Weardale (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Anita Savory 1,331 36.8
Independent John Shuttleworth 1,215 33.6
Reform UK Paul Beattie1,03728.6
Reform UK David Brown1,03128.5
Conservative Will Wearmouth76221.0
Conservative Richard Lawrie49013.5
Green Matthew James Ferguson2677.4
Labour Gemma Louise Holmes-Wood2506.9
Labour Sally-Beth Marshall2336.4
Liberal Democrats Olivia Evelyn Dunn1353.7
Majority
Turnout 3,62047.5

West Auckland

West Auckland (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Nick Brown 1,453 52.0
Reform UK Stephen Gray 1,287 46.1
Labour Robert John Yorke90632.4
Labour George Smith87431.3
Conservative Georgia Lynne Holmes2308.2
Independent Lesley Gwyneth Zair1314.7
Green Liz Tyrrell1184.2
Independent Alan John Breeze1043.7
Liberal Democrats Alyson Hudson893.2
Liberal Democrats Alison Clare Fidgin782.8
Majority
Turnout 2,79234.2

Willington and Hunwick

Willington and Hunwick (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Cathy Hunt 1,336 49.0
Reform UK Emma Hunt 1,281 47.0
Labour Olwyn Elizabeth Gunn76328.0
Labour Trevor Tinsley61022.4
Conservative Sam Mitchell-Worthington2499.1
Independent Angela Smith2418.8
Conservative Aiden Smith2258.2
Green David Ata Saygi1806.6
Liberal Democrats Geoff Moore1746.4
Liberal Democrats Aaron George Calder1344.9
Majority
Turnout 2,72838.0

Aftermath

Just nine days the election, Reform UK councillor Andrew Kilburn, who was elected in Benfieldside, resigned after it emerged he did not inform the party that he had previously worked for the council, the resulting by-election was won by the Liberal Democrats. [36]

On the 14th of May 2025, independent councillor for Chester-le-Street, Paul Sexton, defected to Reform UK. [37]

The leader of the Reform UK group on the council prior to the election had been Robert Potts. [1] Following the election, Reform UK chose Andrew Husband to be their new group leader. [38] He was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2025. [39]

On the 9th of June 2025, Reform UK Councillor for Easington and Shotton, John Bailey, announced his resignation due to ill health, the resulting by-election resulted in a Reform UK hold [40]

On the 19th of August 2025, Reform UK Councillor for Crook was suspended by the party over reported comments he had made about asylum seekers, breaching Civil Service impartiality rules, due to his job assessing asylum seeker's claims. [41]

Benfieldside by-election

Benfieldside by-election: 3 July 2025 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terry Rooney 824 28.3 +17.3
Labour Kevin Earley80027.4+0.8
Reform UK Stephen Harrison74725.6−6.6
Independent Stephen Robinson45915.7−8.0
Conservative David Lowes761.6−5.0
Green Richard Simpson401.4N/A
Majority 240.9N/A
Turnout 2,95337.4−2.2
Registered electors 7,981
Liberal Democrats gain from Reform UK Swing Increase2.svg8.3

Easington & Shotton by-election

Easington & Shotton by-election: 7 August 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Louise Penders 1,208 46.7 +1.6
Labour Angela Surtees52320.2+2.8
Independent Christopher Hood52020.1+2.0
Independent Ivan Cochrane1796.9–4.8
Green Stephen Ashfield602.3N/A
Conservative Anthony Stubbs471.8–2.2
Liberal Democrats Chukwuka Okuchukwu271.0–2.8
Independent Arlene Childs230.9N/A
Majority 68526.5N/A
Turnout 2,58921.7–8.1
Registered electors 11,942
Reform UK hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.6

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notional 2021 results.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Boundary changes reduced the number of seats, so these are notional changes.
  4. ↑ Prior to the election, the Green Party councillor formed part of the Durham Group, led by Derwentside Independents councillor Alan Shield.
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