Durham City Council elections were generally held every four years between the reforms of 1974 and the council's abolition in 2009. Durham was a non-metropolitan district in County Durham, England. On 1 April 2009 the council's functions passed to Durham County Council, which became a unitary authority.
From 1836 to 1974 the city of Durham was a municipal borough, sometimes called "Durham and Framwelgate". Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a non-metropolitan district. [1] [2] [3] [4] The first election to the reconstituted city council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1973 until its abolition in 2009 was held by the following parties: [5]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1973–1979 | |
No overall control | 1979–1983 | |
Labour | 1983–2003 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2003–2009 |
The leaders of the council from 2003 until its abolition in 2009 were: [6]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sue Pitts [7] | Liberal Democrats | 2003 | 2004 | |
Fraser Reynolds | Liberal Democrats | 2004 | 31 Mar 2009 |
Election | Labour | Liberal Democrat [lower-alpha 1] | Conservative | Independent | Total | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1973 [8] | 40 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 61 | |
1976 [9] | 34 | 10 | 0 | 17 [lower-alpha 2] | 61 | |
1979 [10] | 24 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 49 | New ward boundaries [11] |
1983 [12] | 27 | 9 [lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 11 [lower-alpha 4] | 49 | |
1987 [13] | 26 | 14 [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 9 [lower-alpha 6] | 49 | City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same [14] [15] |
1991 [16] | 28 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 49 | |
1995 [17] | 38 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 49 | City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same [18] [19] |
1999 [20] | 33 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 49 | |
2003 [21] | 17 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 50 | New ward boundaries [22] |
2007 [23] | 17 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 50 | |
The following is an incomplete list of by-elections to Durham City Council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 561 | 64.2 | |||
Independent | 259 | 29.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 54 | 6.2 | |||
Majority | 302 | 34.6 | |||
Turnout | 874 | 31.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 239 | 51.7 | -20.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 223 | 48.3 | +20.9 | ||
Majority | 16 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 462 | 29.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 645 | 59.5 | -8.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 396 | 36.5 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative | 43 | 4.0 | +4.0 | ||
Majority | 249 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,084 | 23.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 364 | 46.1 | -4.5 | ||
Independent | 244 | 30.9 | +1.6 | ||
Labour | 119 | 15.1 | +0.1 | ||
Conservative | 63 | 8.0 | +2.9 | ||
Majority | 120 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 790 | 26.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Hopgood | 740 | 70.7 | -9.4 | |
Labour | 180 | 17.2 | -2.7 | ||
Conservative | 65 | 6.2 | +6.2 | ||
Independent | 62 | 5.9 | +5.9 | ||
Majority | 560 | 53.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,047 | 39.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Les Thomson | 1,618 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | 1,141 | 38.2 | |||
Conservative | 229 | 7.7 | |||
Majority | 477 | 53.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,988 | 69.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Hepplewhite | 1,947 | 69.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 640 | 22.8 | |||
Conservative | 221 | 7.9 | |||
Majority | 1,307 | 46.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,808 | 64.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Colledge | 658 | 48.7 | -5.1 | |
Labour | Angela Leary | 625 | 46.3 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Carolyn Smith | 67 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 33 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,350 | 35.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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