Durham County Council election, 2013

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Durham County Council election, 2013

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All 126 council division seats
64 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Independent Liberal Democrat
Last election67 seats, 40.4%12 seats, 12.9%27 seats, 22.3%
Seats won9499
Seat changeIncrease2.svg27Decrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg18
Popular vote115,47426,01022,304
Percentage52.2%11.8%10.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg11.8%Decrease2.svg1.1%Decrease2.svg12.2%
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Party Derwentside Independents Conservative
Last election10 seats, 6.2%10 seats, 12.9%
Seats won84
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg6
Popular vote11,48217,014
Percentage6.2%7.7%
SwingSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg5.2%

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 United Kingdom local elections, 2013. [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.

Durham County Council British administrative body

Durham County Council is the local authority of the non-metropolitan County Durham in North East England. Since 2009 it has been a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. From 1889 to 2009 it was a county council in a two-tier arrangement.

First-past-the-post voting voting system in which voters select one candidate, and the candidate who receives more votes than any other candidate wins

A first-past-the-post electoral system is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins. This is sometimes described as winner takes all. First-past-the-post voting is a plurality voting method. FPTP is a common, but not universal, feature of electoral systems with single-member electoral divisions, and is practiced in close to one third of countries. Notable examples include Canada, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as most of their current or former colonies and protectorates.

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]

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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.

Weardale

Weardale is a dale, or valley, of the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, England. Large parts of Weardale fall within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) – the second largest AONB in England and Wales. The upper valley is surrounded by high fells and heather grouse moors. The River Wear flows through Weardale before reaching Bishop Auckland and then Durham, meeting the sea at Sunderland.

Conservative Party (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it is the largest in the House of Commons, with 314 Members of Parliament, and also has 249 members of the House of Lords, 18 members of the European Parliament, 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

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.

Consett town in County Durham, UK

Consett is a town in the northwest of County Durham, England, about 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is home to 27,394 (2001).

Barnard Castle town in Durham, Britain

Barnard Castle is a market town in Teesdale, County Durham, England. It is named after the castle around which it was built. It is the main settlement in the Teesdale area, and is a popular tourist destination. The Bowes Museum has the best collection of European fine and decorative arts in the North of England, housed in a "magnificent" 19th-century French-style chateau. Its most famous exhibit is the 18th-century Silver Swan automaton, though art includes work by Goya and El Greco.

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/A−37.111.826,010−1.1%
  Liberal Democrat 9N/AN/A−187.110.122,304−12.2%
  Derwentside Independents 8N/AN/A−26.36.211,482−1.0%
  Conservative 4N/AN/A−63.27.717,014−5.2%
 Wear Valley Independent Group1N/AN/A+10.82.24,954N/A
 Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics1N/AN/A+10.81.22,621N/A
  UKIP 0N/AN/A00.05.311,635+5.2%
 Free Association for Independent Representation (FAIR)0N/AN/A00.02.45,389N/A
  Green 0N/AN/A00.01.73,694+1.6%
  BNP 0N/AN/A00.00.3681−3.5

Results by electoral division

A − B

Annfield Plain (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Michele Hodgson95928.6N/A
Labour Thomas J Nearney79923.9N/A
Derwentside Independents Joan Nicholson75722.6N/A
Derwentside Independents David Walker43312.9N/A
UKIP Ken Rollings40212.0N/A
Turnout 29.8
Labour win
Labour win
Aycliffe East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Sarah Jane Iveson88529.3N/A
Labour Jed Hillary73224.2N/A
Independent Bill Blenkinsopp59819.8N/A
Independent Paul Steven Gittins45615.1N/A
Independent Lileen Cuthbertson2337.7N/A
Conservative Raymond Goodson1193.9N/A
Turnout 25.8
Labour win
Labour win
Aycliffe North and Middridge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joan Gray98824.8N/A
Labour John D Clare98524.8N/A
Labour Mike Dixon88422.2N/A
Independent Sandra Haigh66016.6N/A
Conservative Marney Jane Swan46111.6N/A
Turnout 21.3
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Aycliffe West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kate Hopper76128.6N/A
Labour Eddy Adam69726.2N/A
Independent Dorothy Bowman27410.3N/A
Independent George Gray44516.7N/A
Independent Brian Haigh1856.9N/A
Independent June Croft1043.9N/A
Independent Sally Annmarie Symons1033.9N/A
Conservative Fane Robert Conant Murray943.5N/A
Turnout 23.1
Labour win
Labour win
Barnard Castle East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative James Michael Rowlandson99129.4N/A
Conservative George Richardson77122.9N/A
Labour Thomas Robert Caygill56616.8N/A
Labour Graham David Young56216.7N/A
UKIP David Albert Cyril Royle48114.3N/A
Turnout 27.6
Conservative win
Conservative win
Barnard Castle West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Richard Andrew Bell1,39536.1N/A
Conservative Barbara Harrison1,19130.9N/A
Green Thom Robinson48112.5N/A
Labour Phil Hunt47212.2N/A
Labour Matthew Burdess3218.3N/A
Turnout 31.4
Conservative win
Conservative win
Belmont (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Co-op Katie Corrigan1,49015.3N/A
Labour Co-op Patrick Conway1,48815.3N/A
Labour Co-op Bill Moir1,30013.3N/A
Liberal Democrat Eric Stuart Mavin1,14611.8N/A
Liberal Democrat Dennis Southwell1,00410.3N/A
Liberal Democrat Christopher Pattinson9669.9N/A
Independent Arthur Walker7077.3N/A
Independent Chris Gill6456.6N/A
Green Thomas Victor Kaye2722.8N/A
Conservative Marc Alexander Krajewski2672.7N/A
Conservative Paul Jackson2372.4N/A
Green William Jennings Pinkney-Baird2222.3N/A
Turnout 34.3
Labour Co-op win
Labour Co-op win
Labour Co-op win
Benfieldside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Derwentside Independents Stephen Robinson1,09028.4N/A
Derwentside Independents Peter Oliver91523.9N/A
Labour John Davies76119.9N/A
Labour Brynnen Elizabeth Ririe62516.3N/A
Liberal Democrat Keith English2747.2N/A
Liberal Democrat James Settrey1674.4N/A
Turnout 32.0
Derwentside Independents win
Derwentside Independents win
Bishop Auckland Town (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Wear Valley Independent GroupSam Zair86129.9N/A
Labour Joy Allen61521.4N/A
Labour Dave Hunter55219.2N/A
Conservative John Gasston44215.4N/A
Liberal Democrat Alan Anderson40614.1N/A
Turnout 26.5
Wear Valley Independent Group win
Labour win
Bishop Middleham and Cornforth (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mick Simpson59282.3N/A
Conservative Judith May Webb12717.7N/A
Turnout 23.4
Labour win
Blackhalls (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rob Crute1,15137.5N/A
Labour Lynn Pounder1,04634.1N/A
Independent Alan Cox86928.3N/A
Turnout 28.3
Labour win
Labour win
Brandon (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Turnbull1,39640.9N/A
Labour Paul Taylor1,38440.6N/A
Liberal Democrat Maureen Smith40311.8N/A
Conservative Jak Hocking2296.7N/A
Turnout 25.2
Labour win
Labour win
Burnopfield and Dipton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Derwentside Independents Bob Alderson76020.9N/A
Labour Ivan Jewell70119.3N/A
Labour Joanne Carr68818.9N/A
Derwentside Independents David Marrs51014.1N/A
Independent Reg Ord38110.5N/A
Independent Roland Hemsley3289.0N/A
Independent Trevor Ord2577.1N/A
Turnout 30.4
Derwentside Independents win
Labour win

C − D

Chester-le-Street East (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Lawson Armstrong31032.2N/A
Conservative Beaty Bainbridge28529.6N/A
UKIP Graham Roy Thorp22923.8N/A
Independent Maureen Diana May14014.5N/A
Turnout 30.8
Labour win
Chester-le-Street North (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Tracie Jane Smith85375.9N/A
Conservative Philip Hall14813.0N/A
UKIP Lesley Cook13712.0N/A
Turnout 35.4
Labour win
Chester-le-Street South (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Co-op Keith Davidson1,04726.4N/A
Labour Co-op Katherine Helen Henig92623.4N/A
Conservative Allan Bainbridge52813.3N/A
UKIP Fiona Ford41010.3N/A
Conservative Daniel Mayne3799.6N/A
UKIP Miles Ford3779.5N/A
Liberal Democrat Philip Bernard Nathan1814.6N/A
Liberal Democrat Michael Keith Peacock1142.9N/A
Turnout 33.1
Labour Co-op win
Labour Co-op win
Chester-le-Street West Central (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Simon Antony Henig1,17137.2N/A
Labour Linda Marshall1,12635.7N/A
UKIP Kenneth W Taylor33510.6N/A
UKIP Samantha Robinson2658.4N/A
Conservative Mark Thomas Nicholson1374.3N/A
Conservative Julie Ann Watson1163.7N/A
Turnout 27.2
Labour win
Labour win
Chilton (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Christine Potts64665.5N/A
Independent Peter Davies28028.4N/A
Conservative Richard Child616.2N/A
Turnout 31.7
Labour win
Consett North (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Owen Temple92423.6N/A
Independent Alex Watson76519.5N/A
Labour Clive Robson57414.7N/A
Labour Sara-Jane Heslop49912.7N/A
Liberal Democrat Margaret Nealis49112.5N/A
Derwentside Independents Mary Westgarth40810.4N/A
UKIP Shaun Bailey2536.5N/A
Turnout 33.7
Liberal Democrat win
Independent win
Consett South (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Derwentside Independents Derek Hicks30653.6N/A
Labour Malcolm Andrew Clarke26546.4N/A
Turnout 19.8
Derwentside Independents win
Coundon (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Charlie Kay39660.6N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupLesley Zair21733.2N/A
Conservative Michael John Gossage416.3N/A
Turnout 20.2
Labour win
Coxhoe (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mac Williams1,82628.1N/A
Labour Maria Leina Plews1,73726.8N/A
Labour Jan Blakey153623.7N/A
Conservative Miranda Jupp2644.1N/A
Liberal Democrat John Lightley2644.1N/A
Conservative Edward Parson2443.8N/A
Conservative Benjamin Tomos Lewis2413.7N/A
Liberal Democrat Stuart Walton2093.2N/A
Liberal Democrat Adam Walker1692.6N/A
Turnout 26.6
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Craghead and South Moor (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Mark Davinson99536.3N/A
Labour Carole Hampson93934.3N/A
Derwentside Independents Jim Lockie48817.8N/A
UKIP Andrew McDonald31911.6N/A
Turnout 26.3
Labour win
Labour win
Crook (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Eddie Murphy77112.3N/A
Labour Eddie Tomlinson71911.5N/A
Labour Geoff Mowbray69111.0N/A
Labour Lindsay Wright64210.3N/A
Independent Ian Hirst63010.1N/A
Independent John Winter5949.5N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupJohn Bailey5598.9N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupPatricia Jopling4767.6N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupAaron Cowen4507.2N/A
Liberal Democrat David English1612.6N/A
Liberal Democrat David Gordon Halliday1442.3N/A
Liberal Democrat Ken Godard1241.9N/A
Green Jo Yelland1231.9N/A
Green Katherine Ruth Margrave Machen891.4N/A
Green Gerald Alken881.4N/A
Turnout 23.8
Independent win
Labour win
Labour win
Dawdon (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kevin Joseph Shaw1,11537.9N/A
Labour Sonia Forster99333.8N/A
Independent Robert Arthur82928.2N/A
Turnout 26.6
Labour win
Labour win
Deerness (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jean Kathleen Chaplow1,75321.9N/A
Labour David Bell1,61620.2N/A
Labour Anne Bonner1,47518.5N/A
Liberal Democrat John Wilkinson6327.9N/A
Independent Rev Crooks5396.7N/A
Independent Annette Crooks4245.3N/A
Independent Shaun Easter4045.1N/A
Liberal Democrat John Joseph Kelley3594.5N/A
Liberal Democrat Andrea Watts3574.5N/A
Conservative Andrew Lloyd1551.9N/A
Conservative Benjamin Frost1511.9N/A
Conservative Theo Lloyd1251.6N/A
Turnout
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Delves Lane (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jane Brown1,06643.9N/A
Labour Bob Glass77632.0N/A
Derwentside Independents Lesley Anne Richardson58123.9N/A
Turnout 23.9
Labour win
Labour win
Deneside (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Edward Bell97245.1N/A
Labour Jennifer Ann Bell92042.7N/A
Steven Paul Colborn26312.2N/A
Turnout 20.6
Labour win
Labour win
Durham South (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Stoker34943.3N/A
Labour Andrzej Olechnowicz25031.0N/A
Conservative Jonathan Alan Duell11714.5N/A
Green Robert Edward Shaw9011.2N/A
Turnout 27.9
Liberal Democrat win

E − N

Easington (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour David John Boyes1,02637.6N/A
Labour Angela Surtees93634.3N/A
Independent Terry Murray52119.1N/A
Green Martie Warin2448.9N/A
Turnout 25.4
Labour win
Labour win
Elvet and Gilesgate (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat David Robert Freeman57220.2N/A
Liberal Democrat Richard Daniel Ormerod53218.8N/A
Labour Alan Hayton45015.9N/A
Labour Peter James Thompson41314.8N/A
Conservative Rebecca Mary Louise Coulson1936.8N/A
Green Sean Patrick Healy1916.7N/A
Green Jake Adam Pentland1716.0N/A
Conservative Patricia Wynne1605.6N/A
UKIP Christopher John Arthur1515.3N/A
Turnout 21.3
Liberal Democrat win
Liberal Democrat win
Esh and Witton Gilbert (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joe Armstrong89721.9N/A
Labour Barbara Armstrong86521.2N/A
Liberal Democrat Arnie Simpson69316.9N/A
Liberal Democrat Paul Guy63615.6N/A
UKIP Rita Moralee41010.0N/A
UKIP Susan Bell3909.6N/A
Conservative Megan Alis Roberts1052.6N/A
Conservative Pok Lai Leung862.1N/A
Turnout 32.1
Labour win
Labour win
Evenwood (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Pauline Mary Charlton87029.9N/A
Labour Andy Turner65522.5N/A
Conservative Stephen Hugill52918.2N/A
UKIP Graham Casey49116.9N/A
Conservative Linda Raper36212.5N/A
Turnout 24.9
Labour win
Labour win
Ferryhill (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Patrick McCourt96815.9N/A
Independent Brian Francis Avery93315.3N/A
Labour Pauline Crathorne86714.2N/A
F.A.I.R.Charlie Rand86614.2N/A
F.A.I.R.David Farry85013.9N/A
F.A.I.R.Mel Brown83313.7N/A
Labour Craig Patterson78412.9N/A
Turnout 26.8
Labour win
Independent win
Labour win
Framwellgate and Newton Hall (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Amanda Jayne Hopgood1,62814.9N/A
Liberal Democrat Mark Ashley Wilkes1,59014.5N/A
Liberal Democrat Mamie Simmons1,45213.3N/A
Labour Laurence Bell1,17910.8N/A
Labour Joe Lennox1,14010.4N/A
Labour Aurelia Constance Smith1,0829.9N/A
Independent Terry Moderate7146.5N/A
UKIP Colin Thomas Mortimer5895.4N/A
Independent Philip Wolstenholme4213.9N/A
Independent Shaun Kennedy2652.4N/A
Conservative Alex Humphries2372.2N/A
Green James Benedict Elliott1741.6N/A
Conservative Anne Murphy1691.5N/A
Green Amanda Jayne Taylor Aiken1471.3N/A
Green Daniel Alexis Wolfe Stern1411.3N/A
Turnout 36.7
Liberal Democrat win
Liberal Democrat win
Liberal Democrat win
Horden (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Stradling1,21840.2N/A
Labour June Clark93930.9N/A
Independent Doug Langan44214.6N/A
Independent Dennis Maddison43214.3N/A
Turnout 26.3
Labour win
Labour win
Lanchester (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ossie Johnson1,18930.9N/A
Derwentside Independents Richie Young87622.7N/A
Labour Janet Box75819.7N/A
UKIP John Harpin41310.7N/A
UKIP Clive Taylor-Sholl3408.8N/A
Conservative Christopher James MacAllister2757.1N/A
Turnout
Labour win
Derwentside Independents win
Leadgate and Medomsley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Derwentside Independents Watts Stelling1,41331.7N/A
Derwentside Independents Alan Shield1,14725.8N/A
Labour Liam Carr97621.9N/A
Labour Estelle Spring70915.9N/A
Conservative Leanne Moses2064.6N/A
Turnout 33.9
Derwentside Independents win
Derwentside Independents win
Lumley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Alan Bell1,08332.2N/A
Independent Audrey Willis88926.4N/A
Labour Rita Carr65619.5N/A
Labour David Thompson73721.9N/A
Turnout 3.5
Independent win
Independent win
Murton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alan Napier1,30539.6N/A
Labour Joyce Maitland1,21436.8N/A
UKIP Arthur Ord40312.2N/A
UKIP Michael Walton37611.4N/A
Turnout 27.8
Labour win
Labour win
Neville's Cross (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Nigel Martin1,11723.0N/A
Liberal Democrat Grenville Holland1,08722.4N/A
Green Jonathan Elmer64213.2N/A
Green Stephen Ashfield61912.8N/A
Labour Jonathan Priestman Lovell4719.7N/A
Labour Jonathan George Alfred Roberts4429.1N/A
Conservative Michael Drummond Moverley Smith2475.1N/A
Conservative Wendy Frances Smith2284.7N/A
Turnout 32.1
Liberal Democrat win
Liberal Democrat win
North Lodge (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Peter Howard May54047.5N/A
Labour Co-op Sarah Gill28825.3N/A
Liberal Democrat Craig Martin25922.8N/A
Conservative Lucille Diana Nicholson504.4N/A
Turnout 39.0
Independent win

P − S

Passfield (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Joan Maslin34836.6N/A
Labour Mandy Jean Thompson33435.1N/A
FAIR & IndependentDavid Hawley27028.4N/A
Turnout 26.1
Independent win
Pelton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alison Batey1,78827.3N/A
Labour Jim Cordon1,66025.3N/A
Labour Colin Carr1,42221.7N/A
UKIP Stephen Neil Black86513.2N/A
Conservative Joel Andrew Shepherd4296.5N/A
Conservative Henry Spencer3946.0N/A
Turnout 25.7
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Peterlee East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Harry Bennett79731.1N/A
Labour Audrey Ellen Laing72828.4N/A
FAIR & IndependentJohn Hardy51820.2N/A
FAIR & IndependentSusan Lewins51620.2N/A
Turnout 23.4
Labour win
Labour win
Peterlee West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour James Alvey66925.6N/A
Labour Janice Isabella Measor54220.7N/A
FAIR & IndependentSusan McDonnell53420.4N/A
FAIR & IndependentKaren Hawley50919.5N/A
Independent Ralph Liddle32512.4N/A
Conservative Mandeep Thandi361.4N/A
Turnout 21.5
Labour win
Labour win
Sacriston (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Heather Sara Liddle91931.9N/A
Labour Simon Joseph Wilson91131.7N/A
UKIP Bruce Robertson Reid34812.1N/A
UKIP Michael Trevor Toms33011.5N/A
Conservative Mark Anthony Watson1083.8N/A
Liberal Democrat Lynne Michelle Cowan983.4N/A
Conservative Laurence James Ashwin973.4N/A
Liberal Democrat Alexander Nichol Woodmass642.2N/A
Turnout 26.0
Labour win
Labour win
Seaham (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Geraldine Bleasdale74826.9N/A
Labour Sue Morrison70025.2N/A
UKIP Lynn Errington44516.0N/A
UKIP Jeanette Andria Strong40014.4N/A
Conservative Derick Dixon27810.0N/A
Conservative Margaret Reid2097.5N/A
Turnout 25.9
Labour win
Labour win
Sedgefield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Robinson1,16628.3N/A
Labour Rachel Lumsdon93922.8N/A
Conservative David Ralph Brown86420.9N/A
Conservative Rebecca Rhiannon Hagan66516.1N/A
Independent Jimmy Seymour49311.9N/A
Turnout 35.7
Labour win
Labour win
Sherburn (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Stephen Guy1,08426.8N/A
Labour David Marshall Hall1,01225.1N/A
Liberal Democrat Carol Ann Woods71017.6N/A
Liberal Democrat Maureen Wood64515.9N/A
Independent Andrew Neil Sowerby2315.7N/A
Conservative Will Halford2135.3N/A
Conservative Michael James Fishwick1433.5N/A
Turnout 30.7
Labour win
Labour win
Shildon and Dene Valley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Brian Stephens1,44319.2N/A
Labour Henry Nicholson1,29417.2N/A
Labour Trish Pemberton1,10414.7N/A
Independent David Michael Hancock1,02213.6N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupKenny Beal79310.6N/A
Liberal Democrat James Garry Huntington7379.8N/A
Independent Robert Ingledew6929.2N/A
Liberal Democrat Gareth Michael Robinson Howe4225.6N/A
Turnout 27.5
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Shotton and South Hetton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Eunice Huntington89330.3N/A
Labour Robin John Todd MBE87129.6N/A
Independent Ivan Cochrane68623.3N/A
FAIR & IndependentKaron Liddell49316.8N/A
Turnout 24.0
Labour win
Labour win
Spennymoor (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Spennymoor Independents People Before PoliticsKevin Thompson1,03417.3N/A
Labour Ian Geldard95015.9N/A
Labour Pat Lawton91115.3N/A
Spennymoor Independents People Before PoliticsElizabeth Maddison87714.7N/A
Liberal Democrat Ben Ord87214.6N/A
Labour Colin Nelson86814.5N/A
BNP Amanda Molloy2714.5N/A
Conservative George Smedley1883.1N/A
Turnout 27.6
Spennymoor Independents People Before Politics win
Labour win
Labour win
Stanley (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Carl Marshall1,16137.2N/A
Labour Katherine Dearden1,06434.1N/A
Derwentside Independents Jack Pye45514.6N/A
UKIP Alan Robinson2588.3N/A
UKIP Valentine Taylor-Sholl1805.8N/A
Turnout 25.1
Labour win
Labour win

T − W

Tanfield (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Olga Milburn91427.6N/A
Derwentside Independents Joyce Charlton77723.5N/A
Labour Peter McLaughlin75322.8N/A
Derwentside Independents Tom Pattinson56617.1N/A
UKIP Alan Errington2968.9N/A
Turnout 26.7
Derwentside Independents win
Labour win
Tow Law (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Hart39944.9N/A
Anita Atkinson22024.8N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupRon Grogan14816.7N/A
Independent Terry Batson9310.5N/A
Independent Don Nevin Cameron273.0N/A
Turnout 25.2
Labour win
Trimdon and Thornley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Morris Nicholls1,80128.9N/A
Labour Lucy Hovvels1,69227.1N/A
Labour Peter Brookes1,65426.5N/A
UKIP Jean Rosalind Seath5819.3N/A
UKIP Ted Seath5108.2N/A
Turnout 24.9
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win
Tudhoe (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Barbara Graham1,02428.3N/A
Labour Neil Crowther Foster94225.9N/A
Spennymoor Independents People Before PoliticsRichard Parker44912.4N/A
BNP Pete Molloy41011.3N/A
UKIP Cherry Rozanne Hudson3028.3N/A
Spennymoor Independents People Before PoliticsChristine Sproat2617.2N/A
Conservative Richard Louis Coad1213.3N/A
Liberal Democrat Eddie Rhodes1153.2N/A
Turnout 32.0
Labour win
Labour win
Weardale (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent John Shuttleworth1,64236.5N/A
Independent Anita Savory1,53634.1N/A
Labour Joe Kirwin98321.8N/A
Conservative Christine Susan Holt1974.4N/A
Conservative Ivy Wilson1423.2N/A
Turnout 41.7
Independent win
Independent win
West Auckland (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rob Yorke77231.9N/A
Labour Christine Wilson68228.2N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupGeorge Smith40816.9N/A
UKIP Betty Hopson34914.5N/A
Conservative Alan Booth2048.4N/A
Turnout 21.1
Labour win
Labour win
Willington and Hunwick (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Joe Buckham90830.3N/A
Labour Olwyn Elizabeth Gunn87029.0N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupMatthew Todd73124.4N/A
Conservative Kath Currie33411.2N/A
Conservative Margaret Ann Mukherjee1525.1N/A
Turnout 24.9
Labour win
Labour win
Wingate (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Leo Taylor53867.8N/A
Independent Janet Higgins25632.2N/A
Turnout 24.4
Labour win
Woodhouse Close (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour John Lethbridge69431.1N/A
Labour June Elizabeth Lee60226.9N/A
Independent Billy Neilson31514.1N/A
Liberal Democrat Betty Todd23110.4N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupMichael O'Neil1597.1N/A
Wear Valley Independent GroupVince Perkins1526.8N/A
Conservative Jack Victor Seear773.5N/A
Turnout 19.3
Labour win
Labour win

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