2019 Darlington Borough Council election

2019 Darlington Borough Council election
All 50 seats to Darlington Borough Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 2019 Darlington Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Darlington Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

2019 Darlington Borough Council election^[1]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	46	22	7	2	5	44.0	41.5	23,859	+7.2
	Labour	50	20	0	9	9	40.0	33.2	19,104	–10.4
	Independent	7	3	2	0	2	6.0	6.6	3,173	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	8	3	1	1		6.0	4.2	2,441	–3.6
	Green	22	2	2	0	2	4.0	13.2	7,584	+5.1
	UKIP	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	429	–2.7
	For Britain	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	362	New

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Darrien Wright	602	52.3	*New*
	Labour	Helen Crumbie	421	36.6
	Labour	Maureen Newall	419	36.4
	Labour	Mandy Porter	368	32.0
	Independent	David Williams	276	24.0
	Conservative	Robert Mills	267	23.2
	Conservative	Simon Nicholson	263	22.9
	Green	Kevin Lewis	256	22.3
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Durham	671	46.4
	Conservative	Rachel Mills	642	44.4
	Conservative	Valerie Preston	575	39.7
	Labour	Michael Adams	465	32.1
	Labour	Jonathan Vasey	440	30.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Watson	432	29.9
	Green	Terri Hankinson	322	22.3
	For Britain	Michael Joyce	145	10.0	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Janet Cossins	549	44.6
	Labour	Paul Baldwin	526	42.8
	Labour	Edwin Heslop	479	38.9
	Conservative	John Bell	451	36.7
	Conservative	Jack Sowerby	372	30.2
	Conservative	Margaret Donoghue	371	30.2
	Green	Ty Hankinson	259	21.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Curry	144	11.7
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Matthew Snedker	944	54.0
	Green	Bryony Holroyd	788	45.1
	Conservative	Ian Galletley	717	41.0
	Conservative	Nigel Kendrew	575	32.9
	Labour	Susan Richmond	189	10.8
	Labour	Anna Wilson	168	9.6
Majority
Turnout
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

2019 Darlington Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

Bank Top & Lascelles

Brinkburn & Faverdale

Cockerton

College

Eastbourne

Harrowgate Hill

Haughton & Springfield

Heighington & Coniscliffe

Hummersknott

Hurworth

Mowden

North Road

Northgate

Park East

Park West

Pierremont

Red Hall & Lingfield

Sadberge & Middleton St. George

Stephenson

Whinfield

By-elections

Hummersknott

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kevin Nicholson	1,046	71.2
	Independent	Steven Tait	917	62.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Dulston	541	36.8
	Green	Richard Wise	336	22.9
	Labour	David Beckett	325	22.1
	Labour	James Garner	306	20.8
	Labour	James McGill	283	19.3
Majority
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Bell	658	40.4
	Conservative	Jonathan Clarke	647	39.7
	Labour	Lynn Paley	612	37.6
	Labour	Martin Landers	598	36.7
	Conservative	John Evans	597	36.7
	Labour	John Vasey	547	33.6
	Green	Christopher Brown	367	22.5
	Independent	Ian Ferguson	333	20.5	New
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher McEwan	669	46.1
	Labour	Andrew Scott	652	44.9
	Labour	Nicholas Wallis	590	40.6
	Conservative	Paul Culley	566	39.0
	Conservative	David Willis	480	33.1
	Conservative	Patricia Tobin	477	32.9
	Green	Michael McTimoney	325	22.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gerald Lee	879	70.1
	Conservative	Paul Cruddas	734	58.5
	Green	Helen Kinch	270	21.5
	Labour	Ben Hall	172	13.7
	Labour	Elizabeth Muggleton	171	13.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Johnson	714	55.1
	Conservative	Paul Howell (MP)	672	51.9
	Independent	Alan Coultas	405	31.3	New
	Green	Kathryn Barley	272	21.0
	Labour	Gareth Robson	188	14.5
	Labour	Ryan Ward	145	11.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lorraine Tostevin	556	51.1
	Conservative	Christy Chou	489	44.9
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Wood	373	34.3
	Green	Richard Lawley	338	31.0
	Labour	Rosie Dixon	122	11.2
	Labour	Rebecca Taylor	111	10.2
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pauline Culley	818	62.7
	Conservative	Alan Marshall	783	60.0
	Green	Michael Cooke	276	21.1
	Labour	Dorothy Long	265	20.3
	Labour	Elaine Hope	258	19.8
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne-Marie Curry	562	46.8
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Allen	501	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Boddy	412	34.3
	Labour	Dawn Storr	352	29.3
	Labour	Mark Barron	309	25.7
	Labour	Louise Graham	285	23.7
	UKIP	Graham Smurthwaite	205	17.1
	Green	Anna-Maria Thain	169	14.1
	Conservative	Emma Huscroft	137	11.4
	Conservative	Louise Heaps	128	10.7
	Conservative	Janet Galletley	121	10.1
Majority
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syeda Miah	387	52.4
	Labour	Eleanor Lister	364	49.3
	Conservative	Hayley Gilbert	164	22.2
	Green	Neil Kang-Scarth	133	18.0
	Conservative	Christine Taylor	129	17.5
	For Britain	Frazer Spence	83	11.2	New
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Cynthia Hughes	567	44.9
	Labour	Elizabeth McCollum	556	44.1
	Labour	Michael Nicholson	474	37.6
	Green	Jonathan Barley	276	21.9
	Conservative	Mark Askew	255	20.2
	Conservative	Carol Johnson	250	19.8
	Conservative	Andrew Wattsford	227	18.0
	UKIP	Leigh Porter	224	17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Daynes	199	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	William Lawrie	143	11.3
	For Britain	Kevin Brack	134	10.6	New
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Webber	107	8.5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sadberge & Middleton St. George
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Jones	1,055	71.9
	Conservative	Doris Jones	1,047	71.4
	Conservative	Deborah Long	907	61.8
	Labour	John Crowther	334	22.8
	Green	Peter Commane	332	22.6
	Labour	Barbara Beacher	230	15.7
	Labour	Sandra Thorne-Wallis	220	15.0
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hummersknott: 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Sowerby	971	49.9	+4.7
	Green	Thomas Robinson	809	41.6	+24.4
	Labour	John Sloss	120	6.2	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Atkinson	32	1.6	N/A
	For Britain	Monty Brack	14	0.7	N/A
Majority			162	8.3
Turnout			1,946
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Heather Scott	719	46.7
	Conservative	Robert Donoghue	673	43.7
	Green	Martin Wood	543	35.3
	Green	Louise Maddison	477	31.0
	Labour	Kim Baldwin	286	18.6
	Labour	James Hughes	285	18.5
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Harker	704	50.0
	Labour	Linda Hughes	659	46.8
	Labour	Maryclaire Layton	628	44.6
	Conservative	Joanne Barker	453	32.2
	Conservative	Philip Bale	441	31.3
	Conservative	Margaret Kendrew	374	26.6
	Green	Michael Chapman	331	23.5
	Independent	David Davies	196	13.9	New
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sam Howarth	373	48.3
	Labour	Hilary Lucas	350	45.3
	Conservative	Geoffrey Bartch	257	33.3
	Conservative	Kyle Bartch	242	31.3
	Green	Francesca Wood	178	23.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Michael Renton	400	53.3
	Labour	Ian Haszeldine	270	36.0
	Labour	Sonia Kane	264	35.2
	Green	Lucy Chapman	207	27.6
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jamie Bartch	683	55.0
	Conservative	Andrew Keir	682	54.9
	Labour	Amandad McEwan	384	30.9
	Labour	Lily Vasey	353	28.4
	Green	Brian Tudor	185	14.9
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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