Durham County Council elections

Durham County Council elections are held every four years. Durham County Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of County Durham. 98 councillors are elected from 51 wards.^[1]

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Election	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat^[a]	Independent	Reform	Green	Total
Election							Total
1973^[2]	56	2	6	7	-	-	72^[3]
1977^[4]	41	14	7	10	-	-	72
1981^[5]	53	7	6	6	-	-	72
1985^[6]	50	5	7^[b]	10^[c]	-	-	72
1989^[7]	56	7	5	4	-	-	72
1993^[8]	56	6	6	4	-	-	72
1997^[9]	53	2	2	4	-	-	61
2001^[10]	53	2	4	2	-	-	61
2005^[11]	53	2	5	3	-	-	63
2008^[12]	67	10	27	22	-	0	126
2013^[13]	94	4	9	19	-	0	126
2017	74	10	14	28	-	0	126
2021	53	24	17	32	0	1	126
2025	4	1	14	12	65	2	98

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	689	42.9	+1.2
	Labour	601	37.4	−21.0
	Conservative	318	19.8	+19.8
Majority		88	5.5
Turnout		1,608	22.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Reginald Ord	519	37.2	+2.2
	Labour		500	35.8	−18.3
	Liberal Democrats		322	23.1	+23.1
	Conservative		54	3.9	−7.1
Majority			19	1.4
Turnout			1,395	22.0
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leslie Vaux	1,702	56.1	−20.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Rolfe	566	18.7	+4.3
	BNP	Dean McAdam	509	16.8	+16.8
	Conservative	Stuart Tilney	256	8.4	−0.5
Majority			1,136	37.4
Turnout			3,033	46.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lethbridge	1,538	66.3	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jody Dunn	782	33.7	+9.6
Majority			756	32.6
Turnout			2,320	43.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Durham County Council elections

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By-election results

1997–2008

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abiodun Williams	834	51.6	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Isobell Lunan	561	34.7	−9.1
	Conservative	Michael Fishwick	220	13.6	+4.2
Majority			273	16.9
Turnout			1,615	34.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Burlison	1,187	43.4	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Redvers Crooks	1,037	37.9	−2.9
	Independent	Ian Rutland	267	9.8	+9.8
	Conservative	Patricia Wynne	245	9.0	−1.4
Majority			150	5.5
Turnout			2,737	37.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edwin Mason	775	84.0	+4.3
	Conservative	Lucille Nicholson	148	16.0	−4.3
Majority			627	68.0
Turnout			923	18.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Carr	665	57.7	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Kilkenny	487	42.3	+19.2
Majority			178	15.4
Turnout			1,152	18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Rowlandson	1,263	46.9	+4.2
	Independent	Anthony Cooke	634	23.5	−20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Newlands	479	17.8	+17.8
	Labour	Sharon Longcroft	319	11.8	−1.9
Majority			629	23.4
Turnout			2,695	38.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Barker	702	55.8	−8.3
	Independent	Terry Murray	311	24.7	+24.7
	Liberal Democrats	Carole Harrison	126	10.0	−25.9
	Conservative	Margaret Reid	120	9.5	+9.5
Majority			391	31.1
Turnout			1,259	20.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Turnbull	1,204	64.0	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Smith	538	28.6	−3.6
	Conservative	Mark Krajewski	140	7.4	−1.4
Majority			666	35.4
Turnout			1,882
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Bell	917	82.4	+26.1
	Conservative	Margaret Reid	196	17.6	+17.6
Majority			721	64.8
Turnout			1,113
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jimmy Alvey	767	70.1	+25.7
	Independent	Karen Hawley	181	16.5	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Wendy Bentley	99	9.0	−46.6
	Conservative	Harvey Morgan	47	4.3	+4.3
Majority			586	53.6
Turnout			1,094
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrea Patterson	741	40.3
	Independent	Ian Hirst	496	27.0
	Wear Valley Independent Group	John Bailey	360	19.6
	Liberal Democrats	David English	145	7.9
	Conservative	Beaty Bainbridge	54	2.9
	Green	Joanne Yelland	41	2.2
Majority			245	13.3
Turnout			1837	18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Crook by-election, 18 September 2014^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Stanton	753	46.8	+16.0
	UKIP	Betty Hopson	339	21.1	+21.1
	Liberal Democrats	David English	233	14.5	+7.6
	Independent	Tony Simpson	193	12.0	+12.0
	Conservative	Alan Booth	90	5.6	+5.6
Majority			414	25.7
Turnout			1,608
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Burnopfield and Dipton by-election, 23 October 2014^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joanne Carr	656	44.9	+6.8
	Derwentside Independents	Gill Burnett	655	44.8	+3.5
	Conservative	Alan Booth	83	5.7	+5.7
	Green	Melanie Howd	68	4.7	+4.7
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,462
	Labour gain from Derwentside Independents		Swing

Evenwood by-election, 23 October 2014^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Smith	546	38.2	−7.8
	Conservative	Stephen Hugill	396	27.7	−0.3
	UKIP	Ben Casey	309	21.6	−4.4
	Independent	Lee Carnighan	108	7.5	+7.5
	Green	Greg Robinson	72	5.0	+5.0
Majority			150	10.5
Turnout			1,431
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnard Castle West by-election, 7 May 2015^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Henderson	2,518	57.6	−1.8
	Green	Thomas Robinson	972	22.3	+1.8
	Labour	Philip Hunt	878	20.1	+0.0
Majority			1,546	35.4
Turnout			4,368
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lindsay	2,266	49.8	+14.8
	Independent	Joseph Makepeace	1,969	43.3	+43.3
	Green	William Lawrence	316	6.9	+6.9
Majority			297	6.5
Turnout			4,551
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Kellett	2,218	52.5	+4.1
	Conservative	Michael Fishwick	965	22.9	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Tibbs	531	12.6	−19.1
	Green	Joanna Smith	508	12.0	+12.0
Majority			1,253	29.7
Turnout			4,222
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Tinsley	2,169	54.5	+8.5
	Independent	Matthew Todd	1,512	38.0	+38.0
	Green	Mark Quinn	301	7.6	+7.6
Majority			657	16.5
Turnout			3,982
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Liversidge	595	52.5	+9.4
	North East	Ted Hall	214	18.9	+18.9
	UKIP	Lee-James Harris	131	11.6	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Anderson	107	9.4	+9.4
	Conservative	Beaty Bainbridge	67	5.9	+5.9
	Green	Martie Warin	19	1.7	+1.7
Majority			381	33.6
Turnout			1,133
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leanne Kennedy	693	52.3	+6.2
	Seaham Community Party	Robert Arthur	633	47.7	+10.8
Majority			60	4.6
Turnout			1,329	21.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jude Grant	1,150	65.4	+15.2
	Independent	Maurice Brown	351	20.0	+20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bell	117	6.7	−3.6
	Conservative	Michael Smith	112	6.4	−12.7
	Green	Jonathan Elmer	29	1.6	+1.6
Majority			799	45.4
Turnout			1,759
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Higgins	458	64.1	−9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Simpson	163	22.8	+20.1
	North East	Stephen Miles	74	10.3	+0.3
	For Britain	Gareth Fry	20	2.8	+2.8
Majority			295	41.3
Turnout			715
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Coult	1,115	63.2	+7.8
	Labour	Anne Bonner	366	20.7	−7.0
	Independent	Ryan Drion	155	8.8	+8.8
	Conservative	Richard Lawrie	128	7.3	−9.6
Majority			749	42.5
Turnout			1,764
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Huntington	1,257	42.7	+21.5
	Labour	Samantha Townsend	682	23.2	−7.2
	UKIP	Alan Breeze	456	15.5	+3.4
	Independent	Robert Ingledew	415	14.1	−7.0
	Conservative	Marie Carter-Robb	131	4.5	−10.7
Majority			575	19.6
Turnout			2,941
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Geldard	489	18.7	+18.7
	Labour	Colin Nelson	420	16.1	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jones	373	14.3	−6.0
	Independent	Billy McAloon	358	13.7	+13.7
	Independent	Pete Molloy	332	12.7	−2.1
	UKIP	Bob Purvis	281	10.8	+4.4
	Spennymoor Independents	Ronald Highley	221	8.5	−19.6
	Conservative	James Cosslett	137	5.2	−3.7
Majority			69	2.6
Turnout			2,611
	Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Curtis Bihari	876	41.3	+6.4
	Independent	Glenys Newby	528	24.9	+24.9
	Conservative	David Farry	348	16.4	−11.9
	Independent	Joseph Makepeace	166	7.8	+7.8
	Green	Rebecca Dixon-McWaters	165	7.8	+7.8
	Freedom Alliance	Kaela Banthorpe	23	1.3	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Thorkildsen	9	0.4	+0.4
Majority			348	16.4
Turnout			2,120
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Smith	956	56.3	+12.2
	Conservative	Lyndsey Fox	554	32.6	−10.2
	Independent	Nick Brown	187	11.0	+11.0
Majority			402	23.7
Turnout			1,697
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Scurfield	716	59.8	+28.9
	Conservative	Allan Bainbridge	439	36.6	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Haswell	43	3.6	−1.4
Majority			277	23.1
Turnout			1,198
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Watson	514	55.9	+5.4
	Independent	Bob Arthur	339	36.9	+36.9
	Conservative	Josh Rayner	56	6.1	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Vila	10	1.1	+1.1
Majority			175	19.0
Turnout			919
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Clark	852	76.2	+8.3
	North East	Robert Fishwick	180	16.1	−10.4
	Conservative	George Carter	66	5.9	−9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Thompson	20	1.8	+1.8
Majority			672	60.1
Turnout			1,118
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Viv Anderson	2,479	43.5	+9.9
	Independent	Jamie Peterson	1,257	22.1	+22.1
	Independent	Stuart Dunn	938	16.5	+16.5
	Conservative	Oliver Peeke	705	12.4	−5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jones	318	5.6	+1.9
Majority			1,222	21.4
Turnout			5,697
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Rooney	824	28.0	+16.5
	Labour	Kevin Earley	800	27.2	+0.8
	Reform	Stephen Harrison	747	25.4	−6.6
	Independent	Stephen Robinson	459	15.6	−9.3
	Conservative	David Lowes	76	2.6	−4.3
	Green	Richard Simpson	40	1.4
Majority			24	0.8
Turnout			2,953	37
	Liberal Democrats gain from Reform		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Julie Griffiths	1,004	50.6
	Reform	Theo Bell	786	39.6
	Green	Isaac Short	95	4.8
	Conservative	Dorothy Luckhurst	61	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Thompson	38	1.9
Majority			218	11.0
Turnout			1,981
	Labour gain from Reform		Swing