2017 Durham County Council election

United Kingdom local election

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4 May 2017

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All 126 council division seats
64 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Liberal Democrats	Independent
Last election	94 seats, 52%	9 seats, 10%	9 seats, 12%
Seats won	74	14	13
Seat change	20	5	4
Popular vote	96,037	30,140	37,136
Percentage	42.4%	13.3%	16.4%
Swing	9.8%	3.2%	4.6%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Conservative	Derwentside Independents	Spennymoor Independents
Last election	4 seats, 8%	8 seats, 6%	1 seat, 1%
Seats won	10	7	5
Seat change	6	1	4
Popular vote	34,072	13,025	3,523
Percentage	15.0%	5.8%	1.6%
Swing	7.3%	0.4%	0.4%

	Seventh party

Party	North East
Last election	New party
Seats won	3
Seat change	3
Popular vote	4,879
Percentage	2.2%
Swing	New party

Map showing the results of the 2017 Durham County Council election. Results by electoral division. Key: Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Independent North East Party Derwentside Independents Spennymoor Independents Striped divisions have mixed representation.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2017 Durham County Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. All 126 councillors were elected from 63 electoral divisions which returned either one, two or three county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 5 April 2017.

Results summary

Durham County Council election, 2017
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	74	-20	42.4	96,037	-9.8
Liberal Democrats	14	+5	13.3	30,140	+3.2
Independent	13	+4	16.4	37,136	+4.6
Conservative	10	+6	15.0	34,072	+7.3
Derwentside Independents	7	-1	5.8	13,025	-0.4
Spennymoor Independents	5	+4	1.6	3,523	+0.4
North East	3	+3	2.2	4,879	New
Green	0	-	2.3	5,141	+0.6
UKIP	0	-	2.0	4,589	-3.3
Seaham Community Party	0	-	1.3	3,033	New

Results by electoral division

A − B

Annfield Plain (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Joan Nicholson	871	47.5	+5.6
	Labour	Jeanette Stephenson	812	44.3	−8.7
	Labour	Doug Carmichael	795	43.4	−0.8
	Derwentside Independents	Christine Bell	666	36.3	+12.4
	Conservative	Nicky Fernandez	227	12.4	N/A
Turnout			1,833	31.4	+1.6
	Derwentside Independents gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Aycliffe East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Atkinson	707	43.2	−0.3
	Labour	Sarah Iveson	670	41.0	−11.6
	Independent	Bill Blenkinsopp	498	30.4	−5.1
	Conservative	Christine Duffy	347	21.2	+14.1
	UKIP	John Grant	254	15.5	N/A
	Independent	Brian Haigh	179	10.9	N/A
	Green	Helen Hanks	84	5.1	N/A
Turnout			1,636	26.0	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Aycliffe North and Middridge (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Durham	868	39.6	+13.7
	Labour	John Clare	863	39.3	−16.1
	Conservative	Paul Howell	846	38.6	*N/A*
	Labour	Joan Gray	754	34.4	−21.1
	Labour	Mike Dixon	675	30.8	−18.9
	Independent	Dorothy Bowman	573	26.1	N/A
	Independent	Irene Hewitson	279	12.7	N/A
	Independent	Paul Symons	213	9.7	N/A
	Independent	Sandra Haigh	187	8.5	−28.6
	Independent	Sally Symons	151	6.9	N/A
Turnout			2,194	27.5	+6.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Aycliffe West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Adam	570	40.5	−9.5
	Labour	Kate Hopper	517	36.8	−17.8
	Independent	Ken Robson	437	31.1	N/A
	Independent	George Gray	416	29.6	−2.3
	Independent	Arun Chandran	276	19.6	N/A
	Conservative	Marney Swan	229	16.3	N/A
Turnout			1,406	25.6	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Barnard Castle East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Rowlandson	1,389	56.2	+3.5
	Conservative	George Richardson	1,292	52.3	+11.3
	Labour	Emma Rowell	752	30.4	+0.3
	Labour	Christopher Kelsey	644	26.1	−3.8
	Independent	Thom Robinson	478	19.4	N/A
Turnout			2,470	37.3	+9.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Barnard Castle West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Bell	1,837	75.8	+9.2
	Conservative	Ted Henderson	1,576	65.0	+8.2
	Labour	Francis Roche	616	25.4	+2.9
	Labour	George Smith	483	19.9	+4.6
Turnout			2,423	37.8	+6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Belmont (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Mavin	1,604	41.6	+10.3
	Labour Co-op	Katie Corrigan	1,497	38.8	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Mavin	1,472	38.1	+10.7
	Labour Co-op	Paul Finley	1,292	33.5	−7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen White	1,149	29.8	+3.4
	Labour Co-op	Chris Turner	1,111	28.8	−6.7
	Conservative	Liam Bewick	841	21.8	+14.5
	Independent	Arthur Walker	720	18.7	−0.6
	Independent	Ian Kelsey	385	10.0	N/A
	Green	Roger McAdam	342	8.9	+1.5
Turnout			3,859	37.6	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	N/A
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	N/A

Benfieldside (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Stephen Robinson	1,161	51.3	−2.3
	Derwentside Independents	Peter Oliver	1,023	45.2	+0.2
	Labour	Steven Wood	632	27.9	−9.5
	Labour	Sylvia Peak	567	25.1	−5.6
	Conservative	David Kinch	341	15.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Claire English	245	10.8	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie English	191	8.4	+0.2
Turnout			2,263	35.3	+3.3
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A

Bishop Auckland Town (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sam Zair	692	36.4	−15.7
	Labour	Joy Allen	640	33.7	−3.5
	Conservative	Aaron Bainbridge	498	26.2	−0.5
	Labour	Nigel Bryson	483	25.4	−8.0
	Independent	Lesley Zair	419	22.1	N/A
	Conservative	Patricia Child	387	20.4	N/A
	Independent	Billy Neilson	283	14.9	N/A
	Green	Daniel Davison	164	8.6	N/A
Turnout			1,900	31.9	+5.4
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Crathorne	351	45.5	−36.8
	Conservative	David Evans	212	27.4	+9.7
	Independent	Deane Brett	209	27.1	N/A
Turnout			772	27.1	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Blackhalls (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Crute	1,115	64.2	+3.3
	Labour	Lynn Pounder	1,041	60.0	+4.6
	Conservative	Tom Eaton	412	23.7	N/A
	North East	Steve Franklin	259	14.9	N/A
	North East	Jamie Robinson	240	13.8	N/A
Turnout			1,736	28.2	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Brandon (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Taylor	1,339	61.7	−12.4
	Labour	John Turnbull	1,331	61.3	−13.4
	Conservative	Valerie Booth	464	21.4	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Wilson	417	19.2	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Jackson	368	17.0	N/A
Turnout			2,171	29.3	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Burnopfield and Dipton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivan Jewell	844	41.8	+5.3
	Labour	Joanne Carr	698	34.5	−1.1
	Independent	Roland Hemsley	508	25.1	+8.0
	Derwentside Independents	David Marrs	478	23.7	−2.8
	Derwentside Independents	Betty Minto	416	20.6	−18.9
	Conservative	Ivy Wilson	359	17.8	N/A
	Green	Melody Sandells	225	11.1	N/A
Turnout			2,021	32.6	+2.2
	Labour gain from Derwentside Independents		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

C − D

Chester-le-Street East (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beatrice Bainbridge	394	32.5	+2.9
	Labour	Simon Mulligan	289	23.8	−8.4
	Green	Derek Morse	181	14.9	N/A
	Independent	Paul Evans	175	14.4	N/A
	Independent	Maureen May	71	5.9	−8.6
	UKIP	Stephen Rendle	59	4.9	−18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Haswell	43	3.6	N/A
Turnout			1,212	40.3	+9.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Chester-le-Street North (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracie Smith	678	54.1	−21.8
	Independent	Clare Todd	270	21.5	N/A
	Conservative	William Middlemass	222	17.7	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Nathan	84	6.7	N/A
Turnout			1,254	41.2	+5.8
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Chester-le-Street South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Sexton	789	31.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	Allan Bainbridge	766	30.1	+4.3
	Labour	George Davidson	762	29.9	−21.2
	Independent	Bill Moist	751	29.5	N/A
	Labour	Katherine Henig	718	28.2	−17.0
	Conservative	Daniel Mayne	637	25.0	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Liam Scanlon-Brown	233	9.1	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Peacock	185	7.3	+1.7
Turnout			2,549	42.8	+9.7
	Independent gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing	N/A

Chester-le-Street West Central (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Henig	854	45.7	−24.8
	Labour	Linda Marshall	749	40.1	−27.7
	Independent	Mark Atkinson	611	32.7	N/A
	Independent	Ewan Marshall	454	24.3	N/A
	North East	Graham Thorp	369	19.7	N/A
	Conservative	Michael Gossage	289	15.5	+7.3
Turnout			1,870	31.7	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Chilton (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Potts	622	68.1	+2.6
	Conservative	John Sandles	291	31.9	+25.7
Turnout			913	29.1	−2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Consett North (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Owen Temple	1,089	50.4	+6.6
	Independent	Alexander Watson	913	42.2	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Nealis	570	26.4	+3.2
	Labour	Kevin Earley	557	25.8	−1.4
	Labour	Benjamin Eckford	345	16.0	−7.6
	Derwentside Independents	Wendy Brown	226	10.5	−8.8
	Conservative	Alan Beaty	175	8.1	N/A
Turnout			2,161	36.6	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Consett South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Derek Hicks	395	50.8	−2.8
	Labour	Jack Simons	267	34.4	−12.0
	Conservative	Raymond Goodson	115	14.8	N/A
Turnout			777	24.6	+4.8
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A

Coundon (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlie Kay	489	60.4	−0.2
	Independent	Adam Zair	175	21.6	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Watson	146	18.0	+11.7
Turnout			810	25.8	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Coxhoe (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jan Blakey	1,325	46.5	−14.5
	Labour	John Dunn	1,220	42.8	−29.7
	Labour	Maura McKeon	1,160	40.7	−20.3
	Labour	Maria Plews	1,122	39.3	−29.6
	Conservative	Anne Murphy	757	26.5	+16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Shuttleworth	545	19.1	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Walker	322	11.3	+4.6
Turnout			2,852	29.9	+3.3
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Craghead and South Moor (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Davinson	874	56.2	−7.1
	Labour	Carole Hampson	831	53.4	−6.3
	Derwentside Independents	Katy Smith	374	24.1	−6.9
	UKIP	Kenneth Rollings	221	14.2	−6.1
	Derwentside Independents	Graeme Whitworth	205	13.2	N/A
	Conservative	Patrick Seargeant	190	12.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Coltman	60	3.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Williams	60	3.9	N/A
Turnout			1,555	28.8	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Crook (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anne Reed	1,239	48.5	*N/A*
	Independent	Patricia Jopling	1,022	40.0	+18.9
	Labour	Andrea Patterson	913	35.8	+5.2
	Labour	Eddie Tomlinson	893	35.0	+3.2
	Conservative	Daniel Cohen	776	30.4	N/A
	Labour	Maureen Stanton	667	26.1	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	David English	512	20.1	+13.0
Turnout			2,553	28.0	+4.2
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Dawdon (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Shaw	886	50.7	−10.3
	Labour	Leanne Kennedy	812	46.5	−7.9
	Seaham Community Party	Robert Arthur	710	40.6	−4.8
	Seaham Community Party	Kathryn Brace	520	29.7	N/A
	Conservative	Ben Cooper	209	12.0	N/A
	Green	Robert Reay	117	6.7	N/A
Turnout			1,748	28.7	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Deerness (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Chaplow	1,533	53.6	−6.2
	Labour	David Bell	1,502	52.5	−2.7
	Labour	Marion Wilson	1,340	46.9	−3.4
	Conservative	Jack Gilmore	644	22.5	+17.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Kelley	529	18.5	+6.2
	Green	Janice Wilson	461	15.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Florence Simpson	429	15.0	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Simpson	426	14.9	+2.7
	Green	Nicholas Kasch	295	10.3	N/A
Turnout			2,860	31.3	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Delves Lane (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Clarke	798	48.0	−3.3
	Labour	Jane Brown	776	46.7	−23.6
	Derwentside Independents	George McKay	672	40.5	+2.1
	Conservative	Wendy Smith	464	27.9	N/A
Turnout			1,661	26.3	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Deneside (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Bell	777	53.4	−27.7
	Labour	Jennifer Bell	716	49.2	−27.6
	Seaham Community Party	Barry Taylor	462	31.7	N/A
	Seaham Community Party	Katie Murden	432	29.7	N/A
	Conservative	George Jackson	172	11.8	N/A
	North East	Arron Gilbraith	128	8.8	N/A
	North East	Terry Duffy	62	4.3	N/A
Turnout			1,456	26.7	+6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Durham South (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Stoker	351	46.6	+3.3
	Labour	Andrzej Olechnowicz	225	29.8	−1.2
	Conservative	Richard Lawrie	178	23.6	+9.1
Turnout			754	43.3	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

E − N

Easington (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Surtees	885	60.2	−1.6
	Labour	David Boyes	835	56.8	−11.0
	Independent	Terry Murray	392	26.7	−7.7
	Conservative	Christine Holt	303	20.6	N/A
	North East	Andrew Watson	231	15.7	N/A
Turnout			1,470	26.5	+1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Elvet and Gilesgate (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ormerod	923	63.0	+26.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Freeman	905	61.8	+22.7
	Labour	Maureen Boettcher	335	22.9	−7.9
	Labour	Frank Salisbury	284	19.4	−8.8
	Green	Jamie Penston Raja	149	10.2	−2.9
	Conservative	Ben Glaister	141	9.6	−3.6
	Conservative	Pat Wynne	133	9.1	−1.8
Turnout			1,464	30.4	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

Esh and Witton Gilbert (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Arnold Simpson	1,320	57.1	+23.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael McGaun	1,231	53.2	+22.3
	Labour	Barbara Armstrong	659	28.5	−13.5
	Labour	Joseph Armstrong	644	27.9	−15.7
	Conservative	Kathryn Whittaker	402	17.5	+12.4
Turnout			2,312	36.9	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Evenwood (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Broadbent	847	46.0	−6.2
	Conservative	Anthony Hugill	775	42.1	+10.4
	Labour	Andy Turner	668	36.3	−3.
	Conservative	James Cosslett	657	35.7	+14.
	UKIP	Alan Breeze	293	15.9	−13.6
Turnout			1,840	29.4	+4.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Ferryhill (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Brian Avery	1,127	47.3	+8.4
	Independent	Joe Makepeace	834	35.0	*N/A*
	Labour	Peter Atkinson	806	33.8	−6.6
	Independent	David Farry	740	31.1	−4.3
	Labour	John Lindsay	731	30.7	−5.4
	Independent	Laura Wayman	731	30.7	N/A
	Labour	Carole Atkinson	722	30.3	−2.4
	Conservative	Douglas Hutley	367	15.4	N/A
Turnout			2,383	29.6	+2.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Framwellgate and Newton Hall (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Hopgood	2,491	59.6	+17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wilkes	2,459	58.8	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Simmons	2,286	54.6	+17.2
	Labour	Dave Gill	892	21.3	−9.1
	Labour	Anne Bonner	768	18.4	−11.0
	Conservative	Joshua Morgan	695	16.6	+10.5
	Labour	Susan Nelson	687	16.4	−11.5
	Conservative	Philip Heath	658	15.7	+11.3
	Green	Elizabeth Bromley	271	6.5	+2.0
	Green	Clare Galland	214	5.1	+1.3
	Green	Rim Hassen	212	5.1	+1.5
Turnout			4,183	40.4	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

Horden (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian McLean	748	48.4	−24.1
	Labour	June Clark	673	43.6	−12.3
	North East	Mary Cartwright	461	29.9	N/A
	Independent	John Maddison	381	24.7	N/A
	North East	David Hawley	265	17.2	N/A
	Independent	Doug Langan	242	15.7	−10.6
	Conservative	Kathleen Currie	87	5.6	N/A
Turnout			1,544	27.3	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Lanchester (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ossie Johnson	937	42.8	−15.4
	Labour	Jude Considine	652	29.8	−7.3
	Derwentside Independents	Richie Young	642	29.3	−13.6
	Derwentside Independents	John Ingham	567	25.9	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Coad	522	23.8	+10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Keith English	242	11.1	N/A
	Independent	David Lindsay	203	9.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Rolfe	161	7.4	N/A
Turnout			2,190	36.9	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour gain from Derwentside Independents		Swing	N/A

Leadgate and Medomsley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Watts Stelling	1,426	58.7	−0.4
	Derwentside Independents	Alan Shield	1,275	52.5	+4.5
	Labour	Liam Carr	732	30.1	−10.7
	Labour	Donna Summerson	597	24.6	−5.0
	Conservative	Gaynor-Anne Taffurelli	331	13.6	+5.0
Turnout			6,690	36.3	+2.4
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A

Lumley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Bell	1,079	52.8	−5.9
	Independent	Audrey Willis	824	40.3	−7.9
	Labour	Anna Lavery	523	25.6	−14.3
	Independent	David Thompson	510	24.9	−15.0
	Labour	Lauren Anders	396	19.4	−16.2
	Conservative	Graham Fielder	339	16.6	N/A
Turnout			2,045	36.3	+4.8
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Murton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Napier	983	53.4	−21.6
	Labour	Joyce Maitland	836	45.4	−24.4
	Independent	Thomas Young	604	32.8	N/A
	UKIP	Brian Brown	370	20.1	−3.1
	UKIP	Stephen Robson	320	17.4	−4.2
	Conservative	Oliver Lewis	196	10.6	N/A
Turnout			1,841	31.3	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Neville's Cross (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Brown	1,192	44.0	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Scott	1,056	39.0	−5.2
	Green	Jonathan Elmer	948	35.0	+8.9
	Green	Sarah Thin	724	26.7	+1.5
	Conservative	William Halford	347	12.8	+3.5
	Conservative	Michael Smith	309	11.4	+1.4
	Labour	Owen Edwards	274	10.1	−9.0
	Labour	Maciej Matuszewski	272	10.0	−8.0
	Independent	Stephen Ashfield	158	5.8	−19.4
Turnout			2,708	40.9	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

North Lodge (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Martin	743	52.3	+29.5
	Independent	Peter May	464	32.7	−14.8
	Labour	Saul Cahill	110	7.7	−17.6
	Conservative	John Middleton	104	7.3	+2.9
Turnout			1,421	51.2	+12.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

P − S

Passfield (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	North East	Karen Hawley	337	34.0	*N/A*
	Independent	Joan Maslin	296	29.9	−6.7
	Labour	Barry Wilson	201	20.3	−14.8
	Conservative	Isaac Duffy	157	15.8	N/A
Turnout			991	28.4	+2.3
	North East gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Pelton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Batey	1,846	62.7	−4.8
	Labour	Colin Carr	1,431	48.6	−5.1
	Labour	Danny Wood	1,371	46.6	−16.1
	Conservative	Michael Botterill	1,000	34.0	+17.8
	UKIP	Callum Redfern	681	23.1	−9.6
	Green	David Revett	530	18.0	N/A
Turnout			2,944	29.4	+3.7
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Peterlee East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Audrey Laing	586	46.1	−6.8
	Labour	Harry Bennett	568	44.7	−13.2
	North East	Lee Cook	547	43.1	N/A
	North East	Vik Watson	531	41.8	N/A
	Conservative	Jonty Bayliss	129	10.2	N/A
Turnout			1,270	23.3	−0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Peterlee West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	North East	Susan McDonnell	736	49.6	+11.4
	North East	Karon Liddell	635	42.8	*N/A*
	Labour	Jimmy Alvey	623	42.0	−5.9
	Labour	Lisa Alvey	549	37.0	−1.8
	Conservative	Aaron Lee	211	14.2	+11.6
Turnout			1,483	24.0	+0.6
	North East gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	North East gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Sacriston (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Heather Liddle	1,013	61.6	+0.5
	Labour	Simon Wilson	952	57.9	−2.6
	Conservative	Graeme Hynds	403	24.5	+17.3
	UKIP	Michael Toms	394	24.0	+2.1
Turnout			1,644	30.0	+4.0
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Seaham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Geraldine Bleasdale	634	39.2	−11.9
	Labour	Sue Morrison	604	37.4	−10.4
	Seaham Community Party	Graeme Hepworth	471	29.1	N/A
	Conservative	Derick Dixon	468	28.9	+9.9
	Seaham Community Party	Adam Remmer	438	27.1	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Reid	402	24.9	+10.6
	Green	Helen Reay	94	5.8	N/A
Turnout			1,617	30.1	+5.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Sedgefield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Brown	817	37.6	−0.1
	Labour	John Robinson	800	36.8	−14.1
	Labour	Rachel Lumsdon	733	33.7	−7.3
	Independent	Mel Carr	479	22.0	N/A
	Independent	Gloria Wills	301	13.9	N/A
	Conservative	John Gasston	293	13.5	−15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bell	193	8.9	N/A
	Independent	Jimmy Seymour	168	7.7	−13.8
	UKIP	Tim Illingworth	144	6.6	N/A
	Independent	Christine Moore	119	5.5	N/A
Turnout			2,173	28.6	−7.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Sherburn (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Hall	1,131	57.0	+8.7
	Labour	Bill Kellett	1,056	53.2	+1.5
	Conservative	Raymond Taffurelli	523	26.4	+16.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ellie Hopgood	452	22.8	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Tibbs	366	18.4	−12.4
Turnout			1,984	29.9	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Shildon and Dene Valley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Nicholson	1,172	43.1	−2.8
	Labour	Brian Stephens	1,129	41.5	−9.7
	Labour	Shirley Quinn	1,023	37.6	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	James Huntington	817	30.0	+3.8
	Independent	Robert Ingledew	814	29.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lenny Cockfield	625	23.0	+8.0
	Conservative	Mary Gilbertson	587	21.6	N/A
	UKIP	John Brigstock	468	17.2	N/A
Turnout			2,722	28.8	+1.3
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Shotton and South Hetton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ivan Cochrane	808	45.7	+4.5
	Labour	Eunice Huntington	738	41.7	−11.9
	Labour	Alan Liversidge	695	39.3	−13.0
	Independent	Christopher Hood	617	34.9	N/A
	Conservative	Vicki Lincoln	268	15.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Round	103	5.8	N/A
Turnout			1,768	26.7	+2.7
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Spennymoor (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Spennymoor Independents	Kevin Thompson	1,140	36.9	-6.3
	Spennymoor Independents	Geoff Darkes	938	30.3	*N/A*
	Spennymoor Independents	Liz Maddison	894	28.9	-7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ord	824	26.6	−9.9
	Labour	Ian Geldard	745	24.1	−15.6
	Labour	Steven Jones	642	20.8	−17.3
	Independent	Pete Molloy	601	19.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Beckie Calder	579	18.7	N/A
	Labour	Kathleen Griffiths	517	16.7	−19.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Ranyard	517	16.7	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Booth	362	11.7	+3.8
	Conservative	Richard Child	332	10.7	N/A
	UKIP	James Hargrave	258	8.3	N/A
	Green	Mark Quinn	130	4.2	N/A
Turnout			3,092	36.2	+8.6
Spennymoor Independents hold
Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour
Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour

Stanley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carl Marshall	924	55.6	−13.0
	Labour	Lyn Boyd	919	55.3	−7.6
	Derwentside Independents	David Walker	496	29.8	+2.9
	Derwentside Independents	Mary Wilkinson	437	26.3	N/A
	Conservative	Gary McCallum	250	15.0	N/A
Turnout			1,662	26.5	+1.4
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

T − W

Tanfield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Derwentside Independents	Joyce Charlton	929	46.7	+4.2
	Labour	Olga Milburn	839	42.1	−7.9
	Labour	Gordon Binney	800	40.2	−1.0
	Derwentside Independents	Colin Thompson	766	38.5	+7.6
	Conservative	Kevin Foster	274	13.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Wright	94	4.7	N/A
Turnout			1,991	30.4	+3.7
	Derwentside Independents hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Tow Law (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Manchester	433	46.7	+1.8
	Independent	John Bailey	300	32.3	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Dixon	195	21.0	N/A
Turnout			928	27.8	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Trimdon and Thornley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lucy Hovvels	1,433	58.9	−6.6
	Labour	Peter Brookes	1,413	58.1	−5.9
	Labour	Morris Nicholls	1,392	57.2	−12.5
	UKIP	Clive Taylor-Sholl	582	23.9	+1.4
	Conservative	Ilsa Graham	546	22.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jones	295	12.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Temple	231	9.5	N/A
Turnout			2,433	25.0	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Tudhoe (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Spennymoor Independents	Neil Grayson	802	37.3	+15.0
	Spennymoor Independents	Alan Gardner	775	36.1	+23.1
	Labour	Barbara Graham	654	30.4	−20.5
	Independent	Billy McAloon	635	29.6	N/A
	Labour	Neil Foster	624	29.1	−17.7
	Conservative	Linda Raper	367	17.1	+11.1
Turnout			2,148	33.7	+1.7
Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour
Spennymoor Independents gain from Labour

Weardale (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Shuttleworth	1,899	63.8	+4.0
	Independent	Mary Savory	1,717	57.7	+1.7
	Labour	Robert George	509	17.1	−18.7
	Conservative	Peter Gilbertson	495	16.6	+9.4
	Labour	Alan Myers	358	12.0	N/A
Turnout			2,976	45.6	+3.9
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

West Auckland (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Yorke	808	49.5	−5.8
	Labour	Christine Wilson	759	46.5	−2.4
	Conservative	Mark Roberts	585	35.8	+21.2
	Conservative	Victor Thompson	359	22.0	N/A
	Independent	Alex Tighe	254	15.6	N/A
	UKIP	Lee Harris	239	14.6	−10.4
Turnout			1,633	25.2	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Willington and Hunwick (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Tinsley	1,086	58.8	+6.0
	Labour	Olwyn Gunn	1,069	57.9	+7.3
	Conservative	Helen Hannar	629	34.1	+14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Richardson	318	17.2	N/A
Turnout			1,846	27.1	+2.2
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wingate (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Taylor	577	73.7	+5.9
	Conservative	Greta Pike	107	13.6	N/A
	North East	Stephen Miles	78	10.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cameron Lord	21	2.7	N/A
Turnout			783	26.0	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Woodhouse Close (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lethbridge	765	59.4	+3.0
	Labour	Tanya Tucker	594	46.2	−2.7
	Conservative	Nichola Thompson	396	30.8	+24.5
	UKIP	Colin Race	306	23.8	N/A
Turnout			1,287	20.9	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

By-elections

Trimdon and Thornley, 28 September 2017
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Grant	1,150	65.4	+8.2
	Independent	Maurice Brown	351	20.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bell	117	6.7	−5.4
	Conservative	Michael Smith	112	6.4	−16.0
	Green	Jonathan Elmer	29	1.6	N/A
Turnout			1,759	18.2	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Wingate, 14 March 2019
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	N/A
Turnout			715	24.2	−1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Esh and Witton Gilbert, 21 March 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Coult	1,115	63.2	+10.0
	Labour	Anne Bonner	366	20.7	−7.8
	Independent	Ryan Drion	155	8.8	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Lawrie	128	7.3	−10.2
Turnout			1,764	28.2	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	N/A

Shildon and Dene Valley, 2 May 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Huntington	1,257	42.5	+12.5
	Labour	Samantha Townsend	682	23.0	−20.1
	UKIP	Alan Breeze	456	15.4	−1.8
	Independent	Robert Ingledew	415	14.0	−15.9
	Conservative	Marie Carter-Robb	151	5.1	−16.5
Turnout			2,961	31.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	N/A

Spennymoor, 2 May 2019
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Geldard	489	18.7	−5.4
	Labour	Colin Nelson	420	16.1	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Jones	373	14.3	−12.3
	Independent	William McAloon	358	13.7	N/A
	Independent	Peter Molloy	332	12.7	−6.7
	UKIP	Robert Purvis	281	10.8	+2.5
	Spennymoor Independents	Ronald Highley	221	8.5	−21.8
	Conservative	James Cosslett	137	5.2	−6.5
Turnout			2,611	29.9	−6.3
Independent gain from Spennymoor Independents

References

"Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
"Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Durham County Council. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

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