County Durham council election, 2017

04/05/2017 · 63 wards · 126 seats contested

Most seats
74
Labour Party
Seats contested
126
across 63 wards
Turnout
26.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 74 — 99,388 42.7% —
Liberal Democrats 14 — 31,328 13.4% —
Independent 13 — 31,995 13.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party 10 — 35,071 15.1% —
Derwentside Independents 7 — 13,025 5.6% —
Spennymoor Independents 5 — 4,549 2.0% —
The North East Party 3 — 4,879 2.1% —
Green Party 0 — 5,141 2.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 — 4,589 2.0% —
Seaham Community Party 0 — 3,033 1.3% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 126
Labour Party 126
Conservative and Unionist Party 76
Independent 58
Liberal Democrats 48
Derwentside Independents 19
Green Party 17
The North East Party 14
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 14
Seaham Community Party 6
Spennymoor Independents 5

A party standing a full slate could field 126 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Annfield Plain 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Derwentside Independents Joan Nicholson Elected 871 51.7% —
Labour Party Jeanette Stephenson Elected 812 48.2% —
Labour Party Doug Carmichael 795 47.2% —
Derwentside Independents Christine Bell 666 39.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicky Reece Fernandez 227 13.5% —
Majority17
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,686

Aycliffe East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jim Atkinson Elected 707 51.6% —
Labour Party Sarah Iveson Elected 670 48.9% —
Independent Bill Blenkinsopp 498 36.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Duffy 347 25.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John William Grant 254 18.5% —
Independent Brian Haigh 179 13.1% —
Green Party Helen Louise Hanks 84 6.1% —
Majority172
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,370

Aycliffe North and Middridge 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Scott Durham Elected 868 48.1% —
Labour Party John D Clare Elected 863 47.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Howell Elected 846 46.9% —
Labour Party Joan Gray 754 41.8% —
Labour Party Mike Dixon 675 37.4% —
Independent Dorothy Bowman 573 31.8% —
Independent Irene Hewitson 279 15.5% —
Independent Paul Symons 213 11.8% —
Independent Sandra Haigh 187 10.4% —
Independent Sally Annmarie Symons 151 8.4% —
Majority92
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,803

Aycliffe West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Eddy Adam Elected 570 46.6% —
Labour Party Kate Hopper Elected 519 42.4% —
Independent Ken Robson 437 35.7% —
Independent George Coulson Gray 416 34.0% —
Independent Arun Moham Chandran 276 22.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marney Jane Swan 229 18.7% —
Majority82
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,224

Barnard Castle East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party James Rowlandson Elected 1,389 61.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Morland Richardson Elected 1,292 56.7% —
Labour Party Emma Louise Rowell 752 33.0% —
Labour Party Chris Kelsey 644 28.3% —
Independent Thom Robinson 478 21.0% —
Majority540
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,278

Barnard Castle West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Andrew Bell Elected 1,837 81.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ted Henderson Elected 1,576 69.9% —
Labour Party Francis William Roche 616 27.3% —
Labour Party George Smith 483 21.4% —
Majority960
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,256

Belmont 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Eric Mavin Elected 1,604 46.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Katie Marie Corrigan Elected 1,497 43.1% —
Liberal Democrats Lesley Mavin Elected 1,472 42.4% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Finley 1,292 37.2% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Charles White 1,149 33.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Chris Turner 1,111 32.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Liam John Bewick 841 24.2% —
Independent Arthur Clifford Walker 720 20.7% —
Independent Ian Kelsey 385 11.1% —
Green Party Roger Michael McAdam 342 9.9% —
Majority180
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,471

Benfieldside 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Derwentside Independents Stephen Robinson Elected 1,161 55.8% —
Derwentside Independents Peter Oliver Elected 1,023 49.2% —
Labour Party Steven John Wood 632 30.4% —
Labour Party Sylvia Rae Peak 567 27.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Kinch 341 16.4% —
Liberal Democrats Claire Nicole English 245 11.8% —
Liberal Democrats Natalie Helen English 191 9.2% —
Majority391
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,080

Bishop Auckland Town 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Sam Zair Elected 692 38.8% —
Labour Party Joy Allen Elected 640 35.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Joshua Bainbridge 498 27.9% —
Labour Party Nigel Bryson 483 27.1% —
Independent Lesley Gwyneth Zair 419 23.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Ann Child 387 21.7% —
Independent Billy Neilson 283 15.9% —
Green Party Daniel Christopher Davison 164 9.2% —
Majority142
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,783

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pauline Crathorne Elected 351 45.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Barry Evans 212 27.5% —
Independent Deane Michelle Brett 209 27.1% —
Majority139
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast772

Blackhalls 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rob Crute Elected 1,115 72.7% —
Labour Party Lynn Pounder Elected 1,041 67.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Eaton 412 26.9% —
The North East Party Steve Franklin 259 16.9% —
The North East Party Jamie Michael Stuart Robinson 240 15.6% —
Majority629
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,534

Brandon 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Paul Taylor Elected 1,339 68.3% —
Labour Party John Alexander Turnbull Elected 1,331 67.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Valerie Anne Booth 464 23.7% —
Liberal Democrats Laura Helen Wilson 417 21.3% —
Liberal Democrats Denis Edwin Jackson 368 18.8% —
Majority867
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,960

Burnopfield and Dipton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ivan Jewell Elected 844 47.8% —
Labour Party Joanne Carr Elected 698 39.6% —
Independent Roland Hemsley 508 28.8% —
Derwentside Independents David Marrs 478 27.1% —
Derwentside Independents Betty Minto 416 23.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ivy Wilson 359 20.4% —
Green Party Melody Jane Sandells 225 12.8% —
Majority190
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,764

Chester-le-Street East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Beatrice Bainbridge Elected 394 32.5% —
Labour Party Simon Mulligan 289 23.8% —
Green Party Derek Morse 181 14.9% —
Independent Paul Leslie Evans 175 14.4% —
Independent Maureen Diana May 71 5.9% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Stephen Rendle 59 4.9% —
Liberal Democrats Russell Amor Haswell 43 3.5% —
Majority105
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,212

Chester-le-Street North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tracie Smith Elected 678 54.1% —
Independent Clare Helen Todd 270 21.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party William Neil Middlemass 222 17.7% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Bernard Nathan 84 6.7% —
Majority408
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,254

Chester-le-Street South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Paul Stephen Sexton Elected 789 32.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Allan Bainbridge Elected 766 31.7% —
Labour Party George Keith Davidson 762 31.5% —
Independent Bill Moist 751 31.0% —
Labour Party Katherine Helen Henig 718 29.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel James Campbell Mayne 637 26.3% —
Liberal Democrats Liam Ross Scanlon-Brown 233 9.6% —
Liberal Democrats Michael Peacock 185 7.6% —
Majority4
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,420

Chester-le-Street West Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Simon Antony Henig Elected 854 51.4% —
Labour Party Linda Marshall Elected 749 45.0% —
Independent Mark Andrew Atkinson 611 36.7% —
Independent Ewan Charles Marshall 454 27.3% —
The North East Party Graham Roy Thorp 369 22.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael John Gossage 289 17.4% —
Majority138
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,663

Chilton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Christine Potts Elected 622 68.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Sandles 291 31.9% —
Majority331
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast913

Consett North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Owen Temple Elected 1,089 56.2% —
Independent Alexander Watson Elected 913 47.1% —
Liberal Democrats Margaret Nealis 570 29.4% —
Labour Party Kevin Earley 557 28.7% —
Labour Party Benjamin Eckford 345 17.8% —
Derwentside Independents Wendy Jane Brown 226 11.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Munro Beaty 175 9.0% —
Majority343
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,938

Consett South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Derwentside Independents Derek Hicks Elected 395 50.8% —
Labour Party Jack Owen Simons 267 34.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Raymond Frederick Goodson 115 14.8% —
Majority128
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast777

Coundon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Charlie Kay Elected 489 60.4% —
Independent Adam Julio Zair 175 21.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Anthony Watson 146 18.0% —
Majority314
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast810

Coxhoe 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Jan Blakey Elected 1,325 61.6% —
Labour Party Stuart Dunn Elected 1,220 56.7% —
Labour Party Maura McKeon Elected 1,160 53.9% —
Labour Party Maria Leina Plews 1,123 52.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anne Murphy 757 35.2% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Shuttleworth 545 25.3% —
Liberal Democrats Adam Joseph Walker 322 15.0% —
Majority37
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,151

Craghead and South Moor 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mark Davinson Elected 874 62.1% —
Labour Party Carol Hampson Elected 831 59.0% —
Derwentside Independents Katy Coulson 374 26.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Ken Rollings 221 15.7% —
Derwentside Independents Graeme Edward Whitworth 205 14.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Patrick John Miles Seargeant 190 13.5% —
Liberal Democrats Gregory Stephen Daniel Coltman 60 4.3% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Williams 60 4.3% —
Majority457
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,408

Crook 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Anne Reed Elected 1,239 61.7% —
Independent Patricia Jopling Elected 1,022 50.9% —
Labour Party Andrea Patterson Elected 913 45.5% —
Labour Party Eddie Tomlinson 893 44.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Benjamin Cohen 776 38.7% —
Labour Party Maureen Blanche Stanton 667 33.2% —
Liberal Democrats David English 512 25.5% —
Majority20
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,007

Dawdon 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin Joseph Shaw Elected 886 54.5% —
Labour Party Leanne Kennedy Elected 812 49.9% —
Seaham Community Party Robert Arthur 710 43.6% —
Seaham Community Party Kathryn Brace 520 32.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Cooper 209 12.8% —
Green Party Robert James Reay 117 7.2% —
Majority102
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,627

Deerness 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jean Kathleen Chaplow Elected 1,533 64.2% —
Labour Party David Bell Elected 1,502 63.0% —
Labour Party Marion Wilson Elected 1,340 56.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Patrick Gilmore 644 27.0% —
Liberal Democrats John Joseph Kelley 529 22.2% —
Green Party Janice Wilson 461 19.3% —
Liberal Democrats Florence Diana Simpson 429 18.0% —
Liberal Democrats Edwin Simpson 426 17.9% —
Green Party Nicholas Leight Kasch 295 12.4% —
Majority696
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,386

Delves Lane 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Malcolm Clarke Elected 798 58.9% —
Labour Party Jane Brown Elected 776 57.3% —
Derwentside Independents George James Robert McKay 672 49.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Wendy Frances Smith 464 34.2% —
Majority104
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,355

Deneside 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Edward Bell Elected 777 56.6% —
Labour Party Jennifer Ann Bell Elected 716 52.1% —
Seaham Community Party Barry Taylor 462 33.6% —
Seaham Community Party Katie Murden 432 31.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Edward Jackson 172 12.5% —
The North East Party Arron Gilbraith 128 9.3% —
The North East Party Terry Duffy 62 4.5% —
Majority254
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,374

Durham South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Stoker Elected 351 46.6% —
Labour Party Andrzej Jan Olechnowicz 225 29.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Lawrie 178 23.6% —
Majority126
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast754

Easington 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Angela Surtees Elected 885 66.9% —
Labour Party David John Boyes Elected 835 63.1% —
Independent Terry Murray 392 29.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Susan Holt 303 22.9% —
The North East Party Andrew Watson 231 17.5% —
Majority443
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,323

Elvet and Gilesgate 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Richard Daniel Ormerod Elected 923 64.3% —
Liberal Democrats David Robert Freeman Elected 905 63.1% —
Labour Party Maureen St Clare Boettcher 335 23.3% —
Labour Party Frank Salisbury 284 19.8% —
Green Party Jamie Penston Raja 149 10.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Glaister 141 9.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Pat Wynne 133 9.3% —
Majority570
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,435

Esh and Witton Gilbert 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Arnold Simpson Elected 1,320 62.0% —
Liberal Democrats Michael McGaun Elected 1,231 57.8% —
Labour Party Barbara Armstrong 659 31.0% —
Labour Party Joseph Armstrong 644 30.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kathryn Whittaker 402 18.9% —
Majority572
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,128

Evenwood 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Heather Lesley Smith Elected 847 52.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony Stephen Hugill Elected 775 47.8% —
Labour Party Andy Turner 668 41.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Cosslett 657 40.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Alan John Breeze 293 18.1% —
Majority107
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,620

Ferryhill 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Brian Avery Elected 1,127 55.8% —
Independent Joe Makepeace Elected 834 41.3% —
Labour Party Peter Bernard Atkinson Elected 806 39.9% —
Independent David Farry 740 36.7% —
Labour Party John Lindsay 731 36.2% —
Independent Laura Leigh Wayman 731 36.2% —
Labour Party Carole Atkinson 722 35.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Douglas Neill Hutley 367 18.2% —
Majority66
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,019

Framwellgate and Newton Hall 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Amanda Jayne Hopgood Elected 2,491 64.2% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilkes Elected 2,459 63.4% —
Liberal Democrats Frances Mamie Simmons Elected 2,286 58.9% —
Labour Party Dave Gill 892 23.0% —
Labour Party Anne Bonner 768 19.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Lewis Morgan 695 17.9% —
Labour Party Susan Nelson 687 17.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip James Heath 658 17.0% —
Green Party Elizabeth Helen Claire Bromley 271 7.0% —
Green Party Amy Clare Galland 214 5.5% —
Green Party Rim Hassen 212 5.5% —
Majority1,394
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,878

Horden 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ian McLean Elected 748 52.4% —
Labour Party June Clark Elected 673 47.1% —
The North East Party Mary Alison Cartwright 461 32.3% —
Independent Paul Maddison 381 26.7% —
The North East Party David Hawley 265 18.6% —
Independent Doug Langan 242 16.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kathleen Joan Margaret Currie 87 6.1% —
Majority212
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,428

Lanchester 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ossie Johnson Elected 937 47.7% —
Labour Party June Considine Elected 652 33.2% —
Derwentside Independents Richie Young 642 32.7% —
Derwentside Independents John Gordon Ingham 567 28.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Louis Coad 522 26.6% —
Liberal Democrats Keith English 242 12.3% —
Independent David Lindsay 203 10.3% —
Liberal Democrats David Agutter Rolfe 161 8.2% —
Majority10
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,963

Leadgate and Medomsley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Derwentside Independents Watts Stelling Elected 1,426 65.4% —
Derwentside Independents Alan Shield Elected 1,275 58.5% —
Labour Party Liam Carr 732 33.6% —
Labour Party Donna Marie Summerson 597 27.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gaynor-Anne Taffurelli 331 15.2% —
Majority543
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,180

Lumley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Alan Bell Elected 1,079 58.8% —
Independent Audrey Willis Elected 824 44.9% —
Labour Party Anna Marie Lavery 523 28.5% —
Independent David Thompson 510 27.8% —
Labour Party Lauren Anders 396 21.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Fielder 339 18.5% —
Majority301
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,836

Murton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alan Napier Elected 983 59.4% —
Labour Party Joyce Maitland Elected 836 50.5% —
Independent Thomas Philip Young 604 36.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Brian Brown 370 22.4% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Stephen George Robson 320 19.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver George William Lewis 196 11.9% —
Majority232
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,654

Neville's Cross 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Liz Brown Elected 1,192 45.2% —
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Scott Elected 1,056 40.0% —
Green Party Jonathan Elmer 948 35.9% —
Green Party Sarah Thin 724 27.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party William Peter Rowles Halford 347 13.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Drummond Moverley Smith 309 11.7% —
Labour Party Owen Christopher Edwards 274 10.4% —
Labour Party Maciej Tadeusz Matuszewski 272 10.3% —
Independent Stephen Ashfield 158 6.0% —
Majority108
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,640

North Lodge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Craig Martin Elected 743 52.3% —
Independent Peter Howard May 464 32.7% —
Labour Party Saul Josef Cahill 110 7.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Christopher Middleton 104 7.3% —
Majority279
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,421

Passfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
The North East Party Karen Hawley Elected 337 34.0% —
Independent Joan Maslin 296 29.9% —
Labour Party Barry Spoors Wilson 201 20.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Isaac Duffy 157 15.8% —
Majority41
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast991

Pelton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alison Joan Batey Elected 1,846 80.8% —
Labour Party Colin Carr Elected 1,431 62.6% —
Labour Party Danny Wood Elected 1,371 60.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael James Botterill 1,000 43.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Callum Robert Redfern 681 29.8% —
Green Party David Francis Revett 530 23.2% —
Majority371
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,286

Peterlee East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Audrey Ellen Laing Elected 586 49.7% —
Labour Party Harry Bennett Elected 568 48.1% —
The North East Party Lee Cook 547 46.4% —
The North East Party Vik Watson 531 45.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonty Bayliss 129 10.9% —
Majority21
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,180

Peterlee West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
The North East Party Susan McDonnell Elected 736 53.4% —
The North East Party Karon Liddell Elected 635 46.1% —
Labour Party Jimmy Alvey 623 45.2% —
Labour Party Lisa Ann Alvey 549 39.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aaron Travis Lee 211 15.3% —
Majority12
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,377

Sacriston 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Heather Sara Liddle Elected 1,013 73.4% —
Labour Party Simon Joseph Wilson Elected 952 68.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Graeme Hynds 403 29.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Michael Trevor Toms 394 28.5% —
Majority549
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,381

Seaham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Geraldine Bleasdale Elected 634 40.7% —
Labour Party Sue Morrison Elected 604 38.8% —
Seaham Community Party Graeme Neville Hepworth 471 30.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Derick Dixon 468 30.1% —
Seaham Community Party Adam Stephen Remmer 438 28.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Reid 402 25.8% —
Green Party Helen Milburn Reay 94 6.0% —
Majority133
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,556

Sedgefield 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Ralph Brown Elected 817 40.4% —
Labour Party John Robinson Elected 800 39.5% —
Labour Party Rachel Lumsdon 733 36.2% —
Independent Mel Carr 479 23.7% —
Independent Gloria Wills 301 14.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Harold Gasston 293 14.5% —
Liberal Democrats Alan Bell 193 9.5% —
Independent Jimmy Seymour 168 8.3% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Tim Illingworth 144 7.1% —
Independent Christine Moore 119 5.9% —
Majority67
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,024

Sherburn 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party David Marshall Hall Elected 1,131 64.1% —
Labour Party Bill Kellett Elected 1,056 59.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Raymond William Taffurelli 523 29.6% —
Liberal Democrats Ellie Jayne Hopgood 452 25.6% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Neil Tibbs 366 20.7% —
Majority533
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,764

Shildon and Dene Valley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Henry Nicholson Elected 1,172 53.0% —
Labour Party Brian Stephens Elected 1,129 51.0% —
Labour Party Shirley Quinn Elected 1,023 46.2% —
Liberal Democrats James Garry Huntington 817 36.9% —
Independent Robert Ingledew 814 36.8% —
Liberal Democrats Lenny Cockfield 625 28.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mary Elizabeth Gilbertson 587 26.5% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John Dennis Brigstock 468 21.2% —
Majority206
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,212

Shotton and South Hetton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Ivan Cochrane Elected 808 50.1% —
Labour Party Eunice Huntington Elected 738 45.7% —
Labour Party Alan Liversidge 695 43.1% —
Independent Chris Hood 617 38.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vicki Lincoln 268 16.6% —
Liberal Democrats Christian Emmanuel Round 103 6.4% —
Majority43
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,614

Spennymoor 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Spennymoor Independents Kevin Thompson Elected 1,140 40.3% —
Spennymoor Independents Geoff Darkes Elected 938 33.2% —
Spennymoor Independents Liz Maddison Elected 894 31.6% —
Liberal Democrats Ben Ord 824 29.2% —
Labour Party Ian Geldard 745 26.4% —
Labour Party Steven Alan Jones 642 22.7% —
Independent Pete Molloy 601 21.3% —
Liberal Democrats Beckie Ranyard 579 20.5% —
Liberal Democrats Dean Ranyard 517 18.3% —
Labour Party Kathleen Elizabeth Griffiths 517 18.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Booth 362 12.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Child 332 11.7% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) James Arthur Hargrave 258 9.1% —
Green Party Mark James Quinn 130 4.6% —
Majority70
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,826

Stanley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Carl Marshall Elected 924 61.1% —
Labour Party Lyn Boyd Elected 919 60.7% —
Derwentside Independents David Walker 496 32.8% —
Derwentside Independents Mary Patricia Wilkinson 437 28.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary McCallum 250 16.5% —
Majority423
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,513

Tanfield 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Derwentside Independents Joyce Charlton Elected 929 46.7% —
Labour Party Olga Milburn Elected 839 42.1% —
Labour Party Gordon Binney 800 40.2% —
Derwentside Independents Colin Thompson 766 38.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Foster 274 13.8% —
Liberal Democrats Julia Alexandra Wright 94 4.7% —
Majority39
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,991

Tow Law

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Richard Manchester Elected 433 46.7% —
Independent John Bailey 300 32.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew John Dixon 195 21.0% —
Majority133
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast928

Trimdon and Thornley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lucy Hovvels Elected 1,433 58.9% —
Labour Party Peter Brookes Elected 1,413 58.1% —
Labour Party Morris Nicholls Elected 1,392 57.2% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Clive Taylor-Sholl 582 23.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ilsa Graham 546 22.4% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Thomas Brian Jones 295 12.1% —
Liberal Democrats Liz Temple 231 9.5% —
Majority810
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,433

Tudhoe 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Spennymoor Independents Neil Grayson Elected 802 37.3% —
Spennymoor Independents Alan Gardner Elected 775 36.1% —
Labour Party Barbara Graham 654 30.4% —
Independent Billy McAloon 635 29.6% —
Labour Party Neil Crowther Foster 624 29.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Linda Raper 367 17.1% —
Majority121
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,148

Weardale 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent John Shuttleworth Elected 1,899 63.8% —
Independent Anita Savory Elected 1,717 57.7% —
Labour Party Robert James George 509 17.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Gilbertson 495 16.6% —
Labour Party Alan Christopher Myers 358 12.0% —
Majority1,208
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,976

West Auckland 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Robert John Yorke Elected 808 49.5% —
Labour Party Christine Wilson Elected 759 46.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Robert Idwal Roberts 585 35.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Victor Thompson 359 22.0% —
Independent Alex Tighe 254 15.6% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Lee Harris 239 14.6% —
Majority174
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,633

Willington and Hunwick 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Fraser Tinsley Elected 1,086 58.8% —
Labour Party Olwyn Elizabeth Gunn Elected 1,069 57.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Louise Hannar 629 34.1% —
Liberal Democrats Samuel Jon Richardson 318 17.2% —
Majority440
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,846

Wingate

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Leo Taylor Elected 577 73.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Greta Pike 107 13.7% —
The North East Party Stephen Miles 78 10.0% —
Liberal Democrats Cameron Lord 21 2.7% —
Majority470
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast783

Woodhouse Close 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Lethbridge Elected 765 59.4% —
Labour Party Tanya Tucker Elected 594 46.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nichola Thompson 396 30.8% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Colin Race 306 23.8% —
Majority198
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,287

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