County Durham council election, 2025

01/05/2025 · 51 wards · 98 seats contested

Most seats
65
Reform UK
Seats contested
98
across 51 wards
Turnout
35.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 65 +65 109,708 40.7% +40.7
Liberal Democrats 14 -3 32,252 12.0% -0.7
Independent 12 -10 31,046 11.5% -2.8
Labour Party 4 -49 61,379 22.8% -14.4
Green Party 2 +1 9,919 3.7% +1.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 1 -23 16,911 6.3% -21.0
Derwentside Independents 0 -5 4,040 1.5% -1.2
Seaham Community Party 0 +0 2,968 1.1% -0.0
The North East Party 0 -4 1,058 0.4% -1.1
Social Democratic Party 0 +0 83 0.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 0 +0 33 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 98
Labour Party 98
Reform UK 97
Liberal Democrats 77
Conservative and Unionist Party 73
Independent 52
Green Party 37
Derwentside Independents 5
Seaham Community Party 4
The North East Party 4
Social Democratic Party 1
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 1

A party standing a full slate could field 98 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 & Tanfield 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Karen Allison Elected 1,404 47.3% —
Reform UK Darren Grimes Elected 1,364 46.0% —
Derwentside Independents Joan Nicholson 659 22.2% —
Labour Party Olga Milburn 579 19.5% —
Derwentside Independents Joyce Charlton 574 19.3% —
Labour Party Jeanette Stephenson 512 17.3% —
Green Party Sarah Twigg 122 4.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin John Briggs 114 3.8% —
Liberal Democrats Sopha Phal 80 2.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Garry Richardson 77 2.6% —
Majority705
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors8,194
Ballots cast2,968

Aycliffe North & Middridge 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Michael Stead Elected 1,001 34.1% —
Reform UK Tim McGuinness Elected 999 34.0% —
Reform UK Clive Taylor-Sholl 887 30.2% —
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Aston 807 27.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Sutton-Lloyd 471 16.0% —
Labour Party Michael Edward Murphy 438 14.9% —
Labour Party Luke Ellis 419 14.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Stubbs 339 11.5% —
Independent Tony Beddard 106 3.6% —
Independent Dorothy Bowman 94 3.2% —
Green Party Jonathan Stephen Park 82 2.8% —
Majority112
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors8,597
Ballots cast2,936

Aycliffe South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK John William Grant Elected 1,459 44.3% —
Reform UK Nicole Louise Brown Elected 1,335 40.5% —
Reform UK Andrew Eales Elected 1,287 39.0% —
Labour Party Jim Atkinson 667 20.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Howell 589 17.9% —
Labour Party John Joseph Clark 556 16.9% —
Independent Ken Robson 550 16.7% —
Labour Party Toyin Ogunyemi 396 12.0% —
Independent Martin Ashcroft 363 11.0% —
Liberal Democrats Kyle Robinson 331 10.0% —
Independent George Coulson Gray 305 9.3% —
Liberal Democrats John Woodward 286 8.7% —
Liberal Democrats Tunde Akinsanya 286 8.7% —
Independent Tony Armstrong 227 6.9% —
Green Party Neale Floyd Darryl Cooley 156 4.7% —
Majority620
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors11,422
Ballots cast3,296

Barnard Castle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Chris Foote-Wood Elected 456 31.0% —
Reform UK Christopher Paul Bewley 436 29.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ted Henderson 421 28.6% —
Green Party John Edward Hogg 97 6.6% —
Liberal Democrats Richard Huzzey 63 4.3% —
Majority20
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors4,156
Ballots cast1,473

Belmont 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Lesley Mavin Elected 1,296 39.4% —
Liberal Democrats Eric Mavin Elected 1,256 38.2% —
Reform UK Christopher Elliott 1,026 31.2% —
Reform UK Steve Gilley 853 25.9% —
Labour Party Paul Finley 733 22.3% —
Labour Party Val Hawes 722 21.9% —
Green Party Joel Graham Thornton 306 9.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Parkin 158 4.8% —
Majority230
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors8,343
Ballots cast3,292

Benfieldside 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Sandra Ruth Grindle Elected 1,064 33.9% —
Reform UK Andrew James Kilburn Elected 1,007 32.0% —
Labour Party Kevin Earley 879 28.0% —
Independent Stephen Robinson 783 24.9% —
Independent Peter Oliver 646 20.6% —
Labour Party Michael Wass 613 19.5% —
Liberal Democrats Terry Rooney 362 11.5% —
Liberal Democrats Joanne Nattrass 278 8.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Lowes 216 6.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dan Lowes 215 6.8% —
Majority128
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors7,954
Ballots cast3,143

Bishop Auckland 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Lyndsey Fox Elected 1,870 46.9% —
Reform UK John Paul Kinvig Elected 1,713 42.9% —
Reform UK Tom Redmond Elected 1,708 42.8% —
Labour Party Kelly Guest 949 23.8% —
Labour Party Tessa Hope 945 23.7% —
Labour Party Michael Siddle 934 23.4% —
Independent Sam Zair 783 19.6% —
Independent Mike Harker 422 10.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Allan Holmes 413 10.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Peter Middleton 392 9.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adeline Tchana 246 6.2% —
Green Party Hannahs S J 245 6.1% —
Independent Joanne Marie Howey 233 5.8% —
Liberal Democrats Christine Thelwell 164 4.1% —
Liberal Democrats Arnold Simpson 152 3.8% —
Independent John Dennis Brigstock 32 0.8% —
Majority759
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors12,281
Ballots cast3,989

Blackhalls & Hesledens

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rob Crute Elected 629 44.5% —
Reform UK Gary Johnson 621 43.9% —
Liberal Democrats Neil Peter Thompson 114 8.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Victoria Bartch 49 3.5% —
Majority8
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors4,345
Ballots cast1,413

Bowburn & Coxhoe 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Kyle Martin Genner Elected 1,613 41.7% —
Independent Gary Hutchinson Elected 1,419 36.7% —
Independent Jan Blakey Elected 1,409 36.4% —
Reform UK Benjamin Straughair 1,269 32.8% —
Reform UK Michael Walter Watson 1,242 32.1% —
Labour Party Viv Anderson 962 24.9% —
Labour Party Shaun David Gibson 667 17.2% —
Labour Party Lennox Walter Lauchlan 607 15.7% —
Green Party Catherine Marie Birchmore 384 9.9% —
Liberal Democrats Kimberley Noble 200 5.2% —
Liberal Democrats George Alexander Chissell 188 4.9% —
Liberal Democrats Alexander Greenaway 180 4.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dorothy Ann Luckhurst 162 4.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane McAndrew 145 3.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Oliver Rowland 120 3.1% —
Majority140
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors12,281
Ballots cast3,869

Brandon 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jonathan Elmer Elected 1,017 33.7% —
Green Party Priscilla Anne Bowen Elmer Elected 900 29.8% —
Independent Paul Taylor 845 28.0% —
Reform UK Andrew Fullard 786 26.0% —
Reform UK Mark Leigh 700 23.2% —
Labour Party Anne Bonner 503 16.6% —
Labour Party Nick Rippin 457 15.1% —
Independent Carolyn Jayne Smith 93 3.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Billy Walker 71 2.3% —
Liberal Democrats Abrial Jerram 62 2.1% —
Liberal Democrats Prem Raghvani 51 1.7% —
Majority55
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors8,424
Ballots cast3,022

Castle Eden & Passfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Scott Woodhouse Elected 804 52.5% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Mary Bell 337 22.0% —
The North East Party Susan McDonnell 132 8.6% —
Independent Karen Hawley 124 8.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Coulson 87 5.7% —
Liberal Democrats David Hodgson 46 3.0% —
Majority467
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors4,455
Ballots cast1,530

Chester-le-Street North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Andrew Husband Elected 1,139 37.3% —
Labour Party Tracie Smith Elected 1,082 35.5% —
Labour Party Julie Scurfield 944 30.9% —
Independent Karen Fantarrow-Darby 860 28.2% —
Reform UK Tony Teasdale 765 25.1% —
Green Party Derek Morse 230 7.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Brown 199 6.5% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Bernard Nathan 160 5.2% —
Social Democratic Party Tom Chittenden 83 2.7% —
Majority138
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors7,639
Ballots cast3,052

Chester-le-Street South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Paul Stephen Sexton Elected 1,641 50.0% —
Independent Bill Moist Elected 1,453 44.3% —
Reform UK Geoff Dovaston 908 27.7% —
Reform UK Adele Taggart 709 21.6% —
Labour Party Harry Clark 519 15.8% —
Labour Party Eileen McKnight-Smith 383 11.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ellie Sargeant 217 6.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sebastian Leo Gran 160 4.9% —
Green Party Alan Ostle 151 4.6% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Peter Haney 143 4.4% —
Majority545
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors7,926
Ballots cast3,281

Chilton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Stephen Robert Bowron Elected 523 46.9% —
Independent Sue Reece 235 21.1% —
Labour Party Angus John Ferguson 135 12.1% —
Independent Julie Cairns 128 11.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Catherine Anne Hart 65 5.8% —
Liberal Democrats Carole Lattin 28 2.5% —
Majority288
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors3,675
Ballots cast1,114

Consett North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Rooney Elected 772 48.5% —
Reform UK Trevor Douglas Newsom 537 33.7% —
Labour Party Rob Moran 238 14.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Will Robinson 46 2.9% —
Majority235
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors4,172
Ballots cast1,593

Consett South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dominic John Haney Elected 740 55.1% —
Reform UK Michael McGaun 421 31.3% —
Labour Party Phillip Marshall 139 10.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rachel McEnaeny 44 3.3% —
Majority319
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors3,812
Ballots cast1,344

Craghead & South Moor 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK John Michael Cook Elected 1,317 59.4% —
Reform UK Aaron Hillam Elected 1,148 51.8% —
Labour Party Les Timbey 601 27.1% —
Labour Party Carol Hampson 599 27.0% —
Liberal Democrats Neil John Bradbury 229 10.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Davison 122 5.5% —
Majority547
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors7,979
Ballots cast2,218

Crook 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Robbie Rodiss Elected 2,102 51.9% —
Reform UK Paul David Bean Elected 1,849 45.7% —
Reform UK Adrian Schulman Elected 1,645 40.6% —
Independent Anne Reed 1,327 32.8% —
Labour Party Mary Hall 711 17.6% —
Labour Party Michael Beeforth 679 16.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Currah 610 15.1% —
Labour Party John Leslie Wilson 569 14.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Jopling 484 12.0% —
Green Party Steven Douglas Bamlett 335 8.3% —
Green Party Geoffrey William Martin 280 6.9% —
Liberal Democrats Nick Lion 255 6.3% —
Majority318
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors11,062
Ballots cast4,048

Dalton & Dawdon 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Gerry Anderson Elected 945 38.6% —
Reform UK Jack McGlenen Elected 876 35.8% —
Seaham Community Party Robert Arthur 845 34.5% —
Seaham Community Party Susan Mary Faulkner 690 28.2% —
Labour Party Kevin Joseph Shaw 619 25.3% —
Labour Party June Watson 554 22.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Shanks 64 2.6% —
Liberal Democrats Giuseppe Enrico Bignardi 61 2.5% —
Majority31
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors8,132
Ballots cast2,447

Deerness 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Matthew John Burnard Elected 1,259 39.8% —
Reform UK Sean Patrick Healy Elected 1,105 34.9% —
Labour Party Marion Wilson 860 27.2% —
Liberal Democrats Edwin Simpson 806 25.5% —
Liberal Democrats John Simon Burt 741 23.4% —
Labour Party Jimmy Jamieson 710 22.4% —
Green Party Sarah Jane Banks 239 7.6% —
Green Party Liz Wright 176 5.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Drummond Moverley Smith 94 3.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Wendy Frances Smith 90 2.8% —
Majority245
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors8,551
Ballots cast3,164

Delves Lane 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Kenny Hope Elected 1,272 50.3% —
Reform UK Jacqueline Teasdale Elected 1,045 41.3% —
Labour Party Jane Brown 620 24.5% —
Labour Party Simon Andrew Stewart-Piercy 461 18.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Angela Sterling 386 15.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michelle Walton 379 15.0% —
Liberal Democrats Nazcat Stephen Haney 276 10.9% —
Liberal Democrats David Bowerbank 219 8.7% —
Majority425
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors7,717
Ballots cast2,529

Derwent & Pont Valley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Saffron Sims-Brydon Elected 1,913 39.7% —
Reform UK Gavin Brydon Elected 1,858 38.5% —
Reform UK Craig Thomas Marshall Elected 1,761 36.5% —
Labour Party Veronica Andrews 1,272 26.4% —
Labour Party Declan Mulholland 1,267 26.3% —
Labour Party Tom Hubbuck 1,059 22.0% —
Derwentside Independents Watts Stelling 1,027 21.3% —
Derwentside Independents Alan Shield 1,014 21.0% —
Derwentside Independents Eileen Elliott 766 15.9% —
Green Party Richard Edwin Simpson 384 8.0% —
Liberal Democrats Tonia Jean Atkinson 289 6.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jacob Boneham 276 5.7% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Murray 208 4.3% —
Majority489
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors12,879
Ballots cast4,821

Easington & Shotton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK John Bailey Elected 1,849 52.0% —
Reform UK Howard William Brown Elected 1,752 49.3% —
Reform UK Louise Taylor Elected 1,729 48.6% —
Independent Sophie Louise Brown 798 22.5% —
Independent Chris Hood 743 20.9% —
Labour Party Angela Surtees 713 20.1% —
Labour Party Leeann Clarkson 601 16.9% —
Labour Party Omide Deinali 527 14.8% —
Independent Ivan Cochrane 479 13.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Baker 163 4.6% —
Independent Rob Moore 158 4.4% —
Liberal Democrats Chukwuka Okuchukwu 156 4.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kye Alan Slawson-Powell 104 2.9% —
Majority931
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors11,959
Ballots cast3,554

Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Robert Freeman Elected 936 39.4% —
Liberal Democrats Ellie Jayne Hopgood Elected 839 35.4% —
Labour Party Rory Handy 660 27.8% —
Labour Party Stacey Deinali 613 25.8% —
Reform UK Xavier Hale 403 17.0% —
Reform UK Isaac Lucan 381 16.1% —
Green Party Stephen Ashfield 356 15.0% —
Green Party Jamie Michael Pearson 215 9.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Carter 114 4.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham William Lee 81 3.4% —
Majority179
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors8,222
Ballots cast2,373

Evenwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Robert Potts Elected 732 48.7% —
Labour Party Becky Land 352 23.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Cosslett 275 18.3% —
Green Party Michael Stonehouse 76 5.1% —
Liberal Democrats Anne Woodward 69 4.6% —
Majority380
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors3,839
Ballots cast1,504

Ferryhill 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Paul Mountford Elected 1,114 40.4% —
Reform UK Joe Michael Quinn Elected 986 35.8% —
Independent Glenys Joan Newby 934 33.9% —
Labour Party Curtis Ferenc Bihari 857 31.1% —
Labour Party Carole Atkinson 629 22.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Farry 174 6.3% —
Green Party Matthew Henry Choi 107 3.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lisa Coxon 102 3.7% —
Liberal Democrats Sandra Elizabeth Kirby 84 3.0% —
Liberal Democrats Bob Peach 57 2.1% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) John Barry Lathan 33 1.2% —
Majority52
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors7,801
Ballots cast2,758

Framwellgate & Newton Hall 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Amanda Jayne Hopgood Elected 2,465 53.0% —
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilkes Elected 2,425 52.2% —
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Pears Elected 2,048 44.0% —
Reform UK Neville Forbes 1,173 25.2% —
Labour Party Kaye Burns 830 17.8% —
Labour Party Rachael Perry 768 16.5% —
Reform UK Colin Trevor Toghill 689 14.8% —
Labour Party Valerie Speed 689 14.8% —
Green Party Irene Ostle 432 9.3% —
Independent Karon Willis 306 6.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Carolyn Anne Baker 243 5.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Anne Marshall 195 4.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew James Smith 191 4.1% —
Majority875
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors10,963
Ballots cast4,650

Horden & Dene House 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Dawn Bellingham Elected 1,312 54.8% —
Reform UK John Cottier Elected 1,147 47.9% —
Labour Party Chris Cain 725 30.3% —
Labour Party June Clark 703 29.4% —
Independent Paul Maddison 165 6.9% —
Independent Arlene Helen Childs 100 4.2% —
Liberal Democrats Owen Temple 85 3.6% —
Independent Matthew Thomas Tough 67 2.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Jeremy Cassidy 57 2.4% —
Majority422
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors7,974
Ballots cast2,393

Lanchester & Burnhope

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Alison Gray Elected 755 35.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Doug Oliver 710 33.7% —
Reform UK Stephen Harrison 563 26.7% —
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Williams 79 3.7% —
Majority45
Turnout47.0%
Registered electors4,461
Ballots cast2,107

Langley & Esh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Alex Neil Elected 777 48.0% —
Reform UK Andrea Mary Brown 534 33.0% —
Labour Party Michael Toner 187 11.5% —
Green Party Joshua James Lightfoot 68 4.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Paul Shaw 54 3.3% —
Majority243
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors4,329
Ballots cast1,620

Lower Teesdale 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Jillian Anne Campbell Elected 1,075 37.4% —
Reform UK Jasmine Fox Elected 1,008 35.1% —
Green Party Sarah Louise Hannan 726 25.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Morland Richardson 666 23.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Rowlandson 636 22.1% —
Green Party Marc Cole 555 19.3% —
Labour Party Simon Land 434 15.1% —
Labour Party Noah Padraig McCourt 302 10.5% —
Liberal Democrats Wico Van Mourik 116 4.0% —
Majority282
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors6,786
Ballots cast2,873

Lumley & West Rainton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Alan Bell Elected 1,581 54.2% —
Independent Philip Heaviside Elected 1,353 46.4% —
Reform UK Adam Carter-Jones 844 29.0% —
Reform UK Ewan Charles Marshall 719 24.7% —
Labour Party Paul Greenwood 325 11.1% —
Labour Party Lyn Leach 301 10.3% —
Liberal Democrats David Alan Haswell 152 5.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Shanks 140 4.8% —
Green Party Bisserka Ivanova Gaydarska 115 3.9% —
Majority509
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors7,687
Ballots cast2,915

Murton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK David Cumming Elected 1,045 45.1% —
Reform UK Mark Stephen Rowney Elected 938 40.5% —
Labour Party Julie Ann Griffiths 781 33.7% —
Labour Party Robert Adcock-Forster 682 29.5% —
Independent Brian Brown 322 13.9% —
Independent Stephen George Robson 312 13.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Wareham 121 5.2% —
Liberal Democrats Antonio Milian 99 4.3% —
Majority157
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,982
Ballots cast2,315

Neville's Cross 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Liz Brown Elected 1,402 52.9% —
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Scott Elected 1,266 47.8% —
Labour Party Les Wilson 545 20.6% —
Labour Party Gabriel Ridley 529 20.0% —
Green Party Jack Hughes 476 18.0% —
Reform UK Gary William Black 382 14.4% —
Reform UK Katrina Rockett 314 11.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Deborah Jane Whitfield 172 6.5% —
Majority721
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors8,489
Ballots cast2,648

North Lodge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Craig Martin Elected 999 58.3% —
Reform UK Darren Hawkes 432 25.2% —
Labour Party Glenn James Batey 212 12.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Krishnarajasri Krishnapillai 37 2.2% —
Green Party Chris Dale 36 2.1% —
Majority567
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors3,879
Ballots cast1,715

Pelton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Steve Biggs Elected 1,767 47.5% —
Reform UK Ian Mark Cross Elected 1,748 47.0% —
Reform UK Brian Quirey Elected 1,630 43.8% —
Labour Party Alison Joan Batey 1,428 38.4% —
Labour Party Danny Wood 1,300 34.9% —
Labour Party Paul Pringle 1,221 32.8% —
Green Party Andrew Gray 263 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Alan Neil 245 6.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Darren Whitfield 225 6.0% —
Liberal Democrats Adam Joseph Walker 215 5.8% —
Liberal Democrats Nigel Van Zwanenberg 180 4.8% —
Majority202
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors11,994
Ballots cast3,722

Peterlee 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Steven Franklin Elected 1,063 52.1% —
Reform UK Dawn Saunders Elected 900 44.1% —
Labour Party Louise Fenwick 425 20.8% —
Labour Party Audrey Ellen Laing 384 18.8% —
The North East Party Mary Alison Cartwright 326 16.0% —
Independent Ray Burnip 173 8.5% —
Independent Diane Howarth 172 8.4% —
The North East Party Al Wilkinson 86 4.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Cassidy 82 4.0% —
Independent David Hawley 77 3.8% —
Liberal Democrats Heather Leake 57 2.8% —
Majority475
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors8,475
Ballots cast2,039

Pittington & Sherburn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Rhys Burriss Elected 508 35.7% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Charles White 443 31.1% —
Labour Party Bill Kellett 356 25.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Malcolm Colledge 63 4.4% —
Green Party Maggie Tallerman 54 3.8% —
Majority65
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors3,711
Ballots cast1,424

Sacriston & Witton Gilbert 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK James Pickard Elected 1,088 42.4% —
Reform UK Timothy John Robson Elected 1,023 39.9% —
Liberal Democrats Hugh Massey 807 31.5% —
Liberal Democrats Andy Przybysz 709 27.7% —
Labour Party Emma Waldock 553 21.6% —
Labour Party Andrew Page 500 19.5% —
Green Party Nicholas Leight Kasch 177 6.9% —
Majority216
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors7,853
Ballots cast2,564

Seaham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Andrew Harrison Elected 1,219 40.9% —
Reform UK Christopher Fairs Elected 1,145 38.4% —
Seaham Community Party Barry Taylor 777 26.0% —
Labour Party Rochelle Laine 747 25.0% —
Labour Party John James Purvis 691 23.2% —
Seaham Community Party Stephen Wayman 656 22.0% —
Green Party Stephen Jonathan Joseph 151 5.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Leslie McAndrew 150 5.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tolu Kolawole 116 3.9% —
Liberal Democrats Rafe J Richards 87 2.9% —
Majority368
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors8,773
Ballots cast2,983

Sedgefield 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Chris Lines Elected 1,372 44.1% —
Reform UK Ian Catchpole Elected 1,115 35.9% —
Reform UK Christine Moore 926 29.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elaine Peeke 624 20.1% —
Labour Party Lucy Ann Gibson 529 17.0% —
Labour Party Kester Noble 501 16.1% —
Green Party Rebecca Margaret Dixon 229 7.4% —
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Ann Shaw 120 3.9% —
Green Party Richard Wilkes 111 3.6% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Hugh Layton 102 3.3% —
Majority189
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors7,910
Ballots cast3,110

Shildon & Dene Valley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Michael David Ramage Elected 2,220 56.8% —
Reform UK Kate Rowland Elected 2,181 55.8% —
Reform UK James Michael Stephenson Elected 2,034 52.0% —
Labour Party Shirley Quinn 849 21.7% —
Labour Party Samantha Townsend 805 20.6% —
Labour Party Charlie Kay 768 19.6% —
Independent Fred Langley 625 16.0% —
Liberal Democrats Leanne Barrett 389 9.9% —
Liberal Democrats Michael Shaw 336 8.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jack Charlton 282 7.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Michael Parker 221 5.7% —
Majority1,185
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors12,151
Ballots cast3,911

Spennymoor 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Liz Maddison Elected 1,162 37.5% —
Independent Pete Molloy Elected 1,006 32.5% —
Reform UK Ernest Spowart 977 31.5% —
Reform UK William Sydney Thorkildsen 824 26.6% —
Liberal Democrats Dean Ranyard 544 17.6% —
Liberal Democrats Liss Owen 466 15.0% —
Labour Party Stephen Francis Gilling 444 14.3% —
Labour Party Jabez Jordon Sherrington 324 10.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Barry Evans 97 3.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher Anthony Coxon 70 2.3% —
Majority29
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors9,046
Ballots cast3,098

Stanley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Christine Blatchford Elected 1,366 54.5% —
Reform UK David Stanley Walton Elected 1,336 53.3% —
Labour Party James Kane 640 25.5% —
Labour Party Carl Marshall 601 24.0% —
Independent Paddy McGough 270 10.8% —
Liberal Democrats David Agutter Rolfe 154 6.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Aldous 117 4.7% —
Independent Frankie Elise Ward 78 3.1% —
Majority696
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors8,193
Ballots cast2,505

Thornley & Wheatley Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Neil Craggs Elected 921 65.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Jake Miller 375 26.5% —
Liberal Democrats Pamela Ann Askell 65 4.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Southall 53 3.7% —
Majority546
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors4,362
Ballots cast1,414

Trimdon & Wingate 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Mary-Lynn Franklin Elected 1,361 49.7% —
Reform UK Susan Husband Elected 1,171 42.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Lucy Hovvels 797 29.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Trippett 660 24.1% —
The North East Party Sean Ward Ivey 514 18.8% —
Liberal Democrats Liz Temple 186 6.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rathika Krishnarajasri 120 4.4% —
Majority374
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors8,747
Ballots cast2,741

Tudhoe 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Billy McAloon Elected 996 40.6% —
Reform UK Nicola Lyons Elected 826 33.7% —
Reform UK Dave Whalley 747 30.5% —
Independent Andy Anderson 697 28.4% —
Labour Party Ian Geldard 479 19.5% —
Labour Party Neil Crowther Foster 412 16.8% —
Liberal Democrats Beckie Ranyard 168 6.9% —
Liberal Democrats Martin Thomas Brian Jones 101 4.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver Garbutt Peeke 98 4.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Francis Renton 73 3.0% —
Majority79
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors7,921
Ballots cast2,451

Upper Teesdale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Andrew Bell Elected 808 45.6% —
Reform UK Ian Hirst 522 29.5% —
Labour Party Chris Kelsey 253 14.3% —
Green Party Kathleen McGough 103 5.8% —
Liberal Democrats Florence Diana Simpson 84 4.7% —
Majority286
Turnout48.0%
Registered electors3,688
Ballots cast1,770

Weardale 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Anita Savory Elected 1,331 36.8% —
Independent John Shuttleworth Elected 1,215 33.6% —
Reform UK Paul Beattie 1,037 28.6% —
Reform UK David Brown 1,031 28.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Will Wearmouth 762 21.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Lawrie 490 13.5% —
Green Party Matthew James Ferguson 267 7.4% —
Labour Party Gemma Louise Holmes-Wood 250 6.9% —
Labour Party Sally-Beth Marshall 233 6.4% —
Liberal Democrats Olivia Evelyn Dunn 135 3.7% —
Majority178
Turnout47.0%
Registered electors7,652
Ballots cast3,620

West Auckland 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Nick Brown Elected 1,453 52.0% —
Reform UK Stephen Gray Elected 1,287 46.1% —
Labour Party Robert John Yorke 906 32.4% —
Labour Party George Smith 874 31.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Georgia Lynne Holmes 230 8.2% —
Independent Lesley Gwyneth Zair 131 4.7% —
Green Party Liz Tyrrell 118 4.2% —
Independent Alan John Breeze 104 3.7% —
Liberal Democrats Alyson Hudson 89 3.2% —
Liberal Democrats Alison Clare Fidgin 78 2.8% —
Majority381
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors8,169
Ballots cast2,792

Willington & Hunwick 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Cathy Hunt Elected 1,336 49.0% —
Reform UK Emma Hunt Elected 1,281 47.0% —
Labour Party Olwyn Elizabeth Gunn 763 28.0% —
Labour Party Trevor Tinsley 610 22.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Mitchell Worthington 249 9.1% —
Independent Angela Smith 241 8.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aidan Smith 225 8.2% —
Green Party David Ata Saygi 180 6.6% —
Liberal Democrats Geoff Moore 174 6.4% —
Liberal Democrats Aaron George Calder 134 4.9% —
Majority518
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors7,191
Ballots cast2,728

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