Darlington council election, 2023
Most seats
24
Labour Party
Seats contested
50
across 20 wards
Turnout
39.1%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 24 | +4 | 24,895 | 35.0% | +1.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 15 | -7 | 26,324 | 37.0% | -4.4 |
| Green Party | 7 | +5 | 13,271 | 18.7% | +5.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | +0 | 3,347 | 4.7% | +0.5 |
| Independent | 1 | -2 | 3,273 | 4.6% | -2.0 |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 50 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 50 | |
| Labour Party | 50 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 49 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | |
| Independent | 11 |
A party standing a full slate could field 50 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.
Bank Top & Lascelles 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Helen Crumbie Elected | 593 | 52.9% | +9.0 |
| Labour Party | David Jeffrey Ray Elected | 579 | 51.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Andrew Graham Anderson Elected | 577 | 51.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jo Barker | 354 | 31.6% | +3.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Emily Dorothy Chamberlain | 322 | 28.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pat Tobin | 312 | 27.9% | — |
| Independent | Darrien Wright | 157 | 14.0% | -48.9 |
| Green Party | Helen Whittington | 95 | 8.5% | -18.3 |
| Green Party | Geoff Hill | 84 | 7.5% | — |
| Green Party | Ian MacMurray | 74 | 6.6% | — |
| Majority | 223 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,417 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,120 | |||
Labour Party gain from Independent · Labour Party hold
Brinkburn & Faverdale 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Rebecca Elizabeth Baker Elected | 987 | 47.1% | +9.3 |
| Labour Party | David Joseph Beckett Elected | 949 | 45.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Scott Durham Elected | 891 | 42.5% | -12.0 |
| Labour Party | Sarah Catherine Holt | 880 | 42.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sally Maria Clarke | 877 | 41.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Raw | 843 | 40.2% | — |
| Green Party | Sarah Margaret Siddle | 166 | 7.9% | -18.2 |
| Green Party | Ty Hankinson | 139 | 6.6% | — |
| Green Party | Nick Wilson | 129 | 6.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Bennett | 86 | 4.1% | — |
| Majority | 11 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,301 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,095 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Cockerton 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Jan Cossins Elected | 738 | 51.9% | -0.4 |
| Labour Party | Jim Garner Elected | 652 | 45.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Neil Johnson Elected | 634 | 44.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Victoria Bartch | 486 | 34.2% | -8.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sam Bell | 485 | 34.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jonathan Robert Hodgson | 473 | 33.2% | — |
| Green Party | Vicky Atkinson | 184 | 12.9% | -11.7 |
| Green Party | Susie Alice Broughton | 143 | 10.0% | — |
| Green Party | Tamara Anne Ullyart | 128 | 9.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Dunstone | 71 | 5.0% | -8.7 |
| Majority | 148 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,587 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,423 | |||
Labour Party hold
College 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Matthew Snedker Elected | 1,255 | 65.1% | +9.2 |
| Green Party | Bryony Hannah Holroyd Elected | 1,245 | 64.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark James Hardy | 479 | 24.8% | -17.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Maughan | 442 | 22.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Elizabeth Jane Watson | 152 | 7.9% | -3.3 |
| Labour Party | Lian Richard Hutchings | 143 | 7.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Charlie Curry | 32 | 1.7% | — |
| Majority | 766 | |||
| Turnout | 58.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,347 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,929 | |||
Green Party hold
Eastbourne 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kevin Nicholson Elected | 629 | 42.5% | -41.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jonathan Dulston Elected | 622 | 42.0% | -1.2 |
| Labour Party | Joe Dillon Elected | 529 | 35.7% | +9.8 |
| Labour Party | Chris Taylor | 476 | 32.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Jan Taylor | 466 | 31.5% | — |
| Independent | Maureen Martin | 368 | 24.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alison Reynolds | 276 | 18.6% | — |
| Independent | Steven James Tait | 268 | 18.1% | — |
| Green Party | Sue Morley | 100 | 6.8% | -20.1 |
| Green Party | Stuart Donald Bramley | 90 | 6.1% | — |
| Green Party | Richard Wise | 69 | 4.7% | — |
| Majority | 53 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,712 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,480 | |||
Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Labour Party gain from Independent
Harrowgate Hill 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Roz Henderson Elected | 846 | 44.4% | +19.2 |
| Green Party | Anna-Maria Toms Elected | 765 | 40.2% | — |
| Green Party | Richard Lawley Elected | 720 | 37.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Martin William Landers | 586 | 30.8% | -11.4 |
| Labour Party | Joe Passman | 563 | 29.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Sophie Grace Landers | 561 | 29.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jon Clarke | 489 | 25.7% | -19.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Samantha Claire Bedingfield-Weller | 475 | 24.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mikey Vasey | 421 | 22.1% | — |
| Independent | Ian Vincent Ferguson | 70 | 3.7% | -19.2 |
| Majority | 134 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,734 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,905 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party
Haughton & Springfield 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Chris McEwan Elected | 904 | 55.0% | +1.6 |
| Labour Party | Nick Wallis Elected | 846 | 51.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Dawn Storr Elected | 811 | 49.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Culley | 627 | 38.1% | -7.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bob Mills | 587 | 35.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joe Dunn | 548 | 33.3% | — |
| Green Party | Andrew Michael Bramfitt | 151 | 9.2% | -16.8 |
| Green Party | Bill Stuart | 130 | 7.9% | — |
| Green Party | Alex Swainston | 124 | 7.5% | — |
| Majority | 184 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,753 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,645 | |||
Labour Party hold
Heighington & Coniscliffe 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gerald Garfield Lee Elected | 869 | 56.1% | -22.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Crudass Elected | 665 | 42.9% | — |
| Independent | Holly Ann White | 425 | 27.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul Alexander Oxley Harman | 275 | 17.8% | +2.3 |
| Labour Party | Tony Roberts | 273 | 17.6% | — |
| Green Party | Michael Cooke | 178 | 11.5% | -12.8 |
| Green Party | Michael Fearneyhough | 122 | 7.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Bill Oliver | 67 | 4.3% | — |
| Majority | 240 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,815 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,549 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Hummersknott 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Thomas Julian Robinson Elected | 1,009 | 53.2% | +11.8 |
| Green Party | Kate Mammolotti Elected | 985 | 52.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bill Galbraith | 798 | 42.1% | -7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jack Sowerby | 732 | 38.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Clare Patricia McAdam | 93 | 4.9% | -1.2 |
| Labour Party | Rebecca Mary Taylor | 85 | 4.5% | — |
| Majority | 187 | |||
| Turnout | 61.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,097 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,895 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Hurworth 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lorraine Kristin Tostevin Elected | 716 | 54.7% | -1.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Anthony Walters Elected | 644 | 49.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Joe Kelley | 325 | 24.8% | -12.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Frederick Boddy | 278 | 21.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Hannah Louise Guy | 190 | 14.5% | +2.3 |
| Green Party | Peter Daniel Commane | 169 | 12.9% | -21.1 |
| Labour Party | Elizabeth Helen Muggleton | 157 | 12.0% | — |
| Green Party | Chris Fishwick | 75 | 5.7% | — |
| Majority | 319 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,207 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,308 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Mowden 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pauline Culley Elected | 871 | 57.0% | -11.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alan James Marshall Elected | 842 | 55.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Bob Carson | 441 | 28.9% | +6.8 |
| Labour Party | Tim Paver | 426 | 27.9% | — |
| Green Party | Vanessa Gail Hilton | 187 | 12.2% | -10.8 |
| Green Party | Paul Wayne Hilton | 159 | 10.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Laura Helen Wilson | 60 | 3.9% | — |
| Majority | 401 | |||
| Turnout | 50.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,069 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,527 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
North Road 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Curry Elected | 465 | 41.3% | -11.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary Allen Elected | 438 | 38.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | James Coe Elected | 394 | 35.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Jan Bowles | 353 | 31.3% | -1.9 |
| Labour Party | Jonnie Vasey | 323 | 28.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Syed Marjanul Haque | 293 | 26.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nigel William Kendrew | 226 | 20.1% | +7.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rachael Louise Booth | 197 | 17.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pratish Thakkar | 179 | 15.9% | — |
| Green Party | Jon Barley | 111 | 9.8% | -6.1 |
| Green Party | Kathy Barley | 104 | 9.2% | — |
| Green Party | Faith Patricia Lawley | 100 | 8.9% | — |
| Majority | 41 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,134 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,127 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Northgate 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Sonia Elizabeth Kane Elected | 380 | 50.9% | -10.5 |
| Labour Party | Syeda Sajna Begum Ali Elected | 373 | 50.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Yvonne Dilys Richardson | 207 | 27.7% | +1.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Eldhose Ayniyedath Saju | 188 | 25.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | David James Lewis Collinge | 80 | 10.7% | — |
| Green Party | Louise A Maddison | 72 | 9.7% | -11.5 |
| Green Party | Neil Philip Kang-Scarth | 50 | 6.7% | — |
| Majority | 166 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,574 | |||
| Ballots cast | 746 | |||
Labour Party hold
Park East 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Libby McCollom Elected | 704 | 52.9% | +3.0 |
| Labour Party | Michael Robert Nicholson Elected | 680 | 51.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Matthew Roche Elected | 663 | 49.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Martin John Bell | 413 | 31.0% | +8.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Lowery | 385 | 28.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sarah Anne Rose | 342 | 25.7% | — |
| Green Party | Ann Hunter | 172 | 12.9% | -11.4 |
| Green Party | Jane Marie Mitchell | 137 | 10.3% | — |
| Green Party | Kulvanth Kaur | 133 | 10.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Scott Wood | 92 | 6.9% | -10.6 |
| Independent | Janne Gandy | 70 | 5.3% | — |
| Majority | 250 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,608 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,331 | |||
Labour Party hold
Park West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Heather Scott Elected | 789 | 42.6% | -5.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bob Donoghue Elected | 757 | 40.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Mel McEvoy | 399 | 21.6% | +2.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Jane Sams | 399 | 21.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Thorley | 364 | 19.7% | — |
| Green Party | Martin John Wood | 324 | 17.5% | -18.9 |
| Labour Party | John Murray Sloss | 319 | 17.2% | — |
| Green Party | William Rowell | 226 | 12.2% | — |
| Majority | 358 | |||
| Turnout | 53.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,481 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,850 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Pierremont 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Steve Harker Elected | 872 | 56.6% | +0.8 |
| Labour Party | Mary Layton Elected | 809 | 52.5% | — |
| Labour Party | James Stephen McGill Elected | 756 | 49.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roger Duncan Clark | 488 | 31.7% | -4.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Margaret Donoghue | 461 | 29.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Catherine Anne Hart | 374 | 24.3% | — |
| Green Party | Cat McConnachie | 194 | 12.6% | -13.6 |
| Green Party | Megan Jessie Violet Hemsley | 162 | 10.5% | — |
| Green Party | Amy Elizabeth Mycock | 150 | 9.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Potter | 97 | 6.3% | — |
| Majority | 268 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,105 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,541 | |||
Labour Party hold
Red Hall & Lingfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Mandy Porter Elected | 551 | 52.7% | +20.3 |
| Labour Party | Amanda Louise Riley Elected | 534 | 51.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | KJ Hawkins | 408 | 39.0% | -3.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Willis | 400 | 38.3% | — |
| Green Party | Joanne Ashwood | 64 | 6.1% | +2.7 |
| Green Party | Mary Elizabeth Gravenor | 61 | 5.8% | — |
| Majority | 126 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,241 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,045 | |||
Labour Party hold
Sadberge & Middleton St George 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Deborah Laing Elected | 909 | 48.6% | -28.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Yvonne Renton Elected | 750 | 40.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Colin Terence Pease Elected | 744 | 39.7% | — |
| Independent | Maria Darling | 645 | 34.5% | — |
| Independent | David John Darling | 596 | 31.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Sandy Thorne-Wallis | 363 | 19.4% | -4.9 |
| Labour Party | Lee Vasey | 283 | 15.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul Leonard Webster | 259 | 13.8% | — |
| Green Party | Suzy Lucas | 227 | 12.1% | -12.0 |
| Green Party | Paul Richard Foster | 224 | 12.0% | — |
| Green Party | Fred Greenhow | 182 | 9.7% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher John Marlowe | 99 | 5.3% | — |
| Majority | 99 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,216 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,872 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Stephenson 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Ian G Haszeldine Elected | 483 | 50.7% | +3.3 |
| Labour Party | Mohammad Romalus Mahmud Elected | 432 | 45.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mike Renton | 403 | 42.3% | -27.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Michael Alan Walker | 331 | 34.7% | — |
| Green Party | Lucy Rosemary Chapman | 79 | 8.3% | -28.0 |
| Green Party | Pete Greenwood | 48 | 5.0% | — |
| Independent | Monty Brack | 23 | 2.4% | — |
| Independent | Frazer Spence | 22 | 2.3% | — |
| Majority | 29 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 953 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold
Whinfield 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jamie Bartch Elected | 615 | 44.7% | -15.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Keir Elected | 612 | 44.5% | — |
| Green Party | Mike McTimoney | 474 | 34.5% | +18.3 |
| Green Party | Terri Hankinson | 456 | 33.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Amanda McEwan | 266 | 19.3% | -14.2 |
| Labour Party | Josh Spears | 234 | 17.0% | — |
| Majority | 138 | |||
| Turnout | 46.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,002 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,375 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold