Chapter 25  Durham

25.1  Chester-le-Street

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Bournmoor (2)

Geoffrey Armstrong  Lab  731 
Thomas Harland  Lab  590 
Julie Watson  C  335  

Chester Central (2)

Robert Hall  Lab  468 
Gordon Kerr  Lab  417 
Desmond Greaves  Ind  311  

Chester East (2)

Lancelot Brown  Ind  890 
Sharon Gollan  Lab  514 
Colin Stephinson  C  415  
David Holding  Lab  375  

Chester North (3)

Robert Lambert  Lab  1,270
Robert Richardson  Lab  1,099 
Christopher Jukes  Lab  917 
Beatrice Bainbridge  C  913  

Chester South (2)

George Davidson  Lab  864 
Linda Ebbatson  Lab  811 
Allan Bainbridge  C  578  

Chester West (2)

Martin Gollan  Lab  Unop.
Simon Henig  Lab  Unop.

Edmondsley and Waldridge (3)

John Adey  Lab  Unop.
David Meek  Lab  Unop.
Simon Westrip  Lab  Unop.

Grange Villa and West Pelton

Keith Potts  Lab  Unop.

Kimblesworth and Plawsworth

Alan Holden  Lab  Unop.

Lumley (3)

Colin Carr  Lab  998
Audrey Willis  Ind  962 
John Evans  Lab  956 
Laurence Taylor  Lab  840  
Mark Watson  C  472  

North Lodge (2)

Peter May  C  765 
Jacqueline Proud  Ind  758 
Justin Garrod  C  503  
Guy Starkey  Lab  339  

Ouston (2)

Maureen Potts  Lab  Unop.
David Stoker  Lab  Unop.

Pelton (3)

William Laverick  Ind  949 
Isabel Smith  Lab  925 
Kathryn Greenwell  Lab  879 
Margaret Thompson  Lab  853  
Amanda Hall  C  428  

Pelton Fell

Mark Howey  Lab  Unop.

Sacriston (3)

Ralph Harrison  Lab  Unop.
Derek Robson  Lab  Unop.
Allen Turner  Lab  Unop.

Urpeth (2)

James Barrett  Lab  Unop.
Allen Humes  Lab  Unop.

Consolidated Results — Chester-le-Street

Labour        6,109  44.0%  30 councillors (15 unopposed)
Conservative  3,906  28.1%   1 councillor
Independent   3,870  27.9%   4 councillors

25.2  Derwentside

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

DI = Derwentside Independents

Annfield Plain (3)

Carl Christer  Lab  1,263
Alan Atkinson  Lab  1,113
Dennis Lavin  Lab  1,029
Alexander Nelson  LD  525

Benfieldside (3)

Derek Hume  DI  1,033
Keith English  LD  871
Duncan Barnett  DI  813
Joseph Toner  Lab  760
Bruce McCaig  LD  591
John Dodd  Lab  497
Joseph Rogan  Lab  478
Peter Carr  C  333

Blackhill (3)

Michael Malone  Lab  1,372
David Llewellyn  Lab  1,256
Thomas Clark  Lab  1,193
Peter Hopper  BNP  296

Burnhope

Denise Bennett  Lab  Unop.

Burnopfield (3)

Robert Alderson  DI  1,220
Thomas Charlton  DI  1,168
Walter Armstrong  Lab  823
Eunice Turnbull  Lab  655
Ivan Jewell  Lab  616

Castleside

Gordon Glass  Ind  768
John Pears  Lab  106
Ivy Wilson  C  28

Catchgate (2)

Hilary Christer  Lab  800
William Proud  Lab  716
Frances Nelson  LD  290

Consett East (2)

Frederick Todd  DI  362
Robert Nixon  Lab  263
David Rolfe  LD  86

Consett North (3)

Alexander Watson  Lab  1,329
Catherine Clarke  Lab  1,127
Anthony Donaghy  Lab  1,048
Barbara Ratcliffe  LD  822

Consett South (2)

Derek Hicks  DI  542
John Agnew  Lab  502
Alan Scarr  Lab  403
Derek Draffan  DI  368
Peter Anderson  Ind  171

Cornsay

John Pickersgill  DI  472
Alan Mollon  Lab  209

Craghead and South Stanley (3)

Janice Docherty  Lab  982
Tracy Davinson  Lab  907
John Fothergill  Lab  886
Leonard Donkin  DI  581
Susan Donkin  DI  525

Delves Lane (3)

Eric Edwards  Lab  1,146
Barry Breeze  Lab  952
Atherley Hodgson  Lab  840
Richard McArdle  Ind  823
Christine English  LD  645
Daniel Brown  C  216

Dipton (2)

Reginald Ord  DI  767
Thomas Foggett  DI  629
Joanne Carr  Lab  476
Carol Rocke  Lab  454

Ebchester and Medomsley (3)

Eric Turner  Lab  1,076
Colin Bell  Lab  897
Carol Watson  DI  812
Alan Shield  DI  799
Kenneth Walker  Lab  758
Vincent McCardle  DI  680
George Adams  C  441

Esh (3)

Wallace Tyrie  DI  1,049
Henry Guildford  Lab  978
Gordon Coulson  Lab  964
Alison Hiles  Lab  931
Patricia Adams  C  439

Havannah (3)

Anne Taylor  Lab  1,275
Kevin Howe  Lab  1,113
George Little  Lab  1,047
Andrew Curtis  LD  713
Malcolm Jefferson  BNP  395

Lanchester (3)

Oswald Johnson  Lab  1,083
Richard Young  DI  1,029
John Ingham  DI  919
Colin Burton  Lab  913
Neil Fleming  Lab  731
Russell Ross  C  602
Kenneth Wilson  C  415

Leadgate (3)

Watts Stelling  DI  1,582
Margaret Jopling  DI  1,093
Jean Huntley  Lab  823
Terence Richardson  Lab  599
Thomas Lawrie  Lab  502

South Moor (3)

Elizabeth Coulson  Lab  Unop.
James Graham  Lab  Unop.
Darren McMahon  Lab  Unop.

Stanley Hall (3)

Janet Greener  Lab  1,360
David Broadley  Lab  1,354
Claire Vasey  Lab  1,351
Gillian Raine  LD  429
Stuart Tilney  C  291

Tanfield (3)

Joseph Wilson  Lab  1,155
Olga Milburn  Lab  1,002
Thomas Henderson  Lab  955
Elizabeth Minto  DI  914
Bryan Johnson  DI  811

Consolidated Results — Derwentside

Labour                    17,781  47.6%  39 cllrs (4 unopposed)
Derwentside Independents  10,363  27.8%  15 cllrs
Liberal Democrat           4,381  11.7%   1 cllr
Conservative               2,350   6.3%
Independents               1,762   4.7%   1 cllr
British National Party       691   1.9%

25.3  Durham

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

DTA = Durham Taxpayers Alliance

Bearpark and Witton Gilbert (3)

Raymond Gibbon  LD  830
Arnold Simpson  LD  767
Fraser Reynolds  LD  750
Kevin McKechnie  Lab  623
David Bainbridge  Lab  565
Peter Robson  Lab  517
Michael Howarth  Ind  400
Patricia Wynne  C  143

Belmont (2)

Kathleen Atkinson  LD  849
Roger Pape  LD  818
Irene Lupton  Ind  491
Michael Bennett  Lab  252
Christopher Arthur  C  85
Wendy Smith  C  67

Brancepeth, Langley Moor and Meadowfield (2)

Maureen Smith  LD  855
Denis Jackson  LD  834
Paul Taylor  Lab  440
Barry Grimes  Lab  409

Brandon (3)

John Turnbull  Lab  752
Robert McMahon  Lab  749
Thomas Gill  Lab  735
Colin Clark  LD  352
David Huntley  LD  348
Ian Lessels  LD  313

Carrville and Gilesgate Moor (3)

Barbara Howarth  LD  1,526
John Harbron  LD  1,287
Dennis Southwell  LD  1,225
Joseph Knight  Lab  521
Stephen Laverick  Lab  487
Patricia Conway  Lab  473
James Clouston  DTA  254
Jean Middlemass  Ind  228
Robert West  DTA  225
Julia Aberdeen  DTA  210

Cassop-cum-Quarrington (3)

Michael Syer  Lab  838
Margaret Robinson  Lab  749
George Marsden  Lab  690
Colin Metcalfe  LD  657
Carol Fitz-Gibbon  LD  507
Simon Key  LD  444

Coxhoe (3)

Maurice Crathorne  Lab  986
Stephen McDonnell  Lab  941
Leslie Sheppard  Lab  925
Eileen Woods  LD  331
Michelle Caulkett  LD  296
Timothy Packer  LD  285

Crossgate and Framwelgate (3)

James Holland  LD  1,074
Mary Hagwood  LD  1,029
Robert Wynn  LD  966
Jonathan Roberts  Lab  335
Michael Costello  DTA  293
Christopher Wynne  C  236

Deerness (2)

Eileen Rochford  Lab  725
David Cummings  Lab  668
Hilary Westwell  LD  183
Richard Hopkin  LD  174

Elvet (3)

Susan Pitts  LD  774
Margaret Norman  LD  705
Nigel Zwanenberg  LD  658
Lloyd Meadows  Lab  241
Jenifer Wakefield  C  219

Framwellgate Moor (3)

William Lodge  Ind  741
Neil Griffin  Lab  693
Terence Moderate  Ind  595
Daniel Burrows  Ind  530
John Lavery  Lab  473
Jonathan Pearce  LD  466
Geoffrey Cutting  LD  465
Peter Mahan  Lab  381
Farid Sakr  LD  372
Simon Carey  Ind  237

Neville's Cross (2)

Ronald Dickie  Ind  556
Jeffrey Young  LD  549
Sarah Cotes  LD  422
Christopher Allen  DTA  251
Roberta Woods  Lab  109

New Brancepeth and Ushaw Moor (3)

Philip Stoddart  Lab  849
John Cowper  Lab  758
David Bell  Lab  728
Geoffrey Moore  LD  375
Christine McGinn  LD  302
Joan Hindmarch  LD  299

Newton Hall North (2)

George Hunter  LD  932
Frances Simmons  LD  847
Aurelia Smith  Lab  231

Newton Hall South (2)

Brian Kinghorn  LD  866
Philip Wolstenholme  LD  862
Hugh Emmas-Williams  Lab  241

Pelaw and Gilesgate (3)

Paul Leake  LD  739
William Graham  LD  702
Neil Shaw  LD  660
Margaret Davies  Lab  641
Craig Russell  Lab  641
Jerry Ranson  Lab  632

Pittington and West Rainton (2)

Kathleen Carr  Lab  543
William Kellett  Lab  513
Joan Austin  LD  403
Brenda Tall  LD  352
Ian Fawcett  Ind  301

St Nicholas (2)

David Freeman  LD  668
Angela Rae  LD  668
Anthony Hull  Lab  151
Jean Chaplow  Lab  121
Michael Moverley  C  114
Catherine Turner  C  104
Paul Stokes  Ind  62

Shadforth and Sherburn (3)

Carol Woods  LD  1,117
James Walton  LD  1,025
Fionna Davison  LD  913
John Bowman  Lab  645
James Turnbull  Lab  495
Keith Smith  Lab  460
Mildred Brown  Ind  314

Shincliffe

John Lightley  LD  525
Timothy Blackman  Lab  107

Consolidated Results — Durham

Liberal Democrat        14,071  48.7%  29 councillors
Labour                   9,923  34.3%  17 councillors
Independents             3,330  11.5%   3 councillors
Durham Taxpayers Alliance  798   2.8%
Conservative               797   2.8%

25.4  Easington

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Acre Rigg (2)

Barbara Sloan  LD  525
Ralph Liddle  LD  468
Audrey Laing  Lab  410
Maureen Taylor-Gooby  Lab  293

Blackhalls (3)

Robert Crute  Lab  Unop.
Alphonsus Holmes  Lab  Unop.
Peter Ward  Lab  Unop.

Dawdon (3)

Frank Shaw  Lab  574
Charles Walker  Lab  528
Joseph Goodwin  Lab  519
Derrick Lait  Ind  396

Dene House (2)

Sidney Huntington  Lab  Unop.
Brian Quinn  Lab  Unop.

Deneside (3)

Edward Bell  Lab  527
Peter Campbell  Lab  492
William Peardon  Lab  479
Steven Colborn  Ind  242

Easington Colliery (3)

Alan Burnip  Lab  Unop.
Richard Burnip  Lab  Unop.
Dennis Raine  Lab  Unop.

Easington Village and South Hetton (3)

Raymond Davison  Lab  Unop.
Michael Routledge  Lab  Unop.
Robin Todd  Lab  Unop.

Eden Hill (2)

Stanley Bishop  Lab  Unop.
Thomas Langstaff  Lab  Unop.

Haswell and Shotton (3)

Hugh High  Lab  629
Alfred Collinson  Lab  610
Eunice Huntington  Lab  551
Edward Hall  Ind  461

Horden North (3)

Derek Armstrong  Ind  698
Edna Connor  Lab  498
George Patterson  Lab  438
Leslie Williams  Lab  305

Horden South (2)

Colin Reynolds  Lab  Unop.
Peter Stradling  Lab  Unop.

Howletch (2)

Geoffrey Pinkney  Lab  Unop.
David Taylor-Gooby  Lab  Unop.

Hutton Henry

Barry Bates  Lab  Unop.

Murton East (2)

Joyce Maitland  Lab  Unop.
Colin Patching  Lab  Unop.

Murton West (2)

Alan Napier  Lab  Unop.
Alice Naylor  Lab  Unop.

Passfield (3)

Joan Maslin  Ind  580
Keith Gallagher  Ind  550
Brian Joyce  Lab  429
James Alvey  Lab  289
Maurice Mountford  Lab  288

Seaham Harbour (3)

Geraldine Bleasdale  Lab  Unop.
William Gustard  Lab  Unop.
Daniel Myers  Lab  Unop.

Seaham North (3)

Bruce Brun  Lab  Unop.
James Edwards  Lab  Unop.
Margaret Nugent  Lab  Unop.

Thornley and Wheatley Hill (3)

Morris Nicholls  Lab  1,075
Brian Wilson  Ind  915
Robert Wharrier  Lab  774
Terence Unsworth  Lab  764

Wingate (3)

Joan Freak  Lab  1,002
Harry Devine  Ind  948
John Higgins  Lab  821
George Martin  Lab  555
David Walton  BNP  283

Consolidated Results — Easington

Labour          5,244  52.4%  44 councillors (28 unopposed)
Independents    4,240  42.4%   5 councillors
Liberal Democrat  525   5.2%   2 councillors

25.5  Sedgefield

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Bishop Middleham and Cornforth (2)

A Hodgson  Lab  Unop.
M Predki  Lab  Unop.

Broom (3)

G Morgan  Lab  874
D Newell  Lab  872
B Meek  Lab  848
B Gibson  Soc Lab  705

Byerley (2)

J Huntington  LD  1,033
G Howe  LD  865
V Chapman  Lab  387
J Bowman  Lab  316

Chilton (3)

B Avery  Lab  Unop.
T Forrest  Lab  Unop.
C Potts  Lab  Unop.

Ferryhill (3)

K Conroy  Lab  Unop.
J Higgin  Lab  Unop.
R Patchett  Lab  Unop.

Fishburn and Old Trimdon (3)

J Burton  Lab  Unop.
K Noble  Lab  Unop.
T Ward  Lab  Unop.

Greenfield Middridge (3)

V Crosby  Lab  848
B Hall  Lab  799
J Croft  Ind  551
G Wills  Lab  545
K Cox  Ind  518
T Paylor  Ind  510

Low Spennymoor and Tudhoe Grange (3)

A Gray  Lab  1,193
A Smith  Lab  1,130
J Khan  Lab  1,033
A Roxby  LD  884

Middlestone (3)

K Thompson  LD  1,022
W Waters  Lab  919
C Sproat  LD  888
C Kennedy  Lab  840
A Hawkes  Lab  741

Neville and Simpasture (3)

J Moran  Lab  1,021
W Blenkinsopp  Lab  993
J Piggott  Lab  975
J Thornton  BNP  229

New Trimdon and Trimdon Grange

L Hovvels  Lab  Unop.

Sedgefield (3)

J Wayman  Ind  1,209
J Robinson  Lab  1,024
D Brown  C  987
L Byrne  Lab  979
P Waller  C  936
M Robinson  Lab  861

Shafto St Marys (3)

A Fleming  Lab  866
R Fleming  Lab  849
M Iveson  Lab  822
A Palmer  Ind  604
L Cuthbertson  Ind  541
D Dobson  Ind  521

Spennymoor (3)

B Ord  LD  1,207
M Jones  LD  907
G Scott  LD  869
A Mumford  Lab  768
J Plews  Lab  633
J Parkin  Lab  519

Sunnydale (2)

I Smith  Ind  930
L Smith  Ind  863
A Walker  Lab  538
J Younghusband  Lab  456

Thickley (2)

D Hancock  Ind  968
J Smith  Ind  737
B Stephens  Lab  516
F Timmiss  Lab  381
J Thorton-Browne  BNP  84

Tudhoe (2)

B Graham  Lab  804
A Armstrong  Lab  790
M Gordon  LD  351
M Miller  C  243

West (3)

G Gray  Lab  723
E Paylor  Ind  707
M Dalton  Lab  683
M Crabtree  Ind  666
M Gray  Lab  638
L Atkinson  Ind  615

Woodham (3)

A Gray  Lab  995
K Henderson  Lab  796
B Clare  Lab  740
S Haigh  Ind  470
M Cannings  Ind  362
G Crass  C  327

Consolidated Results — Sedgefield

Labour               11,476  47.7%  35 councillors (12 unopposed)
Independents          5,439  22.6%   7 councillors
Liberal Democrat      4,497  18.7%   7 councillors
Conservative          1,557   6.5%   1 councillor
Socialist Labour Party  795   3.3%
British National Party  313   1.3%

25.6  Teesdale

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Barnard Castle East (2)

John Hinchcliffe  Ind  264
Margaret Hamilton  Ind  242
Robert Jackson  Lab  102

Barnard Castle North (2)

David Blackie  Ind  Unop.
Kenneth Coates  Lab  Unop.

Barnard Castle West (3)

David Armstrong  Lab  Unop.
John Watson  Ind  Unop.
Newton Wood  Ind  Unop.

Barningham and Ovington

William Salvin  Ind  Unop.

Cockfield (2)

Pauline Charlton  Lab  Unop.
John Priestley  Lab  Unop.

Cotherstone with Lartington

Dreda Forster  Ind  Unop.

Eggleston

Peter Stubbs  Ind  Unop.

Etherley (3)

Frederick Moore  Lab  Unop.
Joseph Smith  Lab  Unop.
Keith Stansfield  Ind  Unop.

Evenwood, Ramshaw and Lands (3)

John Armstrong  Ind  373
Arnold Smith  Lab  284
Raymond Gibson  Ind  237
Margery Bolden  Lab  224

Gainford and Winston (2)

Josephine Fergus  C  Unop.
Kenneth Hodgson  Ind  Unop.

Greta

Phillip Hughes  Ind  Unop.

Hamsterley and South Bedburn

George Richardson  C  Unop.

Ingleton

John Salter  Ind  Unop.

Lynesack (2)

Donald Metcalfe  Lab  Unop.
George Robinson  Lab  Unop.

Middleton-in-Teesdale (2)

Richard Bell  C  Unop.
Richard Betton  Ind  Unop.

Romaldkirk

Elisabeth Walton  Ind  Unop.

Staindrop (2)

Oswald Hedley  Ind  Unop.
Kathleen Mitchell  Ind  Unop.

Startforth

Keith Watson  Ind  Unop.

Streatlam and Whorlton

Michael Simpson  Ind  160
Ruth Renton  Ind  125

Consolidated Results — Teesdale

Independents  922  70.5%  20 councillors (15 unopposed)
Labour        386  29.5%   9 councillors (8 unopposed)
Conservative               3 councillors (all unopposed)

25.7  Wear Valley

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Bishop Auckland Town (2)

Margaret Jones  Lab  425
Stephen Gregory  Ind  421
Bill Wade  Lab  389
Edwina Marriott  LD  284
Keith Hodgson  LD  279

Cockton Hill (3)

Barbara Laurie  Lab  849
Neil Harrison  LD  772
Alan Anderson  LD  767
Joseph Harrison  LD  755
Jack Tobin  Lab  719
Keith Stokeld  Lab  658
James Tague  C  626

Coundon (3)

Neil Stonehouse  Lab  879
Jill Hilditch  Lab  784
Thomas Taylor  LD  743
Alan Dargue  LD  693
Thomas Russell  LD  670
John Lethbridge  Lab  652

Crook North

Wilfred Dobinson  Lab  406
Angeline Groves  LD  306

Crook South (3)

Olive Brown  Lab  1,235
Geoffrey Mowbray  Lab  1,004
Edward Murphy  Lab  941
Peter Rayner  LD  628
David English  LD  547
Bernice English  LD  462

Dene Valley (2)

Chris Foote-Wood  LD  653
Dorothy Burn  LD  576
Margaret Ingledew  Lab  399
Sandra Lethbridge  Lab  330

Escomb (2)

Vince Perkins  LD  579
Derek Jago  LD  573
Harold Douthwaite  Lab  436
Kevin Graham  Lab  373

Henknowle (3)

Betty Todd  LD  659
Alex Clements  Lab  658
Derrick Waldock  Lab  584
Kenneth Bowser  LD  455
George Hewitt  Ind  256
Lee Thornton  BNP  67

Howden

David Quinn  Lab  390
Richard Groves  LD  313

Hunwick

David Nevins  Lab  324
Robert Longhorn  LD  314

St John's Chapel

John Shuttleworth  Ind  Unop.

Stanhope (2)

Thomas Mews  Ind  974
Graeme McKellar  Lab  537
John Chatfield  LD  530
Dorothy Allan  LD  348
Michael Letchford  C  320

Tow Law and Stanley (3)

Jeffrey Gale  Lab  786
Colin Hayton  Lab  695
Ronald Grogan  Ind  683
Edward Tomlinson  Lab  481
John Bailey  LD  391
Richard Hall  LD  329

West Auckland (3)

John Ferguson  LD  910
Peter Harker  Lab  893
Margaret Douthwaite  Lab  882
Andrew Turner  Lab  738

Wheatbottom and Helmington Row (2)

Isabel Bousfield  Lab  826
John Moody  Lab  700
David Halliday  LD  360

Willington Central (3)

Margaret Pinkney  Lab  1,219
Alan Sinclair  Lab  1,038
Alan Townsend  Lab  1,026
Anne Glynn  LD  698

Willington West End

David Kingston  Lab  357
Stephen Longhorn  LD  225

Wolsingham and Witton-le-Wear (2)

Vere Shuttleworth  Ind  1,046
Desmond Wilson  Ind  872
Peter Graham  Lab  348

Woodhouse Close (3)

June Lee  Lab  950
Richard Langham  Lab  862
David Wilson  Lab  822
Clifford Sanderson  LD  504
Jason Thornton  BNP  107

Consolidated Results — Wear Valley

Labour               11,917  48.3%  25 councillors
Liberal Democrat      8,869  36.0%   9 councillors
Independents          3,380  13.7%   6 councillors (1 unopposed)
Conservative            320   1.3%
British National Party  174   0.7%