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Local Election Results 2003

Derwentside

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries. Four Labour councillors were elected unopposed.

Thanks to David Jeffery for a correction to this page.

DInd = Derwentside Independents

Other results for Derwentside: 2007
By-elections for Derwentside (may be incomplete): 29th September 2005 (Stanley Hall) — 16th February 2006 (Cornsay) — 17th July 2008 (Castleside)
Results for Durham county council: 2005

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Consolidated results — Derwentside 2003

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 17781 47.6% 38
Derwentside Independents 10363 27.8% 15
Liberal Democrat 4381 11.7% 1
Conservative 2350 6.3% 0
Independent 1762 4.7% 1
British National Party 691 1.9% 0

Annfield Plain (3)

Carl Christer Lab 1263 70.6%
Alan Atkinson Lab 1113
Dennis Lavin Lab 1029
Alexander Nelson LD 525 29.4%

Benfieldside (3)

Derek Hume DInd 1033 34.5%
Keith English LD 871 29.1%
Duncan Barnett DInd 813
Joseph Toner Lab 760 25.4%
Bruce McCaig LD 591
John Dodd Lab 497
Joseph Rogan Lab 478
Peter Carr C 333 11.1%

Blackhill (3)

Michael Malone Lab 1372 82.3%
David Llewellyn Lab 1256
Thomas Clark Lab 1193
Peter Hopper BNP 296 17.7%

Burnhope

Denise Bennett Lab unop.

Burnopfield (3)

Robert Alderson DInd 1220 59.7%
Thomas Charlton DInd 1168
Walter Armstrong Lab 823 40.3%
Eunice Turnbull Lab 655
Ivan Jewell Lab 616

Castleside

Gordon Glass Ind 768 85.1%
John Pears Lab 106 11.8%
Ivy Wilson C 28 3.1%

Catchgate (2)

Hilary Christer Lab 800 73.4%
William Proud Lab 716
Frances Nelson LD 290 26.6%

Consett East

Frederick Todd DInd 362 50.9%
Robert Nixon Lab 263 37.0%
David Rolfe LD 86 12.1%

Consett North (3)

Alexander Watson Lab 1329 61.8%
Catherine Clarke Lab 1127
Anthony Donaghy Lab 1048
Barbara Ratcliffe LD 822 38.2%

Consett South (2)

Derek Hicks DInd 542 44.6%
John Agnew Lab 502 41.3%
Alan Scarr Lab 403
Derek Draffan DInd 368
Peter Anderson Ind 171 14.1%

Cornsay

John Pickersgill DInd 472 69.3%
Alan Mollon Lab 209 30.7%

Craghead and South Stanley (3)

Janice Docherty Lab 982 62.8%
Tracy Davinson Lab 907
John Fothergill Lab 886
Leonard Donkin DInd 581 37.2%
Susan Donkin DInd 525

Delves Lane (3)

Eric Edwards Lab 1146 40.5%
Barry Breeze Lab 952
Atherley Hodgson Lab 840
Richard McArdle Ind 823 29.1%
Christine English LD 645 22.8%
Daniel Brown C 216 7.6%

Dipton (2)

Reginald Ord DInd 767 61.7%
Thomas Foggett DInd 629
Joanne Carr Lab 476 38.3%
Carol Rocke Lab 454

Ebchester and Medomsley (3)

Eric Turner Lab 1076 46.2%
Colin Bell Lab 897
Carol Watson DInd 812 34.9%
Alan Shield DInd 799
Kenneth Walker Lab 758
Vincent McCardle DInd 680
George Adams C 441 18.9%

Esh (3)

Wallace Tyrie DInd 1049 42.5%
Henry Guildford Lab 978 39.7%
Gordon Coulson Lab 964
Alison Hiles Lab 931
Patricia Adams C 439 17.8%

Havannah (3)

Anne Taylor Lab 1275 53.5%
Kevin Howe Lab 1113
George Little Lab 1047
Andrew Curtis LD 713 29.9%
Malcolm Jefferson BNP 395 16.6%

Lanchester (3)

Oswald Johnson Lab 1083 39.9%
Richard Young DInd 1029 37.9%
John Ingham DInd 919
Colin Burton Lab 913
Neil Fleming Lab 731
Russell Ross C 602 22.2%
Kenneth Wilson C 415

Leadgate (3)

Watts Stelling DInd 1582 65.8%
Margaret Jopling DInd 1093
Jean Huntley Lab 823 34.2%
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 1360 65.4%
David Broadley Lab 1354
Claire Vasey Lab 1351
Gillian Raine LD 429 20.6%
Stuart Tilney C 291 14.0%

Tanfield (3)

Joseph Wilson Lab 1155 55.8%
Olga Milburn Lab 1002
Thomas Henderson Lab 955
Elizabeth Minto DInd 914 44.2%
Bryan Johnson DInd 811

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