Local Election Results 2003
Darlington
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Other results for Darlington:
2007
2011
2015
2019
By-elections for Darlington (may be incomplete): 19th August 2004 (North Road)
— 8th September 2005 (Hurworth)
— 2nd March 2006 (College)
— 13th November 2008 (North Road)
— 8th July 2010 (Cockerton W.)
— 12th April 2012 (Harrowgate Hill; Hurworth)
— 11th April 2013 (Lascelles)
— 22nd May 2014 (Mowden)
— 16th November 2017 (Mowden; Red Hall & Lingfield)
— 12th July 2018 (Cockerton)
— 6th May 2021 (Hummersknott; Red Hall & Lingfield)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
16440 |
44.3% |
35 |
| Conservative |
15464 |
41.7% |
16 |
| Liberal Democrat |
2850 |
7.7% |
2 |
| Independent |
1189 |
3.2% |
0 |
| British National Party |
1175 |
3.2% |
0 |
| John Williams |
Lab |
758 |
59.8% |
| Stella Robson |
Lab |
652 |
|
| Stanley Johnson |
C |
225 |
17.8% |
| Simon Cawte |
C |
184 |
|
| Douglas Hardy |
Ind |
149 |
11.8% |
| Harry Marrs |
BNP |
135 |
10.7% |
| Isobel Hartley |
Lab |
706 |
71.7% |
| Raymond Flowers |
Lab |
686 |
|
| James Moore |
C |
278 |
28.3% |
| David Reed |
C |
278 |
|
| Bryan Thistlethwaite |
Lab |
1030 |
61.6% |
| Donald Bristow |
Lab |
865 |
|
| Paul Baldwin |
Lab |
841 |
|
| Bryan Stapley |
C |
641 |
38.4% |
| William Lippett |
C |
549 |
|
| Elizabeth Sugden |
C |
534 |
|
| Clifford Hutchinson |
Lab |
775 |
59.4% |
| Eric Wilson |
Lab |
769 |
|
| Andrew Bowers |
C |
372 |
28.5% |
| Robert Bowman |
BNP |
157 |
12.0% |
| Edward Richmond |
C |
979 |
57.3% |
| Philip Stamford-Bewlay |
C |
885 |
|
| Valerie Pringle |
Lab |
368 |
21.5% |
| Ian Barnes |
LD |
363 |
21.2% |
| Sheila Dunstone |
LD |
345 |
|
| Carl Robinson |
Lab |
324 |
|
| Roderick Francis |
Lab |
946 |
50.9% |
| William Dixon |
Lab |
831 |
|
| Lee Vasey |
Lab |
758 |
|
| Janet Mazurk |
C |
568 |
30.6% |
| Doreen Tucker |
C |
551 |
|
| Colin Fairman |
Ind |
343 |
18.5% |
| John Armstrong |
C |
337 |
56.5% |
| John Flook |
Lab |
259 |
43.5% |
| Elizabeth Hart |
Lab |
1016 |
39.3% |
| John Vasey |
Lab |
907 |
|
| Emma Vasey-Smith |
Lab |
833 |
|
| Anne Harrison |
C |
647 |
25.0% |
| Marjorie Roberts |
C |
513 |
|
| Francis Elliott |
C |
494 |
|
| Tina Jones |
LD |
439 |
17.0% |
| Angela McPherson |
LD |
337 |
|
| Stephen Fenwick |
LD |
276 |
|
| Trevor Agnew |
BNP |
261 |
10.1% |
| John Hoodless |
Ind |
221 |
8.6% |
| Christopher McEwan |
Lab |
892 |
68.6% |
| Geoffrey Walker |
Lab |
829 |
|
| Hilda Allinson |
C |
408 |
31.4% |
| Thomas Nutt |
Lab |
809 |
59.0% |
| Veronica Copeland |
Lab |
773 |
|
| Felicity Power |
C |
563 |
41.0% |
| Roger Power |
C |
522 |
|
| David Lyonette |
Lab |
1145 |
48.8% |
| Nicholas Wallis |
Lab |
1040 |
|
| Andrew Scott |
Lab |
996 |
|
| Terence Wilkinson |
C |
538 |
23.0% |
| Carol Lambird |
Ind |
476 |
20.3% |
| Leslie Smith |
C |
452 |
|
| Nigel Nevison |
BNP |
185 |
7.9% |
| Gerald Lee |
C |
1151 |
84.7% |
| Eric Roberts |
C |
943 |
|
| Elaine Hope |
Lab |
208 |
15.3% |
| Sandra Thorne-Wallis |
Lab |
173 |
|
| Charles Johnson |
C |
1284 |
75.1% |
| Sheila Brown |
C |
1272 |
|
| Jennifer Chapman |
Lab |
425 |
24.9% |
| Daniel Taylor |
Lab |
347 |
|
| William Burtt |
C |
1175 |
78.7% |
| Peter Foster |
C |
1121 |
|
| Amanda McEwan |
Lab |
318 |
21.3% |
| Bal Shukla |
Lab |
315 |
|
| Jacqueline Maddison |
Lab |
702 |
72.7% |
| Wendy Newall |
Lab |
654 |
|
| Margaret Martin |
C |
264 |
27.3% |
| Douglas Tingate |
C |
252 |
|
| Ian Haszeldine |
Lab |
1103 |
75.0% |
| Frank Robson |
Lab |
974 |
|
| Paul Evans |
C |
368 |
25.0% |
| Graham Smurthwaite |
C |
347 |
|
| Doris Jones |
C |
1167 |
82.9% |
| William Maybrey |
C |
1145 |
|
| Elizabeth Muggleton |
Lab |
241 |
17.1% |
| Rebecca Taylor |
Lab |
229 |
|
| Ronald Lewis |
C |
1318 |
67.1% |
| James Stenson |
C |
1229 |
|
| Jacqueline Saint |
Lab |
646 |
32.9% |
| Margaret Bristow |
Lab |
557 |
|
| Susan Walker |
LD |
963 |
44.9% |
| Stephen Jones |
LD |
881 |
|
| William Holmes |
Lab |
818 |
38.1% |
| Edward Jenkinson |
Lab |
734 |
|
| Michael Nicholson |
Lab |
696 |
|
| Frederick Lawton |
LD |
690 |
|
| Jennifer Hardy |
C |
211 |
9.8% |
| Debra Barley |
C |
197 |
|
| Mark Kilpatrick |
BNP |
154 |
7.2% |
| Dorothy Long |
Lab |
797 |
62.6% |
| Eleanor Lister |
Lab |
751 |
|
| Ian Storey |
C |
325 |
25.5% |
| Kenneth Brown |
C |
299 |
|
| Paul Thompson |
BNP |
151 |
11.9% |
| Jonathan Lyonette |
Lab |
903 |
51.5% |
| Cynthia Hughes |
Lab |
816 |
|
| Glen Reynolds |
Lab |
741 |
|
| Peter Frietag |
LD |
518 |
29.5% |
| Malcolm Dunstone |
LD |
494 |
|
| Edward Kielb |
LD |
438 |
|
| Barbara Bone |
C |
332 |
18.9% |
| Brian Parkinson |
C |
330 |
|
| James Ruck |
C |
1266 |
76.7% |
| Heather Scott |
C |
1266 |
|
| Alison Wright |
Lab |
384 |
23.3% |
| Daniel Klein |
Lab |
338 |
|
| Stephen Harker |
Lab |
969 |
45.2% |
| Patrick Heaney |
Lab |
867 |
|
| Marian Swift |
Lab |
865 |
|
| Colin Telfer |
LD |
567 |
26.4% |
| Brian Fiske |
LD |
540 |
|
| Michael Barker |
LD |
515 |
|
| Patricia Chapman |
C |
478 |
22.3% |
| Jonathan Scott |
C |
443 |
|
| Joanna Summers |
C |
352 |
|
| Wayne Simpson |
BNP |
132 |
6.2% |
| Brian Jones |
C |
569 |
71.9% |
| Ian Black |
Lab |
222 |
28.1% |
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